Famous Men with their Motorcycles

[Herb]

My BMW bud just shared this. I thought I'd pass it along. I think I saw one previously about famous women with their motocycles.


http://artofmanliness.com/2011/04/10/famous-men-and-their-motorcyles/

 

[Nicole]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[vzshadow]

Why were so many of them Triumphs????

 

[RedLdr1]

Why were so many of them Triumphs????

There weren't many, if any, Japanese bikes back when most of them were around....

 

[Chuck 500]

Great post. Interesting the James Dean had his bike serviced at a shop where Steve McQueen was working.

 

[elizilla]

There weren't many helmets around in those days either.

 

[Herb]

There weren't many helmets around in those days either.

Yeah, I noticed this as well. ATGATT and safety consciousness?.... NOT! Different era.

BTW, Katherine. Everytime I look at your map, Louisiana jumps out at me. Hawaii's more forgiveable, but when are you going to get this sucker done?

 

[Phil Tarman]

The death of the Europen bikes was hurried along and only one survived and that was Triumph.

Triumph didn't really survive. They were reborn thanks to John Bloor.

 

[RedLdr1]

Triumph didn't really survive. They were reborn thanks to John Bloor.

As bad as the first Bloor Triumphs were maybe re-booted is a better description...

Don't forget Enfield, they "survived" as well...

 

[Phil Tarman]

Oh, sure! I forgot about Enfield. And I never saw one of the early Triumphs. They make some pretty tasty stuff now. If the 800 was shorter and I didn't love my NT, it would be an attractive option.