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Patrol Waterproof Jacket by Icon

Ben Branch February 16, 2013
  • American
  • Clothing
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Gear
  • Jackets
  • Off Road

The Patrol Waterproof Jacket by Icon is a fairly comprehensive solution to riding in everything from moderately unpleasant to severely anti-social weather.

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Harley ‘Del Ray’ by DP Customs

Ben Branch February 15, 2013
  • American
  • Bobber
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

When it comes to Harley customs, you’d be hard pressed to find more unique examples than those produced by DP Customs. Our regular readers will remember that we featured the work of DP just a couple of weeks ago with their beautiful Harley Cafe Racer…

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Bawidamann Blade POGN L Cord Wrap

Ben Branch February 15, 2013
  • Accessories
  • American
  • Camping
  • Knives
  • Military
  • Survival

The paracord wrapped handle on the Bawidamann Blade POGN is designed to be a usable element in survival situation, it’s a nice touch that makes the knife quite a bit more valuable than just a sharpened piece of steel.

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San Francisco In Ruins – 1906

Ben Branch February 15, 2013
  • American
  • Photography
  • Vintage

This famous image shows San Francisco in ruins after the great earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906.

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Motorised Bicycle by Wolf Creative Customs

Ben Branch February 13, 2013
  • American
  • Bicycles
  • Board Trackers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

Jeff Wolf, the proprietor of Wolf Creative Customs, started building race-specific motorised bicycles for his son a few years back, he decided that the standard frames and engines were unreliable and a little on the finicky side so he started building his own stripped back racers from the ground up.

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BioLite Portable Grill

Ben Branch February 13, 2013
  • Accessories
  • American
  • Camping
  • Design
  • Gear
  • Survival

The BioLite Portable Grill has the added benefit of being able to singlehandedly recharge your phone or any other electronic device, using nothing but the heat generated by burning wood inside it’d combustion chamber.

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Sparrowhawk Airship Landing – USS Macon

Ben Branch February 13, 2013
  • American
  • Photography
  • Planes
  • Retro
  • Vintage

The concept of landing a plane on the underside of a moving airship at altitude it so utterly mad that it instantly becomes an addition to my bucket list.

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Vintage Motorcycle Crash

Ben Branch February 12, 2013
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Retro
  • Triumph
  • Vintage

This picture shows what looks like the kind of accident that leaves man (or woman) with a broken leg or two.

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1930 Henderson Custom Motorcycle

Ben Branch February 11, 2013
  • American
  • Art
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare
  • Style
  • Vintage

The 1930 Henderson Custom is one of the most stunning art deco motorcycles we’ve ever seen, it’s based on a 1930 K.J Henderson with an inline-4 air-cooled engine, that bodywork is all custom and it’s the sort of thing that would have impressed even Ettore Bugatti.

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Steerhide Cafe Racer Motorcycle Jacket

Ben Branch February 11, 2013
  • American
  • Clothing
  • Design
  • Gear
  • Jackets
  • Luxury
  • Retro
  • Style

Schott is a US based company that have been consistently turning out some of the greatest looking and most iconic jackets ever made by the hands of man. Springsteen loves them, Brando wore them and they’re all made by hand in the USA. That should be enough for anyone.

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Vintage Dirt Trackers

Ben Branch February 11, 2013
  • American
  • Art
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Triumph
  • Vintage

This is one of the most action packed vintage racing photos we’ve seen for a while, from the looks on the faces of the 1950s spectators in the background to the just landing on his side to the look on the face of the one racers who’s still upright, it’s an excellent picture.

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Putt Mossman

Ben Branch February 10, 2013
  • American
  • Art
  • Flat Track
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Putt Mossman was the most famous stunt motorcycle rider of the early 20th century, he travelled the world and appeared in 45 countries on 6 continents.

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