Legends of Montlhéry at the Café Racer Festival: Part 1


The annual Cafe Racer Festival at Monthlery is that track's only all-motorcycle event, and this year featured a…

Indians for the European Grand Prix


Indian developed special racers based on the European model to bolster their sales abroad.

2018 Concorso Eleganza Villa d’Este


The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is the most spectacular concours in the world, held on the grounds of an…

The Current: Jambon-Beurre – Avec L’amour Des Français


For maximum fun, an 100hp electric flat-tracker is hard to beat! Jambon-Buerre wants to build them in series.

Stolen Glory: Zenith, OEC, and the 1930 World Speed Record


In 1930, the motorcycle World Speed Record was a close contest between BMW, Zenith, and OEC, and the final speed run at…

Motosacoche and the Brothers Dufaux


The Dufaux brothers were pioneers of aviation, and founded a very successful motorcycle company, Motosacoche.

Death, Taxes, and Old Bike Fever


As collectors age, it's all too easy for unscrupulous 'friends' with Old BIke Fever to take advantage of their illness,…

1935 – The Greatest TT?


Some consider the 1935 Isle of Man Senior TT the greatest of them all, with only 4 seconds separating the winner from…

Selling Speed: What’s in a Name?


Manufacturers use evocative names to sell motorcycles - the oldest game in the book.

The Ride: Speedway Superstar


Ehinger Kraftrad’s remarkable ‘Speedster’; history through a hi-tech lens.

Lena the Killer


Why were a group of Australians riding a British motorcycle in Austria? To steal the World Speed Record back from…

Cliff ‘Soney’ Vaughs and ‘Easy Rider’


Cliff Vaughs designed the most famous motorcycles in the world. Why is he still unknown?

Kop Hill – the Perfume of Authenticity


The Kop Hill Climb is one of the oldest motorsports events in the UK, and has been revived in recent years with a…

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

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…

Japanese Motorcycles: the Early Days


The first motorcycle arrived in Japan in 1896; they built their own from 1908.

Absolute Speed, Absolute Power Pt. 2


Motorcycle Land Speed Records from 1930 - 1940