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The Bojete Chopper

Ben Branch August 3, 2012
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Vintage

So it appears that the modern trend of raking out the front forks on motorcycles isn’t as modern as we all thought. This picture dates back to October 1910 and it clearly shows a chap who’s heavily modified a motorcycle into the “Bojete Chopper”.

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Vintage Girard-Perregaux Chronograph

Ben Branch June 8, 2012
  • Gadgets
  • Gear
  • Luxury
  • Rare
  • Retro
  • Style
  • Vintage

This captivating vintage Girard-Perregaux chronograph just became available on 1stDibs…

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Original Café Racer

Ben Branch May 10, 2012
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Retro
  • Vintage

You may not have noticed this yet, but take a look at how low down the clip-ons are mounted on this old Norton cafe racer.

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World’s Most Dangerous Sport

Ben Branch April 30, 2012
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Off Road
  • Racing
  • Vintage
  • WTF

It seems a shame that this clip is only 0:48 seconds long, seeing people skiing down a mountain being pulled by a Porsche 550 Spyder, Porsche 356, assorted Triumphs and other motorcycles is genuinely incredible.

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1973 MV Agusta Electronica Street Scrambler

Ben Branch April 11, 2012
  • Italian
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Vintage

The 1973 MV Agusta Electronica Street Scrambler is an unusual model from MV, it was never sold outside Italy having been designed as a Street Scrambler for use in and around the tight, ancient lanes and alleyways of small towns across the country.

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CB550 by Steel Bent Customs

Ben Branch August 12, 2011
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Vintage

This beautiful Honda CB550 Café Racer by Steel Bent Customs is just about the picture perfect motorcycle as far as I can tell. I am biased though as I love the Honda CB550 even in stock form, so this immaculate café build is an incremental improvement on a motorcycle I already loved.

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Machine Gun Motorcycle

Ben Branch April 30, 2011
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Vintage

In the days before optional ABS and wuss-o-rama-heated-grips they had optional sidecar mounted machine guns. The old days kick ass. I can’t help but…

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1973 Lamborghini Urraco

Ben Branch April 29, 2011
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Vintage

For $17,750 USD this Lamborghini Urraco almost seems too good to be true, that said the Urraco is probably the most affordable member of…

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Norton 650SS Slimline Featherbed

Ben Branch April 29, 2011
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

The Norton 650SS was produced between 1962 and 1967 and despite the fact that it was never as famous as the next Norton, the…

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Vintage Crashes – NASCAR Edition

Ben Branch April 21, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Vintage

  So far as vintage crashes go this one’s a doozy (to use period appropriate phraseology). Daytona International Speedway in early 1960 saw the single…

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Triumph TT Deluxe Café Racer by LC Fabrications

Ben Branch April 16, 2011
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

What would a café racer look like if it had been built in 1910 instead of 1960? It’s a question that has been asked…

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Board Track Racing Car #5

Ben Branch April 14, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Building a motor racing stadium out of a highly flammable material, strapping on a leather helmet, climbing into a vehicle with no discernible braking…

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