Road Test: 1930 Majestic

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


The Motorcycling Du Ponts

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


Starting Small: a Home-Made Electric Moped

Dr Nathan Jauvits' home-made electric moped was a pioneer. Who knew in 2013…


Steam Cycles and History

How we see history changes with time. Electric motorcycles were viewed as…


Book Review: ‘Illustrated History of the Shickel Motorcycle’

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


Rocket Cycles! Part 2: Archibald Low

Archibald Montgomery Low invented a television in 1914, concepted digital…


More Vintage Racing Douglas

Not much is heard these days about Douglas motorcycles, but for two decades…


Those Dapper Racers of the 1920s: Vivian Prestwich

John Vivian Prestwich was the heir to the J.A.P. engine manufacturing dynasty,…


C.T. Ashby’s Zenith Racer

C.T. Ashby on his Zenith, Brooklands 1925. Zenith motorcycles held more…