Category Archives: Photographers

Elizabeth Raab

You don’t often see motorcycles featured in fine art photography; Bill Phelps is the only name we’ve come across in the past. But now there’s a new one to watch: Elizabeth Raab, a photographic artist specializing in automotive and creative portraiture. Like Phelps, Raab is based in Brooklyn, but her career kickstarted when she moved [...]

Motorcycle Dream Garages

Last night I finished reading Riding With Rilke, Ted Bishop’s low-key, thoughtful memoir of a road trip across America. So it was perfect timing when a hardback review copy of Motorcycle Dream Garages arrived this morning. The text and photos are by Lee Klancher, who built a garage bigger than his house in 2004 and [...]

Honda C70 Passport

A good photographer can give even the most humble motorcycle a touch of glamour. And Joshua Hoffman‘s use of ringflash has made us look at the Honda C70 in a new light. The C70 was a grown-up version of the Honda Super Cub, with a little more power and a dizzying top speed of 50 [...]

Yamaha SR500 street tracker

Randall Cordero is one of America’s top motorcycle photographers, and his shots of this ‘bumblebee’ Yamaha caught our eye. This 1978 500cc thumper is owned by veteran rider Russ Somers, an art director for Simpson Race Products. It’s packing a White Brothers cam, a flatside carb and a SuperTrapp muffler. Appearances are taken care of [...]

Postie Bike Challenge

The Honda CT110 is a diminutive 105cc, air-cooled, single cylinder motorcycle. It’s used in Australia for postal deliveries, and renowned for its toughness. It’s also the selected transport for a bizarre 2,000 mile race across the outback, the Postie Bike Challenge. The eighth annual race starts on 3 October 2009, and it costs just AU$4950 [...]

Lovers’ Land Bike Tour

This one’s from my own backyard, and I can’t believe I haven’t come across it before. The Lovers’ Land Bike Tour is about three guys who ride out from Sydney on custom W650s, with surfboards strapped to the side. The plan was simple: to “find good waves and hang with good people”. The result is [...]

Leigh Ledare

Leigh Ledare is an artist who has gained an edgy, provocative reputation over the last couple of years. He splits his time between New York and Los Angeles, but a recent visit to Europe yielded these strangely evocative images of Russian biker gangs. [Via Way Out!]