Silves

Silves, Algarve. The small town seems suspended in time, especially during its annual medieval festival. Food, drink, babes & some oddball items like Iron Sheik sandals & handcrafted leather goods.

Hunter S. Thompson on Letterman 1988

Hunter S Thompson and David Letterman, 1988, Part 2 of 2. (In the Helen Hayes Suite on 26th floor of the Milford Plaza Hotel 700 8th Avenue, NYC

China + GDP Manipulation = Ghost Cities

Currency & economic manipulation has lead to 64,000,000 unoccupied residential units in China. In order to maintain its GDP growth, the central Chinese government continues to push its regional & municipal governments to build infrastructure...even when there's no one there to use it.

POV - Boardtracker

Step aboard a hand-built 61 cubic inch Harley Boardtracker with Mike Lange and see what its like to run wide open on the half mile dirt track at Davenport 2011.

Road Race - Behind the Wheel of a Toyota Supra

Twins Turbo Motorsports / A-Team Supra at Buttonwillow raceway So Cal NASA SU 6/26/11. Driven by Steven Aslanian, who finished 2nd place.

Batgirl

Demon Drome Show - Wall of death

Road Rage - How to Deal With An Asshole

Equipment required;

• V6 or V8 SUV
• A keen sense of timing
• Large, deep puddles on along the gravel shoulder
• An adversary with his windows rolled down

The Most Interesting Man In the World

Dos Equis impresario Jonathan Goldsmith.

Flat Track Hero's - The King, Kenny Roberts

This guy could could ride a flat track pretty good but is better known for sliding around asphalt tracks. He didn't win this race but the next day he went two miles down the road and won the AMA National at Talladega. Kenny Roberts, sometimes known as the King.

Roberts left his mark on Grand Prix motorcycle racing as a world championship winning rider, an advocate for increased safety standards in racing, and as a racing team owner and a motorcycle engine and chassis constructor. His dirt track-based riding style changed the way Grand Prix motorcycles were ridden.



Source: Here

Vintage Poster

Dragstrip Riot.

How to Ride a Motorcycle - Shifting

With the engine running in the neutral position;

1. disengage the clutch (pull in-clutch lever),
2. press down on the shift lever until low gear is engaged,
3. remove foot from shift lever,
4. increase engine speed slightly,
5. slowly release clutch lever while advancing throttle.
6. Repeat procedure for remaining gears.

 or

Proper riding footwear is an integral part of the foot/gear relationship. As well, white gym socks can add an increased layer of protection.

Run DMC

Mad Max Honda

Don't know why it was built, but it gives a new meaning to the term Optional Equipment.

Source: HERE

When Playboys Ruled the World - Full Movie

Sit back and enjoy this full length documentary about the legendary Barry Sheene and his partner in crime James Hunt.

There is a famous photo taken of James Hunt perched on the side of his winning McLaren M26, the engine still warm, a cigarette in his right hand, a can of beer in his left, and a Penthouse Pet at his side.



"When the race finishes, instead of chasing girls like they did in my day, now they go to say thanks to Vodafone."

The Jesus Trip

Waco's bunch rode hard & fast to meet their fate...and sister Anna rode with them!

Sodium Sandwich w/ Peameal Bacon

Cosmic Cab Ride - Halloween

Halloween night, in the back of the Cosmic Cab. Michael Jackson's Thriller, playing on the DVD.

1979 Race Of The Year

Classic must-see racing.

Flat Track Hero's

Rex Beauchamp and Corky Keener at the Louieville Half Mile. Once upon a time you could sit in air conditioned bleachers and watch racing like this on a fine Sunday afternoon.

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Vintage Motorcycle Poster

Jeannie C. Riley

Vintage Flat Track

Mike Kidd #72, leads Rex Beauchamp #31.
Terre Haute, Indiana 1975.

Scientologist's Last Supper

The Expendables 2: They Shot Billy!

DVD Release

Can you guess which one of the Expendables gets killed in the movie; one of the old fogies or Billy, the unknown, optimistic gulf war veteran? Combine Chuck Norris' GLH beard, Stallone's bad acting, along with his penciled on mustache/eyebrows and you end up with a pretty shitty 90 minutes you'll never get back.

Gone In 60 Seconds - 1974

Full Movie

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag.

As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute. Detectives are waiting and pursue Pace through five cities as he desperately tries to get away. Written by Paul Morris 

Freedom Square

Liberty or Liberdade Square (Portuguese: Praça da Liberdade) is located in the city of Porto, Portugal. The square has its origins in the beginning of the 18th century. In 1866 a monument dedicated to King Peter IV was inaugurated in the middle of the square.

It was in 1718 that a project for the urbanization of the area begun, which resulted in the creation of new streets and an ample square, known as Praça Nova (New Square).

The square was initially limited by the medieval walls of the city and by urban palaces, all of which are now lost.

Kingpin - 1996

Bill Murray.

Motorcycle Vs. Cop

Urinal Etiquette

Helicopter Vs. Dodge Charger R/T 440

Taken from Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Movember Style Guide

Dice Mag - Circa '06

Arthur Fulmer

Gold reflector on blue flake.

Evolution of Bond

Dillon & Dutch

Super Handshake

Combat Pics

Momentos From an Urban Hill-Billy Childhood

'78 MAICO

440 MAGNUM

California barn find
Rare RT 440/T motor
Extremely fast
Close ratio transmission

God Bless You, You Crazy Sons of Bitches!!!

Bystanders Lift Flaming Car To Save Motorcyclist.

Pure Bad-Ass - Jorian Ponomareff

Checkout more at jorian-ponomareff.com 

Asahi Vader

Asahi beer, Darth Vader...Disney will never be the same.

'70 Triumph

Custom built 1970 Triumph

Bike features;

• amal 930 carb with short velocity stack   
• 21 inch black spool front wheel with new Avon Speedmaster tire 
• barons speed shop 5 inch duck billed rear fender with super trick molded in panels painted whit with black grey pin and brass center

 

Traffic In Ho Chi Minh City - Crosstown Traffic

Rob Whitworth captures the busy traffic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where the majority of the population drives motorcycles. If you think traffic is bad anywhere else, wait until you watch the traffic in this video. It took over 10,000 shots to create this wild time-lapse.



90 miles an hour is the speed I drive....

Skating King Of Pakistan

This is a video of a Pakistani on roller blades behind his motorcycle. The man controls the bike by holding on to strings tied to each of the bikes handle bars. The bikes are traveling at about 30 miles per hour, see if you can spot the bike with three people on it.

Motorcycle Road Race, Indiana 1919

A very cool newsreel of a motorcycle road race featuring three of the leading brands of bikes: Harley-Davidson, Excelsior, and Indian. Features some notable bikers of day including Otto Walker, Teddy Carroll, Red Parkhurst, and Ralph Hepburn. Walter Davidson, president of H-D, appears at the end!

Chop, Cut, Rebuild

Bad Ass - Danny Trejo

Decorated Vietnam-vet Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) returns home only to be shunned by society, leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus, where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skinheads, makes him a local hero, and he's suddenly celebrated once again.

Michigan Motorcycle Madness - Circa 1917

more old motorcycle film from the early 20th century. This time we go back to 1917 and look at two short clips from Michigan. In the first we see some hillclimbing competition. This being done by riders wearing shirts & ties. Watch for a cautionary tale about the harsh consequences of speeding and trying to elude the motorcycle cop.

'75 Moto Guzzi

Nuovo Falcone
500cc single

Rollerball - Full Movie

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

Genki Hagata - Motorcycle High Side Save

Genki  [(pronounced: gen like the “gain” in again ‘a gén’ (not like gain on its own)]. The ki is like a car “key.” Gén-ki, it means lucky shit in Japanese.

Hurricane Sandy NYC

New York City in the aftermath.