ART + DESIGN
A Fine Line, Part 3: Underground Artists
I'm sitting at my early 1900s wooden desk in my basement listengin to KZAP, an original sixties FM radio station that's still going here in Sacramento, looking up at a poster made - and signed - by Dave Mann. It's one of his rare non-'biker' paintings, showing an early rider on a pre-sixteen motorcycle crossing an old wooden bridge in a forest. It was given to me by an old friend, a motorcycle rider - and an exceptional artist in his own right - called Bob Wise. He does a lot of motorcycle and old car art. One of the original Dave Mann…
A Fine Line, Part 2: Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth
Late in 1969, Ed's motorcycle venture came to a screeching halt. Mainstream…
A Fine Line, Part 1: Von Dutch
There was a time in the early fifties to early sixties where Kenny led a very…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Jack Penton
I believe, short of the birth of my children and my marriage. motorcycling has…
‘The Kompressor’ – Patricio Castelli
"The bike is not intended to be a tribute, nor a replica: it is simply a free…
The Motorcycle Portraits: John Pera
David Goldman travels the world to interview interesting people in the…
Mama Don’t Take My Autochrome
For 25 years or so, the Autochrome was the principal color photo process used…
First International Motorcycle Art Show: 1973
"The motorcycle is a work of art,” claimed curator Goldthwaite H Dorr III, but…
Artist and His Moto Guzzis – Antonio Ligabue
"He bought a motorcycle - a 1937 Moto Guzzi GTV 500 - on which he rode around…
The Magnolia Four – a 100 Year Motorcycle
Fully clad in CAD, the Magnolia 4 design looks at this like a long-lost member…
First Handbuilt Invitational LA 2024
The Handbuilt ethos aims to inspire people "to work with their hands, and try…