A DAY WITH 'AGO'

Just in time for Xmas...Bench and Loom are offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride with Giacomo Agostini, just you and him.  I can't afford it, but some lucky bugger can...why have a Steve McQueen replica whatever, when you can ride with a living treasure, one of the greatest motorcycling champions in history?
From the Bench and Loom website:

"Description
Giacomo Agostini is one of the greatest names in the history of competitive motorcycling.

He is the longest reigning champion of grand prix racing to have ever lived. For an astounding 30 years he held the title of the most successful racer of all time until the record fell to fellow Italian Valentino Rossi. With 122 GP wins (including 10 Isle of Man TTs) and 15 World Championships, Agostini’s name is synonymous with victory.

His celebrity status obliges his presence at various international racing celebrations each year, and an admiring crowd is found everywhere he goes. Yet despite his demand, this legend of motorsport does not coach race teams or teach riding courses. Instead, Ago (as he is affectionately known by his legion of fans) chooses to spend his time in privacy with his family in Europe.

Available through Bench & Loom is an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a day privately riding with Agostini. Choose between a racetrack or quiet back roads in either California or Spain. The day can be spent one-on-one or with up to four of your friends. The choice is yours. 

Price
$30,000 Spanish back roads
$50,000 Spanish racetrack (Jerez, pending availability)
$35,000 California back roads
$55,000 California racetrack (Monterey, pending availability)"

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BENCH AND LOOM

In the three years since the last Legend of the Motorcycles Concours, anyone lucky enough to have attended or participated has asked the same questions; 'will there be another' and 'what are Jared Zaugg and Brooke Roner going to do next?'

You can buy a new Brough Superior SS101 Pendine with the click of a button...

They've been working hard as always, and now the fruits of their effort are revealed, in the online concept store Bench and Loom.   Alongside a continuing selection of excellent menswear and cool gear, a 'Specialty Shop' will rotate bi-monthly with a particular theme, and a curated selection of goods related to that theme.  The first Specialty is the 'Motoring Shop', on which one can buy a $250,000 Brough Superior Pendine, a pair of deerskin riding gloves for $52, a Ruby helmet, or a Conrad Leach print.  The website isn't a typical online store, as it has interesting content besides stuff for sale, and is worth a look, even if you can't whip out your Amex platinum for the Brough...

A selection from the Specialty Motoring Shop, through December 31st...

Jared and Brooke are part of the reason I started The Vintagent 5 years ago, and I wish them all luck and prosperity in their new endeavor.

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