History

What was the first use of the term Vintagent as applied to motorcycles? This…

Films about African-American motorcyclists are rare, and have trouble finding…

The longest production run of any motorcycle model, from the worlds oldest…

Street scramblers were straight out of the Steve McQueen era - rugged,…

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…

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…