Archive for October, 2023

October 30, 2023

Oot for a spin

An’ aal covered in clarts

This happy couple have had a lark ploughing through the mud. Hacky dorty!

October 22, 2023

Autumnal Hues

Let the good air flow

I needed to get the wheels spinning under me and clear fresh Fall air blow cobwebs away. Blue October sky like a bluebirds wing, trees painted with a fiery splash. It always livens the senses when the leaves last hurrah of the season flares.

Smiles for miles

I wore the open-face helmet to ensure the sensations were keenly enjoyed.

October 21, 2023

Plaything

1 Deutschmark a ride

Beautiful ride-on bike on display at the Porsche museum in Hamburg. Pillion seat include so two-for-one possible! The maker is Lenaerts in Belgium and these Indian lookalikes were manufactured in the fifties. Rather than a rocking motion of typical fairground kiddie rides this had rollers that sped the wheels around. “Sehr viel spaß” as they say in Germany.

October 7, 2023

King Crimson

Tuin g a Norton motorcycle

Founding member of progressive rock group Kink Crimson, Robert Fripp, seen here in 1971 at Hyde Park. Working with Brian Eno later in the seventies too, particularly on Bowie’s Heroes and the wonderful lead guitar riff.

October 6, 2023

Tiger Cub

A new member to the Streak of adventure bikes from Hinkley

400cc and will be on sale for $5,500. This is a little corker of a machine ready for urban and light off-road duties. Belter!

October 5, 2023

Things of Beauty

Prototyp Hamburg

Whilst in the northern German city on the Elbe I visited this marvelous collection of Porsche one-offs and racing cars. Stunning beauty in all of their lines.

911’s, 356’s, Type 64 ‘Berlin-Rome’ car (the black one at the head of the post).

The curved bodywork flows in all directions like a Henry Moore sculpture. Wood forms were used to achieve this beauty.