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…
June 20, 2018
The Phantastic Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler was a motorcycle racer and a real rascal, who redeemed himself…
May 30, 2018
Stolen Glory: Zenith, OEC, and the 1930 World Speed Record
In 1930, the motorcycle World Speed Record was a close contest between BMW,…
May 13, 2018
‘In Vietnam, You’re Never Alone’
Zoe David is an architect and motorcycle builder from France, who's recently…
May 9, 2018
A Vintage Triumph That Never Was
Alp Sungurtekin is a dry-lakes racing legend, and built a vintage-style Triumph…
April 25, 2018
Vintagent Selects: Bonneville Speedweek 2017
Life is short. Buckle up and go full speed.
April 12, 2018
Reviving a Racer: Atelier Chatokine by Laurent Nivalle
Richard Vincent's historic Velocette racer gets a rebuild at Atelier Chatokhine…
March 11, 2018
The Current: Alta Motors Crapshoot Dragster
Alta’s diminutive retro futuristic period piece, an electric dragster from the…
March 1, 2018
Class C Racing in California: 1935
Class C racing was the AMA's answer to the Great Depression, opening up…
February 26, 2018
Velocettes at Montlhéry: 24 Hours at 100mph
It's a record that's never been beaten: a 500cc motorcycle doing 100mph for 24…
February 14, 2018
‘Slant Artists’: Hillclimbers in California, 1925-35
An album of photos of California dirt racing from 1925-35 yielded treasures of…
February 13, 2018
Whence Came the Swingarm Frame?
Modern motorcycle suspension was invented by an eccentric, dry-humored…
February 8, 2018
The Current: A New Era for MotoGP
A new day has dawned for MotoGP, as the inaugural e-bike World Cup was…
February 6, 2018
1935 – The Greatest TT?
Some consider the 1935 Isle of Man Senior TT the greatest of them all, with…
February 3, 2018
The Vintagent Trailers: Dream Racer
Dream Racer is an inspiring account of the fear of life going by unfulfilled…
January 23, 2018
Rondal Partridge: Santa Clara Hillclimb in 1940
Imogen Cunningham's son traveled California in the Spring of 1940,…
January 18, 2018
Hooligan Racing: Gateway Drug to Flat Track
How do you get into flat track racing? Hooligan Michael Lawless tells his…
January 9, 2018
Vintage Triumph Wins Mexican 1000
It's the first time a vintage Triumph has won its class at the Mexican 1000,…
January 2, 2018
‘A Handlebar Derby’ – Daytona Beach Racing
Before the Daytona Speedway was built in 1963, racing was strictly on the…
December 26, 2017
Vespa Streamliners
In the 1950s, fierce competition between Vespa and Lambretta created an 'arms…
December 21, 2017
Selling Speed: What’s in a Name?
Manufacturers use evocative names to sell motorcycles - the oldest game in the…
December 20, 2017
The Current: E-MTB With Hall of Famer Joe Murray
Mountain Bike Hall of Famer Joe Murray plays an important role in developing…
December 13, 2017
The Current: Moto-E World Cup To Race Energica Egos
MotoGP gets a new category in 2019, the Moto-e World Cup, with bikes provided…
December 4, 2017
The Current: Livio Suppo – From MotoGP to eMTB
An exclusive and candid conversation with former Repsol HRC MotoGP team…
December 4, 2017
Billy Al Bengston: Art in Motion
Pop artist Billy Al Bengston raced motorcycles to make a living while creating…
December 1, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: The Spirit Of Sturgis
Brittney Olsen, racer of Vintage Motorcycles, Cars and the Host of The Spirit…
November 29, 2017
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss built the best motorcycle engines in the world from 1903 onwards, and…
November 21, 2017
The Current: Saroléa is Alive and Electric
Grand nephews of Saroléa factory racer from the 1950s have rejuvenated the…
November 14, 2017
Luigi Colani: The Future Is Now
The Swiss designer Luigi Colani focussed on erotic, streamlined shapes, and was…
November 13, 2017
The Vintagent Trailers: White Knuckle: The Story Of The Motorcycle Cannonball
Ride along with Hot Rod Builder and Award Winning Filmmaker Brian Darwas as he…
November 7, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: Giovanni Burlando’s Vision
An incredible career of 850 professional hillclimb races by an utterly…
November 2, 2017
Glenn Curtiss: 136mph in 1906?
A Scientific American article from 1906 explains Glenn H. Curtiss' 136.3mph…
October 30, 2017
The Vintagent Trailers: Angels Of Dirt
The story of the life of Charlotte Kainz and the fearless young women who race…
October 29, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: 6th Street Racing – Daytona
Travel along with the 6th Street Racing crew on a flat tracking trip in the…
October 8, 2017
Kop Hill – the Perfume of Authenticity
The Kop Hill Climb is one of the oldest motorsports events in the UK, and has…
October 4, 2017
Atlanta’s ‘Black Streaks’
From 1913-1924, black motorcyclists raced on Atlanta's board tracks and…
October 4, 2017
A Cowboy at a Garden Party
An energetic flat-track champion is squired to the chi-chi Radnor Hunt Fox…
October 3, 2017
From Glorious to Notorious; the Fay Taylour Story
Fay Taylour is the most successful female motorsports competitor in history,…
October 2, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: The Monkey & Her Driver
Kendra and Betty are America’s only all women sidecar road racing team for…
September 20, 2017
El Mirage by Wet Plate
Photographing the speed trials at El Mirage dry lakebed with a wet plate camera
September 19, 2017
The Vintagent Original: Wheels & Waves California
Filmmaker Irene Kotnik gives an insider's view of "far flung individuals from…
September 12, 2017
Absolute Speed, Absolute Power Pt. 2
Motorcycle Land Speed Records from 1930 - 1940
September 5, 2017
Haunted by Hailwood
Mike Hailwood's last Canadian appearance was in 1967 - or was it? Elizabeth…
September 5, 2017
The Vintagent Trailers: I Fidanzati Della Morte (Engaged to Death)
Forgotten for nearly 60 years, “I fidanzati della morte” is movie like no other…
September 4, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: The Frozen Few
Once upon a time, on a cold day in March, a group of men known as the “Crazy…
September 2, 2017
Book Review: ‘Flat Out! The Rollie Free Story’
Rollie Free proved the Vincent Black Shadow was the world's fastest production…
August 29, 2017
Stanley Woods and ‘Patricia’
A Beloved New Imperial V-twin as Superstar Transport for TT star Stanley Woods
August 26, 2017
Harley-Davidson FHA 8-Valve Racer
Stored for Decades, Super Rare and Authentic Racer is Auctioned
August 16, 2017
Favored by the Gods of Speed
Alp Sungurtekin has built the world’s fastest unfaired Triumph 650.
August 13, 2017
Scuderia Ferrari Motorcycles
Scuderia Ferrari raced motorcycles in the 1930s! The team was very successful,…
August 12, 2017
1910 Sex Scandal! Jake De Rosier’s Teen Lover
In 1910, Jake De Rosier was the most famous motorcycle racer in the world.…
August 9, 2017
The Mysterious ‘Mark 6’
The existence, or non-existence, of the Velocette Mark 6 KTT has puzzled…
August 9, 2017
100 Years After the ‘Indian Summer’, Part 4: Oliver Godfrey
Oliver Cyril Godfrey won the 1911 Isle of Man TT on an Indian, but World War 1…
August 8, 2017
Kop Hill Climb
The Kop Hill Climb is one of the oldest motorsports events in the world, and…
August 5, 2017
100 Years After the ‘Indian Summer’, Part 3: Charles Bayly Franklin
Charles Bayly Franklin was Ireland's first international motorcycle racer, and…
August 2, 2017
100 Years After the ‘Indian Summer’, Part 2: Jake De Rosier
Jake De Rosier was perhaps the first professional motorcycle racer, and…
July 29, 2017
The Vintagent Trailers: The Monkey & Her Driver
meet America’s only all women sidecar road racing team for 2015.
July 27, 2017
100 Years After the ‘Indian Summer’, Part 1: Billy Wells
Over 100 years ago, Indian swept the Isle of Man TT with a 1-2-3 win. It was…
July 25, 2017
Book Review: ‘BMW Rennsport’
Author Stefan Knittel publishes another terrific book from the BMW Archives,…
July 25, 2017
The Vintagent Trailers: Morbidelli – a Story of Men and Fast Motorcycles
Discover the story of the Morbidelli team, which in the 70s was able to win 4…
July 25, 2017
The Vintagent Trailers: Isle Of Man TT
Travel to the remote island of man to showcase the human element of the…
July 18, 2017
Song of the Salt
Lake Bonneville dried up 20,000 years ago, leaving a terrible place for…
July 16, 2017
Kenzo Tada
Kenzo Tada was the First Asian to Compete in the Isle of Man TT, and the first…
July 8, 2017
The Vintagent Trailers: Mancini, The Motorcycle Wizard
The mechanic that helped debut five of the most talented Italian motorcycle…
July 5, 2017
Vintage Revival Monthléry 2015 (Pt 1)
The incredible Vintage Revival Montlhéry vintage auto and motorcycle racing…
July 3, 2017
NLG: Brooklands’ First Winner
W.E. Cook raced a 1907 NLG-Peugeot to victory in the first official competition…
July 2, 2017
Anke Eve Goldmann: ‘Soviet Racing Women’
In 1962, Anke Eve Goldmann documented the extraordinary Soviet motorcycle…
June 13, 2017
Brooklands
They raced for trinkets, enameled copper stars, spark plugs and tires, dotted…
June 5, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: No Ordinary Passenger
This is the story of an 87-year-old man, Stan Dibben, who won the World Sidecar…
June 1, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: Dave Roper #7
Take a ride with Dave Roper and check out this vintage motorcycle racing…
June 1, 2017
The Vintagent Selects: The Badger: Made In Trenton
The Badger: a particular Royal Enfield designed in England and manufactured in…
October 27, 2016
Rara Avis: The Unique Lynton Racer
A one-off attempt to create a world-beater motorcycle from the maker of the…
October 21, 2016
The First ‘Triton’ – A Prewar Cafe Racer
The World's First Triton Motorcycle was built by the man who invented the…
August 8, 2016
The Old School at Bonneville
How land speed racing was done in simpler times, as featured in Cycle magazine
June 26, 2011
The Universal Racing Motorcycle
Dimitri Coste attempts the impossible: racing in many different types of…
March 1, 2011
1911: Indians Sweep Isle of Man TT
Oliver Godfrey rode the first non-English motorcycle to win the Isle of Man TT,…
February 12, 2008
Dennis Loveday: Brooklands Racer
Dennis Loveday raced at Brooklands in the 1930s on Velocettes and Ariels
February 6, 2008
Book Review: ‘Private Owner’
Les Higgins was bitten by the racing bug while still a schoolboy, and spent his…
March 27, 2007
Don’t Trudge It, Rudge It!
The Rudge 'Ulster' model of 1929 was a genuine race replica, and a…
January 30, 2007
More Vintage Racing Douglas
Not much is heard these days about Douglas motorcycles, but for two decades…