COLLECTABLES & MISCELLANEA

MOTORCYCLE LEGENDS COLLECTION

      After many years in involved in the motorcycle industry as editor and publisher of motorcycle magazines in Australia, and subsequently as public relations officer for Kawasaki Motorcycles, the National Motorcycle Museum. and the Earls Court and Olympia motorcycle shows in the United Kingdom, I have built up a considerable collection of motorcycle photographs, and I have decided to make prints available to enthusiasts. 
      These are available in a signed limited edition of 100. They are inkjet original prints and are available in two sizes, Super A3 (330 x 483 mm) and around 60cm x 80cm printed on 300gsm Hanhemuhle rag free archival paper, on an Epson 7600 printer with pigment inks. Best estimate of print life is 125 years plus. Many are available in both color or black and white. Christopher Wright

Click on an image for a larger version of the photograph. Click HERE for a full list of available motorcycle photographs.
MV-Agusta 1972
      Giacomo Agostini on the MV-Agusta, at Oran park in Sydney. The photograph was used in black and white, as a fold-out poster in Australian Motorcycle Rider magazine.
      It was taken at the meeting that featured the epic battle between World Champion Agostini, and local rider Bryan Hindle riding a Yamaha.
      The photograph (signed by the photographer) is now available as an original archival ink-jet print (not a litho poster). The print size is 82cm x 61cm with the actual image being 68.5cm x 41.5cm.
$US170.00 plus postage
Velocette Thruxton
      Cranky, hard to start, vibratory, idiosyncratic, and obsolete the Velocette Thruxton may have been, but it was also one of the great sports road bikes of the nineteen sixties.
      On a clear Sunday morning on a long winding road the Veklocette was an absolute delight. It may have lacked the sheer power of the multis, but it took a brave rider — even one on a much faster machine — to challenge a well ridden Thruxton.
This photograph is black and white. Sheet size 82cm x 61cm; image size  69cm x 42cm.


$US170.00 plus postage
Triumph X-75 Vetter
       Designed by an American, Craig Vetter, the X-75 remains one of the best looking street motorcycles ever, yet it was ever the poor relation in the Triumph line-up at the time. With the three cylinder Trident engine it was powerful, fast, handled and braked well. It really deserved to be a spectactular sucess, but I don't think the then Triumph management realised what they had.
$170.00 plus postage
Kawasaki SR650 1982
     Was there ever a nore dramatic looking exhaust system than that on the 1982 Kawaaki SR650? Whether it had any practical benefits is a moot point. I played with this image in Photoshop to intensify the system's feeling of heat and power. On the wall at going on for a metre wide, it looks amazing!
Sheet size 82cm x 61cm; image size 74cm x 49cm.
$170.00 plus postage
NSU Sportmax 1953
 The legendary 250cc NSU Sportmax photographed at the Isle of Man in 1982. It is fitted with the dustbin-type fairing made famous by the Renmax in 1955. NSU won the 250cc World Championship in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
SUS170plus postage
Triumph Bonneville
      Some bikes become classics because they win races, set speed records or just survice, but the Triumph Bonneville became a classic the moment it was released. Everything about the machine looks right, and the name was a touch of sheer genius. Nothing, nowhere, is as evocative of speed than Bonneville, and Triumph gave the Bonneville the balls to back it up. There weren't many contemporary motorcycles that could out run one, if the Bonny rider was serious.
$US170 plus postage
Vincent Rapide 1947
      Having extolled the performance of the Triumph Bonneville, the 1000cc V-twin Vincent was one of the machines that could beat it. Expensive and rare the Rapide was, possibly, the fastest production machine of its time, on two wheels or four.
      There's nothing particulary pretty, or cohesive about the design of any Vincent, but they all had presence, really looking as if they were doing 100mph whilst standing still.

$US170 plus postage
Coventry Eagle Flying Eight 1928
     Many motorcycles of the 1920s were mix-and-match machines combining parts from many different manufacturers. Some were abysmal but the Coventry Flying Eight was a very superior example featuring a special side valve JAP engine and three speed Sturmey Archer gearbox and had a guaranteed top speed of 80mph. The fitting of an overhead valve engine in 1926 made it even more desirable, and in its 1928 form it was one of the handsomest British bikes on the market.
$US170 plus postage