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Normandie Tourisme, le site officiel

Normandie Tourisme, le site officiel

Voyages-sncf Martinique Bretagne Home - National D-Day Memorial Accueil Famous Men and Their Motorcycles Few things have captured the passion, the sometimes obsession, of men like the motorcycle. There’s no mystery as to why this is. Motorcycles represent a peculiar combination of several manly elements: danger, speed, singular focus, solitude, mechanics, noise, and physical skill. Many famous men were motorcycle enthusiasts; they combined their passion for things like acting, music, and adventure, with a love for bikes. T.E. “A skittish motorbike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocation, to excess conferred by its honeyed untiring smoothness.” T.E. Marlon Brando “It still pleases me to be awake during the dark, early hours before morning when everyone else is still asleep. In the iconic film, The Wild One, Brando rode a 1950 Triumph 6T Thunderbird. Bob Dylan Clark Gable Hunter S. “But with the throttle screwed on there is only the barest margin and no room for mistakes.

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