1953 Euro ride pictures

[TDodge7]

Found this on the VW forum I go to because there's a few shots of old VW's in it , but there's a ton of really cool old photos of a group of friends riding all around Europe on their bikes. The bikes that took part in the trip were:

GAU 856 Brough Superior SS100 with fuel in the loop sidecar

AHC 650 Triumph Thunderbird. He bought this one on 22nd July 1950 for £219 16 9 and by the day they set off in July 53 it had done 24,900 miles.

KBY 571 Sunbeam

VMM 871 Sunbeam

AHC 963 Triumph




check out all the pictures here http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html , pretty cool stuff .

[drdubb]

That was the coolest ride report I've ever seen!!!!

[Burgi]

Excellent! Thanks for posting that, loved the pictures. 

[green427]

Wow, what a ride report and awesome photos! When I read ride reports, I usually look at pictures for a second or two, but in this one, I was looking at the pictures much longer.

There is something about these old motorcycles that makes me smile. Makes me want to go out and get a new Bonneville SE.

[fortyhourdays]

That is probably my favorite ride report I have ever read.  Thanks for sharing.

[ailkel]

I had to laugh about 160MPH on the Duc at 70 years old.  Thanks for sharing.

[Adam Roby]

Very cool...

[niteman]

Wow! How funny...I was literally just getting ready to post this story in a new thread. I ran across it in a very random way and had to share. It was a great story and some really cool bikes. That Brough S100 is sweet!

[happycommuter]

black and white film, coat and tie just make everything better.

I feel for the poor guy stuck with the sidecar rig.