Sara Eileen & her Triumph Bobber

The gorgeous lady is Sara Eileen and for all the right reasons, she has been quite a toast for motorcycle blogs. This lady of course is no poser, she is the real deal. That she can pass off as a model with her long legs and beautiful hair and pretty face is altogether a different thing, but she knows her ‘bike’, a retro fashioned Triumph customized to a Bobber. The way she dresses certainly ads up to the overall character of the bobber image. If you think about a bobber with one half of your brain and think about Sara (as you picture her) with the other half, words like Cool, Grungy, Retro, might pop up. Somehow the lady and this particular bike compliment each other. In fact, Sara is no celebrity, neither a model, but she has been featured on the cover of Big Twin magazine. I mean, it is rare thing that being a everyday person, you get featured on a cover of a magazine for just being you.

Credit also needs to go to the bike designer and also the photographer. The photographer of the images capturing Sara is a gentleman from Holland, Mr. Maurice van den Tillaard, who is a photographer by profession. Very brilliantly, he has set even the settings of the backgrounds to 70s and 80s styling, the houses, the car, the railway crossing, I mean no high rise buildings or flyovers on the background which would have been on contrast with the overall character of the bike and Sara. Images of Sara on the beautiful Triumph are available in Maurice website (here and here), blog and flickr accounts.

Well, the bike was probably ‘re-done’ by one Mr. Toby or so it seems. I am saying that because I tried various links to see who had worked on the Triumph, but all I could get was that. If anyone reading this knows more about it, please do share it. For sure I know, the tank was designed by Mr. Max Scaff. Max has a blog by the name of 4Q Conditioning and his posts on Sara’s Triumph can be found here and here. The tank is a real beauty, very uncharacteristic of a bike, let alone a bobber, but just so fitting here. I don’t know how max had this idea, but he had pulled off a stunner.Additional images of Sara were sourced from Pin Up Girl Gallery.

REELZ Channel lists 'Top 10 Motorcycle Movies'

Source REELZ Channel through Motoblog Italy

1. Easy Rider 2.The Matrix Reloaded 3.The Dark Knight 4.The Great Escape

5.Terminator 2: Judgment Day 6.Tomorrow Never Dies 7.Mission: Impossible 2 8.The Wild One

9. The World's Fastest Indian 10.The Bourne Ultimatum

Close Look - CONFEDERATE P120 Black Flag Video

A close look at the $72,000+ Confederate P120 Black Flag. A decent review done by LA Times. I would suggest you to watch it in full screen. The resolution is quite good.

Hollywood Stars, Kelly Brook add glamour to Bikes

Kelly Brook, the glamour babe from UK is 'glamourizing' HD doing a-la Marissa Miller, that is posing with the Harley. Although Ms. Miller is a spokeperson for HD, that doesn't mean the 30 years old Ms. Brook cannot match up to her in a hot sizzling desert photoshoot in the Mojave desert for MAXIM magazine.

Souce of photos - Magazine Gallery Blog

Recent Hollywood movies have been also 'glamourizing' the motorcycle quite a bit. The Tom Cruise - Cameron Diaz starrer Action Comedy, Knight and Day had our hereos running on their tips on a Ducati while the to-be-released on July 23rd Action film, Salt, starring Angelina Jolie has her doing a few stunts on a Triumph. She also rode motorcycles in the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider movies. Despite what critics are saying, Knight and Day was actually entertaining.

Source of photos: IMDB

No CSI here, just better visuals

If you are one of those fans who watch CSI Miami or watched CSI Miami just for a certain hot chick, Ms. Wendy Simms, I am sure you are very disappointed that she is no longer in Season 11. For those out of focus, Wendy Simms, a DNA Technicaian, is a character played by the beautiful Liz Vassey in the teleserial CSI Miami. She was in the serial for season 6 to 10. She was ranked 74 in Stuff magazine's 2002 "102 Sexiest Women In The World". For fans of Ms. Vassey, enjoy the pictorials and for fans of motorcycles, well, just enjoy the pictorials!

Original Source: MAXIM. Photos sourced from Moto Caradisiac.

Time Out - Kids these days... I tell you!

Time Out - Interesting Ebay listings

The Ebay is a good 'time-pass' website, just having a look at the motorcycles, some bizarre, a lot of oohs and aahs, some real stunners and many 'Wow!' and still there will be the occasional 'What!'. The US and UK sites usually have the motorcycles with a hefty price tag. There are some other interesting places like Germany and Japan, but usually these two US (and Canada has the same listing) and UK has a lot to offer. Most of the high priced bikes are custom ones, you know the typical customs, long tank, single sided swingarm, elongated handlebars which after some time, all the models look just the same. I have featured here some original bikes and also custom bikes but custom as in the sense of real custom, not those hand painted choppers. Well, happy bidding in case if you are bidding for any of the bikes.

Well, well, well, we all have seen it and been in awe of it. Yes, this is the same Ferrari motorcycle, the one and only, which we probably all would like to own it even if it means killing someone! Since for us normal human beings, it is beyond our reach. Listed at the UK ebay site, there is no bidding period, so you do have the time to still rob some banks and accumulate the asking and final price of £249,991, that is $368,630.
MV Agusta honcho David Kay requested Enjo Ferrari's son, Piero to build a one-off motorcycle under the Ferrari badge. The bike will be built by David Kay in honour of the senior Ferrari and he wanted permission to use the Ferrari badge. Of course he was granted. this was in 1990. The bike was built finaly in 1995. It has a 900cc transverse, double overhead camshaft, four cylinder, eight valve unit with magnesium and alloy casings, driven through a five speed gearbox to a top speed of 265 kmph. I am sure that you have seen it a hundred times but if you still want more information, just google it, willya? Here is the ebay link

Yes, this is 'that' Norton that you have seen on the net quite often, the 850 MK3 Custom, the Norton Ala'Verda. This was built by Frenchman Daniel Delfour. And as the present custodian puts it and he is right 'This is the most photographed & publicized norton ever!'. I myself remember this bike feautured in many motorcycle magazine covers. This beautiful Norton made quite an impression at the 2008 Concours d" Elegance in Half Moon Bay, California. I guess this beauty will make an impression everywhere.
Located at Las Vegas with 100 miles on the run, the bike is for $75,000 "Buy it Now' price. Bidding ends on Jun 19. Here is the link.

A 2010 supercharged ROEHR 1250 for less than 40K USD seems quite reasonable. Of course this is a brand new bike and contrary to belief, that is the actual price of a Roehr. Why I posted it here is because this is a new bike and as such is available for $39,995 USD at the dealers and also at ebay. But this is listed as an introductory price. So...

You can of course check the bike in the original website Roehr Motorcycles. The company is located at Illinois and bidding ends June 22. Here is the link.

Now here is a 1934 BSA JM24 Goldstar. Why my eyes caught it? Because of the astronomical price quoted. This 1934 bike is priced at $290,000 as a 'But it Now' price. The reason behind the steep price as given by the owner is that "It is the first Gold Star engine ever produced in 1938. The bike has never been restored and the engine is still full of Castrol R racing oil from 1956."

Bidding is still June 20 and here is the link. I am of course not even a novice in the feild of auctions, but I think being a BSA Goldstar J series, the price seems steep, will be good to keep the item on watch.

Above is a 1933 Indian Four. Located at Netherlands, the item is eligible for world wide bidders. The 1933 bike has been restored by Ken Young. Actually the bike belongs to MB Motors, a firm in Netherlands which deals in antique Indian bikes especially and new ones too You can check the bike at their website too. Listed at € 42.500 at their website which is equivalent to US $51,391, the 'Buy it Now' price at ebay is $56,000. You can hear it in the You Tube video.
Bidding is up to July 2nd. Here is the link.

This is a 1914 Harley-Davidson 10E V-Twin listed on the US site.This bike is located at New Hampshire and is indeed a rare item. Driven from 1914 to 1922, the owner has posted images of the original owner from 1914. The current owner has the bike since 1996 and the related history is given at the link. This item is for world wide bidders.
Priced at $75,000, bidding ends on June 18. Click on this link.