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A photograph of wet plate photographer Paul d'Orleans at work led to a new...

Promenade Percy was a derisive name for motorcyclists cruising the seaside for...

The famed Italian regularity event, established in 1914, was postponed four...

The impact of the Sturgis Rally this year was enormous...and not in a good way.

The Nicholson Brothers wrote the first comprehensive motorcycle repair manual...

In search of the Jungle Men and their mysterious modified motorcycles, Lorenzo...

A brilliant, must-see documentary about a group of Baltimore riders who prefer...

David Lancaster, director of "Speed Is Expensive", discusses his shoot of the...

Is the motorcycle an ideal social distancing machine? Dr. Wendy Pojmann explores...

Wendy Pojmann, an academic at Siena College in NY, is a motorcyclists and coffee...

Amsterdam-based photographer Jan Hoek was inspired to give Nairobi moto-taxi...

The team that brought you the Art of the Motorcycle exhibit at the Guggenheim...

In the 1970s, Norton-Villiers-Triumph developed plans for a factory in the...

An archive of photos from the East Side Motorcycle Co of Portland showing early...

Back in 2009, photographer Thierry Vincent captured the budding custom...

Our EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis covers the hottest motorcycle segment in the...

Our Poet of Packed Earth, Michael Lawless, reflects on taking big chances and...

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

Michael Lawless takes us somewhere we've never been on The Vintagent: into a...

Meandering through the summer wilds of far Northern California for a week, with...

1937 was the first Daytona 200, won by Ed Kretz on an Indian. Jeff Decker's...

The folks at Malle London host a fantastic rally every year, the Great Mile. ...

Digging into the history of some of our favorite bikes coming up for auction at...

Acclaimed conceptual artist Tom Sachs has a new exhibit at Vito Schnabel Gallery...

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 Belgium...

A new documentary, 'SpeedIsExpensive', dives deep into Vincent history, with...

Swedish and American designers teamed up to create the Tarform electric...

The Bonhams Auctions sale at the Barber Museum in Birmingham, Alabama, has a...

Its for the KIDS!

Riding a pair of vintage Brough Superiors across the USA in 17 days, the...

Stretching from Portland to Portland, the Motorcycle Cannonball starts today,...

Kalashnikov, Russia's famous arms manufacturer, debuts a series of electric...

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

Hedstrom Sets the Pace: Carl Oscar Hedstrom rented facilities in Middletown,...

In an unassuming warehouse near the Hiroshima docklands, Heiwa Motorcycles makes...

In the fantastic seaside town of San Sebastian, Spain, you'll find Cafe Racer...

In the second part of our story, an amazing collection of record-breakers from...

A good ride down the highway is an excellent cure for the blues.

The Pike's Peak Hillclimb is a unique and historic race, and for the second time...

Oskar Schindler was a motorcycle racer and a real rascal, who redeemed himself...

Indian developed special racers based on the European model to bolster their...

Every year, we cross the mountains to celebrate the end of winter. This is what...

Aloha Wanderwell was the first woman to circle the globe on wheels, as well as...

Zoe David is an architect and motorcycle builder from France, who's recently...

JP DeFaut visited the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in 2016, and here's what you...

Motorcycle ambulances were a technical innovation in WW1, and these photos show...

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

In 1918, the US Gov't inspected the Harley-Davidson factory as part of their...

Boko Haram insurgents in Africa find motorcycles ideal for attacks and evasion. ...

Cycle World magazine announces the 'Custom Revolution' exhibit at the Petersen...

Chinese motorcycles are flooding Africa, in a race against the Japanese to...

It's a record that's never been beaten: a 500cc motorcycle doing 100mph for 24...

An album of photos of California dirt racing from 1925-35 yielded treasures of...

Imogen Cunningham's son traveled California in the Spring of 1940, photographing...

Bernard Testemale is a famous surf photographer now lured to the siren song of...

It's the first time a vintage Triumph has won its class at the Mexican 1000,...

Congolese master photographer Jean Depara captured the nightlife, music, and...

What's the biggest motorcycle available in the early 1970s like to ride? The...

A pioneer photographer of sports, fashion, and celebrities, Martin Munkacsi's...

Two young Indian mechanical engineers decided they'd rather build a custom bike...

Two vintage Triumphs and a state full of dirt roads to explore; that's the...

If there's every age, sex, and color, and every kind of motorcycle, it must be...

Bill Greene's father documented his British motorcycle rides in the California...

A Scientific American article from 1906 explains Glenn H. Curtiss' 136.3mph...

Road testing a 1933 Brough Superior 11-50 in the Pyrenees is a rough job, but...

David Martinez mashes up the Wheels+Waves festival in southern France and...

The St. George Hotel in Volcano, CA, is notoriously haunted, but our...

It had been 30 years since the last hillclimb race at Auerberg, but organizer...

As a college student, DG Manktelow needed some credits, so enrolled in a...

In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for Sheriff of Aspen, Colorado, on a very...

Built as an homage, the Chanel Triton was used by Karl Lagerfeld for his 2010...

From 1913-1924, black motorcyclists raced on Atlanta's board tracks and...

Fay Taylour is the most successful female motorsports competitor in history,...

Triumph were allowed to build their twin-cylinder line even after WW2 began, and...

Scram Africa is a 2000km desert romp on inappropriate customs. There were...

The world's largest retro-motorsport event in the world, Goodwood Revival, has...

Harley-Davidsons made in Japan? It's a fascinating story! Tens of thousands of...

The first motorcycle arrived in Japan in 1896; they built their own from 1908.

The book details the amazing, ruthless, dog-eat-dog Japanese motorcycle industry...

Josephine and Daniel have just returned after another three years on the road...

Malle London puts on 'the greatest motorcycle rally in Britain' with The Great...

The 'Ton Up!' exhibition during the 2012 Sturgis Rally was an oasis of...

Boris Anrep laid the floor mosaics in the National Portrait Gallery in London in...

The world's first Wall of Death appears to have been called the 'Race for Life',...

Carmen and Nish take a break from covering the fighting in Mosul to discover a...

In the 1920s, the Rudge-Whitworth company offered lavish touring accessories for...

Legendary African photographer Malick Sidibé photographed the street life of...

Hassan Hajjaj is known as the 'Andy Warhol of Marrakech' for his provocative...

The Kop Hill Climb is one of the oldest motorsports events in the world, and has...

Lake Bonneville dried up 20,000 years ago, leaving a terrible place for...

Dr Fritz Egli debuted his magnificent Egli-Vincent 50 years ago. The Egli...

Journalist Francois-Marie Dumas discusses motorcycle events in Paris at...

Kenzo Tada was the First Asian to Compete in the Isle of Man TT, and the first...

A Remarkable OHV Indian Racer Used for Record-Breaking

The incredible Vintage Revival Montlhéry vintage auto and motorcycle racing...

W.E. Cook raced a 1907 NLG-Peugeot to victory in the first official competition...