January Squares: Headlight

Posted on 04/01/2020 by David M

This is my day four post for Becky’s January Squares: Light photo challenge.

A rider enters the start/finish straight at around midnight during the Le Mans 24 hour motorcycle race in 1982. Even in those days most endurance race bikes ran twin headlights but this machine is competing in the silhouette class where the race bike has to have the same silhouette as the production machine it’s based on. So a single headlight and only minor modifications allowed.

Nine hours down, fifteen to go.

January Squares: Headlight

9 thoughts on “January Squares: Headlight”

BeckyB 04/01/202010:04 am Reply

Fabulous shot . . .endurance motorcyclists though are bonkers!!

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1. David M 04/01/202010:06 am Reply
  
  I was involved in it. I had a hand in building the bike in the photo and pit crewed for them in some races. And yes, many of us were bonkers.
  
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  1. BeckyB 04/01/202010:13 am
    
    oh wow . . .man of many talents
    
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Jackie 04/01/202010:59 am Reply

Great action shot!

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1. David M 04/01/202011:15 am Reply
  
  Thanks Jackie. Despite having a few nighttime motorsports photos in my archives there wasn’t many that worked as a square.
  
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Amy 04/01/20204:54 pm Reply

Wow, you were involved in it!!!

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1. David M 04/01/20204:59 pm Reply
  
  I knew most of the team which was also sponsored by a motorcycle magazine that I did some freelancing for.
  
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Garfield Hug 05/01/20205:18 am Reply

Taken at high speed? Great job!

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1. David M 05/01/20206:06 am Reply
  
  Thanks.
  
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