CYCLE WORLD magazine, 1965– “In less that 10 seconds the Two-Timer Triumph accelerates to 155.17 mph, a mark which rider / builder Dick Rios claims as ‘the all-time mph (record) for a bike in the quarter-mile.’ Rios also claims his 9.74 seconds elapsed time, recorded on the Fontana (Calif.) dragway clocks as the ‘lowest E.T. ever [...]
In 1970 Jimi Hendrix was sent off to Hawaii to film a movie called “Rainbow Bridge.” His entourage rented a Bushwhacker dune buggy that was over-the-top. It was customized with a metal-flake paint job overlaid with pin-striping, and a loud floral-printed rag top and interior. The crew unbolted the top and Hendrix would flip himself [...]
Everyone thought Hollywood was showing his pride and paying tribute to the Oilers club– “Kinda funny story about this pic… Someone yelled out to me that a flag flew out of a car and was in the middle of the track. As usual I wasn’t paying attention to the races. I rode out, grabbed it [...]
TSY is Pennsylvania-based and thus very proud to present a brand new series of posts– PA MAKERS written and photographed by Raymond C Schwab IV. We are grateful Ray is kind enough to share these with us. Picture this: A bike shop burns to the ground in Philadelphia. There’s a fire sale a couple days [...]
TSY is proud to introduce our latest collaboration with Devyn Haas– Spooky 1! Now available in the TSY Shop and online– SHOP “SPOOKY 1” T-shirts TSY “SPOOKY 1” Long-sleeve Blk & White Raglan T-shirt, 100% cotton. $36 SHOP NOW TSY “SPOOKY 1” Short-sleeve Metal Grey T-shirt, 100% cotton. $32 SHOP NOW Checkout the TSY Jewelry Collection — necklaces [...]
Tom Zutaut (who signed Guns N’ Roses) on Slash’s heroin OD, where he died and was brought back to life, that freaked the shit out of Axl Rose… “They found him dead near an elevator in a hotel somewhere. I don’t know how long it took for the ambulance to come but he was blue [...]
It’s absolutely crazy to think that the same 1968 Mustang GT Fastback driven in Bullitt by Steve McQueen himself, would end up in the hand’s of an unassuming New Jersey housewife… But that’s exactly what happened. “After Bullitt wrapped, the hero car was sold to a studio executive in Los Angeles, who kept it briefly before selling [...]
ELVIS BOWIE MASHUP original artwork by Sasha Laskowsky-Ziguilinsky AKA NEOPREN Happy Birthday Elvis & Bowie! There were many parallels between the two– some coincidental, some very intentional… “They were label-mates at RCA for some time, and… Bowie had clothes designer and friend Freddi Burretti copy Elvis’s on-stage white jump-suit for Bowie’s own use at Ziggy [...]