“THE GRIEVOUS ANGEL” 1981 YAMAHA SR500
The perfect bookends, Salt Bike at one end, Grievous Angel at the other. A pair of Yamaha SRs, a motorcycle few outside Japan gave much of a thought to back in the mid-2000s, when they were modified in the House of Simple Pleasures. LEARN MORE
“THE MONO” 1980 YAMAHA SR400
As lines in the sand go, Mono was a good one. It’s hard to over-estimate just how different the custom bike scene is now compared to 2008, the year this stretched Yamaha SR500 first rolled down the road with a pleasing thrum from that rear balloon tyre. LEARN MORE
“THE XV TWIN” HARLEY-DAVIDSON 1200 SPORTSTER
There’s something extremely visually engaging about a bike that has been designed to have its fuel cap as its physical peak. Look at this 2014 1200cc Harley Sportster: you could split hairs, drag out the theodolite and try to argue the very tip of the fork caps is 1mm higher than the polished Monza cap, but I’m not having it. LEARN MORE