Just a really nice shot showing the the bloodlines over time. Photo from the always excellent Total Motorcycle site.
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While I’m not a big fan of the whoe “lifestyle Branding”… it’s still a nice bike.
I live in Florida and I’ll never understand the insanity of wanting to transport a surfboard on a bike. Built by VDB Moto.
A nice H1 reader ride on it’s way to significant mods?
Man I’d have a hard time taking a hack saw to this one. Lots of potential there though I’m partial to the Cafe..
Rob Loake writes in:
Sent some pics of this ’71 H1a 500 when it was standard a while back, since then i have decided to get the hacksaw out, flat track or cafe racer?? decisions decisions…Rob Loake….On another mission!!!
Quadrophenis Scooter Replica from Bonhams
For you old “Mod” Rock Movie Fans
BONHAMS TO OFFER “JIMMY’S” QUADROPHENIA SCOOTER REPLICA AT BEAULIEU
A replica of the iconic Lambretta scooter ridden by actor Phil Daniels – aka ‘Jimmy’ – in the cult motion picture Quadrophenia is to be offered as part of Bonhams Beaulieu sale on 6th September.
Released in 1979, the film follows Daniels’ character Jimmy, a young working class ‘Mod’ who hates his dead-end job and despises his parents, living only for parties, pills and his scooter-riding mates. Quadrophenia famously dramatised the 1964 Whitsun Bank Holiday violent clash between Mods and their Rocker enemies in Brighton, an event ‘celebrating’ its 50th anniversary this year. The Who, who are currently enjoying their 50th anniversary year, had their 1973 concept album of the same name providing the film’s memorable soundtrack.
The ‘Jimmy’ replicas were used to promote Quadrophenia when the DVD version was re-released. They were authorised by the film company and made by recognised scooter-building specialist David John Wyburn using original Lambretta Series 3 models dating from circa 1966. This one is numbered ‘2’ on the bodywork and comes with a certificate from the film production company signed by story consultant Alan Fletcher. It is believed that the remaining replicas in the series were once owned by The Who, and Liam Gallagher (of the rock group, Oasis).
Estimated at £10,000 – £12,000, the replica has been painted in the correct colour scheme and carries the film version’s registration ‘KRU 251’ on the front mudguard. Other noteworthy features include Southend shield badges, Wassell Lambretta badge, Stadium mirrors, Vigan Red Gem fork covers, fly screen complete with stickers, outrigger exhaust, and original Ken Cobbing air horns canister and Ken Cobbing seat – all the essentials to make this the perfect replica of the film’s original.
Onboard Ducati at Pikes peak.
Just Awesome!
Yamaha XS650 Chopperish
Triumph Bonneville with a sissy bar
A seriously expensive “project” from Bonhams Auction house.
Here’s a link to an earlier post of one I caught at Daytona a few years back:
A 1955 Vincent 998cc Black Prince Project broke the world record for a Black Prince sold at auction, securing £91,100, almost four times its estimate
This weekend Bonhams annual Summer Classic Sale saw £2.4 million of automotive classics go under the hammer.
A 1955 Vincent 998cc Black Prince Project created a bidding frenzy, as two gentlemen on the phone battled for their most coveted item. Both bidders had a personal attachment to the bike; one having owned a Black Knight in his youth but always yearned for the superior Black Prince, the other (the eventual winner) sharing a birth year with the bike, and wanting to gift himself the Prince for his birthday.
The high performance motorcycle project eventually sold for almost four times its estimate at £91,100, becoming the top lot of the motorcycle sale and setting a world record for a Black Prince sold at auction.
Latest Bonneville Build from macco Motors
Yes this is a bit of advertisement/product announcment but long time readers know that when I get high quality pics of a custom bike I’m happy to be “persuaded” into an announcment for some shots. On this one I’d do a few things differently based entirely on my personal tastes but it’s an sweet build. Oh and as an enthusiastic amateur photographer my compliments on the images. Very well lit. Thank you Jose and Tito for the shots!
Here we go again!!
here you have the brief and specs of our Triumph Bonneville T100, named “The Lizard King”. I send you a wetransfer with pics.Photos by Sergio Ibarra from Semimate (www.semimate.com) Please, mention him.Thanks for sharing. Appreciate your work.Because of the succes of our first Triumph Bonneville build, Dusty Pearl, most customers contacted us to build a Dusty Pearl for them. But as bikes builders, we believe that every bike must be unique and exclusive. So, we´re commisioned by Christian from London to build him a Dusty, but we made an agreement to make “The Lizard King”. And this is why we call these Bonnies, the “Dusty Serie´s” Bonnies.We started to work in the previous photoshop design. The idea was to create a comfortable, stylish Triumph, but rude at the same time. We try to mix performance and style in our work, focusing in harmony of shapes and respect teh essence of the bike.
We got a new paint fuel tank scheme, alloy and black matt, enhancing the muscle shape of the fuel tank.
We mounted 1″ Biltwell tracker handlebars, wider and lower than standard, Thruster Biltwell grips, single centered speedo and short polished racing style clutch and brake levers, plus a Bates headlight with grille accommodated from a Triumph TR6 car, in the front of the bike.
In order to improve the performance of the suspension, we replace the rear forks with a Hagon Nitro pair and put progressive Hagon new springs front.Chopped subframe and new Maccomotors seat for two, just as Christian wanted.
New K&N air filter and Metzeler Tourance 110 front and 140 rear, plus BC Predators exhausts painted black, and these others improvements complete the custom list:– New front fiber mudguard
– Rear chopped Thruxton mudguard– New turn signals and rear light– Custom side panels– New paint– Alloy footrests– Anticaloric wrap– Predators BC exhausts
All pics and updates of our work in www.maccomotors.com and in our FB fan page.Regards
Jose & Tito
Sex on wheels… 300cc custom six cylinder by Guy Coulon
Saw this again over on Superbike planet the other day. Older vid but I still go back to listen once in a while.. They fire it up at 1:12…. God that sound… It’s just primal.
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