A Visit to Verralls


Be prepared for a cuppa, as the friendly folks who run Verralls will always provide a comfortable moment to look at…

Denis Sire; ‘Baron d’Holbach’


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

3 Days in Paris: Retromobile 2012


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

Grayson Perry at the British Museum


Sculptor Grayson Perry designed an outrageous Harley-Davidson Knucklehead custom - the only motorcycle ever displayed…

‘Paradise Lost’: Conrad Leach


British artist Conrad Leach explores speed, danger, and British identity in his exhibition at the Gauntlett Gallery in…

The Universal Racing Motorcycle


Dimitri Coste attempts the impossible: racing in many different types of competition (hillclimb, motocross, drag…

Ralph Lauren at the Louvre


A display of 17 fantastic cars owned by Ralph Lauren and on display at the Louvre's Design Museum begs questions of…

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…

Steam Cycles and History


How we see history changes with time. Electric motorcycles were viewed as irrelevant until recently, so why aren't…

Chanel, Ducati, Revisited


Karl Lagerfeld fully understands the erotic power of old motorcycles, making them essential characters in his short…

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…

1911: Indians Sweep Isle of Man TT


Oliver Godfrey rode the first non-English motorcycle to win the Isle of Man TT, and Indians took the top 3 spots - a…

Before the Bandit


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

Sale of a 1909 Curtiss V-twin


A Curtiss motorcycle sitting atop a garbage pile was like discovering a Rembrandt, or a pile of cash, however one…

Book Review: ‘Illustrated History of the Shickel Motorcycle’


An early American two-stroke capable of pulling a trailer? The Schickel was a technical tour-de-force in 1912, and Ken…

Eugene Ziegler – The Kitchen Master


Incredible models built in Germany by Eugene Ziegler, who worked nightly in his kitchen on 1:4.5 scale models of German…