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Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: Conrad on February 02, 2016, 09:16:15 AM
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I don't even know what to make of this...
Having the object of one's lust painstakingly made by hand has long been the goal of both stylish dressers and motorcycle enthusiasts.
Lately however we've seen the two worlds converge with more frequency, and the sight of a well-tailored man astride an equally sharp machine is an increasingly common, and welcome, sight on the streets of New York, London, Paris, Milan and Tokyo.
Customized, one-off and limited edition motorbikes have never been more fetching either, with modern technology and retro looks having finally reached an aesthetically appealing rapprochement. Meanwhile more companies are collaborating on stylish gear made especially for motorcycle enthusiasts who don't abandon their sartorial standards when they go for a ride.
Scroll through the gallery to check out some of the latest, coolest motorbike designs and see some of the dapper gents who have wholeheartedly embraced two-wheeled culture in serious style.
lot's of pics here of cool bikes and men playing dress up to ride
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/02/autos/modern-motorcycle-style/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/02/autos/modern-motorcycle-style/index.html)
A $2,350 leather jacket to impress your friends. ::)
http://duncanquinn.com/shop/suits-and-jackets/915-ricard-leather-jacket.html (http://duncanquinn.com/shop/suits-and-jackets/915-ricard-leather-jacket.html)
(http://duncanquinn.com/shop/915-2402-thickbox/ricard-leather-jacket.jpg)
Its always good to name things after memorable things. And for anyone who ever spent any time in the south of France the name of Paul Ricard will forever be associated with high octane afternoons of ice, anise and cloudy glasses as well as memories. He, of course, is the "Ricard" of Pastis fame. That infamous French aniseed aperitif consumed all over the Mediterranean and beyond. Less known in the USA than its former competitor (and now sister brand) Pernod perhaps, but for the aficionados among us Ricard was and is "le top".
Paul Ricard was born in 1909 in Sainte-Marthe, which was then but a small village north of Marseille. Passionate about chemistry and design, he enrolled in the Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts). At the age of 17, this son of a wine merchant learned the trade at his father’s side. Going from café to café, rubbing elbows with customers, he was inspired to invent his “own” pastis. Indeed, in Marseille in the 1930s, every bar owner made his own anise-based liqueur. But the inconsistent taste and cloying sweetness of the mixtures wasn’t pleasing to connoisseurs. Paul Ricard was determined to find the “ideal” formula.
For over a year, he tested countless recipes. Every night in a make-shift laboratory, the young man would macerate fennel, aniseed and Provençal herbs, distilling, filtering, etc. His aim: to find the perfect flavor, one that captured the pure, fresh taste of aniseed.
Finally, in 1932, his original recipe was born. Paul Ricard gave it his own name, 'Ricard’, and set it apart it from all competitors by defining it as “the true Pastis of Marseille”. The quality and fresh taste of his aperitif are the result of this skilful (and secret) blend of aniseed, liquorice and aromatic herbs. Today, Ricard is the no. 1 anise-based spirit in the world.
Paul also happened to have a love of motor racing. And so he took some of the oodles of loot he accrued from peddling high end moonshine to the masses and built a racetrack just north of Marseille. It opened in 1969 to much applause. The most modern, safest, and coolest track in its day. He had applied the same attention to detail and desire for perfection to the track as he had his anise. And the fact that it made for winter testing in the sun was all the better.
So what better place to lend its name to the new DQ leather jacket. The Ricard. For riding, driving, and steering yourself through the finest times in life. Get one while you can...
*DQ's Ricard jacket is manufactured for duncan quinn by Vanson Leathers, a legend in the motorcycling world and renowned for their relentless attention to authenticity and quality. Each jacket is individually numbered and comes with a repair guarantee.
And lastly, here are those Distinguished Gentlemen and their machines. three times ::)
There are some VERY cool bikes for your viewing pleasure at least.
http://www.gentlemansride.com/gallery (http://www.gentlemansride.com/gallery)
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This is so ridiculous that it should belong in the Funnies..
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This is so ridiculous that it should belong in the Funnies..
I almost posted it there instead but not everyone reads the Funnies.
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$2,350 DQ Leather Jacket:
Actual leather jacket: $350
Named after an ice cream fast food joint: priceless
Named after Duncan Quinn (whoever he was): $2000
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It costs a lot of money to look cool in some circles.
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This is so ridiculous that it should belong in the Funnies..
Really. I think I will barf now.
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Hipsters ruin everything.
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Let's see, the $2,350 jacket may actually be smart business:
- If you have a $2,350 jacket in your lineup, a few idiots will probably buy it!
- When you discount it by 50%, a few other idiots will buy at that "bargain" price
- Your $2,350 jacket automatically makes your $1,000 jacket seem like a bargain, to yet some other idiots
- If they sell just one at $2,350, they may have covered the entire cost to design it (I have no idea on this point, just a guess)
- Slapping a super-high price on one or more of your products probably automatically makes the average consumer (read "idiots") view your company in a higher light ... i.e. willing to pay more for your "better" stuff. Your company might just be about to break into "cool" "gotta have it" "trendy"
- As long as you still have plenty of other products that reasonable, realistic, logical people can afford, your business will probably be fine
I could be wrong on every single point here, as I know very little about anything.
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I wonder how those garbardine pin-stripes will hold up when you lay your Duc down on the way back from brunch?? :'(
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Really. I think I will barf now.
Move aside...gonna join you in the barf fest!! Ridiculous!! ::)
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Let's see, the $2,350 jacket may actually be smart business:
- If you have a $2,350 jacket in your lineup, a few idiots will probably buy it!
- When you discount it by 50%, a few other idiots will buy at that "bargain" price
- Your $2,350 jacket automatically makes your $1,000 jacket seem like a bargain, to yet some other idiots
- If they sell just one at $2,350, they may have covered the entire cost to design it (I have no idea on this point, just a guess)
- Slapping a super-high price on one or more of your products probably automatically makes the average consumer (read "idiots") view your company in a higher light ... i.e. willing to pay more for your "better" stuff. Your company might just be about to break into "cool" "gotta have it" "trendy"
- As long as you still have plenty of other products that reasonable, realistic, logical people can afford, your business will probably be fine
I could be wrong on every single point here, as I know very little about anything.
Did you click the links and read the stories? Did any of those folks resemble 'reasonable, realistic, logical people'? ;)
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Did you click the links and read the stories? Did any of those folks resemble 'reasonable, realistic, logical people'? ;)
Yep. Wool suits and loafers while riding a motorcycle is quite the statement. Obviously, common sense and money do not go hand-in-hand.
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Really?
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Metrosexual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosexual)
Lumbersexual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbersexual)
..and now we have Cyclesexual? (psyclesexual)
The whole thing sends a (figuratively speaking) chain lubed splinter up my sphincter.
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It's a pure moped crowd. The city riders just thread traffic, and now they can
look cool doing it. They may not know what 3rd gear feels like..
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Mods and Rockers, man. Mods and Rockers. Deja Vu all over again.
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yeah, we were all young and
f***ing crazy had little sense once too
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yeah, we were all young and f***ing crazy had little sense once too
Speak for yourself.... I was old even when I was young. Now get off my lawn!!!
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Seeing this reminded me of a guy I saw in a store recently.
He was wearing a jacket with "Bates Racing Leathers" logo across the back.
It was a cloth jacket...I wondered how much he paid for it.
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"Cosplay" :pukeface:
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"Cosplay" :pukeface:
Not all Cosplay is bad... ;)
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Not all Cosplay is bad... ;)
Truer words were never spoken!
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I thought the distinguished gentlemens ride was to raise money for men's specific cancer research.
The part you guys don't understand is that to some folks $10,000 for a jacket is like $100 to the rest of us.
I was in a hotel near an RV dealer and decided to kill some time over there. A 16' bottom of the line airstream is $40,000. They go up to $150,000!
There are those who can, and those who can't. Makes seeing the deadbeat BIL living in an airstream in the back yard a little more implausible, contrary to what we see on TV.