The model maker is Anders Malmberg from Sweden and I am astounded by the level of 1:35 detail. Everything has a patina, it looks like it’s been worked in for years by the same elf mechanic. Paint spills, old tubs on shelves,
There is even a junkyard out back… Pinup gal on the wall… It keeps going!
Amazing Intricacy – a well used motorcycle workshop in miniature. As well as moto’s being worked on there are shelves of parts, walls of tools, machinery, posters and a cursing mechanic.
So much detail to explore, you can smell the oily workings or metallic contrivances. Even a corrugated roofing. I bet the Whitworth set is articulated too!
Three by Three: a grid of Triumph vignettes from the recent Motoblot show. Old and new, fast and slow, chrome and color. Just love looking at the details
Fourth Fun – July Japes : with celebratory fireworks crackling in the skies around Big Lake Minnesota I took mybrother-in-laws Harley Davidson Super Glide Sport. Cool evening northern air wafting off pine woods and the haunting call of the occasional loon from a nearby lake.
Workshop worship – on a Sunday if not road bound I’d rather be in the garage. Here’s a well lit, amply tooled, bench backed space ready to work on any two wheeled vehicle.
One day I’ll have one as good as this… One day.
Cub for Sale – as seen on the local Craigslist here is a virtually complete Mountain Tiger Cub. Just needs a rugged path. .. And spare $2,700..
London Zoo – this week saw the arrival of a pair of precious Sumatran Tiger Cubs. And I thought my Cubs awakening was neat, but this is way cooler! Melati is the striped mother.
Thruxton Thursday – together with wax masters Barbour International, Triumph Motorcycles D&O Customs created a real road racer from the apparent superlative twin moto. It’s called BIT2 and in silver, black and gold looks a rear hoot!
Here’s a video of its creation:
The Moggy – Tiger Cub takes her first tentative, and loud, paces along a Chicago alley. Rough engine but the gearbox shifted smartly up and down a couple of gears, clutch action light. Who says we can’t start having fun with this bike?
Fun on Three Wheels – as I was wandering the motorcycle show this vehicle trundled up. A couple with big grins where sat as pilot and navigator. Gleaming v-twin engine afront, grey fuselage, and amaranth wire wheels with knock-off hubs. As British as tea & scones with a whiff of a WW1 ace heading into the French skies to see off Hun. “Smoke me a kipper I’ll be back for breakfast!”
Cool Cockpit – I really liked this racing set up on a 450 Desmo Ducati. Everything is spare and just-so for track speeds. Tuck and put yer chin on the tank.
A few more images to share highlighting the varied vitality of the Motoblot scene. Choppers, custom engines and saddles, gams on the go and hotrods. Oh, and not to mention motorcycles. Look out for that picnic basket laden Moto Guzzi scooter!
Motoblot – a hot, hot, hot day in the City. Winding through slow weekend traffic for an hour to attend the rockers biker gathering. Music, pinup gals, local beer, hot rods, and bikes; hunnerts of bikes. No two alike, each individual. Love it! Rode home along Lake Street (under the long straight el tracks, a la French Connection) along Wacker Drive, padded along Michigan Avenue then a zoom north up Lake Shore Drive.
Bob Carlos Clarke born this day in 1950 was a prolific and influential photographer of the latter half of the 20th Century.- here his first wife Sue Frame poses languidly on a high piped big named TRIUMPH.
The Tiger Cub gave its first yowl tonight! Engine back in, oil lines and ignition reinstalled, exhaust pipe plumbed. A few hicks with ground but once that was disconnected an easy hoof on the kickstart and a healthy bark. A bit a coughing and spluttering. But hey! “It’s Alive!”
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