The Motorcycle Portraits: Ashley Myhre
There's a belief you have to be extraordinary as a woman riding the world. But…
Thriving in Two Strokes: NYC Mopeds
It’s satisfying to see people still thriving, small business not disappearing…
Would You Risk Your Life for $1500?
His buddies might make more money. But they're never happy. Always bitching…
The Motorcycle Portraits: J Shia
J Shia's work and motorcycle customization shop Madhouse Motors has been…
The Vintagent Trailers: Flat 6 (Plná 6)
The moment when a bike is pushed to its limits, where the racer rides at the…
The Vintagent Selects: Moped to South America
Graham Loft, whom we interviewed just weeks ago about his epic journey on 1973…
Bikes of Burden: the Habal-Habal
Venice is famous for gondolas: the Philippines is famous for Jeepneys,…
Thinking of ‘Fast Eddie’
We talked motorcycle for a bit. I heard one of the guys call him Fast Eddie. To…
Ton-Up TV: Now Streaming for Custom Fans
'Ton Up TV is our own series, with none of the corporate nonsense associated…
The Mary Poppins of Motorcycles
“Would my life have been different had I not been quite eaten alive by…
Art and the Motorcycle (3): Linocuts for the Future!
‘Speedway’ is perhaps the most Modernist motorcycle image of all, with the…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Michael LaFountain
I look down and there's a motorcycle grip sticking out of the ground! I started…
Mopeds to South America
This is a story of two young men who set out on a quest to accomplish something…
Art X Moto: Larry Poons and Big D Cycle
Keith Martin of Big D Cycle explains his relationship to legendary abstract…
The Infernals: Fournier and Metz
The stars aligned when pioneer motormen Charles Metz and Henri Fournier founded…
David Lancaster: ‘Speed is Expensive’
David Lancaster explains how his whole life led up to making 'Speed is…
Electric Revolutionaries: JT Nesbitt Interviewed
JT Nesbitt's remarkable career includes designing motorcycles for Confederate…
Décor Motor: Spinzi Wheels in the Spice
Tommaso Spinzi brings wheels into a 1716 Baroque palazzo in Turin to celebrate…
Never Gonna Let You Go: Phil Lane’s Dunstall
Few motorcyclists have owned their machine for half a Century, and of those,…
Quail 2022: Behind the Scenes
Feeling impatient, I blurted out the case for Max Hazan’s Vincent as Best of…
Electric Revolutionaries: Panel Discussion
Electric Revolutionaries features 11 designers at the edge of the EV industry.…
Jack Leong and the Ace-Hy M.C. Archive
Everywhere Jack Leong went, he brought a camera, including when riding his…
‘Is This Not His Fate?’ Amphetamine History
Amphetamine compounds like Ritalin and Adderal are now the most prescribed…
‘Electric Revolutionaries’ at the Petersen Museum
Curated and concepted by Paul d'Orléans, the Electric Revolutionaries exhibit…
Thinking Outside the Box: Hossack Engineering
Norman Hossack's radical front fork design reduced weight and made for more…
The Roads Less Traveled: Bernard Testemale
Bernard Testemale's extraordinary wet plate portraits are on exhibit at RAW…
A Life on Wheels, With a Camera
The same time I fell in love with bikes I fell in love with cameras. I shot…
Actually, It IS Rocket Science
Dr Robin Tuluie built fantastically successful racers that won Daytona. He…
Hugo Eccles and the XP Zero
The XP Zero is a superb piece of design: it retains traditional styling cues,…
A Suzuki Hayabusa from Paper
Like meditation, the art of modeling is a kind of prayer, and the ultimate…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Shinya Kimura
Shinya Kimura is the legendary motorcycle artisan who first came to worldwide…
Traveling by Chopper: Charlie Weisel
"Life has a way of pushing us around, and riding a chopper around the world is…
Winnie, Queen of the Desert
Crossing the Nullarbor Plain solo on a motorcycle was considered suicidal,…
Olive Hager, the ‘Mile a Minute Girl’
She was one of the first and most famous Wall of Death riders of all time.…
(Re)Born in Flames: the Top Mountain Museum
Amazingly, the Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum was completely rebuilt in 10…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Paul d’Orléans
Paul d'Orléans is publisher of The Vintagent, guest curator at the Petersen…
Four59: A Mille Miglia Story
'Four59' follows the story of a spectacular and unique car: a 1956 Ferrari…
Regular Hospitals Hate Us!
Regular hospitals hate us. Have they never suffered for their art? Experience…
Racing in the Streets: 2021 MotoGiro
All-out racing on the streets has been banned in Italy since the late 1950s,…
Across America by Motorcycle: Part II
RAF Captain Charles Kenilworth Shepherd was 23 years old in 1919 when he swung…
‘One Man Caravan’ in ADV:Overland
Robert Edison Fulton Jr. rode around the world in 1932 on a Douglas Mastif, and…
The Current: Zaiser Motors founder Anthony Cross
Anthony Cross is the Co-founder and CEO of Denver-based upstart Zaiser Motors,…
Ghana Superstar: Samuel Aboagye’s Electric Scooter
This young Ghanaian, Samuel Aboagye, built a scooter entirely from scrap wood,…
Your Man in India: Adil Jal Darukhanawala
He is the father of motor journalism in India, but Adil Jal Darukhanawala…
‘Sparks and Speed’: Shinya Kimura
Toru Tokikawa’s new film, 'Sparks and Speed: The Story of Shinya Kimura',…
The Spectacle of Speedway
What's it like to race Speedway, with no brakes or suspension, doing 0 to 60 in…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Anya Violet Aghababian
Anya Violet Aghababian co-founded the Babes Ride Out and Babes in the Dirt, and…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Robb Talbott
Robb Talbott is the owner of the Moto Talbott Museum in Carmel Valley, CA. If…
The Highline: Morgen Mischler
What does it take to be a racer? Morgan Mischler talks to Mike Lawless about…
Almost Lost: A Cross-Country Pioneer
In 1915, Hamilton Mack Laing rode his Harley-Davidson, nicknamed Barking Betsy,…
The Unstoppable Anne-France Dautheville
Three continents and over 12,500 miles in the year of 1973 when she was 29…
PostIndustrial with Carmen Gentile
Journalist, author, and war correspondent Carmen Gentile is the founder and…
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…
Walking the Paths of Fire with Andrew Nahum
Andrew Nahum wascinated by the wider effects of gunnery gun research, tracing…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Megs Braap
For this edition of Motorcycle Portraits, we have Megan Griffiths, better known…
The Motorcycle Portraits: Bobbee Singh
"My name is Bobbee Singh. I make motorcycles in India, I have a company called…
The Man Who Beat Marquez
Brad Baker flew to Spain, borrowed a bike, and beat Marc Marquéz. But it took…
Catsuits, Cafe Racers, and #WomenWhoRideMotorcycles
An actress in a catsuit on a motorbike...well at least they're portraying a…
‘A Novel and Sure Method of Suicide’ – Henri Fournier
Henri Fournier pioneered the motorcycle in the USA with his tandem cycle pacers…
The Swedish Chief: Ola Stenegard
Swedish designer Ola Stenegard brings apex mid-1950s cool to the new Indian…
Aristocratic Motorcyclist, Issue 0
Artist Lorenzo Eroticolor worked with Bill Phelps, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Chas…
Passing, Pain, and Purpose
What happens after the best pass in your racing career? Maybe a whole lotta…
Research Into Contemporary Outlaws (RICO)
The only collection of 1%er biker club ephemera in private hands is safely…
‘The Motorcycle’: Ultan Guilfoyle
The curatorial team of Charles Falco and Ultan Guilfoyle, famous for 'The Art…
The Vintagent Selects: Stacie B. London: In A Straight Line
Chasing down motorcycle land speed records, one salt flat at a time.
Shooting for Us All: Shane Balkowitsch
A photograph of wet plate photographer Paul d'Orleans at work led to a new…
BikeEXIT: the Chris Hunter Interview
Chris Hunter founded BikeEXIF in 2008: now he's sold it to the Iron&Air team of…
The Current News: Spanish Classic Magic
PURSANG is transitioning from IC to electric designs, and honors the long…
The Vintagent Selects: Riders: The Illestrator
As I put myself out there, it helped with the perception of someone they might…
Phil Irving’s ‘Other’ Twin: the Velocette Model O
Phil Irving co-designed the legendary Vincent V-twin: he also designed a…
Sturgis 2020: $12.2 Billion Health Cost
The impact of the Sturgis Rally this year was enormous...and not in a good way.
Coping with COVID: the Auction Scene in 2020
How is the auction scene coping with Covid? Sam Murtaugh of Mecum Auctions…
Daredevil in Training: Corinna Mantlo
Corinna Mantlo, the Vintagent's Editor for Film, has a most amazing life as a…
‘Confessions of a Vintagent’ – 1943
What was the first use of the term Vintagent as applied to motorcycles? This…
Double Trouble: the CoVel Story
Hedley Cox built a twinned Velocette KTT engine for the Isle of Man TT in 1951,…
