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What's the inside scoop on the swankest Concorso on earth? Follow Paul...

It was so loud they nicknamed it 'the chainsaw', but it was also wicked fast,...

For the technically-minded, the years before 1940 had the greatest variety of...

Beijing's LUO Studio designed an evocative, hand-fabricated mobile children's...

The motorcycle industry has always 'sold speed' as a primary impulse, while...

Gillian Freeman, who wrote the novel and screenplay "The Leather Boys", has died...

TT-winning bikes from the 1920s are rare to find, but sometimes you get lucky,...

Mecum Auctions is headed to Phoenix with 100 excellent bikes!

An exhibit of the world's most badass motorcycles from 1904 to 1984, 'Record...

1937 was the first Daytona 200, won by Ed Kretz on an Indian. Jeff Decker's...

Some went high, some went low, and a lot went stratospheric. That's the...

NSFW! Legendary French motoring cartoonist Denis Sire has died. Famous for his...

Mike Vils is a legend in custom motorcycle history, starting with his...

From 1938: Chris Staniland explains how his love of speed evolved from racing...

The folks at Malle London host a fantastic rally every year, the Great Mile. ...

Acclaimed conceptual artist Tom Sachs has a new exhibit at Vito Schnabel Gallery...

Kenny Cummings knows the veneer of a successful business can blind people to the...

From the first year of pedal-cycle mass-production, and 1869 account of the joys...

The electric motorcycle as a concept dates back to 1869, a trifecta of the...

In 1956, the German NSU factory sent a team of six streamliners to Bonneville,...

Mairie and Elsie were motorcycle pals from 1912, who took their bikes to Belgium...

Four-cylinder motorcycles have been around since at least 1899, but Honda made...

A new documentary, 'SpeedIsExpensive', dives deep into Vincent history, with...

In the late 1940s, German racers had to make their own: this MFK...

The Bonhams Auctions sale at the Barber Museum in Birmingham, Alabama, has a...

Riding a pair of vintage Brough Superiors across the USA in 17 days, the...

Stretching from Portland to Portland, the Motorcycle Cannonball starts today,...

Part 3 of Ken Aiken's re-examination of the Early History of Indian Motocycles. ...

Hedstrom Sets the Pace: Carl Oscar Hedstrom rented facilities in Middletown,...

In an unassuming warehouse near the Hiroshima docklands, Heiwa Motorcycles makes...

When electronic music producer Kimo Rizky commissioned a custom motorcycle from...

In the fantastic seaside town of San Sebastian, Spain, you'll find Cafe Racer...

George M Hendee was a champion bicycle racer, who later manufactured bicycles...

In 1915 San Francisco emerged from the rubble of the '06 earthquake like a...

'You're an outrage!' How Christo's 'Wrapped Vespa' almost got into the Art of...

Marie Therese von Hammerstein was a German aristocrat and intellectual, and used...

Australian Velocette legend Keith Hamilton was always good for a story and a...

David Vincent was one of 29 riders to lap the Brooklands course at over 100mph...

Electric surfboards are the next big thing: this Swedish model from Awake Boards...

In 1949, Jean Cocteau invented the 'Dark Rider' image in his film 'Orphée', and...

Vintagent Contributor Martin Squires interprets a hair-raising 1911 interview...

In the second part of our story, an amazing collection of record-breakers from...

A good ride down the highway is an excellent cure for the blues.

Artist Martin Squires brings his paints when he visits Maurice Brierley’s wild...

The annual Cafe Racer Festival at Monthlery is that track's only all-motorcycle...

Oskar Schindler was a motorcycle racer and a real rascal, who redeemed himself...

NEXT is an electric scooter startup, grown from an international design...

Is the Brough Superior sidevalve still superior? Our road test explores the...

Indian developed special racers based on the European model to bolster their...

The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is the most spectacular concours in the...

In 1930, the motorcycle World Speed Record was a close contest between BMW,...

The Dufaux brothers were pioneers of aviation, and founded a very successful...

The FEDDZ e-Bike is designed from first principles, with many clever features,...

Aloha Wanderwell was the first woman to circle the globe on wheels, as well as...

Zoe David is an architect and motorcycle builder from France, who's recently...

Dave Clark restores an extremely rare racer built by the father of George...

Alp Sungurtekin is a dry-lakes racing legend, and built a vintage-style Triumph...

The Futurists were the only Modern Art movement to explore the motorcycle as...

JP DeFaut visited the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in 2016, and here's what you...

Artist Olivier Mosset displayed his white monochrome paintings with choppers at...

Motorcycle ambulances were a technical innovation in WW1, and these photos show...

In 1918, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and sidecars were shown off for inspectors...

Richard Vincent's historic Velocette racer gets a rebuild at Atelier Chatokhine...

Was the motorcycle first demonstrated on April 3rd, 1818?

In a canny business move, Harley-Davidson provided the US Military with free...

In 1918, the US Gov't inspected the Harley-Davidson factory as part of their...

The Excelsior Motor Co under Ignaz Schwinn supplied V-twins to the US Army in...

Boko Haram insurgents in Africa find motorcycles ideal for attacks and evasion. ...

Max Hazan has built a silver machine around a doubled-up Royal Enfield.

The USA was a very different place before joining World War 1 in 1917; it was...

Chinese motorcycles are flooding Africa, in a race against the Japanese to...

The first museum exhibition of the 'Alt.Custom' scene that's forever changed the...

Class C racing was the AMA's answer to the Great Depression, opening up...

It's a record that's never been beaten: a 500cc motorcycle doing 100mph for 24...

1980s motorcycle design was a radical departure from the 1970s, as both...

Harley-Davidson announced an investment of $25-50Million/year in electric...

An album of photos of California dirt racing from 1925-35 yielded treasures of...

Modern motorcycle suspension was invented by an eccentric, dry-humored...

Some consider the 1935 Isle of Man Senior TT the greatest of them all, with only...

4000 photos from 3 celebrated photojournalists in the Spanish Civil War lay in a...

The Ner-A-Car was the most successful hub-center steered motorcycle in history;...

Imogen Cunningham's son traveled California in the Spring of 1940, photographing...

Bernard Testemale is a famous surf photographer now lured to the siren song of...

The Excelsior-Henderson brand is coming up for sale in Las Vegas this month! ...

It's the first time a vintage Triumph has won its class at the Mexican 1000,...

'Von Dutch' kickstarted the Custom Culture movement with his independent,...

Before the Daytona Speedway was built in 1963, racing was strictly on the beach!...

In the 1950s, fierce competition between Vespa and Lambretta created an 'arms...

Manufacturers use evocative names to sell motorcycles - the oldest game in the...

Ehinger Kraftrad’s remarkable ‘Speedster’; history through a hi-tech lens....

Congolese master photographer Jean Depara captured the nightlife, music, and...

The BMW R16 is legendary for its Art Deco styling, but how is it to ride?

What's the biggest motorcycle available in the early 1970s like to ride? The...

A pioneer photographer of sports, fashion, and celebrities, Martin Munkacsi's...

Curtiss built the best motorcycle engines in the world from 1903 onwards, and...

Fuller Moto nails a vintage BMW cafe racers style with a modified R75/5 'toaster...

The Indian motorcycle industry consists of small-bore bikes plus the Royal...