This photo from 1940 shows the San Francisco Women’s Motorcycle Unit, sometimes referred to as the Servi-Girls, I’ve hunted high and low for information on them but keep coming up empty. They look like the sort of ladies who should be remembered, as should their fantastic looking 3-wheeled motorcycles so if you know about them teach us all a thing or two in the comments below.
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The Austel Lotec was the brainchild of British engineer and designer Chris Castell. He developed an entirely unique motorcycle powered by a Mini car engine resulting in a claimed engine life of 300,000 miles, with fuel…
The Honda CL77 Scrambler was the off-road version of the CB77 Super Hawk, it was released in 1965 and sold until 1968. Unlike many scramblers of the time, the Honda had a smaller engine that…
This is a can of original Pit Stop Deodorant by Carroll Shelby, it was his first (and possibly last) foray into the world of men’s grooming products. When this can was sold in 1967,…
This is an original police motorcycle from Switzerland, it was first deployed in Canton de Fribourg before being transferred to Canton de Solothurn to complete its service life. It may seem odd that the Swiss…
This collection of rare Porsche posters is selling each individually with no reserve price, the auction will be held online between the 5th and 7th of May by Mecum. Many of these posters were commissioned…
The Apollo 3500 GT is one of the most remarkable American GT cars of its age, it’s largely unknown by many due to its relative rarity, but this hand-built car showed that the Americans could…
