October 26, 2020
The Vintagent Original: Silver Shotgun
Italian motorcycle design of the 1960's and 1970's.
November 7, 2019
The Vintagent Selects: Black Lightning or Grey Flash? An owner chooses
Very few artists are recognized during their living time.
June 20, 2019
The Vintagent Selects: They Call Me Cheetah
If it has a spirit or not, that is for the viewer to decide.
April 25, 2019
‘Shared Lady Beetle’: the Sweetest Rebuke
Beijing's LUO Studio designed an evocative, hand-fabricated mobile children's...
March 28, 2019
The Commando Miracle
Given 11 months to create a flagship model out of thin air, Norton's engineers...
December 21, 2018
The Vintagent Selects: The MC Collection Of Stockholm // Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycles 2019
This is the MC Collection.
December 14, 2018
The Current: Fly Free Introduces Classic and Desert E-Bikes
Fly Free is a new California e-Bike manufacturer aiming at the ultra-hip with...
December 2, 2018
NYC Norton
Kenny Cummings knows the veneer of a successful business can blind people to the...
November 21, 2018
The Current: BigRep 3D Prints NERA E-Moto
BigRep's 3D-printed Nera E- Moto begs the question: will the dawn of additive...
November 14, 2018
The Current: Cake Making Waves
Sweden’s Cake is sweeping design and innovation awards by inventing a new...
November 4, 2018
Fours Before Honda: 70 Years and 50 Brands
Four-cylinder motorcycles have been around since at least 1899, but Honda made...
October 25, 2018
The Current: Zero Ramps Up, Alta Shuts Down
It was a busy week: Zero introduced its revamped 2019 line, while Alta closed it...
October 19, 2018
The Mighty MFK: the Giant’s Fist
In the late 1940s, German racers had to make their own: this MFK...
October 15, 2018
The Current: Tarform Electric Motorcycle Blends Swedish And American Design
Swedish and American designers teamed up to create the Tarform electric...
September 26, 2018
The Current: Audi Enters the Electric Age With E-Tron SUV
Audi debuted its first all-electric fast-charging e-tron SUV in San Francisco,...
September 7, 2018
The Current: From Russia, With E-Love
Kalashnikov, Russia's famous arms manufacturer, debuts a series of electric...
August 28, 2018
The Current: Here Comes Vespa’s Elettrica e-Scooter!
Finally, Vespa enters the electric scooter market with the new Elletrica model,...
July 31, 2018
The Current: Harley-Davidson Going E-Big in 2019 and Beyond
Harley-Davidson reveals plans to mass-market their Livewire electric model, and...
July 26, 2018
The Current: Are Tilting Electric Vehicles The Future?
Peugeot thinks tilting vehicles are the future, and puts its money (and patents)...
July 21, 2018
The Current: Saroléa Introduces Limited Edition MANX7
Belgian electric motorcycle builder Saroléa builds a limited edition electric...
May 10, 2018
Brough Before Superior
Dave Clark restores an extremely rare racer built by the father of George...
May 9, 2018
A Vintage Triumph That Never Was
Alp Sungurtekin is a dry-lakes racing legend, and built a vintage-style Triumph...
May 9, 2018
The Current: Curtiss Unveils The Mighty Zeus
The future of e-Bikes has arrived from Alabama, from Curtiss Motorcycles,...
May 4, 2018
The Vintagent Original: Custom Revolution
Custom Revolution is the first major museum exhibition to celebrate the new,...
April 26, 2018
A Conversation with Olivier Mosset
Artist Olivier Mosset displayed his white monochrome paintings with choppers at...
April 4, 2018
The Current: Curtiss E-Bike Concepts
The future of sleek quiet speed from Curtiss Motorcycles
April 3, 2018
The Motorcycle is 200 Years Old Today?
Was the motorcycle first demonstrated on April 3rd, 1818?
March 25, 2018
100 Years Ago: Harley-Davidson Training Schools in 1918
In a canny business move, Harley-Davidson provided the US Military with free...
March 23, 2018
100 Years Ago: Harley-Davidson Manufacturing in 1918
In 1918, the US Gov't inspected the Harley-Davidson factory as part of their...
March 14, 2018
100 Years Ago: Excelsiors in 1918
The Excelsior Motor Co under Ignaz Schwinn supplied V-twins to the US Army in...
March 6, 2018
100 Years Ago: Inside the Indian Factory in 1918
The USA was a very different place before joining World War 1 in 1917; it was...
February 23, 2018
The Current: SURU – the New Cub?
Motorcycle designer Michael Uhlarik fell in love with electric bikes in 2007,...
February 22, 2018
Two-Wheeled Icons of the 1980s
1980s motorcycle design was a radical departure from the 1970s, as both...
February 16, 2018
The Ride: Wedge Motorcycles Honda CB750F
Takashi Nihira of Wedge motorcycles does all his own fabrication, building, and...
February 14, 2018
The Current: Vessla e-Scooter Bans Uselessness
Vessla founder and CEO Rickard Bröms couldn’t find a decent electric scooter...
February 13, 2018
Whence Came the Swingarm Frame?
Modern motorcycle suspension was invented by an eccentric, dry-humored...
January 30, 2018
Road Test: 1923 Ner-A-Car
The Ner-A-Car was the most successful hub-center steered motorcycle in history;...
December 26, 2017
Vespa Streamliners
In the 1950s, fierce competition between Vespa and Lambretta created an 'arms...
December 21, 2017
Selling Speed: What’s in a Name?
Manufacturers use evocative names to sell motorcycles - the oldest game in the...
December 20, 2017
The Current: E-MTB With Hall of Famer Joe Murray
Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Joe Murray plays an important role in developing...
December 11, 2017
The Ride: Speedway Superstar
Ehinger Kraftrad’s remarkable ‘Speedster’; history through a hi-tech lens....
December 10, 2017
The Current: HPC Revolution
Hi-Power Cycles have launched a 60mph E-Bike. Technically, that's a motorcycle,...
November 29, 2017
The Current: Confederate No More – Meet the Curtiss Motorcycle
After 25 years, Confederate Motors sheds its controversial a name, and the...
September 19, 2017
Road Test: 1930 Majestic
The Majestic was the ultimate French Art Deco motorcycle - radical and...
September 15, 2017
Road Test: 1929 Ascot-Pullin
Cyril Pullin was a genius designer, way ahead of his time, and built his dream...
August 13, 2017
The Vintagent Original: Model X
Test riding a 1934 Matchless Model X, an Art Deco-inspired masterpiece. Paul...
August 13, 2017
Out of the Blue, Into the Black
The Remarkable Falcon Motorcycles Vincent Black Shadow
August 9, 2017
The Mysterious ‘Mark 6’
The existence, or non-existence, of the Velocette Mark 6 KTT has puzzled...
August 9, 2017
The Vintagent Original: The Black Falcon
The Black Falcon is the most revered custom motorcycle in recent years. This...
August 1, 2017
Jeff Decker’s ‘Black Lightning’ at Auction
Jeff Decker's Custom Vincent, his 'Black Lightning', is a controversial...
July 26, 2017
Road Test: 1930 Brough Superior-Austin Four
Impressive, beautiful, and certainly unusual
July 26, 2017
The Vintagent Original: Neander
Paul d'Orleans rides Ernst Neumann-Neander's masterpiece through the Bavarian...
July 25, 2017
The Motorcycling Du Ponts
The Du Pont family is intimately tied with the American motorcycle industry, and...
July 20, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: Faster Son: Shinya Kimura
Legendary motorcycle builder Shinya Kimura shares his design philosophy while...
July 20, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: Janus Motorcycles
Motorcycles are like architecture: They must be beautiful, functional and made...
July 19, 2017
The Alt.Custom Scene – Co-Opted?
The Alt.Custom scene has been coopted and copied by the Industry - is this a...
June 15, 2017
Road Test: The New Crocker
The Crocker motorcycle is back, in limited production with brand name owner...
June 14, 2017
Days of Future Past: the Mercury
Laurie Jenks designed the Motorcycle of the Future, an all-aluminum masterpiece...
June 13, 2017
1935 Böhmerland ‘Reise’
The Bohmerlans was the longest production motorcycle in history, capable of...
June 1, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: The Story Of The Chopper
With “Captain America”, the custom Harley Davidson from Easy Rider, up for...
June 1, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: The Badger: Made In Trenton
The Badger: a particular Royal Enfield designed in England and manufactured in...
June 1, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: Do the Ride Thing!
The motorcycle is back! Similar to the fresh contemporary scene that has...
April 12, 2017
Test Ride: MV Masterwork
Thrashing Shinya Kimura’s MV Agusta 750 Custom in the Hills of Azuza
October 21, 2016
The First ‘Triton’ – A Prewar Cafe Racer
The World's First Triton Motorcycle was built by the man who invented the Norton...
March 7, 2011
The Best Bike BMW Never Made?
BMW’s Remarkable Art Deco R7 is the Bike Collectors Dream About
February 13, 2011
Building a Norton Four
In the mid-1960s, there were no 4-cylinder motorcycles to buy, so riders made...