Ben Branch
November 14, 2017
This is the exact motorcycle that Harley-Davidson should build. Perhaps with the addition of fenders for legal reasons. The world-famous American motorcycle company has seen stock prices plummet over 23% so far this year, with…
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Ben Branch
November 14, 2017
The Small Batch Supply Co. Camera Strap is a bit of a personal favorite. It’s appealing for a few reasons but perhaps mostly because it’s been over-engineered to the point where I feel I…
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Ben Branch
November 13, 2017
Between them, Glen Kyle and Beese Wendt won won 5 National Hillclimbing Championships aboard the heavily customised Vincent Rapide Series B Hillclimber you see pictured above and below. The Glen Kyle Era The bike started…
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Ben Branch
November 13, 2017
Simpson updated their famous Outlaw Bandit Helmet in 2017 with some added features to make it more aerodynamically stable and give the wearer a wider field of view. The helmet also meets both Snell…
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Ben Branch
November 12, 2017
The Douglas DC-3 is remembered as one of the most important aircraft of the 20th century – largely because of the way it revolutionised commercial passenger flight. The aircraft was designed and built to…
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Ben Branch
November 11, 2017
Dennis Hoyt is a highly-regarded automotive artist renowned for his sculptures of racing cars in action – famous for capturing accurate detail of each car combined with a swirling sense of motion and speed….
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Ben Branch
November 10, 2017
In 1926 Ralph Mulford, one of the greatest of the early American racing drivers, drove a Chandler Six to an overall win in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Sometimes referred to as “The Race to the Clouds”, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb is a 12.42 mile track that winds up the side of Pikes Peak, with over 156 turns climbing 4,720 ft to a total elevation of 14,110 ft.
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Ben Branch
November 9, 2017
Steve McQueen famously owned a Harley-Davidson WLD, much like the example you see here, and he loved it so much he kept it right up until his untimely death in 1980. While we’ll never…
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Ben Branch
November 9, 2017
Cross-country touring on a motorcycle typically requires figuring out a way to carry luggage with you on your bike – many (if not most) use pannier systems which can be bolted directly to the…
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Ben Branch
November 8, 2017
A Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost pickup truck might seem like an unusual thing on the surface of it, but it’s actually a very well-suited vehicle for industrial use – as it’s powered by a famously reliable 7.5 litre straight-6.
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Ben Branch
November 8, 2017
This is a model of Nautilus, the legendary submarine from the Jules Verne classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was created by Harper Goff’s close friend and protégé Tom Scherman, and presented to…
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Ben Branch
November 7, 2017
This is the original Jeep and Robby the Robot (suit) from the exceedingly influential 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet – Amazingly they’re coming up for public sale as a twofer, and it’s hard…
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