Racing

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?

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…

"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…

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

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

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