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The Great Malle Rally 2018

The folks at Malle London host a fantastic rally every year, the Great Mile. Robert Nightingale, Malle's co-founder, tells us his experience of the ride.

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The Vintagent Archive: Wheels And Wings

From 1938: Chris Staniland explains how his love of speed evolved from racing motorcycles to a Grand Prix Bugatti, then the Schneider Trophy air races.

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Top Ten Bonhams Vegas 2019 Highlights

The 2019 Bonhams Las Vegas auction has 128 lots, making it a one-day event with a terrific selection of machines, from scooters to a Black Lightning. Tim Huber gives his favorites.

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The Vintagent Selects: Assembling A Black Shadow 1/12

The Vincent Black Shadow from Revell in 1/12 scale.

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The Brute: ‘Fass Mikey’ Vils

Mike Vils is a legend in custom motorcycle history, starting with his show-winning chopper The Brute, built from 1964-68. Mike tells his story on the early chopper scene and his work with Ed 'Big...

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The Current: Novus, the Monocoque Flyer

With the rise of the electric powertrain we’ve seen all manner of electrified two-wheelers, however we’ve never seen anything quite […]

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The Vintagent Classics: Taken For A Ride

Two joyriders steal an Excelsior-Henderson sidecar outfit, but find themselves 'taken for a ride' instead in this 1923 silent classic comic short, with Bobby Tansey and stunt rider Easter Walters.

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Denis Sire

NSFW! Legendary French motoring cartoonist Denis Sire has died. Famous for his work with Playboy and Heavy Metal, we publish a selection of his work and an interview.

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The Vintagent Trailers: Hellbound

Old choppers and naked witches was the only option.

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2019 Las Vegas Auction Recap

Some went high, some went low, and a lot went stratospheric. That's the takeaway from this year's Las Vegas vintage motorcycle auctions, the largest collection of old bikes and biggest sale of them in...

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The First ‘Handlebar Derby’: the 1937 Daytona 200

1937 was the first Daytona 200, won by Ed Kretz on an Indian. Jeff Decker's photo archive document's the riders and machines braving the beach for the very first time.

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Heidi Zumbrun At Fred Segal

Heidi Zumbrun's compelling photos of moto and surf culture seen recently at the unlikely venue of Fred Segal in Hollywood

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The Vintagent Trailers: Oil In The Blood

This is not a film about motorcycles, it’s about motorcycle people.

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The Charging Bullet

Can you future-proof a classic motorcycle? This 1961 Royal Enfield Bullet was converted to battery power, but no classics were harmed in the making of the 'Charging Bullet.'

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‘Rekordjagd auf Zwei Rädern’

An exhibit of the world's most badass motorcycles from 1904 to 1984, 'Record Hunters on Two Wheels' exhibits fascinating one-off racers you'll see nowhere else in the world, at the Deutsches Zweirad...

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Savic: Australia’s First Production E-Moto

Dennis Savic displayed his cafe racer prototype, auguring the future of Australian electric motorcycle production.

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The Vintagent Trailers: Outcast Forever

A Documentary on the notorious all black outlaw motorcycle club.

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The Current: Talking Tech With Energica CTO Giampiero Testoni

Can autonomous vehicle systems increase motorcycle safety? Energica has been working with Samsung on the prototype Bolid-E, and Giampiero Testoni discusses the challenges of new safety technologies on...

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The Vintagent Selects: the Wall of Death

It was one of those things that was always there.

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Mecum Phoenix 2019 Preview

Mecum Auctions is headed to Phoenix with 100 excellent bikes!

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