Testing Their Mettle – Don Emde and Freddie Ludlow

"My dad raced 80 different meets in 1948. Finally in 1948 he won the Daytona…

John Player Norton – My First Motorcycle

It was my only motorcycle for years, so I favored high-speed roads on the east…

Tehuelche! A History, Part 2

The First Open South American Motorcycle Championship included participants…


A Fine Line, Part 2: Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth

Late in 1969, Ed's motorcycle venture came to a screeching halt.…

A Fine Line, Part 1: Von Dutch

There was a time in the early fifties to early sixties where Kenny led a…

Carlo Mollino and ‘The Australian Wall’

"Fifty percent of the architecture of all time has had advertising…

The Motorcycle Portraits: Jack Penton

I believe, short of the birth of my children and my marriage. motorcycling…


Is Racing As Good as Sex?

A while back, my teenage son asked if racing motorcycles was as good as…

Ray Ray- Freedom on Two Wheels

You have to find a new word for the feelings I get outta my bike. It ain’t…

Cross-Country Antiques: the First Transam

The event had only 33 riders, a blessing in disguise. “It really built up…