Tropical flats
After having spent an excruciating amount of time designing and building the TUA HEA (motherfucker) balancing the air intake to combustion ratio, we wanted to see what kind of speeds she could reach before the driver pussied out or before the engine would explode. We supercharged this 90s Yamaha Sr500 with an Aisin 500 supercharger borrowed from the Daihatsu and Subaru mini trucks commonly found for hire around the affluent Phrom Phong area in Bangkok. In an undisclosed location a few hours away from the city limits, we gathered our favourite photographer friends to document the day, a vision that was manipulated and intensified by a careful choice of digital and antiquated analogue optics. To achieve the images we had envisioned it was apparent that we would have to shoot high noon. With close to 100 degrees temperatures it posed some problems for the really old cameras and particularly with the on-site development processes required by this 100 year old technique and technology. Our very own driver wore the HEMP fight suit whilst gunning the TUA HEA and the THAIWAIIN shirt cut in Silk, styled with hand made genuine python boots (Keith) by Rich Cast of Characters for some in between runs and boozy paddock leisure.Donny also wore a vintage Buco J82 jacket for protection and vintage Omega RAF pilots watch for some wartime like inspired confidence. The radical set up of the bike perpetuated fears and sobering thoughts to not crash, burn and die. The HCC paddock girls highlighted the scene and set the mood with the white HEMP flight suits and Rich Cast of Characters Star Boots. With that sexy 70s style demeanor, curvy silhouettes and cheeky smiles, inspired by the burnt sepia tone photographs of the old drag racers girlfriends diary, posing and flaunting their often braless-bosoms and voluptuous curves at these makeshift drag days.