Paul d'Orléans

Jake De Rosier was perhaps the first professional motorcycle racer, and Indian's...

Over 100 years ago, Indian swept the Isle of Man TT with a 1-2-3 win. It was...

Impressive, beautiful, and certainly unusual

Author Stefan Knittel publishes another terrific book from the BMW Archives,...

The Du Pont family is intimately tied with the American motorcycle industry, and...

The Vintagent's Book of the Year for 2015; 'The Book About My Bike', published...

Is Aldo Carrer's photo of 'Renzo' the Italian Arditi in 1916 the first use of a...

The Alt.Custom scene has been coopted and copied by the Industry - is this a...

The motorcycle is the second most intimate of machines; the first being, of...

Art critic Robert Hughes, star of the 'Shock of the New' TV series, was a...

Lake Bonneville dried up 20,000 years ago, leaving a terrible place for...

Dr Fritz Egli debuted his magnificent Egli-Vincent 50 years ago. The Egli...

Journalist Francois-Marie Dumas discusses motorcycle events in Paris at...

Kenzo Tada was the First Asian to Compete in the Isle of Man TT, and the first...

AMA Hall of Fame rider Carey Loftin performed the motorcycle stunts for many...

Speedreader reviews Paul d'Orléans' book 'The Chopper; the Real Story', Pub. by...

The incredible Vintage Revival Montlhéry, the most romantic vintage motorsports...

The incredible Vintage Revival Montlhéry vintage auto and motorcycle racing...

Lewis Leathers, established in 1892, is Britain's oldest motor-clothing...

W.E. Cook raced a 1907 NLG-Peugeot to victory in the first official competition...

In 1962, Anke Eve Goldmann documented the extraordinary Soviet motorcycle racing...

The Sixth Wheels&Waves was the best yet, with carefully curated exhibits, and an...

The Crocker motorcycle is back, in limited production with brand name owner...

The Minneapolis Motorcycle Co. pioneered the use of a gearbox before any other...

Laurie Jenks designed the Motorcycle of the Future, an all-aluminum masterpiece...

They raced for trinkets, enameled copper stars, spark plugs and tires, dotted...

The Bohmerlans was the longest production motorcycle in history, capable of...

Charles Burki illustrated his Norton racing motorcycles while imprisoned in WW2

The one-piece leather racing suit has its origins in utilitarian workwear, which...

Who knew motorcycles were among the first long-term residents of Antarctica?

The Autodromo de Linas-Montlhery is a speed bowl filled with ghosts and,...

Marty Dickerson Created the Vincent Legend in America

The greatest vintage motorsports event in the world, if you don't like crowds or...

The English dirigible R100 flew across the Atlantic and landed in St.Huber,...

Demand for blue chip motorcycles extends even to totally dismantled and...

Nick Veasey pushes photography into unseen territory, making art from x-rays

Set to the tune of 'Mighty Casey at Bat', Paul d'Orleans sings the sad song of...

Thoughts on collecting with Stephen Cox led to thoughts on why car collectors...

Peter Fonda acknowledged in this 2014 letter, for the first time in 45 years,...

It's the most famous motorcycle in the world, and it's coming up for auction:...

Oh, the magnificence of the most beautiful lake in Europe, populated with...

Valen Zhou is a photographer and pioneer motorcycle customizer in Chengdu,...

It was Kathryn Bigelow's first film, made with future David Lynch collaborator...

Paul d'Orleans reflects on what the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance has become...

Renowned Spanish photographer Alberto Garcia-Alix captured the anarchic spirit...

Don Cronin and Dan O'Shea build unique cafe racer customs that win major prizes...

Money is the root of all evil, so they say, but it certainly catches our...

Leather forever, people, never forget.

The premier pinup/vintage vehicle artist Denis Sire exhibits his new series in...

Paris in February? Oui, as that's when the awesome Rétromobile show happens.

Sculptor Grayson Perry designed an outrageous Harley-Davidson Knucklehead custom...

How many manufacturers built Wankel-engined motorcycles? Quite a few! This is...

British artist Conrad Leach explores speed, danger, and British identity in his...

Dimitri Coste attempts the impossible: racing in many different types of...

How we see history, and what we consider relevant, can change with time or...

In the mid-1960s, there were no 4-cylinder motorcycles to buy, so riders made...

In 1967, Triumph's legendary designer Edward Turner came out of retirement to...

An early American two-stroke capable of pulling a trailer? The Schickel was a...

The Audi Museum in 2009 only exhibited DKW motorcycles, but a visit to the...

Archibald Montgomery Low was a pioneer in unmanned aviation and rocketry,...

Harry Beanham was a motorcycle collector and amateur photographer from the early...

Artist Conrad Leach displayed his motorcycle-related paintings at the Legends of...

Dennis Loveday raced at Brooklands in the 1930s on Velocettes and Ariels

Les Higgins was bitten by the racing bug while still a schoolboy, and spent his...

The Banbury run is the oldest pre-1930 motorcycle run in the world, attracting...

'Norton' George Cohen restored this 1907 TT Norton as a replica of the first...

A ride for only British motorcycles in the hills of West Marin county, on a...

A few thoughts on period correct attire for Goodwood Revival meeting, at which...

Japanese custom builder Shinya Kimura brought his remarkable hand-made machines...

At a reception for the inaugural Legend of the Motorcycle Concours in 2006:...

Two Vintage racing British bikes from the stable of Paul d'Orléans

Thoughts from 2006 on what TheVintagent is about, from its founder, Paul...