Anonymous asked: is there any new stuff coming on the Tinkerman? I'd love to see more. cheers, Pete @ occhiolungo
There for sure is, I just wrote a small piece on Herdtlé-Bruneau.
I’ll try to update more regularly, but finding time is not always easy. Oh, and I love occhiolungo. Great blog!
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A small marvel
After the first motorcycles started appearing on the market, small (and not so small) factories started appearing everywhere which turned out little kits allowing the buyer to transform a bicycle into a motorcycle of sorts.
Sometimes they would sell complete bikes too.
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An overhead exhaust
This picture has popped up on quite a few blogs recently.
It’s not hard to see it’s appeal. as it’s not just interesting for its looks. But unfortunately it always seems to pop up without a decent caption. Let’s fix that right here, right now.
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A pretty orphan.
October 1922, start of the MCC One Day Sporting Trial; Arthur Attwood on his Hawker.
Hawker is not a name one immediately associates with motorcycles
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Truly majestic
I don’t really have a lot to say about this picture (unfortunately).
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A second hand mongrel?
Dickson (on the left) and Brough at the 1925 Alpine Trial.
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If it doesn’t break your neck, it will break your heart.
Mary Jennison must have been quite the lady. She started driving cars in 1908 and went through a ton of bikes. The first one being a Douglas, and at a certain point rode Brough-Superiors. (George Brough was a family friend)
Here she’s sitting on her 1000cc Brough with Swallow sidecar at the start of the ACU six days’ Trial in 1923. Her Husband Matt is sitting in the outfit.
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Less is more
An early v-twin racer.
The bike is a Griffon, pictured here with Dominick Lamberjack.
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