Pen and Ink illustrations, cartoons from my usual sources....been a couple of years since I run any....as mentioned back then, I'm a great fan of them.....

As I'm currently running a section in the Australian Velocette Owners Club magazine which I edit...FTDU or FishTailDownUnder...on technical pen and ink drawings this is as good a time as any to review some more in my blog.
The two major English motorcycle magazines from the early 1900's up into the 1970's, "The MotorCycle" and "MotorCycling", ran many as did the French magazine"MotoRevue"...
All great resources....
Relax with me as we wander back in time.....But before we launch into the drawings, a photo I like a lot...
The original was in poor condition as you'll see by the bottom LH corner...
Two Aussies hard at it on home built 250 DOHC Velocettes...#31 is Les Diener on his newly built 250 DOHC based on a pushrod MOV and still in a rigid frame...hard on him is #15 Alan Burt riding the Waggott 250 DOHC Velocette based on a KTT engine and again in a rigid frame..taken at the races in Mildura, Victoria on the NSW/Victoria border, but unsure when...DQ will have to do some research and correct this post....

 

Some more cartoons from "MotorCycle" and "Motorcycling".......

As I've mentioned in earlier blogs on cartoons, I'm always partial to the cartoons that featured in the weekly UK motorcycle papers, "MotorCycle" and "MotorCycling"....these are from 1966 and 1967 and I'll feature more in future blogs....
The copyright of these is held by the family of the cartoonists and Mortons Motorcycle Media to whom I acknowledge their use....
Left click on the images to enlarge.

Cartoons from "MotorCycle" and "MotorCycling".......

I'm always partial to the cartoons that featured in the weekly UK motorcycle papers, "MotorCycle" and "MotorCycling"....these are from 1966 and 1967 and I'll feature more in future blogs....
The copyright of these is held by the family of the cartoonists and Mortons Motorcycle Media to whom I acknowledge their use....
Left click on the images to enlarge..

A Cartoon or two....always fun to laugh at ourselves...

Throughout the time that motorcycle magazines have been with us and it is now over 100 years, they have utilised cartoons to illustrate a point or poke fun of ourselves...below are a couple to share with you...

I can poke fun at Norton owners as well as Velo ones....

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