May 20, 2022
The Current News: May 20, 2022
This week: new bikes from Plan B and Wyld, battery shortages push prices up,…
March 30, 2022
Those Dashing Racers of the 1920s: C.T. Ashby
You can almost smell the castor oil burning off the hot motor of Cecil Ashby's…
March 18, 2022
The Vintagent Originals: Vincent Black Lightning
The Vincent Black Lightning is legendary for all the best reasons, and in real…
March 14, 2022
The Vintagent Trailers: Dust To Glory
A place between the Old West and the Twilight Zone.
February 23, 2022
Actually, It IS Rocket Science
Dr Robin Tuluie built fantastically successful racers that won Daytona. He…
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…
December 15, 2021
Four59: A Mille Miglia Story
'Four59' follows the story of a spectacular and unique car: a 1956 Ferrari…
December 4, 2021
Regular Hospitals Hate Us!
Regular hospitals hate us. Have they never suffered for their art? Experience…
November 26, 2021
Racing in the Streets: 2021 MotoGiro
All-out racing on the streets has been banned in Italy since the late 1950s,…
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 29, 2021
The Perfect Lap: Don Emde
I turned 18 years old in 1969, the minimum age to race motorcycles…
October 4, 2021
The Spectacle of Speedway
What's it like to race Speedway, with no brakes or suspension, doing 0 to 60 in…
September 19, 2021
EZ Does It
Learning the hard way is painful. Life over the limit beat me down, and I grew…
August 24, 2021
The Highline: Morgen Mischler
What does it take to be a racer? Morgan Mischler talks to Mike Lawless about…
May 20, 2021
The Motorcycle Portraits: Megs Braap
For this edition of Motorcycle Portraits, we have Megan Griffiths, better known…
April 29, 2021
The Man Who Beat Marquez
Brad Baker flew to Spain, borrowed a bike, and beat Marc Marquéz. But it took…
March 23, 2021
The Last Victory
"You make him sounds like such a desperado, Dad, but he's really nice." Brad…
February 22, 2021
Ted Talk
Takeshi 'Ted' Maejima is a fanatic collector of early Honda racing motorcycles,…
January 25, 2021
The Vintagent Trailers: Speed Is My Need
What drives these two-wheeled gladiators to risk everything?
January 21, 2021
Passing, Pain, and Purpose
What happens after the best pass in your racing career? Maybe a whole lotta…
January 11, 2021
The Vintagent Selects: Bonneville – A Lowbrow Redemption Story
Lowbrow returns to the salt with hopes of redemption.
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 14, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: Stacie B. London: In A Straight Line
Chasing down motorcycle land speed records, one salt flat at a time.
December 7, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: Ray Thauscher
America's forgotten world champion motorcycle racer.
October 5, 2020
Elektrafuture 2020
The world's first electric motocross series was pulled off right in the heart…
October 5, 2020
The Rush Job
James Rispoli lost his team in European Superbike racing, despite his wild…
September 21, 2020
Motogiro d’Italia 2020: the Race is On
The famed Italian regularity event, established in 1914, was postponed four…
August 3, 2020
Racing Towards The Dream
Cameron Smith is the only African American racer chasing the flat track…
August 1, 2020
Double Trouble: the CoVel Story
Hedley Cox built a twinned Velocette KTT engine for the Isle of Man TT in 1951,…
July 11, 2020
Flat Track Fite Klub
Fite Klub pits four flat track legends - Chris Carr, Jay Springteen, Scotty…
July 6, 2020
What’s Mees Got?
Jared Mees has 6 AMA Flat Track championships under his belt, and wins like…
May 31, 2020
John Wallace and the Duzmo
At 14, he knew he'd build motorcycles - and he did! On the way he worked with…
May 28, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: A Chat With Stanley
I would hate to stop any young fella from reaching the heights I reached.
May 27, 2020
8 Valves for the Road
Hot stuff! Designers and special builders have explored the power potential of…
May 23, 2020
Benelli Four-Cylinder Racers
Benelli built by far the fastest 250cc racing fours both in the 1930s and the…
May 20, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: Ducati Imola 750 Riding The Legend
Everything to lose. Nothing to gain.
May 18, 2020
Higher Powered
Sometimes a kind word and a prayer can settle the waters, and help you focus on…
March 20, 2020
The Vintagent Selects: The Space Between
An inside look at the most deadly motorcycle race in the world.
February 28, 2020
The Lost Boys
Injury and racing is a tough mix, as is racing and relationships. Each derails…
February 27, 2020
‘The Speed Kings’
Motorcycle historian (and Daytona 200 winner) Don Emde hits the mark with his…
February 5, 2020
Pacific Northwest Hillclimbing Circa 1930
An archive of photos from the East Side Motorcycle Co of Portland showing early…
January 23, 2020
The Man in the Chair
Michael Lawless doesn't want it to get awkward, so he never tells his customer,…
January 1, 2020
James Rispoli: Don’t Hold Back
Setbacks and major scenery changes characterize the career of James Rispoli,…
December 16, 2019
The Greatest Show on Dirt!
What's the most fun you can have with your helmet on? Hooligan racing!…
December 6, 2019
The Temptation
Our Poet of Packed Earth, Michael Lawless, reflects on taking big chances and…
November 10, 2019
The Vintagent Selects: Revisiting Montlhéry – with John Surtees
John...would you have a go?
November 6, 2019
Through Jodi’s Eyes
Jodi Johnson has the hardest job in racing: the wife of a professional flat…
October 29, 2019
Will the Rain Never Stop?
Flat Track editor Michael Lawless, our Poet of Packed Earth, reflects on the…
October 21, 2019
The Vintagent Selects: The Barn Job: The Fastest Bike In America
It was fun. Alot of fun.
October 18, 2019
The Coal Miner’s Son
Michael Lawless takes us somewhere we've never been on The Vintagent: into a…
October 10, 2019
Rocket Cycles, Part 1: Fritz von Opel
Fritz von Opel was more extravagant and daring than Jay Gatsby. Far too rich…
October 10, 2019
Words with the King
Sometimes raw talent, discipline, dedication, and a measure of humility comes…
October 5, 2019
The Most Radical Vincent on the Planet?
A long a poignant path to bring a 112hp Egli-Vincent back to life, with a…
October 3, 2019
Auerberg Klassik 2019: Uwe Rattay
Is the bi-annual Auerberg Klassik hillclimb the finest vintage motorcycle event…
October 3, 2019
What the Racer Fears
Michael Lawless is that obnoxious reporter when you just want to rest. But…
September 27, 2019
‘SpeedisExpensive’: the Australian Shoot Road Trip
When Philip Vincent-Day discovered a trove of 1950s films from his grandfather…
September 6, 2019
David Martinez: Bonneville 2019
Photographer and filmmaker David Martinez has shot 3 films for The Vintagent,…
August 30, 2019
The Bilbao TT: 1932
Few remember that Bilbao, Spain, had a TT of its own in 1932, with serious…
August 18, 2019
The Privateer Struggles
Davis Fisher is the sweet-faced tiger who's made it into the Top 10 in his…
June 20, 2019
The Original Triple: DKW’s ‘Singing Saw’ –
It was so loud they nicknamed it 'the chainsaw', but it was also wicked fast,…
June 8, 2019
Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2019
A bi-annual event for pre-1940 cars and motorcycles only, the Vintage Revival…
May 27, 2019
Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2019: Just the Motors
For the technically-minded, the years before 1940 had the greatest variety of…
April 14, 2019
By Any Means Necessary
James Monaco is a professional flat track racer at the top of his game, one of…
April 2, 2019
The Vintagent Classics: Take It To The Limit
A peek into the life of motorcycle riders and racers of the era.
March 30, 2019
T.T. OK!
TT-winning bikes from the 1920s are rare to find, but sometimes you get lucky,…
March 3, 2019
‘Rekordjagd auf Zwei Rädern’
An exhibit of the world's most badass motorcycles from 1904 to 1984, 'Record…
January 29, 2019
The First ‘Handlebar Derby’: the 1937 Daytona 200
1937 was the first Daytona 200, won by Ed Kretz on an Indian. Jeff Decker's…
January 14, 2019
The Vintagent Selects: Catalina Grand Prix: A Love Story
Together they Re destined for either Glory or Heartbreak...
December 2, 2018
NYC Norton
Kenny Cummings knows the veneer of a successful business can blind people to…
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 22, 2018
The Vintagent Selects: The Salt Flats – Eleven Ninety Eight
Sometimes you’ve just got to ask yourself why not?
November 2, 2018
The Vintagent Classics: Once A Jolly Swagman
I must'a been daft letting you have that motorbike in the first place.
October 19, 2018
The Mighty MFK: the Giant’s Fist
In the late 1940s, German racers had to make their own: this MFK…
September 25, 2018
The Vintagent Trailers: Black Lightning: The Rollie Free Story
arguably the most famous photograph in motorcycling.
September 11, 2018
The Vintagent Selects: Team Obsolete – A Day At The Track
Assembling the very best grand prix 350’s from the classic period in a…
August 22, 2018
The Vintagent Trailers: Motorcycle Man
Racing legend Dave Roper is hardly an adrenaline junkie, taking a philosophical…
August 14, 2018
Racing ‘Round the Rainbow Scintillator
In 1915 San Francisco emerged from the rubble of the '06 earthquake like a…
August 9, 2018
Take a Bou, Toni!
Spaniard Toni Bou is a motorcycle competitor on par with a select few legends,…
July 21, 2018
The Current: Saroléa Introduces Limited Edition MANX7
Belgian electric motorcycle builder Saroléa builds a limited edition electric…
July 14, 2018
Martin Squires: Jake De Rosier at 90mph
Vintagent Contributor Martin Squires interprets a hair-raising 1911 interview…
July 7, 2018
Legends of Montlhéry at the Cafe Racer Festival: Part 2
In the second part of our story, an amazing collection of record-breakers from…
July 2, 2018
Motorcycle Specials: Maurice Brierley’s Methamon
Artist Martin Squires brings his paints when he visits Maurice Brierley’s wild…
June 27, 2018
The Current: E-Volkswagen Crushes Pikes Peak Record
The Pike's Peak Hillclimb is a unique and historic race, and for the second…