Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson for Sheriff


In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for Sheriff of Aspen, Colorado, on a very unusual platform of 'freak power'

Road Test: 2010 Falcon Kestrel


Ian Barry's Falcon Kestrel is a contemporary masterpiece of custom motorcycle design, and we Road Tested this beauty in…

Cannonball: Into the West


The 2014 Cannonball Crossed the Continental Divide

Road Test: 1928 Windhoff


The Windhoff is a rare German four-cylinder beauty, with an oil-cooled OHC engine. Very few are running, and this is…

The Golden Age of Superchargers


For a brief period in the 1920s and '30s, anyone wanting a speed record or a race win added a supercharger, and the…

Louis Lucien Lepoix


Louis Lucien Lepoix is an unsung hero of modernist motorcycle design, who built his dreams in the metal with several…

Road Test: 1930 Majestic


The Majestic was the ultimate French Art Deco motorcycle - radical and beautiful. Designed by Georges Roy, it combined…

Road Test: 1929 Ascot-Pullin


Cyril Pullin was a genius designer, way ahead of his time, and built his dream machine - the Ascot-Pullin - just in…

Wheels & Waves California


Wheels & Waves California, sponsored by The Vintagent and Wheels & Waves France, is an eclectic event celebrating a…

The World’s Most Expensive Motorcycles


What are the most expensive motorcycles ever sold? Check out our list!

Book Review: ‘Flat Out! The Rollie Free Story’


Rollie Free proved the Vincent Black Shadow was the world's fastest production motorcycle in 1947, but his life was so…

The Emperor of Motorcycles


The most elegant motorcycles in the world came from George Brough's workshops in Nottingham. He loved four-cylinder…

The Notorious Mosul Moto Caper


Carmen and Nish take a break from covering the fighting in Mosul to discover a Ural motorcycle with sidecar, and slip…

High and Low


How is the motorcycle collecting scene like the art world?

Replicating ‘Old Bill’


The most famous Brough Superior of all was 'Old Bill', George Brough's personal sprinter. We didn't know the factory…

Art and the Motorcycle


The Art of the Motorcycle exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in 1998 changed motorcycling forever.  It was a brave and…

The Mysterious ‘Mark 6’


The existence, or non-existence, of the Velocette Mark 6 KTT has puzzled enthusiasts for decades, until keen-eyed…