The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit tells the story of Phil Hill, the first American to win a Formula 1 race and still remembered as one of the all time greats, it’s a blazing read and a solid page turner. As the list of 5 star Amazon reviews can attest, this isn’t just my opinion, if you’ve been looking for a good read bit the link below and let me know what you think when you’ve read it.
One of the only regrets of my life so far is that I haven’t spent enough time going sideways in the dirt on a motorcycle. This is something I am working towards rectifying.
This Harley Café Racer by Italian garage Passion 4 Custom is a great example of what can be achieved with a v-twin and a little patience, the style of the finished bike is a little reminiscent of Shinya Kimura’s work although it’s also quite distinctly Italian.
We love this traditional flask by Ernest Alexander, it has a 12oz volume and comes with a waxed canvas cover to keep condensation from damaging your jacket pocket.
I love the front suspension on these early 20th century motorcycles, there was no real standardisation yet and so a wide variety of solutions were tried. Must have been an exciting time to be a young man with money in your pocket.
The 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder is considered by many racing historians to be the most powerful race car to have every turned a wheel on asphalt.
We love this vintage homage tee from the official Ohio State University…
Guitars and motorcycles have been winning women over since forever.
The 2SRD is a unique take on the classic Yamaha RD350 although with the amount of work and the sheer number of major changes,…
The level of spatial awareness needed to hand draw a cutaway like this, a work by Shin Yoshikawa, blows my mind.
The Devon Tread 1 is a relatively new watch design by Devon Works, a California based watchmaker with a penchant for unique timepieces. The mechanism tells the time using a series of belts operating on multiple levels, it’s remarkably complex system that’s more than a little mesmerising.
One of my favourite things is to discover men like Albert “The Chief” Hurt, he’s a retired Coast Guard officer who lives in Spokane and…
