May 5, 2022
The Current News: May 5, 2022
first looks at the stunning Formula E Gen3 race car, a seven-pound powertrain,…
April 29, 2022
The Current News: April 29, 2022
This week’s roundup includes a stunning café racer e-Motorcycle, an EV brand…
April 14, 2022
The Current News: April 14, 2022
Releases from Honda and Cake, a 2200hp hyper-car, some mind-blowing funding…
April 13, 2022
Thinking Outside the Box: Hossack Engineering
Norman Hossack's radical front fork design reduced weight and made for more…
April 7, 2022
The Current News: April 7, 2022
Our 'Electric Revolutionaries' exhibit reception is April 14th; be there if you…
April 4, 2022
The Vintagent Classics: Motorcyklisten
A 4-minute, full-speed chase extravaganza through Copenhagen. Vroom-Vroom!
March 31, 2022
The Current News: March 31, 2022
A paper CAKE, the first eBike from the Middle East, a giant pedelec from…
March 26, 2022
The Current News: Mar 26, 2022
E-Bike sales are surging. New releases from several luxury brands. Is Can-Am…
March 17, 2022
The Current News: March 17, 2022
Big news from Super73, a new lunar rover, an EV Ford Mustang, and Alpha Motors…
March 10, 2022
The Current News: March 9, 2022
This week’s The Current News EV roundup includes exciting new releases from…
March 8, 2022
The Vintagent Original: ADV Overland Exhibit
ADV:Overland includes round-the-world and long-distance racing machinery from…
March 3, 2022
The Current News: March 3, 2022
This week’s EV news roundup includes two weirdly wonderful tricycle concepts,…
February 24, 2022
The Current News: Feb 24, 2022
From e-Bikes that cater to cycling enthusiasts to an EV making a big splash in…
February 23, 2022
Actually, It IS Rocket Science
Dr Robin Tuluie built fantastically successful racers that won Daytona. He…
February 16, 2022
The Current News: Feb 16, 2022
This week’s EV news roundup includes a freakin’ EV Hovercraft, a device that…
February 14, 2022
Hugo Eccles and the XP Zero
The XP Zero is a superb piece of design: it retains traditional styling cues,…
February 10, 2022
The Current News: Feb 9 2022
An electric Batmobile, the thrilling new Triumph hypersports ebike, the origami…
February 6, 2022
Diane Brandon: The Gold Star Girl
I remember very little of the race itself except that in about ten seconds I…
February 5, 2022
America’s First Motor Vehicle Race: 1895
Motocycles seemed a mighty pain in the ass compared to bicycles, and the 1895…
February 3, 2022
The Current News: February 3, 2022
There’s a new store our London readers should check out, a rad racer back from…
January 27, 2022
The Current News: January 26, 2022
The US experienced a 70% increase in e-Bike imports in 2021, with nearly…
January 21, 2022
The Current News: Jan 20, 2022
The global e-Bike market share is positioned to hit $69.24 Billion/year in…
January 13, 2022
The Current News: January 13, 2022
Our heart eyes almost exploded this week when the Canadian startup unveiled its…
January 6, 2022
The Current News: Jan, 6, 2022
Tesla Plaid versus Livewire? Something wicked this way comes: the ARC Vector.…
December 30, 2021
The Current News: Dec 30, 2021
The electrified stories that matter the most to you. Now grab the bubbly, put…
December 23, 2021
The Current News: Dec. 23, 2021
Ducati's first electric motorcycle, Rivian's new $5Bn plant in Georgia, and a…
December 16, 2021
The Current News: Dec. 16, 2021
Exciting new drops, fresh funds, and some surprising potential drops (and…
December 2, 2021
The Current News: Dec. 2, 2021
EV news on the cutting edge: a staggering 283mph record, fantastic ebike…
November 30, 2021
The Current News: Nov. 25, 2021
The power struggle over cobalt is disturbing the clean energy movement, while…
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 11, 2021
The Current News: Nov. 11, 2021
From a 4-person eBike to an extreme eRacing truck, this installment provokes…
November 10, 2021
Ghana Superstar: Samuel Aboagye’s Electric Scooter
This young Ghanaian, Samuel Aboagye, built a scooter entirely from scrap wood,…
November 4, 2021
The Current News: Nov. 4 2021
All the EV news that's fit to print, from an Indian café racer, an itty-bitty…
October 28, 2021
The Current News: Oct 28, 2021
Our weekly EV news roundup this week has been a real treat for us, indluing…
October 21, 2021
The Current News: Oct 21, 2021
Our weekly roundup of EV news: new releases from Soriano Motori and Daymak, and…
October 13, 2021
The Current News: Oct. 13, 2021
This week sees several new releases, soaring stocks, fresh funds, plus CAKE…
October 13, 2021
Vesuvius to Etna, Powered by Solar
Riding Vesuvius (near Naples) to Etna (on Sicily) while charging the CAKE bikes…
September 24, 2021
The Current News: Sept 24, 2021
It seems that with every passing week, the EV world is going farther and…
September 17, 2021
The Current News: Sep 17, 2021
A baby-toting EV cargo bike, a fold-up e-Bike, a reimagined electric motorbike…
September 10, 2021
The Current News: Sept 10 2021
BMW releases two boundary-pushing e-bikes, four moto giants launch a battery…
September 5, 2021
The Current News: Sep. 3, 2021
From BMW dropping an EV bike catering to Gen Z, to an e-motorcycle setting a…
August 27, 2021
The Current News: Aug 27, 2021
Here are our picks for the most buzzworthy EV stories of the week! From the…
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…
May 12, 2021
1914: the Whirl of Death
In 1914, Erle 'Red' Armstrong built his Whirl of Death, the first fully…
April 22, 2021
EV Tax Credit: Ditch Your Car?
The US government proposes tax credits on the purchase of new eBikes. Would…
March 20, 2021
It’s Fuell Not Buell
Riders the world over were ecstatic when news broke that Buell Motorcycles has…
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…
March 2, 2021
The Current News: MicroMobility by LEF
The LEF is easy to handle, intuitive to use, with a tiny eco-footprint. It's…
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…
January 21, 2021
The Current News: EV ‘Bush Bikes’ Protecting Wildlife
How do you combat wildlife poaching in Africa? Self-sufficient, solar-powered…
January 19, 2021
Research Into Contemporary Outlaws (RICO)
The only collection of 1%er biker club ephemera in private hands is safely…
January 10, 2021
First Four-Cylinder at the Isle of Man TT
The first four-cylinder motorcycle racer in history wasn't Italian or Japanese,…
December 31, 2020
The Current News: Guido Comes to America
With electric power, designers are free to explore new shapes for motorcycles,…
October 5, 2020
Elektrafuture 2020
The world's first electric motocross series was pulled off right in the heart…
February 19, 2020
The Current News: February Edition
Our EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis tells it like it is: bikes and trikes from…
December 31, 2019
The Current News: New Year Edition!
Sophia Vassiliadis notes there's a lot going on in the electric motorcycle…
November 26, 2019
The Current News: Nov. 26 2019
This week - an amazing hybrid kit for Ducati's Panigale gives 300hp! Segway…
November 19, 2019
Current News: Nov. 19, 2019
It's been a huge week in the EV world, with superb new designs from Pierre…
November 19, 2019
Moto Major: Italy Reinvents the Motorcycle
It created a sensation when first shown in 1947, and remains a thing of…
November 13, 2019
The Current News: Nov. 13, 2019
At EICMA, every motorcycle manufacturer shows its prototypes and next-year…
November 4, 2019
The Current News: Nov. 3 2019
EV writer Sophia Vasiliadis gives us this week: Cobras, Kymcos, hubless…
October 17, 2019
The Current News: Oct 17, 2019
A week of halted progress for Harley-Davidson's Livewire and Arc, but…
October 3, 2019
The Current News: Oct 3, 2019
Our EV Editor Tim Huber follows developments in the electric motorcycle market…
September 4, 2019
Martin Chambi: “I Am Not Hispanic: I am Pre-Hispanic.”
Photographer Martin Chambi was the first native Peruvian to document his…
July 9, 2019
The Current News: July 5th 2019
The best-preserved 19th Century electric car, and the baddest 2019 electric…
July 4, 2019
Zero at Pike’s Peak 2019
After 13 years, Zero digs in to the most hotly contested American road race,…
July 4, 2019
Where are the Hybrid Motorcycles?
Hybrids of internal combustion motors and electric motors are successful in…
June 28, 2019
The Current News: June 28 2019
This week: BMW brings the badass! Plus vintage Vespa conversions, and India…
June 19, 2019
The Current News: June 20
The 5-Minute Charge is here! The revolution in battery technology is not about…
June 10, 2019
The Current News: June 10
It's a big week! BMW explores share-play, while others blur the moto/bike…
May 28, 2019
The Current News: May 29
We follow electric two-wheeler news around the world in Tim Huber's weekly…
May 27, 2019
The Vintagent Selects: Elspeth Beard – One Of The Early Globetrotters
When I set off to ride my motorcycle around the world in 1982 I never imagined…
May 22, 2019
The Current News: May 22
Tim Huber follows the the e-bike news from around the world, for our weekly…
May 18, 2019
The Current News
It's like 1903 all over again, with new manufacturers popping up like weeds.…
May 2, 2019
The Vintagent Selects: Elspeth Beard – Riding into History
Getting lost and finding your way again is part of the adventure.
April 25, 2019
‘Shared Lady Beetle’: the Sweetest Rebuke
Beijing's LUO Studio designed an evocative, hand-fabricated mobile children's…
April 13, 2019
Gillian Freeman, Eliot George, and ‘The Leather Boys’
Gillian Freeman, who wrote the novel and screenplay "The Leather Boys", has…
March 27, 2019
The Current: Shed One
Shed One of West Yorkshire thinks a DIY e-Bike kit, and classes on building…
March 7, 2019
The Current: Talking Tech With Energica CTO Giampiero Testoni
Can autonomous vehicle systems increase motorcycle safety? Energica has been…
March 3, 2019
‘Rekordjagd auf Zwei Rädern’
An exhibit of the world's most badass motorcycles from 1904 to 1984, 'Record…
March 1, 2019
The Vintagent Trailers: Outcast Forever
A Documentary on the notorious all black outlaw motorcycle club.
March 1, 2019
Savic: Australia’s First Production E-Moto
Dennis Savic displayed his cafe racer prototype, auguring the future of…
November 28, 2018
The Current: Eva Håkansson’s Quest to Break 400 mph With Green Envy
Will Eva Håkansson become the fastest woman in history an electric motorcycle,…
November 26, 2018
The Vintagent Archive: “A Two-Wheeled Steed” (1869)
From the first year of pedal-cycle mass-production, and 1869 account of the…
November 18, 2018
NSU Breaks 200mph Barrier!
In 1956, the German NSU factory sent a team of six streamliners to Bonneville,…
November 11, 2018
‘The Angels of Pervyse’
Mairie and Elsie were motorcycle pals from 1912, who took their bikes to…
October 5, 2018
The Current: Alta Grabs First Electric AMA Pro National Podium
It's finally happened: the Alta Redshift is the first electric-powered…
September 2, 2018
The Early History of Indian, Part 3: The Indian Motocycle Is Born
Part 3 of Ken Aiken's re-examination of the Early History of Indian Motocycles.…
August 24, 2018
The Early History of Indian, Part 1: George M. Hendee, Bicycle Race Legend
George M Hendee was a champion bicycle racer, who later manufactured bicycles…
August 23, 2018
The Current: Mike Corbin, E-Bike Pioneer
Mike Corbin built electric motorcycles since the 1970s, and held the electric…
July 22, 2018
Death By Cocteau
In 1949, Jean Cocteau invented the 'Dark Rider' image in his film 'Orphée', and…