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Flesh and Relics: September 2014

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Salvadore Dali on a custom Honda CB750. Apparently taken October 24,1973 at the Le Meurice Hotel in Paris. Links to this post. Rod Scivyer is a former draughstman, motorcycle racing champion, Grand Prix race mechanic, manufacturer of carbon fiber parts for racing motorcycles, motorcycle stylist and part time photographer. Classic Racer - 169 September/October 2014. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Charlie's Vintage Kustoms. Promote Your Page Too. Hot Rods and Girls. BMW: The Pre-War Years.

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Flesh and Relics: carey quinton haider / road

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Carey quinton haider / road. Haider, an American photographer-creative director creates emotion through a vast body of work in touch with Americana, the outdoors, youth, rebellion, and the aftermath. Those years of sleeping in the back of a pickup truck bed in twenty degree weather while it was snowing and my grandmother throwing a bag of bullets into the campfire have never left me. The photography I capture is an extension of life expressed by its subjects and surroundings.". Promote Your Page Too.

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Flesh and Relics: December 2014

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Pulsating Paula / road archives. Jon Patrick over at The Selvedge Yard. Recently posted some of this stuff, inspiring me to pick up where he left off. Paula Reardon (aka Pulsating Paula) was born in Jersey City in 1954. Since the 1980's she's been photographing bikers, tattoo artists and general mayhem around the US, with thousands of her shots gracing the pages of magazines like “Biker Lifestyle” and "Tattoo". Http:/ pulsatingpaula.imgur.com/. Pulsating Paula on Imagur. Paula Reardon, official site.

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Flesh and Relics: Royal Enfield: Made Like a Gun

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Royal Enfield: Made Like a Gun. In 1851 George Townsend opened a mill in the small village of Hunt End, a district of Redditch in Worcestershire England. Originally known as the "Givry Works", the company specialized in producing sewing needles along with various small machine parts. 1899 Royal Enfield "Quadricycle". 1901 Royal Enfield Minerva. Left to Right: Walter Grew, Ernest Godbolt, Daniel Doyle, Louis Goviet. One of the first models produced was curiously named "Bullet". 1911 Royal Enfield model 160.

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Flesh and Relics: History of Motorradwerk Zschopau: DKW, IFA and MZ Motorcycles

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History of Motorradwerk Zschopau: DKW, IFA and MZ Motorcycles. In 1916, Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878-1964) founded a factory in Zschopau, Saxony, Germany to produce steam fittings. Although Karl Benz had patented a gasoline powered 4-stroke automobile almost 30 years earlier, fuel shortages during the First World War led Rasmussen to experiment with a steam powered car ( Dampf-Kraft-Wagen. Or "the boy's dream"). Above, Das Kleine Wunder. 1934 Auto Union Type A1. In 1953, IFA recruited Wa...

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Flesh and Relics: The Art of the Ride: a Tribute to David Mann

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The Art of the Ride: a Tribute to David Mann. Dave Mann: September 10, 1940- September 11, 2004. At the show biker/artist Tom Fugle and Harlan "Tiny" Brower of the El Forastero motorcycle club in Sioux City took an interest in David's artwork and showed a photo of Hollywood Run. A collection of Mann's work was published in 1993 and updated in 2004: that same year he was inducted into the motorcycle Hall of Fame by artist Billy Lane. David Mann died a day after his 64th birthday. April 13, 2013 at 10:00 PM.

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Flesh and Relics: Motor Oil 101

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I was gonna call this "facts vs. friction" but about 200 internet articles beat me to that. No such thing as an original idea anymore. Two main components determine motor oil performance: the base oil and the chemical additives. Base oils can generally be divided into two categories, mineral and synthetic. Mineral based motor oils are the cheapest and most widely available automotive oils. Got an older machine that belches smoke, needs a tuneup and drinks oil like gasoline? Got a nice newer model? Got a ...

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Flesh and Relics: BMW: The Pre-War Years

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BMW: The Pre-War Years. I've touched on the origins of BMW AG (Bavarian Motor Works /Bayerische Motoren Werke) previously in my article on the Russian Ural and Dnepr machines. Which were effectively copies of older R models: but much was left unsaid as the actual focus of the piece lay elsewhere. Here I want to concentrate on the company itself, which had a rich history of mechanical innovation long before they became known as the automobile and motorcycle manufacturer they are now. Karl Rapp went on to ...

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Flesh and Relics: Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd.: British Speed.

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Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd.: British Speed. Within a year Bettmann had added a line of bicycles made by the Birmingham firm William Andrews and re-branded under his own name. The bicycles proved popular but he wanted a label that felt more "energetic" and could readily translate to other languages: in early 1886 he changed the business name to "The Triumph Cycle Company Limited". 1906/07 Triumph Model A 3 ½ bhp. 475cc. From his "Reminiscences of Motor Cycling" :. Two years after the end of hostilities i...