Life magazine photographer Bill Ray and writer Joe Bride spent a few weeks in 1965 to document the life of the Hell’s Angels. Catapulting down endless highways on Harley Davidsons, braving police confrontations, their images and words gave insight into a secretive and often dangerous society built around lawlessness and bucking the status quo. Nearly all of these images were never published until now. Check out the images and stories at the Life Magazine site.
Here is a gorgeous poster series from Modern Motorcycle Company in Collingwood, near Melbourne’s CBD. These two toned images are screen printed locally and produced in limited editions. The blue and red colours of these vintage images are a nice touch, moving away from nostalgia to present the idea that these machines were creations of innovation. Check them out in their ebay store while stocks last.
Derringer Cycles created this magnificent road machine for Restoration Hardware. Honda built 50cc engine, kevlar reinforced racing tyres, copper rivets and many other beautiful detailing come together to create a very desire worthy bike. Chiming back to a bygone era when motorcycles were first conceived. Check out their collection for other designs and perhaps imagine owning one of these custom creations.
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A dream night time ride on the cafe’d Yamaha SR500. Video by Ricki Bedenbaugh.
A very cinematic photograph from Alex Wein. Via bettertoreigninhell
Trying to convince my friend to buy this bike so I can ride it. This is the new Kawasaki ZRX 1200 DAEG, with fuel injection and improved brakes and suspension. Cosmetically it is very similar to the original ZRX 1200R. The fact that they are still building this bike (even if it is just in Japan only) is testament to the appeal of the unique retro design and its brute power. Honestly, I’d be happy to ride the old version just the same.
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Just came back from Cambodia and bike riding in Phnom Penh is quite an experience. There is absolutely no opportunity to gain speed as the cluttered traffic never seems to pass 60kmph. Instead, the vehicles move as one large organism, with drivers and riders seemingly making their own paths and lanes everywhere. It’s chaos but everyone seems to understand how it works. Most locals rode scooters between 90cc to 125cc but the one bike that stood out for me was the Honda FTR 223. A gorgeous stock flat tracker, not enormously powerful but perfect for dodging traffic and traversing the poorly kept Cambodian roads. This version never came to the US nor Australia which is a real pity. Here are a couple that I snapped along my travels. I can imagine it wouldn’t take too many mods to really make this bike a stunner.
Ok, you have one of the most lusted after motocycles from Confederate and you want to do a video review of it. What do you do? Would you show footage of this unique bike being ridden? Would you play the beautiful sounds of the custom exhaust? Would you feature slow caressing video close-ups of the phenomenal craftsmanship? No? Well, neither did the guys from Confederate Motorcycles.
I have never been inspired by the Virgos, but with some imagination, even the banal can become something beautiful. Brought to you by Classified Moto.
Hillarious… Sent to me by my friend Mark.
Everyone knows motor racing is a dangerous sport but sometimes the costs are too high. Rest in peace Marco Simoncelli.
Beautifully shot video of the bikes from Machine. Watch it full screen. This vid makes me wish I could have more bikes in my garage.
Check out this video from the Deus Blog featuring a raucous racing event between a variety of outrageous custom bikes and equally colourful characters – including the Bali Stig. More on their site.
