Posts Tagged ‘classic’

My favorite Hunter S. Thompson photo of all time. (You can tell I like the guy a lil bit, eh?)

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Artist: Allison Rose Lear

Delaware based Allison Rose Lear is a motorcyclist, artist, and more.  (Photograph by Lanakila MacNaughton of the Women’s Moto Exhibit.) Her art is timeless, detailed, and striking. She recently showed some very large pieces at the LOADED show in Delaware, put on by Cafe Racer XXX and Loaded Gun Customs at the Terraplane art gallery. Allison told me that most of her art is done on large wooden panels with acrylic paint, accompanied by a simple wooden frame. Showcasing her passion for cafe racers and simple but classic art… she brings a… Continue Reading »

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Trophy Motorcycles Bike Night

Trophy Motorcycles, a shop specializing in keeping the spirit of vintage motorcycling alive in San Diego, CA often has bike nights on Saturday in the afternoon/evening. Luckily for me this weekend was one of those times. After flying in to San Diego at the crack of dawn and bustling about all day, one of the owners of Cerberus took me over to Trophy.  There was a great lineup- a variety similar to that I see at the events in my home town! Impressive. Quite a few lovely ladies showed up, too.  Nina… Continue Reading »

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Daniel Ross’ beat up frankenbike named “Electric Alice” outside Pokez Mexican restaurant in San Diego today… Daniel put this thing back together in three days. He found the chassis in a barn- hadn’t been registered in 30 years. After some swapping, it’s probably close to just as dangerous as the day it was first built.  See him fire it up for the first time on instagram»

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There are so many great things about this in progress custom Harley from Kenneth ‘Bobcat’ Wright at MotoGalore in Portland, OR. I’m in love, honestly… check out the front disc brake! Swoon. More pictures to come.

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Paul D’Orleans Rollie Free Style

A wet plate photograph from Paul d’Orleans (of the Vintagent), a modern ‘Rollie Free’ at Bonneville Salt Flats for BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials. BUB got rained out again this year, which makes setting land speed records impossible, but does however make for great photographs. Still, so sad I didn’t make it. [ more photos tagged Bonneville Salt Flats ]

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MotoLady Seven Days of Give-aways… we’ve already covered motorcycle gear and luggage, now on to something for your walls! I know I’ve said it four times already, but thank you all for following the blog and being part of the motolady community.  Day 5, Friday: A one of a kind, never before offered, never again to be offered BIG ASS print from the MotoLady Thruxton series photographed by Giles Clement. It’s high quality and made to last a lifetime, printed from a huge medium format file scanned in by Giles himself. Winning… Continue Reading »

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Rachel Previt on her Harley cafe custom by Redmax Speed Shop in the UK- Norton tank, custom paint, seat, tail, exhaust… good stuff for a lovely motolady.  See the original post featuring Rachel and her bike »

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Triumph tuesday! Hot damn, Shasta and her newly restored Trophy are looking amazing! “My 1970 Triumph Trophy restoration is complete! Have a great week all.” – Shasta Smith (The Vintage Monkey) Hopefully soon enough my project will be done, too! [ links: thevintagemonkey.com | tVM facebook ]

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From Davida helmets- Lauren with the Ducati 900SS in retro leathers, Great Orme, Wales, 2002. Photo by Ben Part.

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