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| The title of the GQ spread...will Enduro become chic again? It was in the 1970s... |
While on the
Eurostar from London to Paris last week, I was delighted to discover a 12-page spread of classic dirt bikes flinging mud in the pages of
French GQ (the December 2011 issue). And who should be the photographer but
Dimitri Coste, whose own adventures on his racing Triumph have been covered previously on The Vintagent.
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| Sam with his Bultaco Mk10 Frontera |
When queried on the magazine feature, Dimitri explained,
"I was asked by French GQ to shoot a "Biker" fashion story back in October. As I was kinda fed-up with the usual "biker" fashion story, I told GQ I wanted to shoot in the mud, with off-road vintage bikes, and they were down for it." |
| Tearing up a perfectly good field... |
"So I called Franck (Chatokhine) with his pre-unit Triumph Tiger 100 Rickman Metisse, Stephane and his cute B50MX and Sam, Franck's brother-in-law, with his killer face and cool Bultaco. We shot at our off-road paradise in Beauval-en-Caux, hosted by famous Fabrice & Marion Bazire, and had lots of fun. They were allowed to get dirty, and went full throttle all day long." |
| Franck Chatokhine, a demon rider on tarmac and mud |
The photos are a breath of fresh outdoor air tanged with exhaust, and a healthy change from groan-worthy 'model in the pool' fashion shoots...plus, this is probably the best advertisement for vintage dirt riding I've seen since the infamous
Steve McQueen Honda commercial...
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| Stephane with his BSA B50MX |
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| Yes, we're selling clothes here |
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| Dimitri Coste, in his competition Ruby outfit |
