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MICHAEL LICHTER'S CANNONBALL FILES
Official Motorcycle Cannonball Endurance Rally photographer Michael Lichter has sorted through the thousands of photos he snapped while riding (backwards!) across the USA, and they really capture the...
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DENIS SIRE; 'BARON d'HOLBACH'
'Jimmie Guthrie' on a mid-30s Norton racer, in a situation I'm sure he would approve!Galerie Jean-Marc Thévenet in Paris is currently (thru Dec.5, 2012) exhibiting the work of legendary motoring artist...
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BONHAMS GRAND PALAIS, 2013
1926 Garelli two-stroke racer, they type which started many European champions on wheelsI rarely repeat press releases, but this one says it all...an impressive collection, at the most beautiful...
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FALCON 'WHITE' IN NEW YORK TIMES
From the New York Times 'T' December design issue....the skeletal, 1967 Velocette Thruxton-based 'White'You might have seen glimpses on my Vintagent Facebook page, if you were quick, or at Shinya...
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MATCHLESS SOLD AGAIN
In common with other extinct motorcycle brand names, the Matchless marque has changed hands again, moving down the Mediterranean from Greece to Italy, and the house of Malinotti. That name might ring...
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BMW 'KOMPRESSOR' FOR SALE AT VEGAS
[I'm rarely asked to write catalog copy for Bonhams, but was happy to oblige in the case of this exceptional supercharged BMW, an RS255 'special' built of genuine racing parts supplied by BMW and...
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THE LITTLE VELOCETTE THAT TRIED...
Great story from Greg Summerton, about an attempted Velocette trip across Australia in 1922; the bike is probably a Velocette GC3 'Colonial' model 225cc two-stroke! A very light machine, and...
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DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: THE MERCURY
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an announcement when the Future died, but die it did, sometime around the 1980s I reckon, as the Age of Optimism was superseded by the Age of...
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'LEO' IN THE TIMES
From today's New York Times:1905 'Leo' motorcycle, made in Oakland, CA; the only survivor?"Only Known Leo Motorcycle to be AuctionedLAS VEGAS — The recent discovery of the only known example of a Leo...
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COOK'S LAST RIDE
By Vicki Smith, as posted in her excellent Ducati.net website:Cook Neilson racing 'Old Blue' - a heavily modified Ducati 750SS - at the Daytona Superbike race in 1977"In 1969, Cook Neilson was 26 years...
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N-ICE-U
Ron Miller with the 'lost' 1938 NSU 251-OSLIt must have been a traumatic scene; 15 year old Dean Allie was showing off in December of 1956 on Big Swan Lake near Dassel, Minnesota, riding over the ice...
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VEGAS, BABY
Top draw for the 2013 Las Vegas auction scene will be this 1939/51 BMW RS255 Supercharged Rennsport, built by Walter Zeller at the BMW factory, from authentic spares, being sold by BonhamsWhile I'm no...
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VEGAS 2013: BUYERS ARE BACK
Top of the World, Ma! The highlight of the Vegas scene, the BMW Kompressor Rennsport, sold for $480,000 after auction.No records were set, nothing was added to my 'Top 20' list of top auction sales,...
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JAPANESE MOTORCYCLING; THE EARLY DAYS
The first motorcycle to appear in Japan; a Hildebrand and Wolfmüller, in 1896 (Iwatate)To understand the slow and chaotic beginning of the Japanese motorcycle industry, it helps to understand a little...
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CONRAD LEACH: 'UNITED STATE'
Painter Conrad Leach is having a show in Los Angeles this month (Feb 9 - Arp 19, 2013), at the new Subvecta Motus Gallery. Here's what I wrote in the exhibition catalog:"Conrad Leach is wrestling the...
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SELLING SPEED: WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Riding the Rocket; well, who's riding what here?What's in a name? Bonneville. Tiger 100. SS100. TT Replica. Clubman. Sport. Super Sport. Sportster. Rapid. Rapide. Vitesse. Superswift. Sprint. Speed...
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3 DAYS TO PARIS....
Its just killing me. I'm not going to be in Paris for Rétromobile, or the Bonhams auction at the Grand Palais, the most spectacular auction venue in the world. Instead, I'll be in SoCal, for Conrad...
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ALTERNATIVE MOTORRAD KONZEPT
The Porsche AMK concept motorcycle was unveiled in 1978, the rider wearing a Ghillie Suit appropriate for a Mardi-gras hunting party.As part of a special exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Porsche...
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171 MPH ON A VELOCETTE!
Great News....we all celebrate and congratulate Stuart for the super effort he has made....171.6 mph on a Velocette....- Dennis QuinlanStuart Hooper aboard his supercharged Velocette, which just...
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PAEAN TO THE 'THRUXTON'
My 1965 Velocette Thruxton, VMT260, 'La Courgette', pictured in 1988(The following was written for the Southsiders MC blog on the occasion of a lovely set of photographs taken by Guerry/Prat images of...
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