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  1. On the wall

    Framed motorbike prints

    A framed print does one thing a poster can't: it arrives finished. For a gift that matters, because a rolled print quietly hands the person receiving it an errand and a bill they didn't ask for.

  2. On the wall

    Great Roads: the five, and who each one is for

    The roads are real and the paintings are not photographs of them. Each one is an original composition of a place a rider would recognise, with a single machine in it for scale and no marque, badge or livery any…

  3. Your bike

    How to Photograph Your Motorbike for a Print-Worthy Shot

    To photograph your motorbike well enough to print, you need three things right: the angle, the light, and the background. A phone camera is plenty - the Paint Shop checks resolution before you pay - so this gui…

  4. On the wall

    Is 50x70 cm A3?

    50 × 70 cm is larger than both A3 and A2. An A2 print will not fill a 50 × 70 frame on its own, but it can be displayed in one with a suitable mount.

  5. On the wall

    Motorbike canvas prints

    Canvas solves one problem that a framed print cannot, and that's glare. There's no glass in front of it, so there's no window reflected back at you. That's the difference between a picture you can look at and o…

  6. The gift

    Motorbike Gift Ideas: 15 Gifts for Motorcyclists

    Start with the rider: a favourite road, a racing interest, a bike they have built or a ride you share. Compare fifteen artworks below, then choose a mug, poster or larger presentation to suit your budget and th…

  7. The gift

    Motorbike Gifts Under £50 That Riders Actually Keep

    Under fifty pounds, the strongest motorbike gift is a print: of the rider's own bike, or of a road they know. It is personal, it hangs where they see it daily, and you can see exactly how it looks before spendi…

  8. The gift

    Motorbike gifts when time is short

    A favourite bike photograph gives you a personal starting point, even when you have left the gift late. Check the delivery estimate first; if the print will follow the occasion, make choosing the picture togeth…

  9. On the wall

    Motorbike posters

    A poster is the flexible option, and the reason isn't price. It's that you keep the framing decision. Hang it in something you already own, build a set over time, or swap what's in the frame when you get bored …

  10. The bike

    Motorbike questions, answered.

    Straight answers to the motorcycle questions people actually type into a search box: what a cafe racer is, what cc means, why a bobber looks the way it does. Free to read, and honest about the ones nobody offic…

  11. On the wall

    Motorcycle Wall Art Ideas: 9 Looks That Work in Real Rooms

    Most motorcycle wall art fails the room it hangs in. The poster that looked right in the showroom photo turns out to be a marketing shot of someone else's bike, in a livery that dates by next season, behind gla…

  12. On the wall

    On the wall

    Sizes, frames and formats: what the paper actually is, and how big it needs to be.

  13. On the wall

    Print Sizes and Framing: A3, A2 and 50x70 Compared

    50 × 70 cm is larger than both A3 and A2. Compare the paper sizes, check your wall or existing frame, then choose an unframed print, framed print or canvas.

  14. On the wall

    Race Day: five posters for races that never happened

    Every race in this series is invented. That sounds like a limitation and it is the point: a real livery pins a poster to one season and one sponsor, and it stops being current almost immediately. An imagined ra…

  15. The bike

    The bike

    What the words mean. Bike types, the styles people argue about, and the engine terms on the advert.

  16. The gift

    The gift

    Buying for someone who rides, when they already own every tool and two pairs of gloves.

  17. More guides and references

    The Workshop

    Guides on buying, gifting and hanging motorbike art - from photographing your bike for a print to picking the right size and frame, and gift ideas sorted by who, budget and occasion.

  18. The bike

    What are the main types of motorcycle?

    Sports and superbikes, naked roadsters, cruisers, tourers, adventure machines, off-road bikes, and retro styles like the cafe racer and scrambler. Seven broad families, none of them defined by anybody official.

  19. The bike

    What does cc mean on a motorbike?

    Cc stands for cubic centimetres. It's the unit used for an engine's displacement, meaning the volume its pistons sweep, and it's the figure UK vehicle law uses to record engine size.

  20. The bike

    What is a bobber motorcycle?

    A bobber motorcycle is a minimalist custom style with a shortened, or bobbed, rear end, a solo seat and bodywork stripped back to the essentials.

  21. The bike

    What is a cafe racer?

    A cafe racer is a stripped-back retro style with low clip-on bars, a solo seat and a lean, 1960s 'race to the cafe' look.

  22. The bike

    What is a chopper motorcycle?

    A chopper motorcycle is a heavily customised bike with raked-out, extended front forks and a long, stretched stance built for maximum visual impact.

  23. The bike

    What is a cruiser motorcycle?

    A cruiser motorcycle is a relaxed, low-slung bike with feet-forward footpegs and a riding position built around comfort and torque rather than outright speed.

  24. The bike

    What is a naked bike?

    A naked bike is a roadster motorcycle with little or no fairing, an exposed engine and an upright riding position built for everyday use rather than the racetrack.

  25. The bike

    What is a scrambler motorcycle?

    A scrambler motorcycle is an on/off-road style with a higher-set exhaust, a more upright stance and dual-purpose tyres built to handle tarmac and rough ground alike.

  26. The bike

    What is a streetfighter motorcycle?

    A streetfighter motorcycle is an aggressive naked bike, usually a sports bike stripped of its fairings and fitted with wide handlebars in place of clip-ons.

  27. The bike

    What is a superbike?

    A superbike is a high-performance sports motorcycle built for speed and track-style handling, a broad, generic term rather than one specific model or make.

  28. The bike

    What is a tourer motorcycle?

    A tourer motorcycle is a bike built for long-distance comfort, usually fitted with a full fairing, a tall screen and hard luggage for carrying gear over distance.

  29. The bike

    What is the difference between two-stroke and four-stroke?

    The names count piston strokes. A four-stroke completes its cycle in four movements of the piston; a two-stroke does the same job in two, so it fires twice as often at the same engine speed.

  30. Your bike

    Your bike

    The machine in your own garage: how to photograph it, and how each style of bike gets drawn.