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Tire of Trust Tee by The Hookie
The Hookie is a Dresden based custom motorcycle garage run by a friendly chap by the name of Nico, we featured his Harley custom dubbed The Hookie #2 early last year and since then he’s been hard at work designing a unique line of clothing.
1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 ‘Daytona’
The 1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 ‘Daytona’ was created to race in highly competitive endurance events, the 2.2 litre Porsche 907 had been dominating these races and so Alfa Romeo decided to race a 2.0 litre model in the class just below the 907.
T-Skull Tee by Fuel Motorcycles
Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles is a Barcelona based garage dedicated to building that new, 21st century breed of custom motorcycle. We featured their beautiful BMW R 100 Scram last year and since then, the team at Fuel have turned some of their artistic inclination towards clothing, specifically, tees.
From Nose To Tail…It’s Plexiglas
The plastics revolution in the 20th century will probably be looked back on by historians as a good thing over all, though plastic products are difficult to dispose of they did allow us to build a lot of very cool new things.
Rollie Free – 1950 Crash
In 1950, 2 years after his more-famous-than-Jesus swim-suit speed run at Bonneville, Rollie Free returned to the salt to reclaim his title. This time he arrived with a fully enclosed Vincent Black Lightning, a first attempt at streamlining by Rollie and on day 2 he made his first full-speed run.
The Bugatti 100P
The Bugatti 100P is a glimpse into what might have been, this groundbreaking and deeply revolutionary plane was developed by Ettore Bugatti and Louis de Monge in Paris in 1937, with…
Oldsmobile Rocket 88
The Oldsmobile Rocket 88 was produced from 1949 till 1999, it is widely credited with launching Oldsmobile out of it’s staid reputation in the 1940s into a new, NASCAR dominating behemoth, often pointed to as the pre-cursor to the muscle cars that began appearing in the 1960s.
Four Motorcycle Chariot
Well, I don’t really have a category for this post. I spent about an hour staring at this picture yesterday trying to figure out how the hell this guy was controlling the throttle, transmission and brakes. If you think you know, educate us all in the comments below.
Classified Moto 1982
This 30 second ad spot is a retro creation showcasing their XV920 custom that lit up the moto-tubes last year.
Audel’s Electric Library iPad Cover
Meet the Audel’s Electric Library iPad Cover, Made from 100% cowhide leather and embossed by hand, these covers use the magnetic strip on the left side of the iPad to stay firmly in place and provide tasteful screen protection.
BAC 1928 2400cc Pacer
Motor Paced Racing was a huge spectator sport in the early 20th century, tens of thousands of people would turn out to watch the famous cyclists of the day hit speeds in excess of 100kmph on their small, steel framed bicycles.
WASP
It’s a little known fact that during the Second World War, a number of American female pilots made their way to England to fly…