Thing for Bikes and Bikers

My biker family - photo taken 80 years ago by my Grandpa who was a biker and a hobbyist photographer. The second bike from the front was Polish Sokół (meaning Falcon) - coming from a brand of motorcycles manufactured in Poland before World War II for both civilian and military use. My Grandpa's bike was civilian, still had to be given away to the Polish Army in the summer 1939, when they mobilized people and gear for World War II. ----- Kodak 6x9

My biker family - photo taken 80 years ago by my Grandpa who was a biker and a hobbyist photographer. ----- Kodak 6x9

My biker family - photo taken 80 years ago by my Grandpa who was a biker and a hobbyist photographer. The little girl standing by the BSA motorcycle is now my Mom :) ----- Kodak 6x9

Polish Sokół 1000 - a bike to love and cherish. ----- Mamiya 645AF + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

It was an unexpected encounter! A showpiece of Sokół 1000 in perfect, mint condition. Now I can understand why my Grandpa loved this bike :) ----- Mamiya 645AF + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

National Independence Day at Sulejówek - hundreds of bikes and bikers gathered at the market place preparing for the Independence Day Bike Parade ----- Mamiya 645AF + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

National Independence Day at Sulejówek - bikes and bikers were preparing for the Independence Day Bike Parade, when I noticed the machine with symbolic hussar wings. So I started to play "seek and hide" with the man standing at the other side of the machine. Then the right corner of my eye registered something moving very fast. Click! ----- Mamiya 645AF + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

National Independence Day (Polish: Narodowe Święto Niepodległości) is a national day in Poland celebrated on 11 November to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Poland's sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic in 1918, after 123 years of partition by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Empire. National Independence Day in Sulejówek - there were hundreds of bikes and bikers gathered there and preparing for the Independence Day Bike Parade. It was dark, it was cold, it was raining... ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

and magnificent people (men and women) in Sulejówek on the National Independence Day (Polish: Narodowe Święto Niepodległości) ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)