Cuzn' Bob's start of riding season party 3/26/2016

[WoodButcher]

Cuzn' Bob (Robert) is a bike mechanic in Austin and a vendor on here. This is his second annual party. The band you see pictured has a TWTer playing in it too, Boulder Ed. Gray beard, cool hat.

All the pictures are here: https://woodbutcher.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Cuzn-Bobs-2016-Spring-Party

Here's Bob at the mike:

And Ed and the band:

Stand up bass players are so cool everything leans for them.

Lead singer:

And his personal cheering section, clapping for dad.

Some bikes:

Hey, whatcha got over there? I'll take it...

And yes, he was staring at this:

and these:

 

[M38A1]

Cuz'n Bob's Birthday Bash...

Here's a few snaps from Cuz'n Bob's party this past weekend celebrating his business. For those who don't know, Bob (Robert) was a Master Mechanic at Lonestar BMW. When Lonestar was sold, Robert went out on his own. I've used him a couple times and he remains my "mechanic" for all things BMW. He's good people....

Boulder Ed with his band:

And Boulder Ed himself on the right:

Scooter riders get special parking:

This sure is a purty Beemer....

...along with another cool old airhead:

Not sure he'll appreciate the picture, but here's Bob himself clowning around.

One of the Burlesque Beer Girls (I'm hoping to run a portrait series with her shortly)

Most folks don't appreciate just how hard this photography thing is. ESPECIALLY if you have a beer in your hand you must protect at all times. Here, Rusty (Woodbutcher) demonstrates the tried and true method of not only shooting with a 70-200mm lens, but also PROTECTING the beer at the same time.

And here's the front side for additional information on how it's done:

All of which leads us to a bigger discussion. Are we adding beer to our transmissions or are we drinking gear oil? They sure look the same to me. A cup of beer for reference on the left and a mug of beer on the far right. I'm thinking this Amsoil thing is just "beer syrup" and all the bars do is add fizzy water.

Our own Carolyn (KamLeeR) picking up a door prize she scored

 

[Tourmeister]

Re: Cuz'n Bob's Birthday Bash...

Boulder Ed with his band:

Either that guy on the left is REALLY wide, or you are getting some serious distortion from that wide angle lens!!

 

[WoodButcher]

Since Scott was shooting this 10-18?mm, I went long with the 70-200mm. At 10mm everything on the sides gets wide.