Ben Branch
March 30, 2011
This captivating onboard video is from a time when helmets were an afterthought, tires were the width of your necktie and Schumachers made shoes. Or in other words, the good old days. Sure, sure,…
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Ben Branch
March 29, 2011
From a pure engineering standpoint, Walt Siegl is one of the top bike builders in the world today. Anyone who would argue against that statement is unworthy to ever sit in the saddle of…
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Ben Branch
March 29, 2011
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…
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Ben Branch
March 28, 2011
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…
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Ben Branch
March 25, 2011
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…
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Ben Branch
March 24, 2011
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…
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Ben Branch
March 24, 2011
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…
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Ben Branch
March 24, 2011
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,…
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Ben Branch
March 23, 2011
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).
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Ben Branch
March 22, 2011
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…
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Ben Branch
March 22, 2011
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…
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Ben Branch
March 21, 2011
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…
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