1913 FN RESTORATION - A DIFFERENT KIND
While an actual motorcycle is the most widely understood subject of a 'restoration', in truth far more cosmetic work is performed on photographs of old motorcycles than on actual machines today....
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MATCHLESS RASING FUNDS FOR MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTION
The 'Mail on Sunday' gives details of the Matchless bond offer, to raise cash for making motorcycles...The Matchless name, currently embroidered on a line of moto-inspired clothing, was purchased by...
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VINTAGE TRIUMPH WINS MEXICAN 1000
[My article is republished from Cycle World - check the original here]Julian Heppekausen is the first ever to finish Baja with a ‘60s Bonneville desert sled.Sand is perhaps the most difficult terrain...
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GEARHEAD VALHALLA: THE 2016 CONCORSO DI VILLA D'ESTE
This article was commissioned by The Automobile magazine for their June 2016 issue. Â The Automobile is the best old-car mag on the planet, and features my work fairly regularly. Â It's reprinted here...
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CLIFF VAUGHS - REST EASY
Cliff Vaughs at the Motorcycle Film Festival panel discussion, which I moderated - a film of his visit to NYC is being edited as we speak (photo courtesy the Motorcycle Film Festival).Cliff Vaughs,...
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THE OLD SCHOOL AT BONNEVILLE
Blackie Bernal on his reverse-head Triumph Thunderbird, which averaged 144mph at Bonneville in 1952. Â Blackie is wearing long underwear, hi-top tennis shoes, gloves, a helmet, and nothing else!I...
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WHEELS&WAVES: CAYUCOS
Brian Bent and his magnificent Hot Rod Church of Sinners mascot car...The Southsiders MC have been organizing rides in Biarritz/the Pyrenees/Spain since 2009, when we made up a baker's dozen for a few...
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JAY LENO AND THE ROBERT WHITE COLLECTION
It's not typical to auction a major classic vehicle auction for charity, but that's what the late Robert White stipulated in his will. Â Jay Leno purchased his collection of 17 Brough Superiors last...
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CANNONBALLS DEEP: THE BEGINNING
Shinya Kimura on his 1915 Indian twin, on a test run before its 4th Cannonball, as seen from the back of our 'wet plate van', my Sprinter with red 'safety' film on the window for our mobile darkroom.It...
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CANNONBALLS DEEP: THE BEGINNING
Shinya Kimura on his 1915 Indian twin, on a test run before its 4th Cannonball, as seen from the back of our 'wet plate van', my Sprinter with red safety film on the window for our mobile darkroom.It...
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CANNONBALLS DEEP: THE BEGINNING
Shinya Kimura on his 1915 Indian twin, on a test run before its 4th Cannonball, as seen from the back of our 'wet plate van', my Sprinter with red 'safety' film on the window for our mobile darkroom.It...
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CANNONBALLS DEEP: IN THE THICK OF AMERICA
Flying the flag! Â Mike Wild and his belt-drive Triumph Model H, chuffing across America's expansive heartland. Buckskin township, Ohio.After the debacle of Day 1, a reckoning was made by quite a few...
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MOTORCYCLE SPECIALS #2: OSSIE NEAL'S RACERS
[Martin Squires is an illustrator extraordinaire whose work appears regularly in Classic Motorcyclemagazine. Â He provides a slightly different view on the old bike scene through his art, and this is...
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THE NEW CAFE RACER PARADIGM
As seen currently on CycleWorld.comThe New Café Racer ParadigmRevival Cycles’ Rickman-VelocettePaul d'Orleans 2016Revival Cycles'Rickman-Velocette - best of the genre?The Rickman brothers made their...
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THE FIRST 'TRITON' - A PREWAR CAFE RACER
The world's first Triton, built by Rex McCandless during WW2 - a racing Triumph Tiger 100 motor in a Norton International racing chassis. Â Note headlamp mask - required during wartime blackouts. (photo...
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VINTAGENT ROAD TEST: THE NEW BROUGH SUPERIOR SS100
[As published this month on CycleWorld.com, written by Paul d'Orléans, photos by Bill Phelps]From certain angles, there's a whole lot of the old Brough Superior in the new... (Bill Phelps photo)Want to...
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RARA AVIS: THE UNIQUE LYNTON RACER
Paul Brothers and Colin Lyster, whose partnership created the Lynton racer.  The pair display their ultralight frame and Hillman Imp-based motor in 1968Colin Lyster isn’t a household name, unless...
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JOHN SURTEES
John Surtees on the MV Agusta 4 on which he won his World Championship in - I believe - 1958, which is owned by the Barber Museum. Â From the Barber's display at Pebble Beach in 2011(Note; I wrote this...
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ZENITH IS BACK!
The revived Zenith logo; old school retro coolIn a remarkable comeback, the Zenith Motorcycle Co is being revived by an Anglo-Swiss-American triumverate, the first-ever collaboration of the Swiss watch...
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1914 PEUGEOT GP; 500cc, 8-VALVES, DOHC
A Peugeot poster from 1925, by Geo HamHere's a fun fact: Peugeot is the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in the world, since 1898. Sorry Harley, sorry Indian, the French got there first...but you knew...
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