1 2 Or 3 Wheels - 24hr Image Thread

Some BMX Flatland winter action on two wheels:



The woman above is Monika Hinz, multiple times world champion in the "Girls Flatland" category.

Motocross racer, jumping high:

From my 'Classic Cars and Motorcyles' collection, an image that is very Italian - 'The Red Vespa'. The word 'vespa' means wasp in Italian and that is the name that was given to a famous brand of Italian scooter manufactured by Piaggio and now a design icon. It was a Vespa scooter that was used in the classic film 'Roman Holiday' with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck.

"Bigmouth" with it´s friendly smile takes off again - sticking it´s "head" into the clouds.
One of several planes the local skydiving Group uses for training missions.


"What are you waiting for" is written on the ramp exit of the skydivers plave - makes sense lol


A trip with the Junkers ju 52 (Tante Ju) is a travel experience through time.


The workhorse-plane that carries the local skydvers returns home with open doors

This poor poor man only has a handcart, cannot afford a car or even a horse, and has the burden of poverty written over his face.

Steel wheels







Rubber wheels

This family was out for a day and headed for the beach, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America.

A couple of planes stopping over in Madison, on their way to OshKosh for the EAA.

Caravaggio's St. Catherine




Dave

The Messerschmitt cabin scooter was build 1955 to 1964, now, many years later, I remember it driving on the streets of my hometown in Germany.
I photographed this vintage three-wheeled bubble car during the annual Bielefeld LA STRADA CLASSIC car show, 2017. Created a digital background texture and added the caption.

This rusty antique hay rake rests in a weedy canyon in northern Utah. It is an iconic representation of the Mormon settlers who farmed the bottom land along the creek but their history is a mere blip compared to the generations of Fremont Indians who occupied a large village on this spot and farmed the same pastures. Their legacy can be seen in the thousands of petroglyphs carved into the canyon walls.
Rusty Antique Hay Rake

On a snowy day on a side porch at Hallsborough Tavern a vintage birdhouse sits on top of an antique sewing machine base that has a foot treadle that powered the big wheel that ran the stitch mechanism.



A mountain biker racer at VA Dominion Riverrock festival. A biker races along the wooded trails along the James River and across from the city of Richmond, VA in one of several ten mile races and other sporting events on this scenic route and on the water.

Spin and take a chance on the wheel of fortune. An imaginary wheel of fortune with Alice-In-Wonderland like characters that takes you back to the old carnivals and fairs of the 19th century.

A color select image of fiery red Vespa is parked against a wall on a street in Miami, FL.

Many people in other countries ride bicycles instead of owning cars which can seem worlds apart for those who live in countries where it is common to own a car. Asian laborers riding bikes along side breathtaking scenery of fields and purple mountains.

Old Ford Truck

1975 Honda CB750K5 Motorcycle

The Honda CB750 is a four cylinder inline engine design and is included in the American Motorcycle Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame of classic bikes. It has been called by some as one of the greatest motorcycles ever and was the first motorcycle to be labeled as a superbike. This particular 1975 Honda CB750K5 has been maintained in immaculate condition, is a daily driver and currently has 91,000 original miles on it. The owner says it runs as good as the day it was new, no doubt due to some very careful maintenance over the years.

1975 Honda CB750K5 Motorcycle

The Honda CB750 is a four cylinder inline engine design and is included in the American Motorcycle Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame of classic bikes. It has been called by some as one of the greatest motorcycles ever and was the first motorcycle to be labeled as a superbike. This particular 1975 Honda CB750K5 has been maintained in immaculate condition, is a daily driver and currently has 91,000 original miles on it. The owner says it runs as good as the day it was new, no doubt due to some very careful maintenance over the years.

2010 Indian Chief Vintage Motorcycle

2010 was the last year the 105 cuibic-inch engine design was used. When Polaris took over the operation of the company in 2011 a brand new engine design, along with other changes were employed in the production Indian models going forward. The cylinders and the cylinder head design of the 2010 models versus the engines used by Polaris after they took over production as the new engines are larger and more powerful and visibly are easy to tell apart from the engines last used in 2010.

2015 Indian Chief Vintage motorcycle, red and ivory paint with full desert tan leather seats, saddle bags and trunk. This is one stunningly beautiful bike and no doubt a great pleasure to ride.

2003 Harley Davidson Road King 100th Anniversary Firefighter SE motorcyle.

Weathered old garden utility cart sitting and waiting for the next project to come along in a colonial New Hampshire home back yard garden.

The Old Jenney Grist Mill

The Old Jenney Grist Mill is a fully functional working mill that is located in Plymouth, MA, and is a reproduction of the 1636 mill and is on the same site as the original mill which burned down in 1837. Many of the parts of the mill, the stone, spindle and stone furniture are from the early 1899s. The mill is fully water powered from the Town Brook and used two grooved mill stone to grind the corn.

Chipper is an easy rider who enjoys cruising the highways and biways of North America...



This line-up of white tricycles is a something of a landmark here on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.



I have a series of vintage collages featuring a bicycle and Paris. Here's one of them, with a peacock on its way to visit the Eiffel Tower.

Ammunition Caisson at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland...
The caisson is a two-wheeled chassis carrying two ammunition chests filled with powder bags and projectiles. It is attached to the trail end of the cannon on the march. When the piece is horse-drawn, a limber, also a two-wheeled chassis carrying an ammunition box, but with a long tongue for the harness, is hooked on to complete the train.

1951 Ford interior driver control detail, steering wheel, dash gages, air conditioner, shifter, seat belts, foot pedals and dash board.

Roadside Peanut Stand, Freds Famous Peanuts, in the Helen, Georgia area. Great place to stop and get several different kinds of peanuts, homemade peanut brittle and a bunch of other goodies. We left with a large pile of goodies and enjoyed every single one of them. Plenty of available samples make picking what you want a lot easier.

Storage Cove On An 1803 Amish Corn Barn

This small storage cove is located on an 1803 Amish corn barn that has been built lengthwise into the side of a small hill and contains what appears to be an 1800s era hand powered corn shelling machine. This Amish corn barn is located in Lancaster, PA.

Historic Edwin B Mabry Grist Mill

The Mabry Mill is undoubtedly one of the most photographed locations in the United States and certainly in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Construction on the mill began in 1903 by Edwin Boston Mabry and was soon in full operation at first as a blacksmith and wheelwright shop and then as a gristmill in 1905. The front part of the mill was finished by 1910 and contained a lathe for wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planner and a jigsaw. Through 1914 Edwin Mabry purchased adjacent sections of land mainly to obtain more water to power his mill operation. The mill is located at milepost 176 on the Blue Ridge Parkway and has several hundred thousand visitors stop by during the course of any given year.

An old well used wagon wheel leaning up against the back wall of an early 1800s New England cooperage shop.

I think this is the only thing I have that qualifies, a vintage flathead Harley motorcycle in a modern digital "expressionist" style.

John Cable built this water powered grist mill in the early 1870 time frame, it is located at the west end of Cades Cove. The mill remains water powered and is still producing flour almost every day of the week. The flour being ground at this mill is available for purchase from directly inside of the grist mill.

This wagon is located at Fort Union National Monument in New Mexico. Fort Union was a major supply hub in the southwest and is located on the Santa Fe Trail where the wagon ruts are still visible today.

Here's a one wheeler that started life as a three wheeler. Thus, the "Sad Story" in black and white.



** Mary Lee Dereske

And I don't want to discriminate against 2 wheels, so here's a bicycler on his way to Gediminas Tower in Lithuania, once again in black and white.



** Mary Lee Dereske

Attending a wonderfully old-fashioned community fair on the Eastern Shore of Maryland a few years ago, tucked away to the side was this beautiful police bike ... I had to get a pic. Though the original photo on which this is loosely based was taken in broad daylight, I played around a bit ... creating a night scene and emphasizing the gleaming chrome bits and the lights.

This wonderful antique bike was on the porch of the Juniata Crossing Mercantile on Route 30, near Breezewood PA on May 10, 2009, I couldn't resist taking the image.

"Taxi!" Kind of makes me laugh when people hail a cab and feel compelled to yell out "Taxi!" As if the driver can hear you over all that NYC background noise, including other people yelling for a taxi!

Here's my take on the Bodie Ghost Town wagon wheel image

Tractor - 3 wheels

I think this is the first wheelchair I've seen in this thread - at any rate, there aren't many others. It's not what normally comes to mind when you think of "transport", but to the person who owes his mobility to this piece of equipment, it represents mobility and freedom. With the title, "Long Wait", I tried to suggest a story about this dog and his loyalty to his human companion.

Love Florence! Not many cars, and plenty of bicycles, but beware the motorcycles that zip by at any moment.

An image of a forgotten toy trike on an abandoned and overgrown property in Pasadena, Maryland. I added a white vignette to help symbolize an old memory. The original image was captured 7-15-07 and reprocessed 9-3-18.

Below: An OOB (Out Of Bounds), also known as OOF (Out Of Frame) image of 3 guys peddling along the paved park trail in Hanover, Maryland.

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Above: An OOB (Out Of Bounds), also known as OOF (Out Of Frame) image of a man peddling down a park path on a trike and waving in Hanover, Maryland.

There is a bicycle in there - behind all that rain



As for a more detailed description:

This is based on a real street in São Paulo near where I used to work, I drew it one lunchtime, then combined it with with my rainy theme when I was thinking about "Real Life" and such events as getting to and from work in torrential rain. I specifically avoided colour as I wanted to create a mood in black, white and some grey.
"Is This the Real Life" shows a very real life, in the city on a rainy night, getting soaked without an umbrella or other means of shelter. The light at night and the isolation of the figure add to the eerie atmosphere. Some figures across the road have found shelter, there is a bicycle or motorbike parked in the rain. The theme lent itself to the theme of the first line of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Below: As I was walking around the historic district of Annapolis Maryland, I saw this snazzy looking vehicle turn the corner. Upon closer inspection of the image I noticed the driver had on a cap and masked face. The mask may have been a bandana. The vehicle was a cross between a motorcycle and a car, similar to a fancy trike. It's known as "The Slingshot".

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Above: An image of a T-Rex 3-wheeled cyclecar made by the Campagna Corporation from Canada.

Alison, a taxi has 6 wheels

I had this dream about a pigeon who could ride a bicycle. She wore a beret and road as fast as she could. While she was riding she would daydream about all the places she wanted to fly to like France to see the Eiffel Tower and Africa to see the wild animals she had heard so much about. She also wanted to see St Louis, Mo. which is a big city a little way from where she lived. Because she daydreamed, she would always wreck her bike.

A silhouette of a lady bicyclist pausing to take in the gorgeous sunset over the Chesapeake Bay at the Bay City community on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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Below Left: An image of a weather vane with the essence of fog along the bottom.

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Above Right: Image of a bike silhouette parked on the shoreline of Rock Creek on the Chesapeake Bay. Image taken at Fort Smallwood Park in Pasadena, Maryland. There's a cargo ship in the distance and shore grasses in the foreground.

Bottom Left: Fort Howard is the name of a former military installation of the Spanish American War named by Elihu Root, Secretary of War under President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 after Colonel John Eager Howard (1752-1827). The installation earned the nickname the "Bulldog at Baltimore's Gate" serving as the coastal artillery headquarters for Baltimore, Maryland. Fort Howard's historical significance is its military connection with the War of 1812, the Spanish - American War, and World War II.

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Above Right: At Fort McHenry National Monument and Historical Shrine, I photographed this antique handcart and added a sepia tone with a slightly faded edge along with some textures. It was parked on a porch next to a window with shutters. Fort McHenry is now a National Park located in South Baltimore, Maryland.

January, 2014 I was duck hunting in eastern Arkansas. Our guides were Joe Brannon and world champion duck caller Buckshot (Buck) Gardener. I did this painting for presentation as a commission.

Two wheels

My husband's motorcycle recently sold but I kept a photograph and made into a vintage style photo.

Kevin, that has 4 wheels

This is from a short series titled the most interesting Rat in the world, idea came from the famous XX's beer commercial the most interesting man in the world.

Water color with pen and ink, a young woman and her old vintage Norton motorcycle admiring the view from the look out point.

This is one of my early copper sculptures, titled wheelmen of the past.

This print is of an original of a copper sculpture I made a few years ago titled "Early Fying Machine"

A wheelbarrow a customer was going to throw away which was used as a planter instead.

A colorization of a vintage western union messenger boy on a bicycle.

A strange street sweeper digital photography.

The summers were hot back then,
And the winters were cold.
Best friends were forever,
or so we were told.

The years have come and gone,
And each chapter unfolds.
What I would give to have that dog back,
To have and to hold.

Everett and his dog - 1908

- Jayson





and 3 wheels if you please.

2 hours left :-). I've been so pleased you had some!

Love the poetry also!

Another early sculpture in copper which I later made a digital print of "The Juggler"