Ben Branch
April 7, 2012
This marketing poster from Triumph circa 1977 is a great example of how to turn your weakness into a product feature. Most if to all of the Japanese bikes of the era had electric starts, the Bonneville still used a kicker and this was the marketing departments play at selling it to the masses.
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Ben Branch
April 6, 2012
The original Silodromes, or “Walls of Death”, were just made from rudimentary wooden planks, a few nails and some duct tape. This fantastically advanced German version is made from steel and is suspended in mid-air with a series of wires, pulleys and poles.
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Ben Branch
April 5, 2012
I have a deep love and long standing respect for BMW motorcycles. I’ve never actually owned one, but I’ll get around to picking one up someday. In the meantime, I’ll make do with ogling other people’s Beemers.
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Ben Branch
April 5, 2012
Yvonne Craig was introduced as Batgirl in the final 1967-1968 season of the Batman TV Series, posters of her in full costume adorned the walls of countless millions of boys around the world.
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Ben Branch
April 4, 2012
The Brütsch Mopetta is an interesting historical curiosity, only 14 of the microcars were ever made and even though there were some negations with Opel, nothing came of the talks and the car, sadly, never saw a production run.
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Ben Branch
April 4, 2012
Carroll Shelby is an American icon with a habit of turning out cars that go on to reach icon status minutes after they roll off the production line.
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Ben Branch
April 3, 2012
The Triumph T120 is a veritable beast of a motorcycle, the model was originally introduced back in 1959 and saw a remarkable lifespan of 16 years and innumerable model iterations.
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Ben Branch
April 2, 2012
This unique café racer is a hybrid of sorts, not the Priusy kind of hybrid that smells like lentils, but a hybrid in the…
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Ben Branch
April 2, 2012
Sure, you might have seen this picture before. But hell, it’s Monday and we all need a laugh. Hit the Facebook share button below if you’d like to cheer up your friends. Or make them cringe.
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Ben Branch
April 1, 2012
This great little documentary, called Mille Miglia – The Spirit of a Legend, centres around the modern Mille Miglia with countless references and clips of…
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Ben Branch
March 31, 2012
The humble Kawasaki KZ400 is all too often overlooked by custom motorcycle builders which is a shame really as it has mammoth potential.
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Ben Branch
March 31, 2012
This classic leather satchel by Montague is designed in the same style as vintage military briefcases, each one is handmade and special care is given to ensure the bags last long term, all corners and stress points are riveted and a thick, high grade leather is used throughout.
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