Burt Munro at Home
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 set in Bonneville on the 26th August 1967 still stands…
Smoothness by Arlen Ness
If Ettore Bugatti had been diverted away from car design and into motorcycles this is almost certainly what he would have built. This remarkable art deco motorcycle was designed and built by master bike…
The Dragster Jacket by Alpinestars
Leather jackets are an essential element to every man’s wardrobe, most people know that it’s important to avoid the sort of leather jacket that has an elasticised waistband and denim sleeves but narrowing it…
Tiger’s Milk II by Deus Bali
Deus Bali is fast becoming one of my favourite custom garages, they specialise in smaller capacity bikes like this 200cc Honda Tiger. The team strip all the superfluous plastic bodywork off and cut the…
Lady on a BMW Motorcycle
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 or who the lady is riding the bike, if you…
Rat Rod Truck – High Gear Hauler
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 I can kind of see the appeal. This particular example,…
BMW R100/7 Street Tracker by Blitz Motorcycles
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) and Léo (mechanics/welding).
Craig Breedlove’s World Record Bonneville Run in 1963
In this wonderfully retro 1963 film Craig Breedlove breaks the land speed record at the Bonneville salt flats, driving a jet car named Spirit of America. Breedlove lost the record in 1964 to Tom…
Hookie #2 by The Hookie
Some people hate Harleys and some eat, sleep and dream them. I consider this a Harley that’s easy to love and tough to hate. Built by Hookie Customs in Germany, the Hookie #2 is…
3D Norton Manx M30 by Niels Schoen
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 day when I can be emailed a SolidWorks file from…
Limited Edition “On Any Sunday” Helmet by Troy Lee Designs
The 1971 documentary film On Any Sunday is compulsory viewing for any motorcycle enthusiast. In fact if you haven’t seen it I’m going to ask you to go grab it from iTunes here, watch it,…
On Any Sunday – Now Available On iTunes
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 years later it’s still the quintessential motorcycling film. The 1971…