Vintage Motorcycle Posters and Ads

The song is not exactly biker music.
Ryder13

 

Around the 1:49 mark there is a mean looking Norton Dominator in the mix, not a bad looking classic.

I don't know what they were thinking by getting a closeup of the riders face in a side profile behind the bike but still

I saw an old vintage Kawasaki ATV ad the other day too, with the caption "they go great with hotdogs" in it. /shrug.

 

When I was a kid, I wanted a BSA. Second choice was Triumph. I remember seeing some of those bikes in the posters on the road. And a buddy of mine actually owned a Norton for a short period of time. He later moved to a Harley chopper. I had a Ducati, a Yamaha and more recently two Hondas. Never got that BSA. Never owned a Harley either.
Ryder13

 

So are they still on your bucket list Ryder?

I owned a custom bike in my 20's built with a Harley frame and Yamaha engine, and parts for a half dozen other bikes most likely, I bought it from a friend who got married. I didn't care about brands but I do now, I don't think I'd ride a mixed bike again, lol. I'm not immortal anymore and that thing didn't feel safe to ride.

 

Well actually I looked at Triumph when I was thinking of moving from the 750. I liked the look of the new Triumphs - very much along the lines of the older bikes - but I wanted either shaft drive or belt not another chain and the Triumph I was looking at was chain. The 750 ACE was a chain drive and Honda replaced it with a shaft drive model a few years after I got the ACE. The same bike except for that change and a new name. No I don't look at BSAs Nortons or Triumphs anymore, course you never see BSA on the road now ever unless you go to a vintage event, which are pretty interesting and worth going to if you get a chance.
If I was to look at another bike, well I like the new cut down Wing that came out this year and the Kawasaki Vaquero at slightly less money than the Wing.
Ryder13

 

Vintage motorcycles do look nice. People were so lucky back in those days. You got to were nice clothes and drive really cool looking cars and motorcycles.

 

Well I have to say there are cool looking bikes and cars around now too.
Some of the 'real world' cars I think still have cool include the Charger and
the Mustang. I am still a fan of the Jeeps.
Bikes, well yeah the British classics are now gone except for Triumph but there are some pretty cool metrics. And Harley is still around and so is Victory. Sonny Barger is now a Victory rider.
Ryder13

 

Great find, Ryder! Actually the music did kind of fit the mood for its day!