MOTORCYCLES

October 19, 2020

The Current News: Spanish Classic Magic

PURSANG is transitioning from IC to electric designs, and honors the long heritage of Spanish...

Velo on the Chase

Riding an sophisticated overhead-camshaft British motorcycle across the USA is...

Road Test: 2020 BMW R18

BMW took a leaf from H-D's book with the new R18, digging into their heritage to...

Phil Irving’s ‘Other’ Twin: the Velocette Model O

Phil Irving co-designed the legendary Vincent V-twin: he also designed a...

The Current News: Concept Z

Ed Motorcycles is balancing flat track style with new tech action, in a bid to...

Coping with COVID: the Auction Scene in 2020

How is the auction scene coping with Covid? Sam Murtaugh of Mecum Auctions gives...

Double Trouble: the CoVel Story

Hedley Cox built a twinned Velocette KTT engine for the Isle of Man TT in 1951,...

Flat Track Fite Klub

Fite Klub pits four flat track legends - Chris Carr, Jay Springteen, Scotty...

What’s Mees Got?

Jared Mees has 6 AMA Flat Track championships under his belt, and wins like...

John Wallace and the Duzmo

At 14, he knew he'd build motorcycles - and he did! On the way he worked with...

8 Valves for the Road

Hot stuff! Designers and special builders have explored the power potential of...

As the technological high points of 1920s motorcycle racing began to look - and perform - like the antiques they'd become by the 1930s, the fratelli (brothers) Benelli took stock of the obvious trends of Grand Prix racing. The future of racing was clearly headed towards extracting more power from multi-cylinder, supercharged engines. Moto Guzzi, Gilera, BMW, DKW, NSU, and even AJS and Velocette in England were racing or developing such engines by 1938. As champions in the 250cc racing class, Benelli set about that year designing a...