Jeannette Mekdara, California, with her Triumph at golden hour. [ more photos of Jeannette | California ]
Posts Tagged ‘retro’
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 »
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 »
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»
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 ]
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 »