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9 Foot Ducati Painting Process-A Video by Guenevere Schwien
Simply Awesome…
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Bikes and Babes-Art and the Female Rider
Well, now this subject was a bit more difficult to research and find any “real” art featuring women riders. Mostly I found either cult like pieces of women on motorcycles or bikini clad calendar girls draped over bikes. But here is the offering from this research including some very relevant credible female rider artists! Unknown…
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Tunnel of Love–1997 short film featuring the music of Joe Stummer
How can you beat a Norton, a Norton rider, (Eddie Tenpole former member of the Sex Pistols) a beautiful blonde, (Tamara Beckwith) and great music by Joe Strummer? All this in one 12 minute film, complete with some footage from The London Aces Cafe! This is a must see, for any aficionado of vintage motorcycles…
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More Bikes and Babes: Women in advertising and history of motorcycling
After yesterday’s post I decided to do some more research to share more information on women in historic motorcycling context, motorcycle films, motorcycle advertising and motorcycles in general. I believe I will now file them categorically so we get a better idea of who was when and where! I can’t think of a better way…
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Guenevere Schwien-Photorealistic Motorcycle Artist
Guenevere Schwien paints lots of subjects but the most impressive is a new painting she has done on a commission for a patron. The work looks to be about 9’x5′ and shows the undercarriage of a red Ducati 1098. She bagan by taking many photos of the bike, and studied different compositions before embarking on…
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BUSTED T-shirt now for sale!!
Just in time for the holidays, a couple of new zazzle shirts…and this one is special! ; ) Busted
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From Board to Bike
I love stories with a happy ending. I love skateboarding, so I get my full on gratification from this little article found at the NYTimes from the summer. I meant to post earlier, but hey…enjoy it now!
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Rye, AZ–Collecting gone wild!
In the warm dry heat of Rye, AZ sits one of the largest outdoor collections of motorcycles owned by Ron Adler. The treasure trove is called All Bike Sales, but from what I’ve been told that’s an oxymoron because Ron isn’t much of a salesman. He believes there are at least 9000 motorcycle stashed there…
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Motorcycles as ART
Motorcycles, to a rider are nearly always observed as art, in that we like the shape, the color, the chrome, the gizmos, the chain, sprocket, lever design, performance, etc. But it isn’t often recognized as art by the art world itself. Though the designs of motorbikes has been an obvious industrial design that has flourished…
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One solid Vespa!! WOW
You gotta check out how this gorgeous Vespa was made! Carlos Alberta, designer and maker SWEET!!