Old Barnstormer Motorcycles

07/01/2020

Thanks to Taylor for including The Hawkhurst Harrier in his BikeBound Blog and Website's Editor's top 10 custom bikes for 2019. The Harrier's in great company, but confess particularly liking the XS and Triumph...

Last week, we presented our Top 10 Custom Bikes of 2019, which is an objective, data-driven list, in which bikes are ranked according to website visits and social engagement. Today, we present our Top 10 Editor’s Choice, which is a more subjective list of our personal favorites — the bikes that

07/10/2019

I'm not "Big in Japan", but The Hawkhurst Harrier has got an honourable mention on the "Forride" website - which is nice

都心部に小さなワークショップを借り、初めて手掛けたカスタムバイク。ロマンを抱えたひとりの漢が織りなす物語の第一章は、一般的には大きな壁にぶつかり、くじけそうになることが定番ですが、どうやらPaul Ling氏には...

10/07/2019

Big thank you to Taylor at BikeBound () for featuring on their website and across a range of platforms, and supporting her with a fantastic write-up and coverage:

http://www.bikebound.com/2019/07/07/hawkhurst-harrier/

05/07/2019

The Hawkhurst Harrier is now a featured bike on the Bike Shed website. Pleased as punch and a big thank you to the Bike Shed team for both the invitation to exhibit at the Bike Shed London show 2019 and now a crackin' write-up on their site:
https://thebikeshed.cc/paul-lings-ktm-duke-690/

15/06/2019

Take it too the Red-Line / Start a Nuclear War....In the second of two "mini-builds" era appropriate pieces to complement The Hawkhurst Harrier build - A vintage style desk lamp that didn't have enough rev counters in it (or cool toggle switches). Just for fun this one, but I actually got the sand bag and hammers out, which was nice.

06/06/2019

In a follow-up to the debut at the show, the first of two complementary era pieces or “mini-builds” to accompany the Harrier - first a repurposed pair of 1920’s headphones. These were regretfully non-functional, and have been fitted with modern internals. The torn leather head trim has been replaced by the same leather used for the Harrier’s seat pad - almost certainly a rich Corinthian leather with a scent of rich mahogany... Very good sound, and with a tiny inline amp, volume goes up to 11, even with nanny state pods/phones.

29/05/2019

Really nice pic of by Tom / at the show

27/05/2019

24/05/2019

The Hawkhurst Harrier has landed at BikeShedLondon2019.
Press night this evening followed by 2 days of the best custom builds around - come down and check them out 👍
😀

20/05/2019

Just got back from Calshot, Southampton from the site where the Schneider Trophy Float Plane Races were held in 1929 and 1931. In a way this is going back to where the build began - with the beautiful planes from the Schneider Trophy races forming the inspiration for The Hawkhurst Harrier.

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20/05/2019

Capshot Castle is, of course, still there; while the flying boat hanger has been repurposed as a leisure centre. The Slip is in the same position as used in 1929 / 1931