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A bit of oversteer. 1970, Brands Hatch. #porsche

YAMAHA RD 350. What an outfit. #vintagejacket #vintagehelmet #vintagead #yamaha #yamahard350 #fast #style #classicmotorcycle

Weekend rides with friends: 1. Saturday: “Battle of the Twins”, with Norton Commando Scrambler and Triumph Thruxton. 2. Sunday: Bavarian cousins. #rides #friends

Into the action. #russianwallofdeath

Russian Wall of Death, at the Vintage Festival, Inzago, near Milano. Your humble Marquis had the luck to be kindly welcomed “inside” the wall. Had the chance to sit also on a true Twenties Indian, even if standing. An unique experience. #russianwallofdeath

Saturday morning Cappuccino racer rider hard life: reading a classic bikes magazine while having breakfast. #cappuccinoebrioche #theblackdouglas

Gianni and Marella Agnelli with John and Jacqueline Kennedy.

Seventies Laverda fashionista couple. #vintagead #seventies #laverda #style

Eighties style crimes. #alpine #vwgolf #vintagead #eighties

Too hot weather: need some coolness. #stereotypes #steve

This morning even my dark garage is brightened by my Ben Sherman Beatles Limited Special Edition collectable shirt. Chettelodicoaffare...

1968 YAMAHA GRAND PRIX 350 model R-3. One of the first advert pics showing a woman riding ( or supposing to be a rider at least ) instead than just posing lying half naked on the saddle. #vintagead #ridinggirl #yamaha #sixties #classicmotorcycle

1953. Boxer side. #spiderman #sidecar #vintagebmwmotorrad #racing #classicmotorcycle #bmw #bmwboxer

1966 DODGE CHARGER. When American cars brochures were true masterpieces. #vintagebrochure #dodge #dodgecharger #graphicdesign #sixties #style

CHARGIN’ IN THE MOUNTAINS. ( hope you smart enough to get the very funny double meaning in the headline). Maybe because we rode magnificent mid-mountain, into-the-forest out-of-the-forest perfect curvy roads ( with few hairpins!). Maybe because it was sunny ( after almost 2 shitty weather months in Milano). Maybe because the Zero Dsr Black Forest is simply a good motor bike. The issue is not if it’s better or worse than traditional engined bikes. It’s another thing. Just a further improvement in range and traditional bikes will have few arguments. That does not necessarly mean that I will own one: these days I’m looking for adverts of 18th century gold decorated carriages with 4 horses, previous owner a king. That said, the driving experience is nice. You can go Echo mode and be a sort of Prius nerd kind, calculating the range left every 100 metres. Or put the Sport mode and cancel almost every other bike around in term of pure acceleration. Frightening. Being me notoriously Captain Slow I stayed most of the time in Echo, but with dignity. Riding position is excellent, adventure bike look has enough street ( road) credibility. Uhm. Tempted to try soon to really travel on this Black Forest. Maybe heading to a Green Ocean. #zeromotorcycles #blackforest #motoheroesitalia

Testing a Ferrari Daytona at Daytona. Or a Guzzi Le Mans at Le Mans. Or, like me tomorrow morning, testing a Zero Dsr Black Forest in the Black Forest. I guess that the bosses at @motoheroesitalia sent me here for a reason: show me how bright the future could be and make me forget carburettors, flare trousers and drum brakes. Sure the idea of an electric touring bike was a nonsense years (or months) ago. Now it’s a reality and tomorrow your humble Marquis will be in Space Odissey territory to witness it. Quite exciting. #zeromotorcycles #blackforest #motoheroesitalia #futureisnow

Will leave tomorrow for the Black Forest, Germany, where I will escape for two days my rose tinted vintage world to test the touring bike of the future, along fantastic roads. #blackforest #germany #zeromotorcycles @motoheroesitalia

WHALES THAT WAVE. Everybody knows the Honda Goldwing. Born as a big naked tourer, by mid ‘80s it was a faired Leviathan. And, especially in USA, a big success. So the other big Japanese manufacturers entered the game, with bikes that ( at least in Europe) are very confidential if not almost unknown. The Yamaha launched the Venture Royale ( a new Venture was launched recently in Usa) and you can find a few of them in Italy too. Kawasaki entrant was the Voyager. It exists still now but it’s more an Harley-style custom big tourer. Suzuki introduced the Cavalcade (great name), rarer than a Ducati 900 SS , in this country. #vintagebigtouringbikes #whales

Loafer kicking. #summer #kick #theblackdouglas #sterlingautocycle #brandnewvintage

Racing a boxer in 1959.

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