Archive for April, 2011

April 8, 2011

Wall of Death – hear the "Roar"

Just love this picture, the wind blowing through the lions mane is priceless; not sure what the bike is, sometimes the light but powerful Triumphs were put into action on these motordromes.

April 8, 2011

Triumph Adverts

Here’s another selection of the various methods through time to propote the prowess of a Triumph motorcycle…

…first off, sea, sand, seagulls and… 

However, the worlds best motorcycle has to rule the globe… quite literally!

Of course a word straight from the racers mouth doesn’t go amiss either.

… or a land speed record!

But in the end it all comes down to impressing the ladies!

April 3, 2011

Wallace – The Cooler King

One great biker, or rather sidecar driver, is Wallace, who, along with his trusty sidekick pup Gromit get up to all sorts of adventures on their red Triumph hack. One imaginative modelmaker has taken the idea to represent our top motorcyclist hero Steve McQueen in his most noted bike scene, the Great Escape fence jump, and applied an Aardman appearance to him. More cheese Gromit?

Here’s the original duo…