Tim Simpson got in touch recently to share his photographs from the halcyon days of scooter racing. If you’re not familiar with the 1970/80’s scooter racing days then shame on you! For those not, here’s a brief history written by written By Norrie Kerr, President of the BSSO, a scooter racing legend in his own rights. A Brief … Continue reading
St Petersburg, Russian based custom scooter/motorcycle builders Butcher Garage have been putting out some pretty impressive machines over the last few years. Not only are they turning out great custom scooters, producing great videos and commissioning cool artists, they accompany the projects with some beautiful photography. I love what they’ve done with this Vespa. Website | Face Book Continue reading
Excellent video account of this years Dirt Quake III. More here… Continue reading
Apologies if it’s been quiet around here for a while. That’s because I’ve been collaborating with K Avery from St Leonards British Accesories on this rather nice looking leather key fob. A friend and I had been discussing the idea of producing a leather key fob around the same time I first met K and I suggested we … Continue reading
A few pics from last weekends road trip to Devon. Derek & I rode down on our BMW R1100RT’s which simply ate the miles & glided along the roads. The idea behind the trip was to check out a route for a potential scooter run next year over Dartmoor & Exmoor (Two Moors). Both areas are of … Continue reading
New Tee & sweat designs available here… Continue reading
The Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride was founded in 2012. Inspired by a photo of Mad Men’s Don Draper astride a classic bike and wearing his finest suit, It was decided a themed ride would be a great way to combat the often-negative stereotype of men on motorcycles. That first ride brought together over 2,500 riders across 64 cities. … Continue reading
Sunday 7th September was a pretty significant day in more ways the one. A memorial services was held on Elstead Common in memory of Raymond Henry Collins. Ray was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, on July 16, 1920. He worked at Service Engineers (Fulham), Claude Rye’s (Fulham) and was Workshop Manager at London Scooters Ltd in West … Continue reading
Great short by Valiant Easton on Trevor Howe of Project13, pushing the boundaries of custom scooters. Scooter tuning, restoration, design and build. Tel : 07740680239 Email : trevproject13@gmail.com Continue reading
Some time ago I decided to produce a Enjoy The Ride fanzine. The fanzine had been in the pipeline for some time and being a graphic designer (http://davidhardy.co.uk/) I had a real desire to translate some of the digital media into print. Newspaper stock suited the archive imagery & 35mm photography perfectly. The concept behind the delivery … Continue reading
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