Here’s another vintage motorcycle ad flashback, The Norton Experience. These ads are so politically incorrect, I love ‘em. Did they help sell Nortons back in the day? Maybe, but in 1970, when this ad appeared, the Japanese motorcycle industry was gearing up and gaining market share and no matter how many Norton girls you might [...]
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Motorcycle advertising
Many of us have a lot of fond memories of old motorcycle ads, (remember the Norton girls?) whether of our favorite vintage motorcycle from back in the day or just a favorite ad you remember that brings back a flood of old memories. I happen to have a sizable stack of old motorcycle mags research [...]
By now, everyone is familiar with Burt Munro, the Bonneville racer from New Zealand, thanks to the Movie World’s Fastest Indian. Before the movie, far fewer would recall ever seeing any mention of Munro, I can’t recall much myself.
I ran across this ad from 1966 showing Burt Munro along side Sam Pierce, who, according to [...]
It’s no surprise the save gas and park anywhere qualities of motorcycles might be highlighted now with today’s pricey gas and traffic congestion but, as this ad shows, Harley Davidson was promoting those same ideas over 50 years ago. Once again, a selection from The Kneeslider research library shows how motorcycles answered the same needs [...]
My wife and I had a little downtime over the weekend so we rented a movie, Eastern Promises. The short trailers on TV looked OK and the movie wasn’t bad but I was surprised to see a Ural (solo, no sidecar) getting so much screen time, it actually played a bit of a role. When’s [...]
Mikuni American makes a lot of high performance carburetors for motorcycles and they’re bringing back a 2004 ad campaign, the Mikuni HSR “Explicit Performance Advisory” with an all new updated image.
The “V-Twins have fantasies, too” ad highlights the … um … technical superiority of Mikuni carbs, … or something. The image is on the cover [...]
Using high mileage as a selling point isn’t new as this ad from Honda clearly shows. The “thrifty Honda 50″ as the ad calls it, touted 225 miles per gallon at a time when gas was cheap, this ad appeared in May of 1963.
1963 was 10 years before the first oil embargo and high [...]
Ducati and SanDisk have teamed up for this Ducati Edition line of compact flash cards and USB drives. They focus on the extreme performance of the flash memory to make the Ducati connection but it’s really all about people who like thiings with the Ducati brand all over it. There you are in that business [...]
Kickboxer Subaru WRX Powered Motorcycle Concept
