Racing

His buddies might make more money. But they're never happy. Always bitching…

The moment when a bike is pushed to its limits, where the racer rides at the…

We talked motorcycle for a bit. I heard one of the guys call him Fast Eddie. To…

Creating the world's fastest IZH-49.

Keith Martin of Big D Cycle explains his relationship to legendary abstract…

Often called the 'world's most dangerous road race', the Isle of Man TT has…

The life of motorcycle World Champion Ernst Degner and his incredible 1961…

The construction of the world's first motorsports banked track, Brooklands, as…

DKW's wild streamliner racer bodies were designed by streamlining expert Baron…

It's not about what you did. It's about winning. The story of Dick Mann,…

You have to be ready to buy when the opportunity arises, and keeping my eyes…

Pure hell on the straightaway

This week: new bikes from Plan B and Wyld, battery shortages push prices up,…

Never look back.

A man with a plan.

You can almost smell the castor oil burning off the hot motor of Cecil Ashby's…

This is a place that's hard to shake.

You can't hold them back.

The Vincent Black Lightning is legendary for all the best reasons, and in real…

A place between the Old West and the Twilight Zone.

Dr Robin Tuluie built fantastically successful racers that won Daytona.  He…

I remember very little of the race itself except that in about ten seconds I…

Motocycles seemed a mighty pain in the ass compared to bicycles, and the 1895…

'Four59' follows the story of a spectacular and unique car: a 1956 Ferrari…

Regular hospitals hate us. Have they never suffered for their art? Experience…

All-out racing on the streets has been banned in Italy since the late 1950s,…

All the EV news that's fit to print, from an Indian café racer, an itty-bitty…

I turned 18 years old in 1969, the minimum age to race motorcycles…

What's it like to race Speedway, with no brakes or suspension, doing 0 to 60 in…

Learning the hard way is painful. Life over the limit beat me down, and I grew…

What does it take to be a racer? Morgan Mischler talks to Mike Lawless about…

I've really had a wonderful life.

For this edition of Motorcycle Portraits, we have Megan Griffiths, better known…

Brad Baker flew to Spain, borrowed a bike, and beat Marc Marquéz. But it took…

"You make him sounds like such a desperado, Dad, but he's really nice." Brad…

Takeshi 'Ted' Maejima is a fanatic collector of early Honda racing motorcycles,…

What drives these two-wheeled gladiators to risk everything?

What happens after the best pass in your racing career? Maybe a whole lotta…

Lowbrow returns to the salt with hopes of redemption.

The first four-cylinder motorcycle racer in history wasn't Italian or Japanese,…

It's murder on wheels!

Chasing down motorcycle land speed records, one salt flat at a time.

America's forgotten world champion motorcycle racer.

The world's first electric motocross series was pulled off right in the heart…

James Rispoli lost his team in European Superbike racing, despite his wild…

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

Cameron Smith is the only African American racer chasing the flat track…

Hedley Cox built a twinned Velocette KTT engine for the Isle of Man TT in 1951,…

Fite Klub pits four flat track legends - Chris Carr, Jay Springteen, Scotty…

Jared Mees has 6 AMA Flat Track championships under his belt, and wins like…

At 14, he knew he'd build motorcycles - and he did! On the way he worked with…

I would hate to stop any young fella from reaching the heights I reached.

Hot stuff! Designers and special builders have explored the power potential of…

Benelli built by far the fastest 250cc racing fours both in the 1930s and the…

Everything to lose. Nothing to gain.

Sometimes a kind word and a prayer can settle the waters, and help you focus on…

Desert racers are nice people.

An inside look at the most deadly motorcycle race in the world.

Injury and racing is a tough mix, as is racing and relationships. Each derails…

Motorcycle historian (and Daytona 200 winner) Don Emde hits the mark with his…

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

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,…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

A peek into the life of motorcycle riders and racers of the era.

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…

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

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