The Vintagent Archive: 1973 Daytona Bike Week


500,000 people make their way to Daytona for the event that contends with Sturgis as the most popular motorcycle rally…

First International Motorcycle Art Show: 1973


"The motorcycle is a work of art,” claimed curator Goldthwaite H Dorr III, but the notion that motorcycles should be…

Jack Leong and the Ace-Hy M.C. Archive


Everywhere Jack Leong went, he brought a camera, including when riding his beloved 1947 Indian Chief as a member of…

National Emergency Library


The Internet Archive opens its digital doors to everyone, and a quick search turned up 495 motorcycle books. Get…

The Vintagent Archive: “A Two-Wheeled Steed” (1869)


From the first year of pedal-cycle mass-production, and 1869 account of the joys of two wheels. Everything the writer…

100 Years Ago: Harley-Davidson Training Schools in 1918


In a canny business move, Harley-Davidson provided the US Military with free motorcycle training schools to instruct…

Fours Before Honda: 70 Years and 50 Brands


Four-cylinder motorcycles have been around since at least 1899, but Honda made them the most famous in 1968. What…

100 Years Ago: Motorcycle Ambulances in WW1


Motorcycle ambulances were a technical innovation in WW1, and these photos show the different ways they were used…

100 Years Ago: Harley-Davidson Military Testing in 1918


In 1918, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and sidecars were shown off for inspectors in hopes of securing lucrative military…

100 Years Ago: Harley-Davidson Manufacturing in 1918


In 1918, the US Gov't inspected the Harley-Davidson factory as part of their military contracts for WWI

100 Years Ago: Excelsiors in 1918


The Excelsior Motor Co under Ignaz Schwinn supplied V-twins to the US Army in WW1 - these unpublished photos show…

100 Years Ago: Inside the Indian Factory in 1918


The USA was a very different place before joining World War 1 in 1917; it was pacifist, with a tiny military! These…

Rondal Partridge: Santa Clara Hillclimb in 1940


Imogen Cunningham's son traveled California in the Spring of 1940, photographing youth culture for a New Deal agency,…

The Big X and the Big 3: the Excelsior-Henderson Story


The Excelsior-Henderson brand is coming up for sale in Las Vegas this month! Why does it matter?

Testing Their Mettle – Don Emde and Freddie Ludlow


"My dad raced 80 different meets in 1948. Finally in 1948 he won the Daytona 200."

John Player Norton – My First Motorcycle


It was my only motorcycle for years, so I favored high-speed roads on the east side of the Berkeley hills. My rule was…

A Fine Line, Part 3: Underground Artists


A lot of his 'Checkered Demon' biker characters were people he knew from Kansas, although he hung out with1%ers at…

A Fine Line, Part 1: Von Dutch


There was a time in the early fifties to early sixties where Kenny led a very colorful life; he was the dictionary…