"Risque Business. Dancing girls performing on motorbikes September 22, 1977 on the stage of Le Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris."
I came across this great image of Le Crazy Horse girls on motorcycles but, due to copyright laws Getty Images would not let me copy it for your viewing pleasure. So enjoy these pics of Brigitte Bardot on various 2-wheeler's instead.
Alain Bernardin opened Le Crazy Horse Saloon in 1951 off the Champs Elysees, featuring elaborately choreographed routines and sumptuous though scanty costumes of glitter, feathers and fantasy.
A self-proclaimed former painter and lover of art, Bernardin regarded striptease as an art. Initially, the public did not respond warmly to his artful vision; the club went defunct twice in its early years but has been continuously in business since 1953.
"I found my way in life with a nude girl, Miss Fortunia," he once said. "It was in undressing her one night after a gala that I understood the body of a woman would make my fortune."
Not only concerned with his money, Bernardin showed genuine concern for the financial welfare of his dancers. The club put 25 percent of each dancer's $3,775-a-month salary into a savings account that cannot be tapped until she leaves her job.
Alain Bernardin still operated it until his death at 78 on September 15, 1994.
Today in motorcycle history proudly supports the National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NABD). www.nabd.org.uk
