January 11, 2016
Didn’t know what time it was and the lights were low
I leaned back on my radio
Some cat was layin’ down some rock ‘n’ roll ‘lotta soul, he said
Then the loud sound did seem to fade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase
That weren’t no D.J. that was hazy cosmic jive
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
‘Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile
He told me
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie
David Bowie 1947-2016
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January 10, 2016
The Swiss Watch of motorcycles: Vincent. Here captured in delicate watercolor by an able handed artist Louise Jennison.
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January 9, 2016
Watching Stand by Me on the Telly. It’s s great movie from 1986 (jeez it’s thirty years ago). Here’s a photo of some fella called Bob Brook and his new Triuumph Bonneville. The hot bike to have in ’59 the same year the coming-of-age film is set in.
Posted in 50's, 80's, Movie, Triumph Bonneville |
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January 8, 2016
Bowie at 69. New album release today with more astounding creative force from music-man David.
★
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January 7, 2016
This hand painted leather jacket has it all: the Triumph classic logo banners the lumbar, Californian locale pasted across the shoulders, and a hefty race number daubed broadly upon the main area. Time worn and off white adds to the grittiness.
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January 6, 2016
A wandering Google trawl turned up this website. Some nice dynamic motorcycle sketches with a fluid line.
Ogri-esque which hint at solidity as well as movement with space between the lines and a crisp detail, an artistic flair and jolly attitude. Jon Tremlett is the penman and he’s a designer in West London.
Soul Craft Candy
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January 5, 2016
A store display offering items for the distinguished cafe racer rider. Pudd’n bowls as well as open-face Davida’s. Pilot goggles and silk scarves as well as a badge buckled belt. The pins adorning the leather jackets lapel are a neat detail too. 
The fair fronted latter day Thruxton is looking the part too. Alloy tank? Why certainly sir!
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January 4, 2016
Gotta carry your stuff! Tote yer trash! Haul belongings. That’s where a decent bag comes in handy. A satchel-like messenger bag with leather straps and canvas body and nice stitched buckling. Strapped to your bike it’ll need to be made of tough stuff with crafted assembly.
A simple sac works too which can be crumpled into a pocket when not in use…
….or a heavier duffel: zipped opening to innards allowing just enough to be carried, a couple of pockets for odds and ends. Weekend trip?
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January 3, 2016
A two word noun that has been declared to be the most beautiful in the English language. Its phonoaesthetic quality was heralded by Edgar Allen Poe as a word whose sound (euphonic) is more sonorous than its meaning.
Well I need to get my act together soon as the Cub nears assembly completion and needs to escape from its confines through a metaphorical Cellar Door…
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January 2, 2016
Bonneville wave: a cute couple speeding along into the sixties on their travel ready Triumph. Sunny days ahead for the decade of the space-race, free love and the burgeoning optimism expected under the young JFK.
Posted in 60's, Gals, Graphics, Motorcycle Art, Travel, Triumph Bonneville |
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January 1, 2016
Street Twin: ready for roads of the new year ahead.
Happy New Year!
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January 1, 2016
This day in 1967 (New Years Eve) Evel Knievel made his famous jump over the fountain at Caesars Palave in Las Vegas. However as they say: the jumps is the easy part… Sticking the landing is the trick!
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December 30, 2015
In need of some idle motorcycle gazing today I stopped in at Moon Motorsports in Monticello MN. Big showroom with Triumph, Ducati, and BMW as well as some Honda, Yamaha, and the rare V-4 engined Motus.
The Hinckley offerings are all splendid looking, from the sporty Daytona, mile munching Tiger, the cool lookin’ Thunderbird and classically styled Bonnie’s; any would be welcome as my ride of choice…
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December 29, 2015
New Musical Express: the long and short of it. Another photo of LEMMY riding a Triumph; this time a looong forked chopper. Here as bassist from Hawkwind years before Motörhead.
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December 28, 2015
“If I died tomorrow, I couldn’t complain. It’s been good”
Ian Kilmister LEMMY 1945-2015
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