April 25, 2018
100 Years Ago: Motorcycle Ambulances in WW1
Motorcycle ambulances were a technical innovation in WW1, and these photos show…
April 18, 2018
100 Years Ago: Harley-Davidson Military Testing in 1918
In 1918, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and sidecars were shown off for inspectors…
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 12, 2018
The ‘Motorized Cossacks’ of Africa
Boko Haram insurgents in Africa find motorcycles ideal for attacks and evasion.…
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…
March 5, 2018
Africa: The Motorcyclists’ Continent
Chinese motorcycles are flooding Africa, in a race against the Japanese to…
March 1, 2018
Class C Racing in California: 1935
Class C racing was the AMA's answer to the Great Depression, opening up…
February 22, 2018
Two-Wheeled Icons of the 1980s
1980s motorcycle design was a radical departure from the 1970s, as both…
February 14, 2018
‘Slant Artists’: Hillclimbers in California, 1925-35
An album of photos of California dirt racing from 1925-35 yielded treasures of…
February 13, 2018
Whence Came the Swingarm Frame?
Modern motorcycle suspension was invented by an eccentric, dry-humored…
February 6, 2018
1935 – The Greatest TT?
Some consider the 1935 Isle of Man Senior TT the greatest of them all, with…
February 2, 2018
The Mexican Suitcase
4000 photos from 3 celebrated photojournalists in the Spanish Civil War lay in…
January 23, 2018
Rondal Partridge: Santa Clara Hillclimb in 1940
Imogen Cunningham's son traveled California in the Spring of 1940,…
January 10, 2018
The Big X and the Big 3: the Excelsior-Henderson Story
The Excelsior-Henderson brand is coming up for sale in Las Vegas this month!…
January 2, 2018
‘A Handlebar Derby’ – Daytona Beach Racing
Before the Daytona Speedway was built in 1963, racing was strictly on the…