WSK — T-shirt

Motorcycle T-shirt, WSK M06B3 motorbike - men's - a perfect gift for a motorcycle fan

A neat frame, brightly painted fuel tank, and a top speed of 80 kilometers per hour. We're talking about the WSK M06 B3, the most popular model produced by the Communication Equipment Factory in Świdnik. Between 1971 and 1985, over 650,000 units of this iconic motorcycle rolled off the production line, turning many a man in the Polish People's Republic into a nonchalant Casanova with disheveled hair, breaking one woman's heart on the way to the next.

WSK competed with the Warsaw Motorcycle Factory, which after 1957 began to fall behind the Świdnik factory. The decline of the Warsaw factory can be attributed to the radical modernization and application of new solutions by WSK, which ultimately led to the closure of the Warsaw factory. The final straw for WFM's failures was the presentation of the M06 version by WSK at the Poznań Fair in 1964, which technically far surpassed the motorcycles of the Warsaw factory and did not differ in price at all.

The WSK M06 B3 is also the domain of the so-called "bird family," which includes motorcycles with names such as "Gil" (Thrush), "Kos" (Blackbird), and "Bąk" (Bumblebee). The iconic model also had sports and export versions. The last unit left the factory on October 31, 1985, and the day after, sugar rationing was abolished. Probably to sweeten the end of their golden era for all lovers.

The drawing was created by Wrocław artist Paweł Grabowski.