Posted in American, Art, Auto, British, Icons, history, motorcycle, sports, tagged 1930S, 1950s, automobile, Bonneville Salt flats, land speed record, motorcycle, photolithographs, Roland Free, speed, speed record, Utah, world record on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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Original caption, ca. 1951, Utah, USA — On the Measured 13 Mile Straight-a-way Course, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Roland R. Free, Making a New American Motor-Cycle Record. Roland R. Free, of Los Angeles, Calif., riding a British-Vincent Motor-Cycle in a prone position to cut down wind resistance approximately 2 miles, on Sept. 11, 1950, established [...]
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Posted in Art, British, Icons, fashion, history, motorcycle, pop culture, style, vintage, tagged 1970s, 1971, Anita Pallenberg, Biance Jagger, counterculture, Dominique Tarle, Exile on Main Street, France, history, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, music, retro, rock and roll, The Rolling Stones, Villa Nellcote, vintage on August 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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“I’ve never had a problem with drugs… I had problems with the police.”
–Keith Richards
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Posted in American, Icons, design, history, motorcycle, pop culture, sports, vintage, tagged Chout, Indian Motorcycles, legend, Max Bubeck, motorcycle, racing, speed record, vintage on July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Mad Max” Bubeck made a name for himself dominating the enduro scene from the 1930s to the 1970s. Bubeck was also a speed racer & builder who in June of 1948 rode his Indian “Chout” (an Indian Chief 80 c.i. engine jammed into the smaller & lighter Scout frame) to a record speed of 135.58 [...]
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Posted in British, Icons, design, fashion, history, lifestyle, motorcycle, sports, style, vintage, tagged advertisement, advertising, British, design, fashion, motorcycle, triumph, vintage on July 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
–Thomas Paine
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Posted in American, British, Icons, LIFE archive, design, history, motorcycle, sports, style, vintage, tagged 1940s, 1948, Bonneville Salt flats, Roland Free, Rollie Free, speed record, Vincent motorcycles on June 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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Rollie Free made made history aboard a 1948 Vincent HRD V-Twin motorcycle, often referred to as the “Bathing Suit Bike” due to the scant attire of its rider, Roland “Rollie” Free. John Edgar hired Free to make the attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats on Sept. 13, 1948. Free initially removed the bike seat and laid [...]
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Posted in British, apparel, designers, fashion, films, motorcycle, tagged apparel, Belstaff, Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt, British, classic, English, fashion, heritage, history, jacket, quality, shearling, triumph on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I knew there was a reason I loved the wardrobe so much–
Belstaff, which was founded in Longton, Staffordshire, in 1924, opened up its 85-year-old archives to West and supplied original, classic designs for Pitt-as-Button’s screen wardrobe.
When Benjamin Button is riding his vintage Indian motorcycle through Louisiana he is wearing the Belstaff ‘Panther’ jacket in dark-brown [...]
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Replica of the Triumph Metisse desert racer owned and raced by the famous Steve McQueen during 1966 and 1967. He was a keen motorcyclist and raced it in the Mojave desert. The bike weighs 300 lbs dry and has a Triumph 650cc 6T engine developing a power of 47 bhp. The motorbike was originally built [...]
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