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Days of Future Past: the Mercury
Designer/engineer Laurie Jenks aboard his personal ‘Mercury’ There wasn’t an announcement when the Future died, but die it did, sometime around the 1980s I reckon, as the Age of Optimism was superseded...
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Wheels&Waves 2017: The Best Yet
[Story by Paul d’Orléans. Originally published in BikeExif. Photos by Mihail Jershof.] A banner hung outside the ArtRide exhibition stated, ‘You are not in France, you are not in Spain; welcome to...
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Kenzo Tada
Kenzo Tada was a motorcycle racer in Japan who began his career, as so many early-century racers did, competing on bicycles at the dawn of the 20th Century. In the midst of a successful motorcycle...
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Anke Eve Goldmann: ‘Soviet Racing Women’
Everyone’s favorite vintage moto-heroine, Anke-Eve Goldmann, is best known today for early 1960s images astride a BMW in her self-designed leather catsuit. Yes, she was stunning, and 2 meters tall...
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The Vintagent Original: Neander
The Vintagent Original: Stories We Need to Tell. Neander (2016) Run Time: 2:30 Executive Producer: Alexander Papastawrou/True Motion Pictures (Berlin) Producer: Paul d’Orléans / The Vintagent...
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NLG: Brooklands’ First Winner
This amazing NLG (North London Garages) won the very first official race at Brooklands 100 years ago, on Easter Monday, April 20th, 1908 (apparently there was one unofficial match race the previous...
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Book Review: ‘Lewis Leathers’
If your library isn’t half full of Rin Tanaka’s books, it’s time to upgrade your bookshelves. He’s produced the My Freedamn! series since 2003, exploring the history of motorcycle, surf, and skate...
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The Vintagent Trailers: Somewhere Else Tomorrow
The Vintagent Trailers: A preview of our favorite feature films out there. SOMEWHERE ELSE TOMORROW (2013) Run Time: 106 minutes Executive Producer: Daniel Rintz Producer: Kristian Brunn Director:...
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The Vintagent Trailers: The Art Of Moto
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world. The Art Of Moto (2013) Run Time: 1 hour and 29 minutes Producer & Director: Mark Homan FILM MAKERS I was...
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The Vintagent Trailers: 21 Days Under The Sky
The Vintagent Trailers: A preview of our favorite feature films out there. 21 Days Under The Sky (2016) Run Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes Producer: Ryan Stiles Director: Michael Schmidt WRITER: Kate...
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The Vintagent Trailers: Mancini, The Motorcycle Wizard
The Vintagent Trailers: A preview of our favorite feature films out there. Mancini, The Motorcycle Wizard (2016) Run Time: 1 hour and 3 minutes Director: Jeffrey Zani Writer: Jeffrey Zani Producer:...
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The Vintagent Trailers: The Monkey & Her Driver
The Vintagent Trailers: A preview of our favorite feature films out there. The Monkey & Her Driver (2016) Run Time: 23:00 Director: Ned Thanhouser Producer: Ned Thanhouser Music: Bitch School Key...
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The Sex Machine
Words: Paul d’Orléans / Photographs: Rita Minissi She squeezed me, shouting over the freeway wind-roar, “Guess what?” ‘That’ was the latest in a long string of confessions, at which I could marvel but...
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The Vintagent Trailers: I Fidanzati Della Morte (Engaged to Death)
The Vintagent Trailers: A preview of our favorite feature films out there. I FIDANZATI DELLA MORTE (ENGAGED TO DEATH) (1957, 2017) Run Time: 93 minutes Director: Romolo Marcellini Restoration and...
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An Egli Reunion
Words: David Lancaster Photos: NorvinDave, Sandra Gillard, Ahmed Sinno, David Lancaster It’s 50 years since Fritz Egli debuted his Vincent-powered special at the Geneva Motorcycle Show. Moto Revue...
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Song of the Salt
In the last Ice Age, Lake Bonneville was a 20,000 square miles large and a thousand feet deep; abused by climate changes and the bursting of natural dams over the past 30,000 years, only a few actual...
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The Motorcycling Du Ponts
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours was born a Parisian in 1771, of a family soon to be granted a noble title by Louis XVI (in 1784). The du Ponts, especially father Pierre Samuel, had close ties to...
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100 Years After the ‘Indian Summer’, Part 1: Billy Wells
[Words: Timothy Pickering, from his book ‘Franklin’s Indians’] William Huntingdon ‘Billy’ Wells was born in Winthrop, Maine, on 28 March 1868. As a young man he was a keen bicycling competitor, in...
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The Vintagent Original: Neander
The Vintagent Original: Stories We Need to Tell. NEANDER (2016) Run Time: 2:30 Executive Producer: Alexander Papstawrou/True Motion Pictures (Berlin) Producer: Paul d’Orléans / The Vintagent Editor:...
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The Vintagent Selects: Quake City Rumblers // 50cc ChristChurch
The Vintagent Selects: A collection of our favorite films by artists around the world. Quake City Rumblers // 50cc ChristChurch (2016) Run Time: 1:17 DIRECTOR: Chris Rausch WRITER: Chris Rausch...
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