Pic of the week game

[Agemax]

My entry are these nice brass fuel tee's i made. A nice touch having the V and M in the shot as well.

 

[gustovh]

Nice job on the T's.

V

 

[LAB3]

I cant compete with the fine detail close up shots .... so....

Here are a couple details I noticed on my bench, after reassembling the forks tubes and mounting them back on the bike.
May 2017 (not my current project)

Yeah that tends to be a heart breaker right there....

 

[Jedz123]

Like with the cover over the thing that looks like a carburetor, but isnt a carburetor.... details like that.....


Good to hear from you Jedz.

HAHA precisely...

 

[kerrfunk]

I have gone back and forth over this for a while. I was about to post THIS PICTURE because of the photographic story it tells -- I love the detail and the depth of field and that you can see my reflection as well as the SU emblem on the tank. A biker knows what story this picture tells. But I come back to Rich's theme description, and I just have to go with the submission below.

The theme for this week is "Detail"... What I had in mind was a small detail of something that you, a PO or some motorcycle engineer at some point decided belongs on your motorcycle.

So, my submission. A small detail of something I decided belongs on my motorcycle.

I'm a United Methodist preacher. Two hundred years ago, Methodist preachers traveled on horseback to three, four, six, a dozen different churches that they had pastoral responsibility for. They were called "Circuit Riders" and at some point, the circuit rider silhouette of a preacher on horseback with a book (studying) became our symbol. The United Methodist publishing house, Cokesbury, uses the circuit rider emblem, and United Methodist pastors are given THIS BRASS MARKER for their headstone when they die. I have this circuit rider on my 650, I had it on my 700E before that and probably on my 1100 before that. I have one on my laptop and one on my cellphone. A bit surprised I don't have one as a tattoo... Hm.

When I bought this 700 it was just gold and blue. No decals or emblems, not even a fairing. I added the SUZUKI letters to the side, I bought a fairing from somebody here at GSR and painted it gold and blue as best as I could, and I had decals made for the fairing and the windshield. The person who made the vinyl decals also made me a bunch of circuit rider decals which I still use today. It's a detail I like to include in my life. Behold my steel horse.



Also HERE is a fun detail pic that I decided not to submit. I planned this picture for about 500 miles.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Where is the "heart" button for posts? Kerry, I couldn't love your post more if I tried. The detail of the unwound clutch cable or the clocks would have worked. But the Circuit Rider is perfect. I had not heard of that before.

You might be interested in this: Yesterday as I was sitting in the church lobby reviewing my choir music and loosely supervising my YF kids who were selling breakfast sandwiches to the congregation as they come in, this stranger with a very heavy backpack walks in and says Hi, can I go to church here? He introduced himself as 89 year old from Denmark named Bracklen. Turns out it's this guy who's apparently been all over the news. Here's his story:

https://www.brctv13.com/news/local-...-breaks-record-for-walking-across-the-country

 

[kerrfunk]

Rich, I don't know about Bracklen, but that's a great story about him!
Did you know I used to live in Reading PA?

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Did you know I used to live in Reading PA?

I did not know that. Methodist pastors may not ride the circuit any more but they certainly do get around.

 

[Spyder]

Details, eh? How about the REAL reason I swapped an 1100 into my T ?

Yep... That is the stem of one of the #4 intake valves. Still ran good, and strong too... One of these days, I will get a valve, and a seal set, and put it back where it belongs...

 

[Sandy]

Ok guys. Been away for awhile but here a photo of an all too common repair.

GS1000CarbInstall4 by soates50, on Flickr

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Ok guys. Been away for awhile but here a photo of an all too common repair.

GS1000CarbInstall4 by soates50, on Flickr

I'll have to deduct points for not showing the blood that dripped off of your knuckles in the process.

 

[Sandy]

I'll have to deduct points for not showing the blood that dripped off of your knuckles in the process.

Easy, peasy. Little known trick with the VM's is to leave the cable tower off until you get them in. Cables and tower can be easily installed after the fact ...not so with the CV carbs.

 

[Redman]

Okay.
Had a try at the close-in-detail shot.
P1020835c by Dave Vrnr, on Flickr

I was noticing the detail of the mark left by the orings, and wanted pic of that.
But I suppose the more apparent detail is the all various oil grime and dirt grit. (especially after seeing Sandys pic)




Will decide at some point which picture entry to keep.

 

[Steve]

"Detail". :-k

I'll have to go searching.

They say that "Chrome won't get you home", which is fine with me, because this is NOT chrome. :-\\\

And it's true, chrome WON'T get you home, but it sure looks great while you're sitting there. :encouragement:

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[Baatfam]

Whoa...Everyone is bringing it this week.
I may have to go back to the studio for another try.

 

[dorkburger]

The Rusty Old Scooter as mentioned in my signature.
Despite 55 years, rust and checked paint, it still manages to have a bit of shine...
http://Raleigh Roma scooter by Glen Brenner, on Flickr

 

[steve murdoch]

Vespa is too easy of a guess.
I'll try a Lambretta?

 

[dorkburger]

Steve, it's a bit of an outlier - Raleigh Roma, which is a rebadged Bianchi Orsetto.

 

[storm 64]

Some "detailed" work degreeing in the camshafts.

 

[gustovh]

I am taking a different route, here is Suzie Q with "de tail"

V