– graphic image on the wall in one of the bedrooms at a MidCentury home we stayed at this week. Colorful and swift.
March 4, 2022
Number One
He would have been 86 today. Sadly we lost him when he was just 32.
February 23, 2022
Olive Rudge
– actress Anna Karen, known for her role in late 60’s sitcom On The Buses, passed away aged 85. Thick glasses, unattractive wig and extra padding gave her a dowdy look in her frustrated marriage to Arthur.
February 4, 2022
X, Y & Z
– with a station wagon and sports car in the garage, why not add a motorcycle?
January 31, 2022
Enter to Win
– fill out the form and drop it in to your local Triumph dealer. Cool pencil drawing .
January 16, 2022
What was old is now new
– An Indian motorcycle manufacturer is rereleasing a couple of BSA models with echoes of classic bikes from the past. Both 650 singles, one is based on the Gold Star; the other more dirt oriented. I’d take either!
January 8, 2022
– One of the “New Hollywood” directors from the seventies, Peter Bogdanovich, passed away this week aged 82. His first foray into movies was as an assistant director under Roger Corman in Wild Angels. A pivotal film that set the scene for what was to come. I’ve always got time to watch his first directorial debut triplet: The Picture Show; What’s up Doc? And Paper Moon. here he looks on as Corman discusses a scene with Peter Fonda.
January 2, 2022
Brigitte Bardot looks down
– Antique bike; ceramics in tall display case; bronze cat; and Terry O’Neill photograph.
December 30, 2021
Tigers Throne
– some curious whiskered chap enjoying the saddle prospect from a late sixties T100 Tiger.
December 24, 2021
“Je t’aime… moi non plus”
– Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin were the it couple in the late Sixties. As his chanteuse, Jane sang and acted is many of his songs and films.
December 23, 2021
Pygar rides
– John Philip Law and Jane Fonda running around on a period Norton in the late Sixties.
November 1, 2021
No Tail
– the lines of this legendary bike are well defined in another card from yesterday’s post subject.
October 19, 2021
Anamosa IA
– on our road trip through Iowa we stopped in at this impressive collection of motorcycles. Here is a selection of engines spanning 7 decades. More to follow this week!
October 6, 2021
Triton
– marvelous study in pencil of a classic Norton Triumph hybrid. Nice balance of fine detail and faded edges.
October 4, 2021
Alpine meadow
– let’s enjoy the King of Cool from a legendary scene in The Great Escape as he readies for the fence jump.
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