ART DECO DAY, 2006

The Legion of Honor museum in SF held an 'Art Deco Day', in honor of their show of Art Deco jewellery and art. The Art Deco Society was invited to grace the opening day with their cars and lavish costumes, and they had a parade of cars across the Golden Gate Bridge to the museum. I 'crashed' the party, being the only motorcyclist present, but at least I had the correct period gear and bike. All the drivers/passengers with the cars were done up in 20's style, with a lot of period extras like gramophones playing, wicker picnic baskets, etc; note the fellow in the tux attending a '34 Talbot Lago, in the background of the Sunbeam photo. The '26 Rolls Silver Ghost is my idea of a good time on four wheels. It sounded fantastic driving down the road.

SUNBEAM - HARRY WESLAKE

Note the outfits in the old photos of Harry Weslake (in double-breasted suit, fedora, pocket square, and member's badge on the lapel - for all access at the Brooklands racetrack) and Gordon Cobbold (in leathers, but wearing a white shirt and tie underneath, as was typical in the 1920's).
The bike is my 1928 Sunbeam TT90, an experimental machine apparently built by Harry Weslake (of Jaguar fame) who worked at Sunbeam testing his gas-flow theories on the racing bikes. It has deviations from standard, such as the long-distance tank and single-port head, and it goes like stink! One of my very favorite bikes ever.