View allAll Photos Tagged Motorcycle
There was an important lama visiting for some days in the Sershul monastery, so every Tibetan was dressed at it best and yes even the motorcycle was clean to shine. Tibetans came in big numbers, and in their best costumes, a photographers delight. Six month ago I took this picture (time flies).
Silves, Portugal walk this morning April 16th 2023.Our group from Nova Scotia toured through this beautiful town this morning . Hard to slow down the others as I seen opportunity shots but they were patient with me. I think this motorcycle sprocket might need some WD40 Lubrication.
Every now and again, something unusual happens.
Me and my mates were mooching around at The 23rd Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Stafford when we came across what appeared to be a nice looking Honda racing bike. I peered inside the fairing (as you do) and said "oi look at that - I've never seen anything like it", or words to that effect. I moved round the front to read the sheet stuck on the fairing only to say - "Its a Ron Philips!!!"
The owner then said something along the lines of "What do you know about Ron Philips?" and I said I'd seen his "Four", up close and personal.
We then had a bit of a natter and I promised to send over a link to one of the photos I took at the time.
I got a reply today thanking me for the link and sending over some stuff about the amazing, but mysterious, Ron.
If you are interested - and I'm guessing that as you've read this far, you might be - here is a link to when it was last auctioned:-
www.bonhams.com/auctions/21136/lot/316/
Ron Philips was clearly a very clever man building the engine and frame in his garden shed! He seems to have cut a few corners though by buying in the gearbox, pistons and carbs (lol - only joking).
I once managed to make a very wobbly bird table in my shed, so hats off to Ron.
I really like this bike and think it is the work of a genius.
In some ways, it looks like a cross between an RC Honda and an MV Agusta.
OK, so looking inside fairings and waxing lyrical about what you see might be a bit sad to some people - but they are probably the type of boring old tossers that spend 6 hours a day watching all kinds of dross on TV, but fail to see anything "sad" whatsoever in that.