Ben Branch
December 16, 2011
You just have to love the character embodied in this photograph. I don’t know if it’s the unfurling cape or the fact that that suspension is going to bottom out in a big way when he lands, but something about this snapshot just makes me happy.
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Ben Branch
December 16, 2011
The Tarantulas are a highly respected Portland custom motorcycle garage, this low key pullover hoodie is one of their apparel offerings and might just be the perfect around-town sweater for the cold winters of the northern United States.
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Ben Branch
December 15, 2011
Dime City Cycles is a New York based one stop shop for anyone building custom motorcycles, be it a café racer, a flat-tracker or a bobber, DCC will generally have the parts you’re looking for.
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Ben Branch
December 15, 2011
The Ferrari Modulo was created by iconic automotive design firm Pininfarina in 1970 on commission from Ferrari, Ferrari at the time had a number of left over 512 S models that it couldn’t sell (or race) and so they gave one to Pininfarina and essentially said “make something wonderful”.
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Ben Branch
December 15, 2011
Boots are an essential element to any man’s wardrobe, especially heading into the cold of winter, these distressed leather boots by Belstaff have that…
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Ben Branch
December 14, 2011
This great looking tee by illustrator McBess (Mattieu Bessudo) was recently featured as the T-Shirt of the day over at Sixand5 and it’s available now via Dudes Factory here.
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Ben Branch
December 14, 2011
Cleveland started manufacturing motorcycles in 1915 with fairly rudimentary 2-stroke singles, by 1925 demand for a larger and more powerful 4-stroke finally won over the company management and engine designer F.E. Fowler set about building an all-new 4 cylinder 4-stroke with a 600cc displacement and a 3 speed transmission.
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Ben Branch
December 14, 2011
After mentioning my dismay earlier this week about the lack of modern board-track racing in the article about the Revatu Pea Shooter one of our readers shot me over an email with a link to this fantastic film about a crew of modern day board-tracker racers based in Germany.
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Ben Branch
December 13, 2011
I love great industrial design. It actually puts me in a good mood to discover hitherto undiscovered designers whose work deserves much wider exposure. This motorcycle concept, dubbed “The Slugger” is the work of Swedish designer Mikael Lugnegård, a talented 31 year old with a penchant for automotive and motorcycle design based in Umeå.
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Ben Branch
December 13, 2011
Aston Martin built the DB3 almost exclusively for racing between 1951 and 1953, only 10 of them were ever made with the chassis numbers 1-5 going to the factory works team and chassis’ 6-10 going to privateer teams in the UK.
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Ben Branch
December 13, 2011
This great photograph of John Wayne was taken in 1970 on the set of Big Jake, a western set in 1909. Wayne is said to have used the Honda to get around the set and there are rumours that he wrote the bike off one evening after having had a few too many drinks and attempting to ride back to his trailer.
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Ben Branch
December 13, 2011
This one-off 1947 Franay-Bentley Mark VI is widely considered to be the best (and most expensive) post-war Bentley ever made, that stunning and almost Bugatti-esque body was all hand made by French coach builder Franay. The car was first shown at the 1947 Paris Auto Show to world-wide acclaim.
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