Whether it’s the gear we wear or finding the perfect grips and pegs to fit on our bikes, we put loads of thought into the form and function of everything we ride with. What that means this time of year is that we’re difficult to shop for, and unless the motorcycle enthusiast on your list […]
The debate about what is considered art — and what is not considered art — has filled volumes, spawned entire branches of philosophy and has been the subject of more late-night drunken arguments than anyone can recall. It gets even murkier when delving into the world of technical drawing. Is a blueprint or schematic a […]
In relative terms, it wasn’t so long ago that it was somewhat rare to see motorcycles on the highways and byways of middle America. Mostly, they were quirky oil-dripping British bikes or nefarious “love ’em or hate ’em” Harley-Davidsons. The truth is, 1960s America was car crazy. Even 16-year-old kids could afford cars and gas […]
The comments section is about to get hotter than a lean-burning header, so ready your popcorn and pipe wrap. Yes, you’re reading a tasting review on Bike EXIF, but before you shout ‘wrong blog,’ or ‘stay in your lane,’ hear us out. We’ve extended our reach, namely with the addition of Iron & Air’s back […]
This 1971 Land Rover Series IIA is a hot-for-yore millennial’s wet dream, nestled between an imagined, carefree, “things were just better” past and a fantastic present where a 20-something can afford one of these fashionable Brit-boxes. It’s a revisionist history and rose-tinted present we can play along with. This go-everywhere auto comes to us by […]
Resourcefulness is a virtue of the most prolific junkmen, but the term junkman seems less fitting when talking about a man who probably owned more Porsches than any other in California. The man is Rudi Klein, a German emigrant who arrived in Los Angeles in the 1950s, and after a string of odd jobs, Rudi […]