CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[peterbaron]

:hello: Raminus and welcome!

 

[zirconxi_imp]

So, what's June photo challenge?? I might be able to ride far starting next week when my government relax movement restriction. Looking for some purpose to ride....

 

[emptysea]

Ferret was first, but he deferred. pdedse was second, but he won in April so is ineligible. That leaves Hovomd to pick a challenge photo.

Great pictures! Great topic. I should have checked the Forum before my ride yesterday. I'm sure I passed a building or two that would have made excellent backdrops. I'll get out there again once (if) it stops raining here.

In the meantime, just to keep the record clear -- Max submitted the first qualifying picture (assuming that it was taken on or after 5/1, Aussie time).

Here's the history re-posted just for everyone's convenience. I'll try to re-post it with updates each month.


CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge History

*** 2017
January (post #1) EmptySea – CB in front of a statue
February (post #62) InhouseBob – with a non-domesticated animal
March (post #101) Ben70 – in front of/on/under/next to a bridge
April (post #195) Wisedrum – at a gathering
May (post #252) The Ferret – by any body of water except a puddle
June (post #305) c-breezy – in front of an historic building, site, or structure
July (post #344) stateboy – with the setting sun (and specific requirements)
August (post #377) EmptySea – your CB1100 (& preferebly you) with a 2nd CB1100 in frame
September (post #439) Cormanus – your CB with a train in the shot
October (post #480) GaryMNM – your CB and Fall colors
November (post #544) RockHop – CB with your state and U.S. Flag (or foreign equivalent)
December (post #583) The Ferret – CB in front of a church
*** 2018
January (post #641) RockHop – CB with sign featuring an interesting river name
February (post #678) EmptySea – CB in front of tallest building in town
March (post #728) AussieFlyer – CB in front of an industrial backdrop
April (post #810) Rock Hop – CB with a windmill
May (post #903) noroomtomove – CB & the Moon
June (post #943) Mscb1100 – in front of a tamale restaurant with “Tamale” in the name
July (post #993) RockHop – with signs of town names such as at city limits
August (post #1060) EmptySea – recreate a Honda advertisement
September (post #1078) The Ferret – with the next generation sitting atop your CB
October (post #1112) Ben70 – with a vintage or defunct gas station
November (post #1180) noroomtomove – with a tree of significance
December (post #1247) dUh! - CB in front of a festive holiday scene
*** 2019
January (post #1294) noroomtomove - “Rock”
February (post #1322) zbillster – in front of an antique/junk shop
March (post #1354) mtneers – Present & Past
April (post #1412) zbillster - Easter(ish)
May (post #1498) '64 - in front of a abandoned/dilapidated building.
June (post # TBD) Max - ??

The Challenge: A user (the first one will be yours truly) will pick a location, landmark, geographical feature, etc. to serve as the backdrop for your photo. Users will then post photos meeting the requirement in this thread for our ogling pleasure. The first user to submit a qualifying photo chooses the backdrop for the following month's challenge.

The goal: To encourage users to get out and ride and to document those rides with photos and, most of all, to have a little fun with the whole process.

The Rules:
1. The CB1100 must be the featured bike in the photo. Caption the photo with the date and the location.
2. Feel free to alter your photo to make it look better, but don't cut and paste into another photo just to qualify.
3. The photos should be new photos, not something you had on file and especially not something you posted elsewhere in this forum.
4. You may post multiple qualifying pictures in a month, but the background has to be different (ex. you can post two pictures of your bike in front of a train station, but they have to show two different stations)
5. Not really a rule, but don't stop trying to get a picture for a particular month just because someone beat you to the first post for that month. We want to see lots of pictures.
6. The same user cannot pick the photo subject on consecutive months. If the first photo comes from the same user that posted the first photo in the prior month, the second user posting a photo will get to pick the next background subject.

Truly, 6 rules are probably 5 too many. Just go with the spirit of this challenge and get out and ride your motorcycle!
January Challenge (from EmptySea):

Let's see your CB1100 in front of a statue. Ready? Go!

The Challenge: A user (the first one will be yours truly) will pick a location, landmark, geographical feature, etc. to serve as the backdrop for your photo. Users will then post photos meeting the requirement in this thread for our ogling pleasure. The first user to submit a qualifying photo chooses the backdrop for the following month's challenge.

The goal: To encourage users to get out and ride and to document those rides with photos and, most of all, to have a little fun with the whole process.

The Rules:
1. The CB1100 must be the featured bike in the photo. Caption the photo with the date and the location.
2. Feel free to alter your photo to make it look better, but don't cut and paste into another photo just to qualify.
3. The photos should be new photos, not something you had on file and especially not something you posted elsewhere in this forum.
4. You may post multiple qualifying pictures in a month, but the background has to be different (ex. you can post two pictures of your bike in front of a train station, but they have to show two different stations)
5. Not really a rule, but don't stop trying to get a picture for a particular month just because someone beat you to the first post for that month. We want to see lots of pictures.
6. The same user cannot pick the photo subject on consecutive months. If the first photo comes from the same user that posted the first photo in the prior month, the second user posting a photo will get to pick the next background subject.

Truly, 6 rules are probably 5 too many. Just go with the spirit of this challenge and get out and ride your motorcycle!
January Challenge (from EmptySea):

Let's see your CB1100 in front of a statue. Ready? Go!

 

[emptysea]

I have sent a message to Hovomd about choosing the June challenge subject.

 

[Hovmod_imp]

Wasn't aware it was my turn, sorry for the delay. Here's my challenge:
Show us your favorite road sign. Mine: Twisties ahead (or in this case, successfully navigated).

Trondheim, Norway, 3-june-2020

 

[the Ferret]

oh boy a new game. Here ya go (and again I defer if first, just like playing the game)

 

[Chuckk_imp]

nice pics ferret .. I really enjoy the colors.. the rich greens etc.. you could use an alien sky though.. haha .. I wonder if there are riders out there with great ideas for photo challenge themes, but never win.. this is a good theme though ..

 

[the Ferret]

Well, there have been 22 different members choose the photo challenge in 41 months if I added right, but I wish more members participated. With today's phones being cameras it would be easy for most everyone to stop and get a pic, and it gets them out riding which was the purpose of the challenge in the first place. I usually defer after being first once, because being retired and willing to ride in any weather, and liking to play the game, I could easily get a pic within hours of the challenge being posted. Don't want that to discourage members from playing the game. Always good to see a member playing and posting up.

 

[Chuckk_imp]

good thinking ferret.. noting on your posting that you will defer might help.. others like me might actually want to wait until there is a winning posting, not wanting to have the pressure of choosing a theme for the next month.. it seems many of the neat themes have been used already.. at some point, old themes may need to be used again.. I ponder what theme I would suggest, then see it has been used already.. what are your thoughts ..

 

[Gone in 60]

How's this? Sorta cheated, had this one on my phone already. I could go out and get a real doozy about 20 miles from here, but it just started raining, and the 2012 date code tires on my CB would not like that.

 

[peterbaron]

Blue sky is great as well as bisons, we have both in Canada

 

[Chuckk_imp]

. cheater - cheater, gone in 60 .. it is wet here too in ventura, but things are drying out.. I might try for a ride up hwy33.. if the mountain roads get too wet, I can alway turn around.
Peter.. I thought everything was just white up there !! .. I guess the snow does melt for a little while .. haha ..

 

[peterbaron]

How is Charlotte??
:beerchug:

 

[Chuckk_imp]

How is Charlotte??
:beerchug:

Peter, I am afraid charlotte's career as chief motorcycle inspector is over now.. she has retired and moved up to northern California .. she was actually one of my tenant's kitty.. but we were always a pair, working on the bikes together.. she had her paws into everything ..the world around her was just one big toy.. you know how nosey cats are.. I would get upset when she would start to bat all of my nuts and bolts around, after I had set them carefully to the side in sequence.. but how could I not forgive her, after she gave me that innocent look..
..

 

[emptysea]

Just for clarification... The topic is "Favorite Road Sign" thanks to hovomd. So far we have one qualified picture, Ferret's, but he his passing the honor of July's choice to the next qualifying picture.

Remember: It's fun to "win" a month, but this challenge was set up to get people to give forum members a mini scavenger hunt each month. It was never about being first in -- it's about being in.

 

[suhawk305]

Other than the Dairy Queen roadside sign, we can agree that we all love the twisties signs:

I thought I would add my unfavorite sign:

In my opinion, the US, at least New York State, is behind incorporating traffic circles compared to other countries. Several traffic circles have been recently built in NYS and they do work, once our drivers get accustomed to them (rights of way, utilizing the correct lane, etc.) So for now, it is enter into a traffic circle with caution, especially on a motorcycle.

Both pictures were taken today near Middletown, NY

 

[the Ferret]

Good job Suhawk. We only have a couple of those circle things here. Only 1 in my county I'm aware of

 

[redbirds_imp]

Traffic circles are the best and there are more being added in Georgia. Wish they were at every major intersection.

 

[Houtman_imp]

If ONLY people on the roundabout would use their indicators than the traffic would run a LOT smoother.

 

[Richard_imp]

I always find this sign amusing - and slightly ironic...