Marseille Motorcycle T-Shirts & Apparel

Take the D559 east out of Marseille and the road drops between white limestone walls down to water so blue it looks painted. Tight bends, no guardrail for stretches, and the whole Calanques coastline opening up to your left all the way to La Ciotat. Riders who know this city know that ride, and they know to look back uphill before they leave town: La Bonne Mere, the gilded Virgin on top of Notre-Dame de la Garde, 154 metres up, watching every boat and every bike that comes and goes. This collection was made for that city. Original Marseille biker shirts, printed on heavyweight ring-spun cotton, shipped to riders in over 70 countries.

La Bonne Mere and the Old Port at Her Feet

Every rider leaving this city looks back uphill before the D559 drops toward the water, and there she is: the tower on top of Notre-Dame de la Garde with the gilded Virgin standing over the port. That is the mark on this gear. Marseillais have called her La Bonne Mere, the Good Mother, for generations, and she watches over riders the way she watched the boats. We set the tower above the harbour mouth, fishing boats moored below, the dark outline of the Chateau d'If out on the water the way Dumas wrote it, with a banner reading 'La Bonne Mere'. Wear it on the coast road, wear it at the meet. It is the ride home, worn on your back.

Materials & Who It's For

This one is made for the Marseillais rider who wants hometown gear that is not a tourist postcard, the touring motorcyclist who ran the D559 coast and wants something real to take home, and anyone planning a Provence or Cote d'Azur loop who knows Marseille is the start and finish. Tees are heavyweight 5.3oz ring-spun cotton, side-seamed and pre-shrunk. Hoodies are 8.0oz cotton-poly fleece with double-needle stitching at every stress point. Caps use raised embroidery on a structured six-panel. Every piece is checked by hand before it ships and tracked to your door in over 70 countries.