The much anticipated Cafe Racer series on Discovery HD Theater is debuting tommorow (Oct' 13). The series would be featuring 13 episodes focussing on the cult of Cafe Racers, the legend behind it, the 60s and 70s in UK highlighting the Ton Up Club and Rockers among others. Just as Choppers had their time a few years back, the 60s and 70s were the Cafe Racer time and just as with other cults, the Cafe Racer also had its share of negative publicity. But then there were far more too many good things about it and no wonder the ult is coming back in a big way, you see almost every major brand is coming out with retro classics, more of in air cooled twin naked motorcycle mould. To live the moments of those time, Discovery HD will be your freind and companion for the next 13 weeks.
For a clipping, see the video which comes courtesy Cafe Racer TV.
By any chance, did you happen to miss the 2010 edition of World Ducati Week? So on the 4 hallowed days that each year Ducati celebrates the World Ducati Week, what you get to see are the finest examples of a very traditional and high heritage marque. This year, on 10, 11, 12 and 13 June the Misano track had turned into a Red Planetto host the 2010 edition of World Ducati Week (WDW). Around 60,000 Duc and motorcycle fans turned out to honour the the Bolognese firm and you missed it... yes, maybe you were busy in attending some big time conference or some last minute deals or any other excuse you just might be trying to make up, but fret not, Ducati has captured the 4 days in 4 short videos. Watch the videos and then mark your calander for next year. You don't want to miss WDW 2011.
For motorcycling freaks, especially those who are more into classic and vintage bikes, there is no greater event than the newly launched Legend of The Motorcycle show. Just 4 years old and probably no show of vintage and classic motorcycles on earth can match up to this. The first show was held on May 6, 2006 at Half Moon Bay, CA. You would find hordes of obsessed bikers and photographers and then some biker photographers clicking away to glory. One such individual is Mr. Craig Howell and I am sure you have seen a lot of pictures taken by him in some forum or blog or even his website. My post on Curtiss got me to know Pete and his blog and when I made a post on Pete's blog yesterday, I received a mail from Mr. Craig Howell where he had mentioned that I could use photos from his website and when I was just done thanking, the gentleman that he is sent me another link. And... I must tell you, what a collection this man has. I have posted links to all of his 3 mentioned sites including 1 from Flickr and rest assured, you need some quality time to enjoy the websites. Here are his mails and of course below are the photos from his collection. You are amazing Mr. Howell, not only you have a huge collection of photos, but the photos are of high quality and well taken. And did I mention something about you I am envious about? For the record, this event was organized for three years in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The 2009 show was postponed as there was a change in the venue and was scheduled for 2010 May, but it didn't happen. There are 316 pictures from the 2006 show and 247 pictures from the 2007 show with not only bike pictures but also famous personalities and of the venue. There are just too many pictures on his Flickr account and so I am not even going to count. Of course I couldn't have posted all his pictures here, so in case you want to see all of them, which I suspect you do, you have the links below. For any queries, you can contact Mr. Craig Howell. 2006 LoTM show / 2007 LoTM show / Craig's Flickr account
Hi,I'm good friends with both Pete Young and Red Fred, and I enjoyed your blog entry about the Legend shows and the Pope, and wanted to mention that I have a large photo set online for both the 2006 and 2007 shows that you're welcome to use or link to. Legend of the Motorcycle 2006 http://craig.howell.net/legend06/ Legend of the Motorcycle 2007 http://www.thecreeper.net/legend07/ Cheers!
Thanks Paul! Feel free to use anything of mine that you'd like, I just shoot for fun, for exactly this sort of use. I am happy to have people enjoy them. There's also a large group of sets on my flickr page as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seat850/collections/ Cheers!
Enjoy the Show!!! P.S - I am posting pictures of the rarest bikes or pictures of bikes which are not very common at the blog or forum arena, so you might find your favoirate Pope motorcycle or HD or MV Agusta or any of the British brands missing in this post, but it is there in the website. Also you won't see a lot of legends like Vincent or Rudge or AJS since you have already seen them, but you will get to see a Parila and a Bernard Li created Vincent and a J.A. Prestwitch (JAP) and a Sears among others. Anyway, any bike, you name it and Mr. Craig Howell has it clicked!
The beautiful venue at Ritz, Half Moon Bay The 2006 Show Stoppers The 2007 Show Stoppers
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