2025 Quail MotoFest
A chill vibe, an amazing selection of bikes, interesting people, great food, a modest ticket price: welcome to the…
Slow Burn: Auctioning the Moto Talbott Collection
It took a blown motorcycle engine to change Nick Smith's relationship with Robb Talbott from client to friend. Now Nick…
Million Dollar Babies
Does a Million Dollar Baby mean anything to the motorcycle market, or the culture of motorcycling? No. But it's fun…
My Motorcycle History, Part 1
What's slick about our sport is the diversity it attracts. From Malcom Forbes to Wino Willy and from Dykes on Bikes to…
The Legendary Nortons of Paul Adams
"All my racing Nortons use new old stock parts and are accurate all the way down to the hardware"
My Coney Island Baby
'When Edison invented the lightbulb, it they lit up Coney Island. And that’s why they call it a Coney Island bike,…
Top 10 at the John Parham Estate Auction
The exceptional collection of the late John Parham, all for sale in the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa, Iowa.…
Seeds of the Future – Howard-Yana Shapiro
A renowned geneticist and plant scientist doing good for global nutrition spends his off hours enjoying the open road…
“Give a Bike, Change a Life” – Bill Getty
Bill Getty has mentored dozens of young people by giving them motorcycles to revive. Could it revive interest in old…
The Anamosa Broughs: a Superior Collection
Three Brough Superiors are included in the National Motorcycle Museum auction Sep 6-9 in Anamosa, Iowa, conducted by…
2023 Quail – No Rain, No Pain
The 2023 edition of the Quail Motorcycle Gathering was blessed with no rain, and a lot of fascinating people and…
The Rarest of Racers: 1915 Indian 8-Valve
With a documented history since the early 1920s, this 1915 Indian 8-Valve racer has a unique factory chassis, and one…
World’s Top 100 Most Expensive Motorcycles – The Also-Rans
The bikes that no longer qualify for our Top 100 Most Expensive Motorcycles list! Here are the also-rans formerly…
Electric Revolutionaries: JT Nesbitt Interviewed
JT Nesbitt's remarkable career includes designing motorcycles for Confederate and Curtiss. His Curtiss One reinvents…
Diane Brandon: The Gold Star Girl
I remember very little of the race itself except that in about ten seconds I was screamin' past the checkered flag.…
The Harley-Davidson Heritage Collection
The Harley-Davidson Heritage Collection includes nearly 100 beautifully restored models covering every year of the…
First Four-Cylinder at the Isle of Man TT
The first four-cylinder motorcycle racer in history wasn't Italian or Japanese, it was Belgian! FN showed up to race…
Coping with COVID: the Auction Scene in 2020
How is the auction scene coping with Covid? Sam Murtaugh of Mecum Auctions gives us the story.