Paul Smith Shearling Hat
Paul Smith’s Shearling Hat is a throwback to the days when biplane fighter pilots wore leather helmets, goggles and smoked a pipe whilst engaging krauts in aerial warfare. With a hand held revolver.
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1956 Jaguar XK140 Fixedhead Coupe SE
The Jaguar XK140 is all to often overshadowed by its predecessor, the XK120. Jaguar launched the XK140 at the London Motor Show in late 1954…
Bremont ALT1-Z Zulu
Bremont is British watchmaker famous for creating timepieces that can handle staggering extremes in temperature, air pressure and water pressure, one of the models can even handle being ejected out of a U-2 spy plane at 100,000 feet into -40C at 600+mph. This capability becomes immediately useful the next time the mother-in-law comes to visit.
2013 Triumph Scrambler Custom
We featured the official 2013 Triumph Scrambler last week, in the process of writing that piece I got to talking with Joao Alves of Somos and we pondered what a proper, balls-to-the-wall Triumph Scrambler designed to race across Baja would look like.
Titanic Departure
This image of the Titanic departing in Southampton on April the 10th 1912 carries a certain amount of weight considering the fate that ultimately awaited her. Only 5 days later she hit a large iceberg and the story from there lives on in infamy.
The ‘Out of Africa’ De Havilland Gipsy Moth
It isn’t everyday that the chance to buy something as iconic as the De Havilland Gipsy Moth from the film ‘Out of Africa’ comes along, she’s heading to the auction block on the 7th of February 2013 and rather remarkably, is still fit to fly.
1934 Scott Flying Squirrel Racing Motorcycle
The Scott Flying Squirrel is fitted with a 498cc 2-stroke, single-cylinder engine that uses a unique water-cooled circulation method known as the thermosyphon system.
The Girl on a Motorcycle
This photograph is from the film “The Girl on a Motorcycle”, a 1968 British-French film starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull.
2013 Triumph Scrambler
The 2013 Triumph Scrambler is fitted with a parallel twin, 865cc, air-cooled engine that produces 58hp and a very respectable 50ft-lbs of torque. Carburettors have been discarded in order to meet EU emissions requirements so the engine is now fed by a multipoint sequential electronic fuel injection system with SAI, this has the added benefits of being more fuel efficient and making the bike exceedingly reliable.
1948 Norton ES2
This 1948 Norton 490cc ES2 is one of those timeless, classic motorcycles that I could actually afford. This leaves me in the precarious position of having to explain to the Mrs why this would be a good purchase…
1973 Seeley-Suzuki T500
This 1973 Seeley-Suzuki 500cc sold at auction on the 10th of this month for just $14,950 USD, I was surprised to see it sell for such an affordable sum given the prices that Seeley based machines usually go for.
The Last MGB Works Rally Car
This is the last official MGB Works rally car, though I have to admit that I never knew the MGB factory went rallying.