A motorbike riding couple zoom past clouds of helium filled heart-shaped balloons. It’s a street scene in Karachi Pakistan and similar notions of love are displayed around The World.
February 13, 2015
Wot! No Bike?
Artist, bassist, motorcyclist. Punk. Paul Simonon is the greasy biker, musician painter with a new exhibit of his leather ‘n’ cigarette imagery. On show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA in London.
The Clash set the music scene on fire with such greats as London Calling and Rock the Casbah. He was the Fender Precision Bass wielding rocker on the cover of the bands third album. Hailed as the greatest music photograph of all time taken by Bennie Smith at The Palladium in New York.
February 9, 2015
A leaf ripped from a book….
An interesting mix of Triumph Cub image atop a dictionary page, itself mounted on a postage stamped paper. Etsy artwork …
February 7, 2015
Speed Hound
Love this painting. Looks like our Geordie the greyhound racing along on a road going dirt bike. Though in ‘his day’ he didn’t need wheels; his legs powered him up to 35 to 40 mph around the Dairyland track at Kenosha Wisconsin between 2005 and 2008. He was a Champion… And to us still is.
Here he is in fine form fresh off his track career.
His race number is 20721 63E. Race name Broadview Tyler.
January 18, 2015
Annabel
Splendid line drawing with character of someone’s beloved ride. This was a commissioned piece used to adorn a mug created by a ceramist in the UK.
Www.emiloumakes.co.uk
Get the kettle on!
January 17, 2015
Ink and Wash
Fun little loose sketches by an artist called T Vasco. My style of quick capture. The little hint of red on the ’62 tank adds a splash of color to liven the machines up.
January 10, 2015
Hear them Roar!
Triumph had the big papa Tiger T110 650cc desert king, the scooter Tigress, and the wee Cub. The fifties sure had a lit of fun on two wheels.
December 24, 2014
Merry Christmas
Old Saint Nick gets out and about in style. I bet he has well honed tire studs in too!
December 18, 2014
Monkey
Nothing is as fun as a monkey on a motorcycle…
Ape in tartan with a BSA: “dinnae mess wi’ me ye sassenach!”
Unless you dress up as a public schoolboy, blazer cap and all. Form Captain?
December 5, 2014
Vroom
At Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale CA there is a museum atop its central hill. Surrounded by mortuary and gardens of remembrance it seems a peculiar location for a motorcycle show. But a great small display of about a dozen vintage motorcycles and artwork was a perfect destination on one of our days around Los Angeles. The flame orange Flying Merkel was one such noted bike.
This gentlemanly Grey ‘teen Harley Davidson in immaculate condition was illuminated like a fine sculpture. Elsewhere another beautiful HD sat bejeweled under some fine moto-art.
The sun shone through a magnificent display of stained glass upon a broadly fair’d Gilera. Red and blue for speed.
Tank art also highlighted the historical names of Indian.
As well as the custom line work in glistening paint of the sixties bike scene: tangerine dream indeed.
One of my favorites was an unassuming Guzzi with very special markings. von Dutch pinstriping with aged patina and an etched dragon curling around the ‘bacon-slicer’ flywheel.
Better’n any gallery!
November 3, 2014
Dragon is my co-pilot
A suitably sized, thorned and fire-breathing pillion makes a great companion when Norton rode, highway bound. Kids storybook of a moto girl enjoying the open road. A perfect book to teach kids it’s okay to Be Yourself;no matter what that may entail. Roald Dahl would have been proud!
November 2, 2014
..here there be Dragons.
Keeping in the theme of the weekend, well sort of, here’s a classic pulp fiction book cover. Using master of movie macabre Boris Karloff as promotion these fantasy thrillers jacket art is needed to fulfill the promise of the writings. Cliches aside!
But to run from a fire breathing flying behemoth wearing a haz-mat suit, shooting a laser weapon over your shoulder whilst haring away on a 200cc Triumph Cub…. Good Luck!
November 1, 2014
Día De Los Muertos
The annual celebration of those departed when candy skulls and marigold adorn the gravesites of family and friends. Calacas, or skeletal, figurines denote the life of the passed living.
Though a Mexican tradition it roots stem from precolonialism Aztec culture.
October 31, 2014
A Skeleton Crew”or “tighten those loose bolts!”
Hallowe’en and the dead shall rise… Well this chopped, hacked and generally abused moto might need more than Dr Frankenstein’s theatrical efforts to awaken with a hearty rort. Even though it says Triumph on the coffin tank the engine looks like a Yamaha… Scary!
Other Frankenbikes:
Boris Karloff styled GI Joe figure with combination.
A dude and his bride highway bound on a pumpkin colored chopper. What torque do you need to tighten neck bolts?
Tea and biscuit Boris?
geordiebiker.com 