October 29, 2019
Road Test: 1925 Sunbeam ‘Crocodile’
When invited to ride an ultra rare vintage Grand Prix Sunbeam in a hillclimb in...
October 27, 2019
The Current News: Oct 27, 2019
Our new EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis covers Mahindra's purchase of Peugeot,...
October 14, 2019
Bonhams Autumn Stafford 2019 Preview
Bonhams' benchmark European sale comes twice a year, and this Autumn sale is...
October 3, 2019
The Current News: Oct 3, 2019
Our EV Editor Tim Huber follows developments in the electric motorcycle market...
September 4, 2019
Martin Chambi: “I Am Not Hispanic: I am Pre-Hispanic.”
Photographer Martin Chambi was the first native Peruvian to document his people,...
August 30, 2019
The Current News: Aug. 28, 2019
EV Editor Tim Huber scouts stories from around the world, as the electric...
August 11, 2019
The Current News: Aug 10, 2019
This week's EV news from around the world, with new machines from Curtiss, Audi,...
July 26, 2019
The Current News July 26, 2019
News from around the world, as the electric revolution continues. Reportage by...
July 9, 2019
Blue Junior Flying Scooter Display Team
You've heard of motorcycle display teams, but the Japanese Air Force has a very...
June 27, 2019
Concorso di Eleganza Villa d’Este 2019
What's the inside scoop on the swankest Concorso on earth? Follow Paul...
May 28, 2019
The Current News: May 29
We follow electric two-wheeler news around the world in Tim Huber's weekly...
May 16, 2019
The Electric Folder
Brompton is the UK's biggest domestic bicycle producer, and has introduced an...
August 27, 2018
Heiwa Motorcycle and Kengo Kimura
In an unassuming warehouse near the Hiroshima docklands, Heiwa Motorcycles makes...
August 25, 2018
Candy Land in the Basque Country
In the fantastic seaside town of San Sebastian, Spain, you'll find Cafe Racer...
August 6, 2018
The Current: Egads! An Electric Surfboard?
Electric surfboards are the next big thing: this Swedish model from Awake Boards...
June 30, 2018
Legends of Montlhéry at the Café Racer Festival: Part 1
The annual Cafe Racer Festival at Monthlery is that track's only all-motorcycle...
June 20, 2018
The Current: How Moto3 Opened The Door For NEXT Electric
NEXT is an electric scooter startup, grown from an international design...
June 9, 2018
2018 Concorso Eleganza Villa d’Este
The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is the most spectacular concours in the...
June 2, 2018
2018 London Bike Shed Show
The Bike Shed London custom motorcycle show is the largest 'alt.custom' show in...
May 24, 2018
The Current: KTM Goes Silent With Freeride E-XC
When Austria's Big Orange goes green, silent dirt biking gets a little more...
May 18, 2018
The Current: FEDDZ e-Bike
The FEDDZ e-Bike is designed from first principles, with many clever features,...
May 3, 2018
The Current: Silicon Valley On An Energica Esse Esse 9
How does it feel to ride an electric sportbike made in the Ferrari homeland of...
January 30, 2018
Road Test: 1923 Ner-A-Car
The Ner-A-Car was the most successful hub-center steered motorcycle in history;...
January 25, 2018
The Current: Swedish Cake Serves Up Kalk
Swedish design team Cake come up with a high-design off-road e-moto that looks...
October 29, 2017
Wheels + Waves Mountain Road Test
Road testing a 1933 Brough Superior 11-50 in the Pyrenees is a rough job, but...
October 8, 2017
Karlheinz Weinberger
The Swiss photographer worked in obscurity in the 1960s and beyond, documenting...
October 6, 2017
Book Review: Harley-Davidson Book of Fashions
Rin Tanaka was granted access to the archives of the Harley-Davidson Museum, and...
October 6, 2017
Road Test: Falcon Kestrel
Ian Barry's Falcon Kestrel is a contemporary masterpiece of custom motorcycle...
October 2, 2017
The Tiger of Picardy
Triumph were allowed to build their twin-cylinder line even after WW2 began, and...
September 16, 2017
Book Review: ‘Japan’s Motorcycle Wars’
The book details the amazing, ruthless, dog-eat-dog Japanese motorcycle industry...
September 6, 2017
The Evolution of ‘Super Kim’
the machine is the holder of the South American speed record from 1930
September 4, 2017
T.E. Lawrence; ‘The Road’
T.E. Lawrence, better known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', was a keen motorcyclist,...
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 28, 2017
Chopper History on NPR
NPR explored the un-easy history of the 'Captain America' chopper used in 'Easy...
August 22, 2017
The Emperor of Motorcycles
The most elegant motorcycles in the world came from George Brough's workshops in...
August 17, 2017
The Rudge Book of the Road
In the 1920s, the Rudge-Whitworth company offered lavish touring accessories for...
August 13, 2017
Out of the Blue, Into the Black
The Remarkable Falcon Motorcycles Vincent Black Shadow
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 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 Indian's...
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 26, 2017
Road Test: 1930 Brough Superior-Austin Four
Impressive, beautiful, and certainly unusual
July 25, 2017
Book Review: ‘BMW Rennsport’
Author Stefan Knittel publishes another terrific book from the BMW Archives,...
July 22, 2017
Book Review: Garden Gate Manx
The Vintagent's Book of the Year for 2015; 'The Book About My Bike', published...
July 12, 2017
‘The Chopper: the Real Story’ Reviewed
Speedreader reviews Paul d'Orléans' book 'The Chopper; the Real Story', Pub. by...
July 3, 2017
Book Review: ‘Lewis Leathers’
Lewis Leathers, established in 1892, is Britain's oldest motor-clothing...
July 2, 2017
Anke Eve Goldmann: ‘Soviet Racing Women’
In 1962, Anke Eve Goldmann documented the extraordinary Soviet motorcycle racing...
June 15, 2017
Road Test: The New Crocker
The Crocker motorcycle is back, in limited production with brand name owner...
June 15, 2017
The Remarkable Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Motorcycle Co. pioneered the use of a gearbox before any other...
June 14, 2017
Days of Future Past: the Mercury
Laurie Jenks designed the Motorcycle of the Future, an all-aluminum masterpiece...
June 13, 2017
1935 Böhmerland ‘Reise’
The Bohmerlans was the longest production motorcycle in history, capable of...
June 13, 2017
Book Review: Charles Burki
Charles Burki illustrated his Norton racing motorcycles while imprisoned in WW2
October 25, 2016
Road Test: the New Brough Superior SS100
Road Test of the new Brough Superior SS101 on the twisting coastal roads near...
August 29, 2015
The End of Motorcycles at Pebble Beach, In Verse
Set to the tune of 'Mighty Casey at Bat', Paul d'Orleans sings the sad song of...
August 7, 2013
‘Ton Up!’ Exhibit In Cyril Huze Post
Cyril Huze Post Visits our Ton Up Exhibit in Sturgis at the Michael Lichter...
August 1, 2013
Occupy Pebble Beach!
Paul d'Orleans reflects on what the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance has become...
November 30, 2008
Book Review: ‘Illustrated History of the Shickel Motorcycle’
An early American two-stroke capable of pulling a trailer? The Schickel was a...
February 6, 2008
Book Review: ‘Private Owner’
Les Higgins was bitten by the racing bug while still a schoolboy, and spent his...
August 15, 2007
2007 Banbury Run
The Banbury run is the oldest pre-1930 motorcycle run in the world, attracting...
July 5, 2007
Rem Fowler’s 1907 TT Norton
'Norton' George Cohen restored this 1907 TT Norton as a replica of the first...
October 11, 2006
A Pair of Vintage Racers
Two Vintage racing British bikes from the stable of Paul d'Orléans