May 15, 2022
Electric Revolutionaries: Panel Discussion
Electric Revolutionaries features 11 designers at the edge of the EV industry.…
April 27, 2022
Jack Leong and the Ace-Hy M.C. Archive
Everywhere Jack Leong went, he brought a camera, including when riding his…
April 26, 2022
‘Is This Not His Fate?’ Amphetamine History
Amphetamine compounds like Ritalin and Adderal are now the most prescribed…
April 22, 2022
‘Electric Revolutionaries’ at the Petersen Museum
Curated and concepted by Paul d'Orléans, the Electric Revolutionaries exhibit…
April 13, 2022
Thinking Outside the Box: Hossack Engineering
Norman Hossack's radical front fork design reduced weight and made for more…
March 31, 2022
The Roads Less Traveled: Bernard Testemale
Bernard Testemale's extraordinary wet plate portraits are on exhibit at RAW…
March 8, 2022
A Life on Wheels, With a Camera
The same time I fell in love with bikes I fell in love with cameras. I shot…
February 23, 2022
Actually, It IS Rocket Science
Dr Robin Tuluie built fantastically successful racers that won Daytona. He…
February 14, 2022
Hugo Eccles and the XP Zero
The XP Zero is a superb piece of design: it retains traditional styling cues,…
February 5, 2022
A Suzuki Hayabusa from Paper
Like meditation, the art of modeling is a kind of prayer, and the ultimate…
January 23, 2022
The Motorcycle Portraits: Shinya Kimura
Shinya Kimura is the legendary motorcycle artisan who first came to worldwide…
January 23, 2022
Traveling by Chopper: Charlie Weisel
"Life has a way of pushing us around, and riding a chopper around the world is…
January 20, 2022
Winnie, Queen of the Desert
Crossing the Nullarbor Plain solo on a motorcycle was considered suicidal,…
January 13, 2022
Summer of Brough
It is said no plans survive first contact with reality, and for me things…
January 7, 2022
Olive Hager, the ‘Mile a Minute Girl’
She was one of the first and most famous Wall of Death riders of all time.…
December 31, 2021
(Re)Born in Flames: the Top Mountain Museum
Amazingly, the Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum was completely rebuilt in 10…
December 16, 2021
The Motorcycle Portraits: Paul d’Orléans
Paul d'Orléans is publisher of The Vintagent, guest curator at the Petersen…
December 15, 2021
Four59: A Mille Miglia Story
'Four59' follows the story of a spectacular and unique car: a 1956 Ferrari…
December 4, 2021
Regular Hospitals Hate Us!
Regular hospitals hate us. Have they never suffered for their art? Experience…
November 26, 2021
Racing in the Streets: 2021 MotoGiro
All-out racing on the streets has been banned in Italy since the late 1950s,…
November 23, 2021
Across America by Motorcycle: Part II
RAF Captain Charles Kenilworth Shepherd was 23 years old in 1919 when he swung…
November 18, 2021
‘One Man Caravan’ in ADV:Overland
Robert Edison Fulton Jr. rode around the world in 1932 on a Douglas Mastif, and…
November 17, 2021
The Current: Zaiser Motors founder Anthony Cross
Anthony Cross is the Co-founder and CEO of Denver-based upstart Zaiser Motors,…
November 10, 2021
Ghana Superstar: Samuel Aboagye’s Electric Scooter
This young Ghanaian, Samuel Aboagye, built a scooter entirely from scrap wood,…
October 29, 2021
The Perfect Lap: Don Emde
I turned 18 years old in 1969, the minimum age to race motorcycles…
October 24, 2021
Your Man in India: Adil Jal Darukhanawala
He is the father of motor journalism in India, but Adil Jal Darukhanawala…
October 12, 2021
The Vintagent Selects: Home Made Wall Of Death
Recreation means riding the Wall Of Death.
October 5, 2021
‘Sparks and Speed’: Shinya Kimura
Toru Tokikawa’s new film, 'Sparks and Speed: The Story of Shinya Kimura',…
October 4, 2021
The Spectacle of Speedway
What's it like to race Speedway, with no brakes or suspension, doing 0 to 60 in…
September 20, 2021
The Motorcycle Portraits: Anya Violet Aghababian
Anya Violet Aghababian co-founded the Babes Ride Out and Babes in the Dirt, and…
September 19, 2021
EZ Does It
Learning the hard way is painful. Life over the limit beat me down, and I grew…
August 31, 2021
The Motorcycle Portraits: Robb Talbott
Robb Talbott is the owner of the Moto Talbott Museum in Carmel Valley, CA. If…
August 24, 2021
The Highline: Morgen Mischler
What does it take to be a racer? Morgan Mischler talks to Mike Lawless about…
July 27, 2021
Almost Lost: A Cross-Country Pioneer
In 1915, Hamilton Mack Laing rode his Harley-Davidson, nicknamed Barking Betsy,…
July 11, 2021
The Unstoppable Anne-France Dautheville
Three continents and over 12,500 miles in the year of 1973 when she was 29…
July 6, 2021
PostIndustrial with Carmen Gentile
Journalist, author, and war correspondent Carmen Gentile is the founder and…
June 14, 2021
The The Vintagent Premier: Earned: The Story Of Keith Hale’s Ducati 750SS
An intimate look at a man, an extremely rare motorcycle, and the value of…
May 29, 2021
Walking the Paths of Fire with Andrew Nahum
Andrew Nahum wascinated by the wider effects of gunnery gun research, tracing…
May 20, 2021
The Motorcycle Portraits: Megs Braap
For this edition of Motorcycle Portraits, we have Megan Griffiths, better known…
May 12, 2021
1914: the Whirl of Death
In 1914, Erle 'Red' Armstrong built his Whirl of Death, the first fully…
May 7, 2021
The Motorcycle Portraits: Bobbee Singh
"My name is Bobbee Singh. I make motorcycles in India, I have a company called…
April 29, 2021
The Man Who Beat Marquez
Brad Baker flew to Spain, borrowed a bike, and beat Marc Marquéz. But it took…
April 5, 2021
The Vintagent Trailers: Walter: The Missing Link
The most extraordinary barn-find of our times...
March 23, 2021
The Last Victory
"You make him sounds like such a desperado, Dad, but he's really nice." Brad…
March 20, 2021
It’s Fuell Not Buell
Riders the world over were ecstatic when news broke that Buell Motorcycles has…
March 8, 2021
Catsuits, Cafe Racers, and #WomenWhoRideMotorcycles
An actress in a catsuit on a motorbike...well at least they're portraying a…
March 4, 2021
‘A Novel and Sure Method of Suicide’ – Henri Fournier
Henri Fournier pioneered the motorcycle in the USA with his tandem cycle pacers…
February 22, 2021
Ted Talk
Takeshi 'Ted' Maejima is a fanatic collector of early Honda racing motorcycles,…
February 15, 2021
The Man From Mars
Torsten Zorn of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is landing Perseverance on…
February 10, 2021
The Swedish Chief: Ola Stenegard
Swedish designer Ola Stenegard brings apex mid-1950s cool to the new Indian…
January 24, 2021
Aristocratic Motorcyclist, Issue 0
Artist Lorenzo Eroticolor worked with Bill Phelps, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Chas…
January 21, 2021
Passing, Pain, and Purpose
What happens after the best pass in your racing career? Maybe a whole lotta…
January 19, 2021
Research Into Contemporary Outlaws (RICO)
The only collection of 1%er biker club ephemera in private hands is safely…
January 5, 2021
The Vintagent Selects: My Bike: 1971 Yamaha At1 125
It's Pretty, and it's red, and it gets me there.
December 19, 2020
‘The Motorcycle’: Ultan Guilfoyle
The curatorial team of Charles Falco and Ultan Guilfoyle, famous for 'The Art…
December 14, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: Stacie B. London: In A Straight Line
Chasing down motorcycle land speed records, one salt flat at a time.
December 7, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: Ray Thauscher
America's forgotten world champion motorcycle racer.
December 6, 2020
Shooting for Us All: Shane Balkowitsch
A photograph of wet plate photographer Paul d'Orleans at work led to a new…
November 4, 2020
Thousand Yard Stare
Wil Thomas built his custom Knucklehead bob-job based on a rare photograph of…
October 26, 2020
BikeEXIT: the Chris Hunter Interview
Chris Hunter founded BikeEXIF in 2008: now he's sold it to the Iron&Air team of…
October 19, 2020
The Current News: Spanish Classic Magic
PURSANG is transitioning from IC to electric designs, and honors the long…
October 16, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: Riders: The Illestrator
As I put myself out there, it helped with the perception of someone they might…
October 13, 2020
Velo on the Chase
Riding an sophisticated overhead-camshaft British motorcycle across the USA is…
October 5, 2020
The Rush Job
James Rispoli lost his team in European Superbike racing, despite his wild…
October 5, 2020
The Vintagent Trailers: Ray Tauscher
America's forgotten world champion motorcycle racer.
September 29, 2020
Phil Irving’s ‘Other’ Twin: the Velocette Model O
Phil Irving co-designed the legendary Vincent V-twin: he also designed a…
September 8, 2020
Sturgis 2020: $12.2 Billion Health Cost
The impact of the Sturgis Rally this year was enormous...and not in a good way.
September 5, 2020
Coping with COVID: the Auction Scene in 2020
How is the auction scene coping with Covid? Sam Murtaugh of Mecum Auctions…
August 30, 2020
Daredevil in Training: Corinna Mantlo
Corinna Mantlo, the Vintagent's Editor for Film, has a most amazing life as a…
August 29, 2020
‘Confessions of a Vintagent’ – 1943
What was the first use of the term Vintagent as applied to motorcycles? This…
August 15, 2020
Cooper Smithing Co.
Joe Cooper's path to building exceptional sheet metal parts was as curved as…
August 3, 2020
Racing Towards The Dream
Cameron Smith is the only African American racer chasing the flat track…
August 1, 2020
Double Trouble: the CoVel Story
Hedley Cox built a twinned Velocette KTT engine for the Isle of Man TT in 1951,…
July 11, 2020
Flat Track Fite Klub
Fite Klub pits four flat track legends - Chris Carr, Jay Springteen, Scotty…
July 6, 2020
Modern Motorcycle Mechanics: a Dual Origin Story
The Nicholson Brothers wrote the first comprehensive motorcycle repair manual…
July 6, 2020
What’s Mees Got?
Jared Mees has 6 AMA Flat Track championships under his belt, and wins like…
July 6, 2020
Minutera Vietnam
In search of the Jungle Men and their mysterious modified motorcycles, Lorenzo…
June 18, 2020
Quarantine Cinema 7: Juneteenth Edition
Films about African-American motorcyclists are rare, and have trouble finding…
June 16, 2020
12 O’Clock Boys
A brilliant, must-see documentary about a group of Baltimore riders who prefer…
May 28, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: A Chat With Stanley
I would hate to stop any young fella from reaching the heights I reached.
May 18, 2020
Higher Powered
Sometimes a kind word and a prayer can settle the waters, and help you focus on…
May 4, 2020
Bill and Lois’ Big Adventure: the Foundation of A.A.
It was an amazing adventure: Bill and Lois B Wilson took a two-year trip on a…
May 2, 2020
PS…You & Yours: Stay Well
Michael Lawless, our Flat Track Editor and the 'Poet of Packed Earth', reflects…
April 25, 2020
Little Blue, Or Why a Vintage Motorcycle is All I Need
Vintagent Contributor Dr. Wendy Pojmann explains how her first bike - a vintage…
April 2, 2020
Social Distancing Machine?
Is the motorcycle an ideal social distancing machine? Dr. Wendy Pojmann…
February 28, 2020
The Lost Boys
Injury and racing is a tough mix, as is racing and relationships. Each derails…
February 19, 2020
Paean to the ‘Thruxton’
A deeply won fanaticism characterizes many Velocette Thruxton owners. Paul…
January 23, 2020
The Man in the Chair
Michael Lawless doesn't want it to get awkward, so he never tells his customer,…
January 16, 2020
World’s Oldest Ebike Dealer: Hollywood Electrics Turns 10
The world's oldest electric motorcycle dealership is in LA, and Hollywood…
January 1, 2020
James Rispoli: Don’t Hold Back
Setbacks and major scenery changes characterize the career of James Rispoli,…
December 16, 2019
The Greatest Show on Dirt!
What's the most fun you can have with your helmet on? Hooligan racing!…
December 6, 2019
The Temptation
Our Poet of Packed Earth, Michael Lawless, reflects on taking big chances and…
October 27, 2019
The Current News: Oct 27, 2019
Our new EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis covers Mahindra's purchase of Peugeot,…
October 18, 2019
The Coal Miner’s Son
Michael Lawless takes us somewhere we've never been on The Vintagent: into a…