Twisties

Where I’d really like to be - in the seat of a bike going through the twisties (would love to know who photographed this…).

(Via: MotoLady)

Fancy Dan

1974 750SS Close-up

(Via: habbermannandsons)

The Brute

(Via: twowheels)

Missing Bridge

This is the Atlantic Road on Norway’s west coast. This is the sort of thing that I want to go back to Norway for. We missed out last year as our route took us away from that part of the country.

(Via: hakkalocken)

Norway In Style

 

These are just a couple of photos from a great trip diary at Forum de l'Eriba France.

Essentially, a couple from France decided to tour Norway and the Lofoten Islands this year. Rather unusually they rode a Ural 750 sidecar outfit and took a small caravan with them. I shudder to think what their fuel consumption was like.

If your French, like mine, isn’t that great you can just enjoy the photos. They make me want to go back and take in the things we missed last year.

Congratulations to Norrie for finding this.

Long and Winding

(Via: nobleliving)

What?

SKÓGAR - Icelandic Single Malt Whiskey

(Via: behance)

Vintage Girl

(Via: motomondiale)

Trans European Express

Headgear

I came across this listing on eBay for a ‘vintage’ Griffin full-face motorcycle helmet.

It caught my eye because it is pretty much the same as my first ever helmet. Same make, same colour.  

 It was made of fibre-glass and by modern standards it weighed a ton.

  
The visor rattled at speed, steamed up in the cold, and leaked like a sieve when it rained. 

Note the lack of anything resembling a ratchet mechanism for the visor. To keep it shut you had to lock the bottom stud and hope for the best.

  
As you can see, it met the stringent British Standard and was ACU approved for racing.

Remember, in it's day (late70s/early 80s) this was top of the range, and was priced accordingly. Nowadays, though, pretty much any basic cheap helmet is much superior. The march of technology is a great thing.