What they say about kids and animals...

Mascot goes anywhere; loves to flap ears in breeze; supports weekend racer!

Speedy lads enjoy the desert flats...

You gotta start somewhere; whether two wheels or four!

Minkie the Motorbike

When I were just a wee lad... one of the early motorcycle inspirations was a Ladybird book called Tootles the Taxi; within its thin tome was a page with this picture on it with a small verse.

I'm Minkie the motorbike

Off for a run,

Gathering up speed

Can be glorious fun !

For I am a racer

And run with a zest,

To win all the races -

North, South, East and West

A zippy, smilin', Norton Manx droning around a racetrack, rider crouched for speed, front wheel slightly loft!

An early edition had the boy, girl and dog on the track ~ removed from later versions due to safety concerns of kids wandering around Brands Hatch during races....  where are those stewards!

I'm gonna put you in the movies....

...I'm gonna make a big star out of you...

.....All you gotta do is, act naturally!

Mid Seventies Bonneville Cafe

A clean example of a cafe'd Oil-in-Frame Bonnie, Right hand shifting, discs, so must be T140V from 75 or 76. Nice black paint scheme and grey frame. This helped my own rebuild inspiration...

 The racing hump seat , a reupholstered cover available from Vietnam of all places, affords a further speedy line to the desired appearance.

Eliminated front fender gives a bobbed look too. Clip-Ons the correct stance.

Close-up view of frame, timing side of engine and rear sets. The standard 'boxy' side covers actually look right with the grey frame finish and dull engine casings.

Anotehr view of the Norman Hyde rearsets, close in appearance to mine, as well as the gear change lever.

A final rearview shot of the rounded 'rump' and the long pipes; altogether a balanced build with clean lines and serious purpose of speed.

What doyou get if you multiply two by three?

A hot rod racer set up for a sub 10 second run... 1950cc at least! What a sound this must have made!

Todays Craigslist offerings...

A clean fairly original 76 Trident. $6500

...and a 79 Bonnie. On Consignment at Morries $poa

Line Drawn Triumphs

An ink and brush comic of the benefits of owning a triumph; could you see this on a Ducati advert today?
If only my brakes worked as well as this...  hopefully someday!

Classic charcoal rendered Thunderbird, crisp graphics.

Line drawing of bike with engine as photograph. This is the introduction of the 5 speed gearbox on the T120V ('73). Also showing the larger UK spec tank that I have bought from Ebay in UK, soon to arrive!