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Danger ~ "Live Fast Die Young!"

Adamant Rider

Hugh Jackman a.k.a. Wolverine is a keen motorcyclist it seems. Being seen here with a nice looking 70's Bonnie.

Even the comic-book Logan is seen cruisin' on a Trumpet...

Of course in the X-Men: Origins movie has Jacko haring around on a big American Iron. Get those claws out!

He's the baddest, meanest, best superhuman mutant out there!

Of course, as with all Stan Lee creations the supporting merchandise must follow!

It's Easy on a Triumph - the further adventures!

Whether running against a stagecoach, ascending an alp, laying bricks (with a hod), or eloping to Gretna Green, it is, as they say " Easy on a Triumph!

Catch Me

Red-Headed, Eye-Patched Vixen of the Road. Sailors Beware!

Would make a great upper arm tat; but alas my better 'alf would kill me!

Mod Adverts

The fifties and sixties saw a refreshing style in the graphic arts as well as product design. Eames', Saarinen, Nelson et al. Here is a threesome of Meriden product promotion in slick and swift handed period illustration.

The first is a pair of Trophy towed by a Ford Cortina (I recall the tail-light of the Mk 1 my Pa had in the mid 70's)

Carnaby Street revellers enjoy a post Bonneville jaunt.

...and finally a Speed Twin is admired by a cool crowd.

It's Easy...

Fourth in the series so far: previously a cup of tea at the racetrack, ufo catching and supersonic jet wheel changing! Here we're escaping angry native across a precarious tree trunk bridge. All part of a movie it seems.

Norton eye-candy

The quite beautiful French model Audrey Marnay shows off a new accessory from the Longchamps range of fashion luggage sitting atop a gorgeous Norton Moto.

McQueen Tat

A Very dedicated fan of The King of Cool!

Worldwide Coverage

A Logo used for a couple of years (1932-33) on the early models was this globe variant. Here shown on what could be a 2/1 250cc or 6/1 650cc designed by Val Page.

Here is a stunning example of a NT500 from 1933, the worldly badge just visible. Remember this was the time of the SS100 Brough Superior 'Superbikes'!

Under the Blue Sky

I enjoy looking at the various ways riding is captured with the image; one simple one is the ride-along shot. Here it's taken with a little more angled cropping to achieve a dynamic view, effective with great early 70's Triumph and bubble visored rider who is obviously intent on the open road ahead. Just need to find myself a photographer as well as driver to go alongside me to get some similar shots...

T-Shirt, Triumph Shirt

Nice clean graphic of the logo name and a quarter of the Union Flag,

of Handicraft and Flea

No riding this weekend, but a couple of fun motorcycle themed items seen at the Wicker Park Renegade Craft Fair and Wolff's Flea Market respectively. A ceramic tile to dress up your workshop backsplash; and a kids bike, pedla power, looking like a v-twin.
The moto-graphic on the tile is an interesting take on two wheeled transport; I can't tell if it's a Harley or Ariel.

I can see a young (very!) Geordie Biker riding one of these along Brommey Road in Wooler back in the mid-70's! It looks like fun, just needs a card in the spokes for a motorcycle noise...

The Road ahead...

A beautiful panoramic image of a modern Thruxton (yes close to the top of my want list!) being sped along a clean stretch od asphalt. Nicely composed photom wheel spin blur, a little background movement, classic!

Another couple of great black and white photographs of the Thruxton and fair haired owner.

The Enjoyment of Two Wheels

Sometimes bike photography can look sterile, lifeless, technical. But biking is more than that; it's vital and exciting, dynamic and thrilling, ego-centering and mind-expanding.

A bunch of folks take their Triumph bobbers out to the wide spaces of the desert; the sun, the air and the horizon...

Triumph of Galatea

Another fine illustration from Taiyo LaPaix of his ego self and muse. Pappilla, riding a bobbed Triumph. Galatea refers to Pygmalians 'brought to life' statue whom he falls in love with. Seems appropriate for the subject.

Start 'em young...

...appreciating fine bikes that is! Here's an item available from the Triumph Store as an accessory: a childrens colouring-in book of the current range of motorcycles; from Bonnies to Speed Triples. I wish I had this as a kid!

Och the Noo; git oahn yer bike an' tek the road te the But 'n' Ben...

Further to yesterdays piece relating the artwork to the fine inkwork found in a Broons page; well here's a part of a story relating to Hen Broon being chased to their highland retreat, the But 'n' Ben, only to find it's headed by none other than Granpaw Broon...  crivvens whit fun!

All Broons artwork harks back to the definitive linework of Dudley D. Watkins. Who inked The Broons, Oor Wullie and Desperate Dan of the Beano for 30 odd years before his death in 1969.

Tri-Cor catalogue cover

To the finish line! A comicbook brush and ink illustration of a haring Triumph swept by the chequered flag. Looks like it was for '69. Has shades of the Broons or Oor Wullie.

Cup of Tea? T for Triumph that is...

A superb sketch advert from the mid-fifties of a Triumph acting as tea delivery ride in a car race. The effortless linework achieves a sense of speed and fluid brushwork on the people add livliness. wash and white lines fill the graphic. "It's Easy-"   The cheeky chappy with the T-UP sign... priceless like Dandy comics.

Taiyo LaPaix

I found this illustrator on another moto blog and really like his style; superb handsketching with a distictive line. Both coloured pencils and paint. He's based in Asheville NC and most of his work includes his muse Pappilla LaPaix, an imaginary gal with an unassuming self confidence. You believe she's real with the expressions he has her 'pose'. Fun and lively stuff! Oh, and she's sitting on a nice Bonnie Bobber.

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