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 "Fillin drawings" as I call them from "MotorCycling" and "MotorCycle" with the occasional photo....I use these items to illustrate the Australian Velocette OC magazine FTDU and I know they are used by Lenore Cox, editor of the US Velo Club's FTW and Carl Drees in The Netherlands Velo OC magazine "Visstaart"....

I last did a post on some of these in July 2010, so another is long overdue.

I'm a great follower of the skill of pen and ink drawings to illustrate magazines....not so common these days....

Of course the copyright for those I'll use is now held by Mortons Motorcycle Media in the UK, the owners of the now defunct "MotorCycling" and "The MotorCycle" .

The first one shows a part of the special frame made by Doug St.Julian Beasley in the UK in the early 1950's...obviously influenced by the newly seen Norton Featherbed frame, Beasley made frames predominately for Velocette engines and the KTT in particular.

The illustration, above, was in June 1951...

In 1953 the Australian rider Sid Willis accompanied another Aussie, Tony McAlpine on a European tour...riding as part of "The Continental Circus". 

Sid took one bike, a rigid framed Velocette 250, with his converted 1936 ex works DOHC Velo cylinder head and cambox fitted and making a 250cc. 

It went very quickly in the first few European races they went to before the IOM TT, but the handling on the cobblestone parts of the circuits restricted him.

When in the UK they sought out Doug Beasley and he made a frame for Sid.

The photo below shows Sid ( RHS), Doug Beasley (centre) and Tony (LHS) working on the bike in Doug's workshop.

Then below it, Sid in the IOM TT.

He finished 5th in the Lightweight TT, the first privateer home.

 

Why don't we have a look at Doug himself in the IOM TT...photo taken by S.R.Keig, the Douglas IOM photographic studio. Taken in June 1952. Doug retired during the race.

 

Phew, I got a bit carried away "photographically" above...back on track DQ..lets look at some more "fillin" drawings...

 

 

This final drawing from the French Motorcycle magazine "Moto revue"...

Some more Pen and Ink drawings and perhaps a cartoon from the motorcycling weeklies over the years.....

I've used these words before...
If you follow my blog you'll know I'm partial to the pen and ink drawings and cartoons from the Motorcycle and Motoring Press over the years...especially from the UK....
I keep a folder titled "Fillin Drawings" that I use when I edit the Australian Velocette OC magazine FTDU...Fish Tail Down Under....
So off we go for a look through some of them...and apologies if I've used them before in my blog...
Left click on the images to enlarge them...

1937 Works Velocette 500 racer...

Velocette invoice logo....

Note the zipper at the rear to allow access to the rubber air bladder inside...

Taper roller bearings in a girder forked machine brake....

Nov.1938 miller 8" headlamp assembly

Feb. 1926 Velocette KSS cylinder head and OHC cambox...

Cross rotary valve.....

1932...new Velocette 4 speed gearbox.