Gifts
Gifts for Bikers
The hard part of buying for a biker is that they already own the kit, the tools and the gadgets. What they almost never own is their own bike on the wall - and that is the gift that lands. Photograph their machine (the two-minute guide shows the angle), upload it to the Paint Shop, and preview it free as an oil painting, a workshop blueprint or a vintage poster before you spend a penny.
No photo of their bike? Buy by what they ride for. The mile-eaters get the Great Roads posters - Applecross, the NC500, Snake Pass; the track-day crowd get the vintage racing posters; the one forever in the garage gets a blueprint machine study from the bike-style pages that matches what is on their stand.
Framed prints arrive ready to hang, so your gift comes with no errand attached. UK delivery and VAT are in the price - from £34 as a poster to £85 framed at A2. Browse the full motorbike gifts range for more.
Buy by the roads they brag about
Every rider has a list, and the Great Roads series was painted for it. Applecross Pass is the Bealach na Ba at dawn, hairpins stacked below and the sea loch silver behind. Hardknott is Lakeland’s steepest tarmac — one rider, one-in-three, no guardrail. The Cat and Fiddle catches golden hour on the moorland sweepers between Buxton and Macclesfield, Snake Pass runs a copper corridor of autumn larches, and the North Coast 500 takes the long way round Scotland’s far edge. If they’ve ridden it, it’s a memory; if they haven’t, it’s a plan. Either one earns wall space.
The series, decoded
Four series, four kinds of biker. Mile-eaters and tourers: Great Roads. The cafe crowd: the Cafe Racer ink series — The Ton is a crouched racer drawn in a single unbroken line. Track-day regulars: the Race Day posters. And the one who’s happiest with the engine in bits: the Machine series — annotated blueprint studies, down to the exploded engine inset on the Classic Single. Match the series to the rider and the guesswork is gone.
Workshop notes
Questions, answered
What do you buy a biker who has everything?+
Their own bike as art. Upload a photo to the Paint Shop, preview it free in seconds, and print it gallery-grade - it is the one motorcycle gift they cannot already own.
What is a good gift for a motorcyclist who is not into gadgets?+
Art about the riding, not the kit: Great Roads touring posters for the long-distance rider, vintage racing posters for the track fan, or a blueprint study of the bike they ride.
Best biker gift under £40?+
An A3 poster of their own bike or a Great Roads print is £34 with UK delivery and VAT included - personal, wall-ready and well under budget.
Which print suits a touring rider?+
The Great Roads series — Applecross, Hardknott, the Cat and Fiddle, Snake Pass and the North Coast 500. Pick the road they’ve ridden, or the one they keep planning.
Do I need a photo of their bike?+
Only for the Paint Shop personalised route. The four curated series — Great Roads, Cafe Racer ink, Race Day and Machine — need nothing but knowing what they ride for.
From the journal