Ben Branch
August 15, 2016
The 78 Motor Co. is an England-based moto gear company that specializes in handmade, low-volume production with a strong emphasis on traditional techniques and carefully selected materials. The Sprint Gloves are designed for use…
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Ben Branch
August 14, 2016
This 1925 documentary was created by the Engineering Division of the US Army as an introduction to the Air Service – the US Air Force wasn’t formed as its own branch of the military…
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Ben Branch
August 13, 2016
The Ford GT40 is almost certainly the most famous, and most successful, result of Britain and America’s special cross-Atlantic automotive relationship. Many cars have been built as collaborative efforts between both countries of course,…
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Ben Branch
August 12, 2016
The Lotus C-01 was designed by Daniel Simon – the guy who designed the Tron Lightcycles in the recent reboot, the Bubbleship from the movie Oblivion, and he collaborated with Ridley Scott on early…
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Ben Branch
August 12, 2016
The Piloti’s new Superstrada driving shoes are a modern interpretation of the classic men’s motoring shoe – designed to be the perfect footwear for an afternoon behind the pedals, tearing across the landscape working…
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Ben Branch
August 11, 2016
The new Indian FTR 750 is a race-only motorcycle developed in collaboration with Polaris-SwissAuto with a single goal in mind – the annihilation of the currently dominant Harley-Davidson flat track racers. It’s been decades…
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Ben Branch
August 11, 2016
The Redverz Solo Expedition Tent is the single camper version of their better known two-person Atacama tent, both models offer a dedicated motorcycle bay to keep your bike out of the rain, wind, hail,…
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Ben Branch
August 10, 2016
The Shelby Series 1 Roadster is the only car ever designed by Carroll Shelby from a blank sheet of paper. And for that reason it’s an exceedingly important automobile, even though just 249 were…
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Ben Branch
August 10, 2016
The Autodromo Stradale Automatic is one of the original signature timepieces from Autodromo – and it’s one of the designs that launched them into the zeitgeist of horological enthusiasts worldwide. The styling of the…
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Ben Branch
August 9, 2016
The BMW R nineT was developed by the German marque as a modern version of the now iconic R90 – the identically pronounced (but far simpler to type) name given the their top of…
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Ben Branch
August 9, 2016
Jakob Kähler is a photograper who specialises in a now all but unknown format – double exposed film. He uses traditional film cameras to capture an initial image of a subject, then rewinds the…
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Ben Branch
August 8, 2016
The Japanese rise as a dominant force in the motorcycle industry during the seventies caught much of the established European motorcycle manufacturers off guard. The bikes from the Land of the Rising Sun had nice convenient electric starters and quickly earned themselves a reputation for dependability. The expression “boringly reliable” was quickly applied to anything made by Honda, because they were. A flat out ride on a Honda CB750cc was however anything but boring and the Kawasaki 900cc that followed it provided levels of excitement that beggared belief.
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