Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<html> Greetings,<br> <br> In the fall of 1994 a group of friends and myself made an overland trip from Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet and back including a stop in at the Everest Base Camp on the Tibet side. One of the motorcycles on the trip was a 500cc Enfield Bullet like the one you asked about in your message. I had seen quite a few of these machines around Kathmandu and they looked pretty funky! Most folks, myself included, were skeptical of old English technology assembled in India but in this case we were all wrong. Other than adjusting the carb because of the altitude this machine performed flawlessly and usually started with the first kick every morning - something the rest of the machines definitely did not do. After this trip the bike was shipped to Moscow and then travelled overland to Ireland, where unfortunately it was stolen on the first night in Dublin. It was recovered shortly after but was in bad shape. I have quite a few shots of this bike, including some with Mount Everest for a backdrop, taken with a M4-P and a 50mm Summilux to keep this on topic. Thanks for reminding me of a very good trip - - one that I would like to do again some day. Anyone interested???<br> <br> Ian Stanley,<br> <br> Bangkok, Thailand<br> <br> At 10:31 PM 99-09-18 -0500, KPETERS wrote: <br> <blockquote type=3Dcite cite>Took senior photos today for a friend's daughter who wasn't pleased with her professional photographers' work.=A0 Just a few rolls of b/w and colour traditional portraiture.=A0 I used my Contax G1 and the Leica R4 with portra 160 and the new Kodak b/w c-41 film.=A0 Anyways, both worked great, but I must say that the Contax is still amazing me.=A0 72 perfectly exposed, perfectly focussed portraits-- some with the studio lights, some with ambient light/reflector outside.=A0 Clarity, with the 90mm zeiss lens is no problem.=A0 The 90mm summicron rules for close ups, though, and I must say the colours from both lenses appear identical through the processing.=A0 I use a metz flash/ motordrive with the r4 and it's an impressive piece of machinery when all together, the contax just looks like your mother in laws camera to most people.=A0 Very unintimidating!=A0=A0 Perfect weather outside today too!=A0 Corn and be= ans are ripe and ready for harvest, light breeze, upper 60s/low 70s.=A0 <br> =A0<br> Also wanted to ask those of you in love with the old mechanics if anyone had any experience with the Enfield motorcycles?=A0 Our local motorcycle dealer just started selling them and they are quite interesting!=A0 500cc, one big cylinder, one carburator, kick start.=A0 The IIIf of motorcycles!=A0 And really neat!=A0 British styling, etc....=A0 Just wondering if anyone out there had checked them out!???=A0=A0 Anyways, seemed like something that an old Leica buff would like to have in their garage for photo adventuring!=A0=A0 Peace to all and have a great weekend!=A0 Kpeters<br> <a= href=3D"http://www.huntel.net/kpeters/index.html">http://www.huntel.net/kpe= ters/index.html</a><br> </blockquote><br> </html>