In the formative years of motor racing, no gentlemen would be caught dead in his automobile without his leather helmet, goggles and trusty driving gloves. Fortunately, companies that still produce these items still exist and as the above pictured gloves attest, they haven’t lost an ounce of style over the passing decades.
Roland Sands Design are easily one of the top custom bike builders in the world today, their careful meld between state-of-the-art engineering and aesthetically stunning design never fails to stop me in my tracks. This bike, the KTM 525 EXC is no exception
Falcon is a company that needs no introduction, unless you’ve been living under a rock or not reading motorcycle magazines/websites for the past couple of years. Their creations are revered almost like Greek gods amongst enthusiasts of two-wheeled customs, their most recent bike, the Black Falcon,
Ariat have been making riding boots since 1993, their footwear is well known for having a retro look with much more modern performance characteristics. They’re an established world leader in equestrian boots but their motorcycle boots are extremely good as well, this model is called the Rambler and features a distressed leather upper and a Duratread outsole.
Kit planes have always held a certain fascination for me, the idea that a person can order a flat-pack kit on the internet, assemble it in their garage and then take to the skies like a modern day Howard Hughes is so cool it should probably be illegal.
This vinyl wall decal measures 47 inches wide x 22.5 inches tall and can be ordered in custom sizes from the store, it’s also available in a stack of colours as well as easy to follow instructions for installation. The Mrs may get a little antsy if you put it on the living room wall, so you’ll probably need to get rid of her.
In the 1970s and 1980s a man called George Martin was the number 1 custom motorcycle and motorcycle frame builder in Europe. The frame on this bike is one of Martin’s original 70s frames (although it looks like pure Ducati) and the engine is an air-cooled Kawasaki Z1000.
It’s often remarkable what 6 months in a garage can accomplish. Nick, the builder of this remarkable Honda CB360, found it in an old mans shed and offered him $300 for it, the guy accepted the offer and Nick took it home.
Amazing things happen when Harleys get customised by the Japanese. All too often it’s Japanese bikes getting customised by Americans but more often than not it goes both ways, this beautiful custom is called Fava and it was built by Hide Motorcycles, or Hidemo, out of the city Kawasaki in Japan.