History

Fritz von Opel was more extravagant and daring than Jay Gatsby. Far too rich...

Is the bi-annual Auerberg Klassik hillclimb the finest vintage motorcycle event...

When Philip Vincent-Day discovered a trove of 1950s films from his grandfather...

Few remember that Bilbao, Spain, had a TT of its own in 1932, with serious...

It was so loud they nicknamed it 'the chainsaw', but it was also wicked fast,...

TT-winning bikes from the 1920s are rare to find, but sometimes you get lucky,...

Given 11 months to create a flagship model out of thin air, Norton's engineers...

It was one of those things that was always there.

From 1938: Chris Staniland explains how his love of speed evolved from racing...

Expect the unexpected.

Digging into the history of some of our favorite bikes coming up for auction at...

From the first year of pedal-cycle mass-production, and 1869 account of the joys...

In 1956, the German NSU factory sent a team of six streamliners to Bonneville,...

Mairie and Elsie were motorcycle pals from 1912, who took their bikes to Belgium...

Four-cylinder motorcycles have been around since at least 1899, but Honda made...

A new documentary, 'SpeedIsExpensive', dives deep into Vincent history, with...

In the late 1940s, German racers had to make their own: this MFK...

Don’t let it snap your mind.

It's finally happened: the Alta Redshift is the first electric-powered...

arguably the most famous photograph in motorcycling.

Assembling the very best grand prix 350’s from the classic period in a...

Part 3 of Ken Aiken's re-examination of the Early History of Indian Motocycles. ...

Hedstrom Sets the Pace: Carl Oscar Hedstrom rented facilities in Middletown,...

George M Hendee was a champion bicycle racer, who later manufactured bicycles...

Mike Corbin built electric motorcycles since the 1970s, and held the electric...

The most terrifying film of your time!

A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it…anywhere.

In 1915 San Francisco emerged from the rubble of the '06 earthquake like a...

'You're an outrage!' How Christo's 'Wrapped Vespa' almost got into the Art of...

Marie Therese von Hammerstein was a German aristocrat and intellectual, and used...

Australian Velocette legend Keith Hamilton was always good for a story and a...

David Vincent was one of 29 riders to lap the Brooklands course at over 100mph...

Spaniard Toni Bou is a motorcycle competitor on par with a select few legends,...

In 1949, Jean Cocteau invented the 'Dark Rider' image in his film 'Orphée', and...

In the second part of our story, an amazing collection of record-breakers from...

Oskar Schindler was a motorcycle racer and a real rascal, who redeemed himself...

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

In 1930, the motorcycle World Speed Record was a close contest between BMW,...

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

Aloha Wanderwell was the first woman to circle the globe on wheels, as well as...

Dave Clark restores an extremely rare racer built by the father of George...

Alp Sungurtekin is a dry-lakes racing legend, and built a vintage-style Triumph...

The Futurists were the only Modern Art movement to explore the motorcycle as...

Motorcycle ambulances were a technical innovation in WW1, and these photos show...

In 1918, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and sidecars were shown off for inspectors...

Was the motorcycle first demonstrated on April 3rd, 1818?

In a canny business move, Harley-Davidson provided the US Military with free...

In 1918, the US Gov't inspected the Harley-Davidson factory as part of their...

The Excelsior Motor Co under Ignaz Schwinn supplied V-twins to the US Army in...

Boko Haram insurgents in Africa find motorcycles ideal for attacks and evasion. ...

The USA was a very different place before joining World War 1 in 1917; it was...

Chinese motorcycles are flooding Africa, in a race against the Japanese to...

Class C racing was the AMA's answer to the Great Depression, opening up...

1980s motorcycle design was a radical departure from the 1970s, as both...

An album of photos of California dirt racing from 1925-35 yielded treasures of...

Modern motorcycle suspension was invented by an eccentric, dry-humored...

Some consider the 1935 Isle of Man Senior TT the greatest of them all, with only...

4000 photos from 3 celebrated photojournalists in the Spanish Civil War lay in a...

Imogen Cunningham's son traveled California in the Spring of 1940, photographing...

The Excelsior-Henderson brand is coming up for sale in Las Vegas this month! ...

Before the Daytona Speedway was built in 1963, racing was strictly on the beach!...

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

Congolese master photographer Jean Depara captured the nightlife, music, and...

The spunky Helen (Helen Holmes) is our hero as a telegraph operator at a remote...

The Indian motorcycle industry consists of small-bore bikes plus the Royal...

A film exploring the love affair between India and the Royal Enfield Bullet

Impatience, from 1928, is the first film to eroticize the motorcycle,...

How will the motorcycle become safer in the future? Editor of 'The Current',...

Gabe Griffin & DKS! takes an in depth look at The Heathens MF & the Rock n Roll...

In the early 1900s, racing rules allowed the development of ultra-lightweight...

Gwen White was a factory-supported Trials rider in the 1950s, for Francis-Barnet...

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

Sylvester H Roper built his first steam velocipede in 1967/8, and demonstrated...

The Kop Hill Climb is one of the oldest motorsports events in the UK, and has...

When Chris Illman found a suitcase of motorcycle memorabilia, he didn't know it...

From 1913-1924, black motorcyclists raced on Atlanta's board tracks and...

Triumph were allowed to build their twin-cylinder line even after WW2 began, and...

A Rare German Four-Cylinder Beauty on the Road

Harley-Davidsons made in Japan? It's a fascinating story! Tens of thousands of...

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

Louis Lucien Lepoix is an unsung hero of modernist motorcycle design, who built...

The book details the amazing, ruthless, dog-eat-dog Japanese motorcycle industry...

Motorcycle Land Speed Records from 1930 - 1940

Boris Anrep laid the floor mosaics in the National Portrait Gallery in London in...

What are the most expensive motorcycles ever sold? Check out our list!

the machine is the holder of the South American speed record from 1930

Forgotten for nearly 60 years, “I fidanzati della morte” is movie like no...

T.E. Lawrence, better known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', was a keen motorcyclist,...

The world's first Wall of Death appears to have been called the 'Race for Life',...

Motorcycle Land Speed Records, 1896 – 1930

A Beloved New Imperial V-twin as Superstar Transport for TT star Stanley Woods

NPR explored the un-easy history of the 'Captain America' chopper used in 'Easy...

'Spade' George and Austin ‘Brown Sugar’ are two life-long friends, brought...

Stored for Decades, Super Rare and Authentic Racer is Auctioned

Carmen and Nish take a break from covering the fighting in Mosul to discover a...