January 31, 20197 yr Popular Post Some more Italian stylista's from 50/60's .. Motobi lying down single 250cc I think .. Morini 175 with unmistakable Morini engine architecture .. Moto Islo 175 ..
January 31, 20197 yr Popular Post My 125 Gilera ‘Sei Giorni’, next to a Bonneville. 1965 or ‘66. 10hp single, fourstroke.
February 1, 20197 yr Popular Post Got the January edition of Triumph's "For the ride" e-magazine sent to me the other day. It included a video on the recent Triumph Factory Custom launch. TFC, as the name suggests, are custom bikes and prototypes built in the Hinckley factory, including a turbocharged Bobber, Bonneville T120 Scrambler, supercharged Thruxton, and the new Rocket III. If anyone's interested, the full site can be found here: https://www.fortheride.com
February 1, 20197 yr Popular Post On 1/30/2019 at 11:54 AM, ballpoint said: A couple more BSA ads from the '60s. There seems to be a common factor in these, but I just can't put my finger on it. A 1968 Spitfire Mk IV: A 1969 Victor: As a Triumph man i'm surprised you are quoting and showing late 60's BSA advertising material. Where i come from that is prison sentence material or at least a minimum of a good thrashing/beating. The politics of BSA buying Triumph and later, stealing all the profits that Triumph made for the underperforming Birmingham scumbags is a story for another day. Brand loyalty was even more prevalant in the USA twixt the big 3 of BSA (spit, cough - wash my mouth out with disinfectant), Triumph & Norton. Here's a pic showing just one of the reasons Triumph was a giant in the USA. And the rest had to play catch up post WW II and they never really did. Catch up. And here are a couple of pics of God. The greatest Man this world has ever seen. Sort of.
February 1, 20197 yr Popular Post 16 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said: As a Triumph man i'm surprised you are quoting and showing late 60's BSA advertising material. Where i come from that is prison sentence material or at least a minimum of a good thrashing/beating. The politics of BSA buying Triumph and later, stealing all the profits that Triumph made for the underperforming Birmingham scumbags is a story for another day. Brand loyalty was even more prevalant in the USA twixt the big 3 of BSA (spit, cough - wash my mouth out with disinfectant), Triumph & Norton. I was more interested in the fact that the girls featured more prominently than the bikes, and making a comparison with these PC overloaded days, but point taken, and I have punished myself for it.
February 1, 20197 yr Popular Post To help get the taste of the soap out of my mouth, here's some more cool guys on Triumphs: Clint. Brando - He used his own personal Thunderbird in The Wild One. James Dean lounging on his Trophy. What a shame he didn't stick to riding it and ditch the Porsche Newman. (Maybe not the choice of riding shoes though). OK, not a Triumph, but still pretty cool. TE Lawrence on the 7th, and final, Brough Superior he owned, (each progressively named by him George I to George VII). The bike that ended Lawrence of Arabia. “A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness.” TE Lawrence
February 1, 20197 yr Popular Post Couple of pretty little 50/60's Mondial's .. 50's MV and a Devil ..
February 2, 20197 yr Popular Post Radical NOS injected Guzzi V twin sprint bike with clothes on 'n off .. Proper drag bike with 3 , 350 lumps strapped together .. 1050cc's of howling Yam (s) .. Awesome ..
February 3, 20197 yr To help get the taste of the soap out of my mouth, here's some more cool guys on Triumphs: Clint. Brando - He used his own personal Thunderbird in The Wild One. James Dean lounging on his Trophy. What a shame he didn't stick to riding it and ditch the Porsche Newman. (Maybe not the choice of riding shoes though). OK, not a Triumph, but still pretty cool. TE Lawrence on the 7th, and final, Brough Superior he owned, (each progressively named by him George I to George VII). The bike that ended Lawrence of Arabia.“A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness.” TE LawrenceI was going to say this thread is getting a bit gay, but the TS Elliot quote is balls.
February 3, 20197 yr Popular Post On 2/1/2019 at 2:38 PM, ballpoint said: To help get the taste of the soap out of my mouth, here's some more cool guys on Triumphs: Brando - He used his own personal Thunderbird in The Wild One. That is a colour retouch up photo. Every photo i have ever seen from the Wild One has been B/W. I'm a great Brando fan, but in this movie he played the knob, Lee Marvin played the real great part / proper biker. Back on topic, long story short, Hollywood actually used between 5-7 Thunderbirds for Marlon's bike, and i had one of them in the early 90's, c/w proper Hollywood & import paperwork. All original, never restored externally, nice patina, ran great etc. Paid over 4k GBP for it back then, which was a fair bit of money for a 6T in those days, sold it a few years later for not much more. Idiot. Prolly worth 5 figures these days. Double idiot.
February 3, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said: That is a colour retouch up photo. Every photo i have ever seen from the Wild One has been B/W. I'm a great Brando fan, but in this movie he played the knob, Lee Marvin played the real great part / proper biker. Back on topic, long story short, Hollywood actually used between 5-7 Thunderbirds for Marlon's bike, and i had one of them in the early 90's, c/w proper Hollywood & import paperwork. All original, never restored externally, nice patina, ran great etc. Paid over 4k GBP for it back then, which was a fair bit of money for a 6T in those days, sold it a few years later for not much more. Idiot. Prolly worth 5 figures these days. Double idiot. Hindsight is a worthless commodity.
February 3, 20197 yr Popular Post 5 hours ago, SuperTed said: I was going to say this thread is getting a bit gay Says the man who posted the M109R Village People special. How about this then? (Ignore the Blue Oyster Bar patrons in the background).
February 3, 20197 yr 4 hours ago, thaiguzzi said: That is a colour retouch up photo. Every photo i have ever seen from the Wild One has been B/W. I'm a great Brando fan, but in this movie he played the knob, Lee Marvin played the real great part / proper biker. Back on topic, long story short, Hollywood actually used between 5-7 Thunderbirds for Marlon's bike, and i had one of them in the early 90's, c/w proper Hollywood & import paperwork. All original, never restored externally, nice patina, ran great etc. Paid over 4k GBP for it back then, which was a fair bit of money for a 6T in those days, sold it a few years later for not much more. Idiot. Prolly worth 5 figures these days. Double idiot. The photo is from a limited edition art print taken by Homer van Pelt, and is a Chromogenic Print from a colour negative. (Apparently). "This is a limited edition fine art C-Print, hand numbered out of an edition of 125 with an accompanying certificate of authenticity. Both Print and Certificate have matching sequentially numbered tamper proof holographic seals." - Yours for $595. The bike he is on in the photo was his own one, but I agree that Lee Marvin was the real biker, and not just in the film.
February 3, 20197 yr On 2/1/2019 at 2:38 PM, ballpoint said: To help get the taste of the soap out of my mouth, here's some more cool guys on Triumphs: Clint. Brando - He used his own personal Thunderbird in The Wild One. James Dean lounging on his Trophy. What a shame he didn't stick to riding it and ditch the Porsche Newman. (Maybe not the choice of riding shoes though). OK, not a Triumph, but still pretty cool. TE Lawrence on the 7th, and final, Brough Superior he owned, (each progressively named by him George I to George VII). The bike that ended Lawrence of Arabia. “A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness.” TE Lawrence Do we ride because we are cool, or vice versa?
February 3, 20197 yr Popular Post 55 minutes ago, papa al said: Do we ride because we are cool, or vice versa? There's no denying that many are attracted by the image, and "cool guys" like McQueen and Brando have helped to sell hundreds of bikes. (I read that even James Dean bought his Triumph because of Brando). I started on a 50cc dirt bike on the farm at 6 years old, but my dad was cool, and he previously rode a Bonneville, so that was my goal (my mum was pretty cool too, and she had an ancient BSA pushbike, but don't tell thaiguzzi). But seriously, the fact that he, or anyone else, was cool, really didn't enter into it. I loved the look of that bike, which was unfortunately long sold by the time I was big enough to ride it, and I loved the feeling of flying along the farm tracks on my dirt bike, couldn't wait till I was allowed on the road (and didn't, until dad found out. Let's just say I was a keen supporter of your "stand up when you ride" mantra for a few days afterwards, because it was too painful to sit down). I liked some of the new Triumphs when they came out in the 90's, and ended up buying two of the original Hinckley's over here, and then some of the later ones, and some more... but with no real thoughts of "I'm cool, so I'll buy a bike", or "I'll buy a bike and then I'll be cool". Anyway, I subscribe to the Terry Pratchett "Monks of Cool" school, where, in order to graduate, the novice is put in a room full of clothes and asked which is the most stylish thing to wear. The correct answer being "hey, whatever I select!" I ride because I like it, and I'm cool, whether I ride or not. And modest too. Edit: And I ride Triumphs, not because of who else rode / rides them, (though it does reinforce my opinion of their good taste), but because I like them too
February 3, 20197 yr 3 hours ago, ballpoint said: The photo is from a limited edition art print taken by Homer van Pelt, and is a Chromogenic Print from a colour negative. (Apparently). Colour on the tank just don't look right, it should be more sky blue or grey than green. 3 hours ago, ballpoint said: The bike he is on in the photo was his own one, I don't know how that can be proven. As i mentioned earlier, the studio used between 5-7 identical 6T's for filming. 1 hour ago, ballpoint said: my mum was pretty cool too, and she had an ancient BSA pushbike, but don't tell thaiguzzi I have nothing against earlier BSA's, their pre-unit singles and twins were wonderful machines, some would say the A10 in all it's incarnations was the finest parallel twin made. It certainly had a nicer chassis and gearbox than Triumphs of the time. The later unit twins and singles, and the politics of the late 60's - the less said the better.....
February 3, 20197 yr Popular Post 1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said: Colour on the tank just don't look right, it should be more sky blue or grey than green. 4 hours ago, ballpoint said: The bike he is on in the photo was his own one, I don't know how that can be proven. As i mentioned earlier, the studio used between 5-7 identical 6T's for filming. I bow to your real life experience, rather than promotional material for an art print. I wasn't going to buy it any way. 1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said: I have nothing against earlier BSA's, their pre-unit singles and twins were wonderful machines, some would say the A10 in all it's incarnations was the finest parallel twin made. It certainly had a nicer chassis and gearbox than Triumphs of the time. The later unit twins and singles, and the politics of the late 60's - the less said the better..... As I'm sure you're aware, the comment was tongue in cheek. Mum's was a twin... twin pedals. And skirt guard for ladies. I'd forgotten abut the front sprocket lettering too:
February 3, 20197 yr Popular Post Getting the thread back on track after I shamelessly derailed it, and avoiding the "cool" word, two very nice Ariel Red Hunters: 1937, 350cc 1938, 500cc with super cool exhaust. Damn.
February 3, 20197 yr And one for the sidecar enthusiast, a 1956 Panther Model 100 598cc with Busmar Astral sidecar:
February 4, 20197 yr OK no pictures, but a question to all you Big Mango riders. When I lived there in the 90's, just behind MBK, on the stadium side if I remember correctly ( where the car parts shops were) there used to be a bike shop on the corner, when I lived there he had a few old BMW, including one with a sidecar, still there? Also over where the old International telephone exchange was, on the klong side, there used to be a small shop which had a few old BMW also. The proprietor was an interesting old guy, used to race them in Thailand, some lovely old photos of him in his youth on the wall. Still there? And for all you Trumpet fans there was a lovely ( I think T120) half way along Soi Rangnam, only used to come out on nice days. Anyone any history on these three things? Maybe the keen might want to check them out unless anyone can supply any update.
February 4, 20197 yr Popular Post My idea of Bike porn, single cylinder KTM in this case, just need to wait for someone to crash a Husqvarna 701 with 74 BHP and get it built. Other image is one of Triumphs Swan Song, the Triumph Cardinal, sold to Saudi Police. Apparently too powerful for them to handle so they dumped them all in the desert
February 4, 20197 yr Popular Post 13 hours ago, ballpoint said: Getting the thread back on track after I shamelessly derailed it, and avoiding the "cool" word, two very nice Ariel Red Hunters: 1937, 350cc 1938, 500cc with super cool exhaust. Damn. Lovely bikes those Red Hunters. Some of the nicest 350-500 singles made. Guess who designed them? Yep, God again.... We'll forgive him for the odd discrepancy like the Square 4. Or Jesus, the early Terriers/Tiger Cubs.... using a pressed steel fuel tank to act as a frame headstock support.... Even God makes mistakes....
February 4, 20197 yr Popular Post 1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said: Lovely bikes those Red Hunters. Some of the nicest 350-500 singles made. Guess who designed them? Yep, God again.... We'll forgive him for the odd discrepancy like the Square 4. Or Jesus, the early Terriers/Tiger Cubs.... using a pressed steel fuel tank to act as a frame headstock support.... Even God makes mistakes.... So, this is the house of God.
February 4, 20197 yr Popular Post On 2/1/2019 at 9:43 AM, ballpoint said: I was more interested in the fact that the girls featured more prominently than the bikes, and making a comparison with these PC overloaded days, but point taken, and I have punished myself for it. Back in the late seventies early eighties I was living & working in Sing/Malaysia, when I left the UK in 78 I had taken out subscriptions to three of the most popular bike mags at the time, I had to give up on the subscriptions as most mags were confiscated due to "sexual content" pretty women in various states of undress were widely used at the time ???? Least we have progressed from those dark & dire days ????
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