skip to Main Content

Tinplate Motorcycle Toys

Tinplate Motorcycle Toy

Motorcycles have captured and held our attention since childhood. As kids, toy vehicles were a means to tide us over till we’d someday own the real thing. Now, as grown-ups, we’d love to have a collection of tin toy motorcycles like these cool, vintage examples!

keep reading

Of Sketchbooks and Bikes

motorcycles_sketch_corey_chris_casey

No deadlines, no expectations, just an exercise in creativity. The plan: Use our motorcycles to scout out a location where we can sit down with our sketchbooks, relax and draw. We planned to meet up with our illustrator/motorcyclist buddy, Chris, and allow our kindred artistic spirits to sketch outside the four walls of our daily gigs. Where’d we end up?

keep reading

St. Louis Motordrome & Board Track Motorcycle Photos

St. Louis Motordrome BoardTrack Racer Group

It was all headed to the trash. A sizeable, historic collection of glass plate negatives of early 1900s American life was about to be deleted from existence. But, Thomas Kempland, antiques aficionado and old-stuff guru, gladly accepted ownership of J.R. Eike’s photography and the wooden boxes of incredible St. Louis imagery. Among the images Tom scanned from the negatives is a handful of board track racing motorcycles at the St. Louis Motordrome. Check out these amazing photographs that Mr. Kempland has allowed us to share here.

keep reading

2014 Rockers Reunion Trophy Unveiling

indianapolis_motorcycles_fountainsquare

May 2, 2014: This year’s trophy unveiling downtown in Fountain Square was a great opportunity to get the bikes out of the garage and meet up with local vintage-minded motorcycle folks. It also served as a preview for the big Rockers Reunion in Indianapolis coming up on May 31st as well as an unveiling of the Royal Enfield Continental GT. Here’s a handful o’ pics we took during the evening…

keep reading

Authentic Jerseys Inspired by Vintage Motorcycle Racing

Good Spark Garage Wearing Hometown Jersey

Have you tried finding an authentic motorcycle shirt that captures the spirit of the post-war American motorcycle clubs? Can’t find a jersey that looks, feels and fits like something “Iron Man” Kretz wore 80 years ago on the dirt tracks of Southern California? Look. No. Further. Jill Smith of Hometown Jersey has dialed in the real deal, vintage style jerseys featuring made-to-order, hand-applied felt lettering.

Hometown Jersey Close-Up

Check out more cool pics and our thorough review:

keep reading
Back To Top
×Close search
Search