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Fabulous VINTAGE photographs of female motorcyclists!
Surfing Facebook the other day I found this wonderful article full of historic photos of women on motorcycles. As much as I don’t usually just blog another site, I felt this was truly an article to be seen. I do hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 32 Badass Vintage Photographs of Women…
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2013 Moto Guzzi V7 Racer….drool….
Though MCCN sez it isn’t a racer and gives so much technical info it made my head spin, I did read that all in all “without being as fast as it looks, it’s “still a lot of fun”. I am completely jazzed about the look of it and can’t wait to ride one, but apparently…
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Solvang Motorcycle Museum and Ride…
After a crazy couple of weeks adjusting to the arrival of my son and grandson who will be staying with us indefinitely, I decided I needed to unwind via motorcycle and open roads. Well, it almost happened.
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If you love Cafe Racers…you’ll love this documentary!
Photo of Sarah T from Benjie’s Cafe Racer. This documentary is found on YouTube in four parts, but if it’s something you enjoy please purchase the DVD at jokermachine. Wonderful film footage and motorcycle history found in this video series! Here is part one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-NsYKM0n3I The rest of the series can be found here.
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Memorial Day Salute to Women Riders during Wartime…
The subject of women’s roles in WWI and WWII history seemes an appropriate topic to enter into this Memorial Day weekend. In a previous post, Bikes and Babes-Women Motorcyclists Riding into History, I tried to chronicle women rider’s historic contributions. For today’s post I revisited a couple of the women who had contributed to the…
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Scram Africa–upcoming video riding classic and neoclassic machines in the desert!
This trailer has me awaiting with great interest!!
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The Pace that Thrills…a little flat track racing for a friday!
“A woman shouldn’t have angles, she should only have curves”…this is such a sexist film it’s humorous, but I have to admit, I did enjoy the motorcycling sequences especially the flat track racing. The entire film is found on YouTube. I have only watched part one, but have full intentions of seeing it in its…
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Fiat’s Lingotto factory in Turin with its Rooftop Banked Track!
Though not necessarily a moto-centric post, one that I believe you will find interesting nevertheless. 1923 marked the completion of the Lingotto Fiat Factory in Turin, Italy. Though not as large as the Ford’s River Rouge Factory Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, it was the first of its kind to use a spiral five story…
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Motorcycles and Art…Georgia O’Keeffe
A friend sent me the link to another vintage photo that merges two of my favorite subjects, motorcycles and art. The photo is of Georgia O’Keeffe entitled, “Women who rode away” taken near Abiquiu Ghost Ranch. The famous photo was snappedt by Maria Chabot in 1944. The painter and driver of the motorcycle, Maurice Grosser,…
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Another awesome Vintage pic…motocross girly rider!
Thanks go to my friend Geoff, for sharing this beauty!! Lots o’ mud there, but she appears to be powering through. I love these vintage photographs and motorbikes.