M&M | Candy riding a sidecar combination. Seen on a display shelf at the noodle shop where I got our supper.
November 13, 2019
Reg ‘n’ Pete
The Leather Boys | classic early sixties biker film depicting a fictionalization of the rocker lifestyle in the UK. Gritty kitchen sink drama.
November 12, 2019
Shell Blue
Twenty One | My nephew Dan Cook turned 21 today. So to celebrate here is Triumphs 350cc (21 cu. in.) 3TA aka the Twenty One or more colloquially the Bathtub. It was the first unit constructed engine from Edward Turner’s engineering group.
November 11, 2019
This position will be held
Lest we Forget | Anzac mechanics making field repairs in a muddy corner of the First World War. Ypres November 11th 1917
November 10, 2019
Under African Skies
Dakar or Bust | evocative photography from Nikon wielding Roger DeSilva (1925-2008) who, after capturing atrocities of WW2, settled in Senegal and recorded the young country’s independence spirit amongst the chic lifestyle of celebrities and politicians. He has a retrospective in Paris exhibiting many of his beautiful imagery.
November 7, 2019
Mail Order
Catalog Time | As the seasons change and cold weather starts closing its chill grip then the mail piles up with catalogues. Today the JC Peterman one arrived, the cover has a nicely illustrated winter scene.
November 5, 2019
Hey Ridley, you got any Beemans?
Herding Cat | Today is playwright Sam Shepard’s birthday. Born in 1943 he acted in, wrote, directed and won numerous awards for dozens of plays. I remember him for his role in The Right Stuff as iconic supersonic pilot Chuck Yeager. Shepard died in 2017 aged 73
November 4, 2019
Outsider Biker Art
Naive Kat | happy smiling cat takes his vee twin for a rip along the road…
November 2, 2019
Airborne
SF Streets | Steve McQueen launching his Triumph over one of the inclined street intersections of San Francisco. Probably taken during down time during the filming of Bullitt.
October 31, 2019
Moto-Graphics
Comic Art | a compilation by motorcycle journalist Gary Inman of biker imagery. Dynamic cover!
October 30, 2019
TWD
Cover Art | nice illustration of one of the main characters from The Walking Dead. Occasional blank front pages of the graphic periodical inspire readers to add their own comic art. A good representation of Daryl Dixon’s Triumph chopper.
October 29, 2019
“Curiosity is the Lust of the Mind” Thomas Hobbes
Bicycle Balance | We can all remember the moment equilibrium was achieved on two wheels. Calvin on the other hand…
“You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.” John Calvin
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