Dreamcycle
The Dreamcycle Motorcycle Museum in Sorrento, BC, offered an opportunity to capture a number of unique classics. This is a private collection operating as a museum, meeting place and cafe. It is well worth a visit if you have any excuse to be on the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia. The owner, Mark Lane, is currently pivoting his business toward motorcycle tours under the name Canadian Motorcycle Adventure Tours. For more information go to the Dreamcycle web site at http://www.cmatours.ca.
Mark allowed me to bring studio lights, backgrounds, reflectors - the whole pile of gear needed to give there bikes a good treatment. I used a Nikon D90 to get the lighting set right then exposed TriX film in my Hasselblad to get the film for B&W prints. Many of the best bikes are up on pedestals that optimize viewing but are not so good for photography; thus this is just a tiny part of the Dreamcycle collection.
Read MoreMark allowed me to bring studio lights, backgrounds, reflectors - the whole pile of gear needed to give there bikes a good treatment. I used a Nikon D90 to get the lighting set right then exposed TriX film in my Hasselblad to get the film for B&W prints. Many of the best bikes are up on pedestals that optimize viewing but are not so good for photography; thus this is just a tiny part of the Dreamcycle collection.
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1932 Douglas 600
The 596 cc opposed horizontal twin is still longitudinally mounted in 1932. Note the external flywheel on the far side and the updraft carburetor on this side. (Scanned from my B&W print)