MOTORCYCLES

June 11, 2025

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…

Tehuelche! A History, Part 2

The First Open South American Motorcycle Championship included participants…

2025 Quail MotoFest

A chill vibe, an amazing selection of bikes, interesting people, great food, a…

Tehuelche! A History, Part 1

After WW2, Argentina welcomed immigrants from economically and physically…

The Motorcycle Portraits: Marta Zajchowska

I realized my life is not so hard. On each continent, there are countries that…

Looking for Matadors in Madrid

In Madrid near the historic bullrings, men in bullfighting bars drink strong…

Montlhéry 2011: A New Event?

The banked track is an acquired taste: you need 100mph for the top line; then…

Grossglockner Hillclimb, Austria: 2010

A remarkable event in 2010, which I was lucky to attend as the guest of Walo…

Slow Burn: Auctioning the Moto Talbott Collection

It took a blown motorcycle engine to change Nick Smith's relationship with Robb…

Royal Enfield Continental GT650: The Cafe Racer Life

The disheveled Harley rider roars up, cigarette still on his lips, reduced to…

I was downstairs in my shop having a beer and cigar (cigars having been banished by Bazzy to the dark underworld), and as I sat, my eyes ran over my 1956 BSA Gold Star. There it sat on my bench, definitely a "Special" - a mishmash of a dozen swap meets, and entire days lost to pursuits like driving to a distant friend's house to go through their junk pile to see if they had a part I needed. Then the two years to fit it all together so it looks like the picture I had in my mind, because this bike started years before the pieces were bought and…