What a Motorcycle Road Trip through Europe looked like in the Early 50's (PICS)

[LJ851]

Not my pictures but a very cool collection.

http://www.go-faster.com/SS100.html

[Deltron Dirty30]

good looks on the link.

i want a triumph so bad!

[ReallyDirtyThirty]

Great vintage pictures! Thanks for the link.

[tjts1]

Great pics, thanks.

[LuckyHenriksen]

That is so rad

[CabrioPunk]

Very cool.

[geoffp]

Nice! Thanks for sharing

[Mercury[BKM]]

very cool! wonder if that will be a lot of us with our e30s...and our great grandkids being shoo-ed off because kids = rust

[slammin.e28]

I want to go to the 1950's and do this in Europe. Damn.

[LJ851]

I want to go to the 1950's and do this in Europe. Damn.

Right?

I've always felt i was born a little too late.

[Mlarsen]

That's awesome!

[Mercury[BKM]]

what bike is that in the color photo towards the end, seat looks well loved

[Nairb]

Thanks for sharing!

[Hick]

so very awesome.

[LJ851]

what bike is that in the color photo towards the end, seat looks well loved

It's a Brough Superior, one of the fastest, most expensive bikes of the time. Famously, Lawrence of Arabia was killed riding one.

All those brand new split window Volkswagens sure look tasty as well.