Scoot Without a Cause Genuine Ride, LA, March 4

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:29 pm

Lots of pics to come from this event! These are all from Ray Nichols, Class Act Images. Contact him for larger images or prints: [email protected]

MANY MB members in these pics!

Lots of pics to come from this event! These are all from Ray Nichols, Class Act Images. Contact him for larger images or prints: [email protected]

MANY MB members in these pics!

More to come!

LunaP · Post by **LunaP** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:13 am

I see some nice smiles and some nice scoots

Anybody brave enough to go "there's me! I'm that guy" on the interwebs?

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:21 am

I do see lots of smiles. beautiful scenery and looks like some decent weather.

The lady in the "ladybug" helmet says it all!. THAT is a fun smile!

I wasn't at that Rally ( I'm on the east coast)...but a pict. just for you^^^...That me, and some other guy that was hanging around .LOL

Post by **ericalm** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:25 am

LunaP wrote:Anybody brave enough to go "there's me! I'm that guy" on the interwebs?

Red Stella and checkered shirt—that's me! (Under that giant helmet.)

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:03 am

More pics, these from my chest-mounted video camera.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:39 pm

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

ericalm, I don't know if any of your friends will tell you, but you appear to have a lean problem. Perhaps a visit to the doctor?

I cannot believe the lack of milkcrates. Either Vons is cracking down or southern Californians are just too chic for the hoi polloi.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:55 pm

siobhan wrote:ericalm, I don't know if any of your friends will tell you, but you appear to have a lean problem. Perhaps a visit to the doctor?

I wouldn't exactly call it a problem…

Positioning and angling the camera is a pretty imprecise thing. I usually take a little more time to make sure it's straight, but was more focused on herding and helping run the ride this time.

A lot of these pics came from me forgetting the camera was on. Kind of funny; there are a lot of awkward close ups of people I was talking to at our stop at the Observatory.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:24 pm

I do hope you realize I was joking!

I've got the one-handed picture thing down. My camera is on a lanyard and I just drop it when I need to shift quickly.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:09 pm

siobhan wrote:I do hope you realize I was joking!

I've got the one-handed picture thing down. My camera is on a lanyard and I just drop it when I need to shift quickly.

I did realize!

I'm still working on my one-hand shooting technique. MUCH easier riding an automatic. I have a 35mm film camera (the famous among camera geeks Olympus Mju/µ/Stylus) on a lanyard around my neck. Works very well because it's very friendly for one-hand operation while wearing gloves: Goes on/off by sliding open, large shutter button, big zoom toggle when I use the one with zoom. The photo quality rivals most digitals and these are still available for under $20 so if I lose or break it, I won't be out $500.

Down side: I sometimes carry up to 3 different cameras with me (four if you count the video; five if you count the iPhone) so it takes a while to finish a roll.

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:01 pm

Looks like a lot of fun and great company!

I suppose I'll have to get on posting my pictures too, which means...time for a better camera!

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:50 pm

ericalm wrote:I have a 35mm film camera (the famous among camera geeks Olympus Mju/µ/Stylus)

Awesome camera! I had two that died on me and I still think it was a great design.

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:29 pm

Me, too! I had two of the Stylus (one I bought, one my sister gave me). Before that, I had an even-smaller Olympus XA. Couldn't beat 'em for portability in the 35mm days.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 2:40 am

Any shot from inside the observatory? Telescope geek here

BootScootin'FireFighter · Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:43 pm

ericalm wrote:Red Stella and checkered shirt—that's me! (Under that giant helmet.)

where's Eric??? The one who faithfully has his bailout bag slung over his shoulder on every ride. Nice pics, lucky you got a nice day in.... Oh never mind, it's Southern California.

Who let Skootz borrow the Roughhouse? That was pretty cool that he was able to make it.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:44 am

BootScootin'FireFighter wrote:Who let Skootz borrow the Roughhouse?

NoHo Mike of course. In fact I still have it since my scooter remains down for the count. Happily tomorrow is scooter repair day now that my exhaust has arrived. Can't begin to tell you how much I am looking forward to having those extra 100cc's back!!

Post by **ericalm** » Sun May 27, 2012 5:20 am

One role of film developed.