Racing

Michael Lawless doesn't want it to get awkward, so he never tells his customer,...

Setbacks and major scenery changes characterize the career of James Rispoli, one...

What's the most fun you can have with your helmet on? Hooligan racing! Michael...

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

Once a racer, always a racer.

John...would you have a go?

Jodi Johnson has the hardest job in racing: the wife of a professional flat...

Flat Track editor Michael Lawless, our Poet of Packed Earth, reflects on the...

It was fun. Alot of fun.

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

Fritz von Opel was more extravagant and daring than Jay Gatsby. Far too rich...

Sometimes raw talent, discipline, dedication, and a measure of humility comes in...

A long a poignant path to bring a 112hp Egli-Vincent back to life, with a...

Is the bi-annual Auerberg Klassik hillclimb the finest vintage motorcycle event...

Michael Lawless is that obnoxious reporter when you just want to rest. But only...

When Philip Vincent-Day discovered a trove of 1950s films from his grandfather...

The pursuit of one young man’s dream.

Old passions are the strongest...

Photographer and filmmaker David Martinez has shot 3 films for The Vintagent,...

Few remember that Bilbao, Spain, had a TT of its own in 1932, with serious...

Guts is everything.

Davis Fisher is the sweet-faced tiger who's made it into the Top 10 in his...

It's not A record. This is THE record.

It was so loud they nicknamed it 'the chainsaw', but it was also wicked fast,...

A bi-annual event for pre-1940 cars and motorcycles only, the Vintage Revival is...

For the technically-minded, the years before 1940 had the greatest variety of...

James Monaco is a professional flat track racer at the top of his game, one of...

TT-winning bikes from the 1920s are rare to find, but sometimes you get lucky,...

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

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

Together they Re destined for either Glory or Heartbreak...

Expect the unexpected.

Kenny Cummings knows the veneer of a successful business can blind people to the...

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

Sometimes you’ve just got to ask yourself why not?

I must'a been daft letting you have that motorbike in the first place.

In the late 1940s, German racers had to make their own: this MFK...

arguably the most famous photograph in motorcycling.

Assembling the very best grand prix 350’s from the classic period in a...

Racing legend Dave Roper is hardly an adrenaline junkie, taking a philosophical...

In 1915 San Francisco emerged from the rubble of the '06 earthquake like a...

Spaniard Toni Bou is a motorcycle competitor on par with a select few legends,...

Belgian electric motorcycle builder Saroléa builds a limited edition electric...

Vintagent Contributor Martin Squires interprets a hair-raising 1911 interview...

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

Artist Martin Squires brings his paints when he visits Maurice Brierley’s wild...

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

"The endurist is a moron."

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

In 1930, the motorcycle World Speed Record was a close contest between BMW,...

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

Alp Sungurtekin is a dry-lakes racing legend, and built a vintage-style Triumph...

Life is short. Buckle up and go full speed.

Richard Vincent's historic Velocette racer gets a rebuild at Atelier Chatokhine...

Alta’s diminutive retro futuristic period piece, an electric dragster from the...

Two auto racers compete for the same girl.

Class C racing was the AMA's answer to the Great Depression, opening up...

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...

Modern motorcycle suspension was invented by an eccentric, dry-humored...

A new day has dawned for MotoGP, as the inaugural e-bike World Cup was...

Some consider the 1935 Isle of Man Senior TT the greatest of them all, with only...

Dream Racer is an inspiring account of the fear of life going by unfulfilled and...

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

How do you get into flat track racing? Hooligan Michael Lawless tells his...

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

Before the Daytona Speedway was built in 1963, racing was strictly on the beach!...

In the 1950s, fierce competition between Vespa and Lambretta created an 'arms...

Manufacturers use evocative names to sell motorcycles - the oldest game in the...

Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Joe Murray plays an important role in developing...

MotoGP gets a new category in 2019, the Moto-e World Cup, with bikes provided by...

An exclusive and candid conversation with former Repsol HRC MotoGP team...

Pop artist Billy Al Bengston raced motorcycles to make a living while creating...

Brittney Olsen, racer of Vintage Motorcycles, Cars and the Host of The Spirit of...

Curtiss built the best motorcycle engines in the world from 1903 onwards, and...

Grand nephews of Saroléa factory racer from the 1950s have rejuvenated the...

The Swiss designer Luigi Colani focussed on erotic, streamlined shapes, and was...

Ride along with Hot Rod Builder and Award Winning Filmmaker Brian Darwas as he...

An incredible career of 850 professional hillclimb races by an utterly charming,...

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

The story of the life of Charlotte Kainz and the fearless young women who race...

Travel along with the 6th Street Racing crew on a flat tracking trip in the...

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

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

An energetic flat-track champion is squired to the chi-chi Radnor Hunt Fox...

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

Kendra and Betty are America’s only all women sidecar road racing team for...

Photographing the speed trials at El Mirage dry lakebed with a wet plate camera

Filmmaker Irene Kotnik gives an insider's view of "far flung individuals from...

Motorcycle Land Speed Records from 1930 - 1940

Mike Hailwood's last Canadian appearance was in 1967 - or was it? Elizabeth...

Forgotten for nearly 60 years, “I fidanzati della morte” is movie like no...

Once upon a time, on a cold day in March, a group of men known as the “Crazy...

Rollie Free proved the Vincent Black Shadow was the world's fastest production...

Motorcycle Land Speed Records, 1896 – 1930