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The Last Arab-Villiers

Ben Branch April 2, 2011
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

I’d never heard of the marque Arab-Villiers and so I was intrigued when I discovered this bike, I was even more interested once I learnt…

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1961 Triumph TR5C

Ben Branch April 1, 2011
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Modern off-road bikes are marvels of modern engineering, they have the power to weight ratio of yellow-cake uranium and motors that keep running no…

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Onboard With Juan Manuel Fangio – 1957 Modena, Italy

Ben Branch March 30, 2011
  • Cars
  • Formula 1
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This captivating onboard video is from a time when helmets were an afterthought, tires were the width of your necktie and Schumachers made shoes….

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Burt Munro at Home

Ben Branch March 29, 2011
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This photograph was taken in Burt Munro’s garage in 1970, in his hometown of Invercargill, New Zealand. Burt’s under 1000cc world record, which he…

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Lady on a BMW Motorcycle

Ben Branch March 24, 2011
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Vintage

They say a picture speaks a thousand words, this is certainly the case with this vintage photo. We don’t know where this picture originates…

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Rat Rod Truck – High Gear Hauler

Ben Branch March 24, 2011
  • Cars
  • Rat Rods
  • Retro
  • Vintage

Rat Rods are an occasional guilty pleasure of mine, regular chromed out show-pony hot rods don’t do it for me but with Rat Rods…

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BMW R100/7 Street Tracker by Blitz Motorcycles

Ben Branch March 23, 2011
  • Flat Trackers
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Vintage

Blitz Motorcycles is an up and coming garage based in France, made up of 3 talented bike builders named Fred (mechanics/electrics), Hugo (mechanics/artistic direction)…

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Craig Breedlove’s World Record Bonneville Run in 1963

Ben Branch March 22, 2011
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Vintage

In this wonderfully retro 1963 film Craig Breedlove breaks the land speed record at the Bonneville salt flats, driving a jet car named Spirit…

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3D Norton Manx M30 by Niels Schoen

Ben Branch March 21, 2011
  • Art
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Now I’m not entirely sure how far we’ve come with technology regarding 3D printers, I’m hoping that we aren’t too far away from the…

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On Any Sunday – Now Available On iTunes

Ben Branch March 20, 2011
  • Flat Trackers
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Vintage

On Any Sunday will be celebrating it’s 40th anniversary on the 28th of July this year, it’s an amazing tribute that even all these…

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1931 Bugatti T54 Special

Ben Branch March 19, 2011
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Bugatti name is quite possibly the most respected brand in automotive history, there aren’t that many original Bugattis in private hands and it’s…

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’79 CB 750 Scrambler by Kiez Kustoms

Ben Branch March 17, 2011
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Kiez Kustoms was unknown to me until a little earlier this week, I stumbled across their website and was floored by what I saw….

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