Triumph Bonneville: 1966 - speed sells
October 31, 2011
The Cavalry’s here!
A truly evocative image of a mid-Twentieth Century cavalry. Here an army rears up on their new BSA M-20 motos heading into the fray! Wonderful artwork in the clean 30’s graphic vein.
October 24, 2011
The Sun Never Sets…
Around the World across the British Empire the Triumph was considered the chosen transporation for checking in on the locals. “How’s the bean crop coming on Carhurst?”
October 8, 2011
It’s Easy…
Fourth in the series so far: previously a cup of tea at the racetrack, ufo catching and supersonic jet wheel changing! Here we’re escaping angry native across a precarious tree trunk bridge. All part of a movie it seems.
September 30, 2011
Half a Century ago!
The model range available to the riding masses in the U.S. 50 years ago, short sleeves seem the fashion of choice for the SoCal or FL cruiser bruisers of the day. The swingin; line-up included: T100 Tiger, TR5, T110, TR6, 5TA Speed Twin and the Jewel in the Crown: T120 Bonneville.
T100 Tiger
TR5
T110
TR6
T5A Speed Twin
The Bonnie
September 29, 2011
It’s Easy… part II
Another in the poster series of speeds that can be attained on your trusty Triumph! This time chasing a UFO; no doubt from a time when more sightings were rampant after Area 51. However our intrepid ‘collector’ would seem more at home pursuing flitting butterflys across an English meadow; tweed, breeches, satchel ‘n’ all!
September 28, 2011
It’s Easy…
Back in the thirties T.E. Lawrence took his Brough along an airstrip and raced a Bristol Bulldog Fighter; here’s Triumph implying their bikes can take on one of ‘them new fangled jets’; Actually an Avro Vulcan Strategic Bomber. Itself hot off-the-presses for the RAF!
September 26, 2011
Race Proven
Race ’em on Sunday, sell ’em on Monday! That’s what used to be said; and it applies so appropriately to the Trident; beefy 3/4 litre bike that even to this day four decades on can give a grin to an unsuspecting rider.
September 23, 2011
Psycho-Momo
A contractor told me his son used to call motorcycles psychomomo’s – works with this poster…
The stark black and white film images held against the red backdrop is stunning: the leading actors names in red too achieves a balanced page. It’s like a pure screen printed race poster for the weekly dirt oval meetings.
Here’s the full blown cinema poster or lobby card.
September 23, 2011
Thunderbirds are Go! x3
A stunning image of three styalized Thunderbirds at blurry speed. Great airbrush work expressing the clean bodywork and lined Triumph badge of one of the finest 650’s from Meriden.
And the signifigance of 3x90x500? The 6T Thunderbird was launched publicly at Montlhéry near Paris where three standard production bikes were ridden around a circuit by a team of riders who between them averaged a speed of 92 mph (148 km/h) over a distance of 500 miles (800 km). All three machines were ridden to the circuit and back to the Meriden factory.
August 31, 2011
Any Triumph
There’s an innocent freshness about this… years before we Met the Nicest People on a Honda or the Good Times Rolled with Kawasaki: sporty youngsters havin’ a whale of a time! Not a care in the world… .. .
I want a blue sweater with giant “T” on it!
August 26, 2011
A Man’s Machine…
From period racing advert…
…to modern AHRMA racing machine. What a beautiful track moto, and with a current provenance of success on the circuit; especially the recently late, but undoubtedly great Gary Nixon.
August 2, 2011
Yippie Ki Yay Mo…..
Fab seventies movie poster graphics: like the movie trailer in image form, all the high impact scenes in one swoosh of flame. The female protagonist astride it all! The front wheelie spun bike is an English Twin: woo-hoo!
July 21, 2011
Moto Enduro
A photo of an Enduro event at the Pas de Calais in France my nephew Dan captured during a school trip there. A winged knight atop a buzzsaw wheeled moto. Great expressive imagery. The event is a ‘free for all’ race around the beach dunes on the Channel coastline.
July 19, 2011
Vintage Race Posters
Bright prints, graphic imagery and excitement guaranteed! A couple of the race posters seen at the Wheels Through Time museum. The lower poster does seem to have British singles racing…
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