2011 Concorso Villa d’Este


It's small and mostly private, but the Concorso Villa d'Este is the most spectacular vintage motoring exhibit on the…

The Best Bike BMW Never Made?


BMW’s Remarkable Art Deco R7 is the bike collectors dream About. It was only built as a single prototype, recently…

Before the Bandit


In 1967, Triumph's legendary designer Edward Turner came out of retirement to design a special bike to take on the…

Mod VS Rockers Ride, San Francisco


San Francisco's unique expression of the legendary 1950s/60s tensions between motorcycle-riding Rockers and…

The Velocette KTT MkI


This is my idea of a truly compelling motorcycle: a Velocette KTT Mk1, built between 1928-1931. A real gem of a…

Welcome to The Vintagent!


Thoughts from 2006 on what TheVintagent is about, from its founder, Paul d'Orleans