Pioneers

In 1915, Hamilton Mack Laing rode his Harley-Davidson, nicknamed Barking Betsy,…

Three continents and over 12,500 miles in the year of 1973 when she was 29…

In 1914, Erle 'Red' Armstrong built his Whirl of Death, the first fully…

The US government proposes tax credits on the purchase of new eBikes. Would…

Riders the world over were ecstatic when news broke that Buell Motorcycles has…

Henri Fournier pioneered the motorcycle in the USA with his tandem cycle pacers…

The LEF is easy to handle, intuitive to use, with a tiny eco-footprint. It's…

Takeshi 'Ted' Maejima is a fanatic collector of early Honda racing motorcycles,…

Torsten Zorn of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is landing Perseverance on…

How do you combat wildlife poaching in Africa? Self-sufficient, solar-powered…

The only collection of 1%er biker club ephemera in private hands is safely…

The first four-cylinder motorcycle racer in history wasn't Italian or Japanese,…

With electric power, designers are free to explore new shapes for motorcycles,…

The world's first electric motocross series was pulled off right in the heart…

Our EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis tells it like it is: bikes and trikes from…

Sophia Vassiliadis notes there's a lot going on in the electric motorcycle…

This week - an amazing hybrid kit for Ducati's Panigale gives 300hp! Segway…

It's been a huge week in the EV world, with superb new designs from Pierre…

It created a sensation when first shown in 1947, and remains a thing of…

At EICMA, every motorcycle manufacturer shows its prototypes and next-year…

EV writer Sophia Vasiliadis gives us this week: Cobras, Kymcos, hubless…

A week of halted progress for Harley-Davidson's Livewire and Arc, but…

Our EV Editor Tim Huber follows developments in the electric motorcycle market…

Photographer Martin Chambi was the first native Peruvian to document his…

The best-preserved 19th Century electric car, and the baddest 2019 electric…

After 13 years, Zero digs in to the most hotly contested American road race,…

Hybrids of internal combustion motors and electric motors are successful in…

This week: BMW brings the badass! Plus vintage Vespa conversions, and India…

The 5-Minute Charge is here! The revolution in battery technology is not about…

It's a big week! BMW explores share-play, while others blur the moto/bike…

We follow electric two-wheeler news around the world in Tim Huber's weekly…

When I set off to ride my motorcycle around the world in 1982 I never imagined…

Tim Huber follows the the e-bike news from around the world, for our weekly…

It's like 1903 all over again, with new manufacturers popping up like weeds.…

Getting lost and finding your way again is part of the adventure.

Beijing's LUO Studio designed an evocative, hand-fabricated mobile children's…

Gillian Freeman, who wrote the novel and screenplay "The Leather Boys", has…

Shed One of West Yorkshire thinks a DIY e-Bike kit, and classes on building…

Can autonomous vehicle systems increase motorcycle safety? Energica has been…

An exhibit of the world's most badass motorcycles from 1904 to 1984, 'Record…

A Documentary on the notorious all black outlaw motorcycle club.

Dennis Savic displayed his cafe racer prototype, auguring the future of…

Will Eva Håkansson become the fastest woman in history an electric motorcycle,…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

The future of motorcycling may reside in the brain of Lawrence Au, with patents…

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

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

Two auto racers compete for the same girl.

The Majestic was the ultimate French Art Deco motorcycle - radical and…

The Du Pont family is intimately tied with the American motorcycle industry,…

How we see history, and what we consider relevant, can change with time or…

An early American two-stroke capable of pulling a trailer? The Schickel was a…

Archibald Montgomery Low was a pioneer in unmanned aviation and rocketry,…