Category: Motorbikes
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From carpentry to mechanics
The Mechanists Interview and photographs by Jasper Schwering Hi Alex, would you like to introduce yourself? Who are you and what do you do for a living? Hi, I’m Alex(ander) Frisse-Bremann, I’m a trained carpenter and I live in Neumarkt, Bavaria. Since 2012 I’ve been working for NAKATANENGA. Initially I was involved in building their…
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Some Tough Boxers
At The Mechanists, we like cars a lot, but we also love motorbikes. Even though we haven’t given them much love in the recent posts, it is now time to address this, starting with one of the most the historically acclaimed motorbikes for almost a century – the BMW R-Series. In recent years, the R-Series…
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The Rolls Royce of Motorcycle
Thomas Edward Lawrence on his Brough SS100 talking to George Brough.Adventurer T.E. Lawrence – war hero Lawrence of Arabia – was the company’s most valuable publicity asset. (he did own seven of the machines.) Noted for their loping V-twin engines and tapered tanks, they were lightning-fast and only for the brave. As Lawrence said: “A…