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Triumph’s modern classics are easy to explain on paper. Heritage silhouettes, modern engineering, approachable ergonomics, just enough technology. But after spending several days riding the range through Victoria’s Yarra Ranges with @triumphaus , it became clear these bikes resonate for reasons that sit far beyond specification sheets. In a world increasingly obsessed with reinvention, there is something deeply reassuring about objects that already know exactly what they are. From the effortless cool of the Bonneville T120 to the surprisingly resolved Scrambler 400 XC, this latest piece for @themodesau explores why modern classics, and perhaps familiar objects more broadly, matter more now than ever before. Read the full story now at TheModes.com. Words by @candysohen

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5 days ago

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Racing cars aren’t made to be admired. They’re made to move. To chase tenths. To disappear down a straight before you’ve had time to take them in. And yet, some of them stay with you. For decades, BMW’s Art Car programme has played with that tension. Machines built for speed, handed over to artists, transformed into something worth standing still for. Alongside that story sits another. This year marks 40 years of the M3. A car shaped by rules and necessity, that somehow found its way into culture. Every so often, the two intersect. At @bmwau , the E30 M3 became a canvas for Ken Done and Michael Jagamara Nelson. One chapter in a much longer story about art, motorsport and the strange afterlife of machines built only to perform. Words by @candysohen Full story via the link in bio.

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1 month ago

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With the 2026 season kicking off in Melbourne this weekend, and some of the strongest liveries we’ve seen in years lining up on the grid, it feels like the right moment to look back at the cars that defined Formula 1’s visual identity. Not the fastest. Not the most dominant. The most beautiful. From tobacco-era typography to 90s graphic maximalism and corporate chrome restraint, these are the greatest liveries ever committed to carbon fibre. As the grid forms at Albert Park, it’s worth remembering that Formula 1 has always been theatre before it was telemetry. Words - @candysohen Cover Image - @pmcgphotos Read the full story on TheModes.com via link in bio.

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2 months ago

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In Tamworth, the air hangs heavy with heat, diesel and memory. Each January, the quiet country town transforms. Buskers line Peel Street, fringes sway from straw hats, and music drifts through the warm night air. But beyond the festival crowds and its bright new polish, Tamworth still hums with the same understated rhythm it always has. @candysohen returned behind the wheel of Toyota’s updated 70 Series, tracing the backroads that shaped his childhood. The road wound through the misted ridgelines of Barrington Tops, the dusky pubs of Merriwa and Denman, and the sunburnt paddocks of Nowendoc. The LandCruiser felt at home here: dusted, dogmatic, and entirely unbothered, part of the backdrop rather than a visitor. “Some things anchor you like that,” he writes. “Not with noise or nostalgia, but with quiet consistency.” Part road trip, part homecoming, this is a portrait of Tamworth caught between old rhythms and new refrains. Words — @candysohen Photography — @ryansneddonnn Vehicle — @toyota_aus Read the full story at TheModes.com. Link in bio.

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8 months ago