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Old USGP Photos

You can't ruin a thread by posting a photo of a GP bike.
I wish I could take photos as well as the guy that used to sell the 8x10" and 11x14" photos at the track, I think he was from San Jose Pro Photo or something like that. I also wish I didn't have to stand on a step ladder so I could clear the fence at Laguna. I felt like a pack mule walking around the track with a ladder strapped to my back and a heavy camera bag.
 
I bought one of the Aussie companies prints at the first MotoGP. It was Colin on the red,white,blue Laguna Special SP2! Awesome shot, autographed and numbered.
 
And John Kocinski from 1991.

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Bikerx260 said:
I bought one of the Aussie companies prints at the first MotoGP. It was Colin on the red,white,blue Laguna Special SP2! Awesome shot, autographed and numbered.
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I bought 3 11x14" prints from the San Jose place, Mamola, Schwantz and Rainey, I had them on the front seat of my motorhome when I moved and I left them there too long because the roof leaked and a bunch of my larger photos got stuck together. I still have a few prints that James Crespinel did,
Lawson, Mamola, Rainey and Schwantz.
 
Inky said:
I can't resist, please check your pm's.
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I checked out your site, very nice work.
All I do is point the camera and it is over in 1/250th of a second,
I tried painting when I was a kid but I was not very good at it,
my dad could paint pretty well though and I have a brother who can draw really well but I don't think he has drawn anything in years.
 
ridiculously great pics, man! post more!

and i just forwarded that shot of chandler over to doug. i think he'll appreciate that. :thumbup
 
Wayneb said:
I checked out your site, very nice work.
All I do is point the camera and it is over in 1/250th of a second,
I tried painting when I was a kid but I was not very good at it,
my dad could paint pretty well though and I have a brother who can draw really well but I don't think he has drawn anything in years.
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:teeth
 
com3 said:
ridiculously great pics, man! post more!

and i just forwarded that shot of chandler over to doug. i think he'll appreciate that. :thumbup
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Thanks, I cropped that one from this shot.
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I had a very hard time trying to get a good photo of Lawson back in 1991, I shot this on ISO 400 so it had alot of grain and I underexposed it. I wish I could take my DSLR and Canon Image stabilised lenses back in time and give it another try.

I think this was one of the best looking GP bikes ever.

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Classic photo, I concur with your assessment about the bike.
 
Is it just me, or do these bikes just look prettier than the new ones? Seems like more consideration went into the paint schemes then. Just a thought.
 
I know I like the older bikes better myself, I think it took more
skill to ride them fast also.
 
i saw doug today. when i talked to him, he was totally stoked about the pics, as he said all he had were a few black and whites from 1994. :thumbup
 
I loved those old Cagivas, I thought they made the best looking bikes every season.
 
Wayneb said:
I remember one year taking pics at the end of the front straight
trying to get pics of them pulling wheelies out of turn 1 and Lawson's brakes fell apart, he went hard into the wall outside 2.

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If my memory serves me right........ I believe Lawson lost his brake pads going into turn 2 on a "testing" day prior to the season........ could be wrong.

Nice pics!
 
I never went to a test session, I ran down to turn 2 to take these photos after he crashed.

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