Gifts
Motorbike Gifts for Dad
Dads who ride are easy to shop for once you stop looking at gadgets. The bike in his garage is the most photographed thing he owns - so make the photo worth printing. Upload one to the Paint Shop and preview his pride and joy as a classic oil painting, an ink drawing or a vintage race poster, free, before you decide. For the dad who restored a classic, the blueprint style is the one - his machine drawn to plan, like the manuals he grew up with.
No photo to hand? Go nostalgic. The Race Day posters carry the feel of the racing he watched; The Classic Single study honours the bikes he learned on; and if he still talks about that one trip - Applecross, Snake Pass, the NC500 - the Great Roads series has it on the wall by Sunday.
Framed options arrive ready to hang, from £69 with UK delivery and VAT included. More ideas on the main motorbike gifts page.
The bike he had at twenty
Every riding dad has one — the bike he sold and never stopped mentioning. If a photo of it survives, the Paint Shop can paint it back onto the wall. If not, The Classic Single — a 1950s-style single-cylinder thumper with an exploded engine inset — covers the era, and the Cafe Racer ink series covers the version of it he tells at Sunday lunch.
For the dad still riding
Snake Pass in autumn — one headlamp threading a copper corridor of larches — is the Great Roads pick for a Peak District dad; Hardknott for the Lakes; Applecross if the NC500 is still on his list. For the dad forever in the garage, the blueprint studies from the Machine series match whatever is on his stand. Under £50? The under-£50 guide does the maths.
Workshop notes
Questions, answered
What is a good motorbike gift for Father's Day?+
A print of his own bike from the Paint Shop is the standout - free preview in seconds, printed and delivered within about a week. Order by the Monday before.
My dad rode years ago - what suits him?+
Nostalgia: The Classic Single blueprint study, or a Race Day poster in the style of the racing he followed. Art about the era, not the kit he no longer uses.
Can my family club together on a bigger piece?+
The 50x70cm canvas of his own bike (£79) or the framed A2 (£85) are the pieces families pool for - statement-sized and personal.
Dad sold his old bike years ago — can you still paint it?+
If any photo survives — even an old print scanned on a phone — the Paint Shop can work from it. The bike he had at twenty is the gift that beats anything in the catalogue.
What’s a good motorbike gift for Father’s Day under £50?+
An A3 print — his own bike or a Great Roads poster — is £34 with UK delivery and VAT included. Order ten days ahead and it arrives in time.
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