25 Mar 2012

Saint

Bubble mail
Got this mail from Jeff some time ago:


"I made a modernish board tracker with a fixie vibe to it. Its a horrible idea, but a lot of fun.
It'll go about 70mph with the honda 150cc twin 4speed drive train.

What do you think? 

Its running on ebay presently, if you like it and youd like any of the pictures from the listing,
let me know & Ill send them.

Hope alls well with you & your bike :-)

Thanks,  
Jeff"

The bike sold for US $2,425.00. 
That's a bargain.

Very nice build Jeff!
Looks definitely like a lot fun 










23 Mar 2012

Eric Miles part 2

This is the second and last part

Eric Miles from Cannock, UK

"Luddite photographer- only recently gone digital- keen on Classic Motocross [- never! ] As a teenager, I used a 35mm camera which cost £9 in 1963. For a couple of outings, I scrounged a Practika IVb off an uncle. In 1970 I bought a Practika L and then an LTL in 1977- which I dropped on a block of concrete in 2002. Even East German utility jobs don't survive that treatment! I disinterred the Practika L. then bought a Olympus OM10 second hand in 2005. Was given a second OM10 in 2008 by someone who'd just gone digital and couldn't bear to bin it. Was eventually arm-twisted into buying a Nikon D7000. Still think the best cautionary tale about cameras and what they do is that of Bert Hardy and the 'Blackpool' Picture Post cover... "

Check much more of his work here on flickr
This is just a small selection

































22 Mar 2012

Eric Miles part 1

Found this amazing photographer on flickr
The way he makes action shots and puts himself in the landscape are incredible.
His name is Eric Miles from Cannock, UK

"Luddite photographer- only recently gone digital- keen on Classic Motocross [- never! ] As a teenager, I used a 35mm camera which cost £9 in1963. For a couple of outings, I scrounged a Practika IVb off an uncle. In 1970 I bought a Practika L and then an LTL in 1977- which I dropped on a block of concrete in 2002. Even East German utility jobs don't survive that treatment! I disinterred the Practika L. then bought a Olympus OM10 second hand in 2005. Was given a second OM10 in 2008 by someone who'd just gone digital and couldn't bear to bin it. Was eventually arm-twisted into buying a Nikon D7000. Still think the best cautionary tale about cameras and what they do is that of Bert Hardy and the 'Blackpool' Picture Post cover... "

Check his work here
This is just a small selection
Tomorow I will post part two of his amazing work