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ROYAL ENFIELD BUYS VINCENT!
It would appear the historic Vincent-HRD marque is hurtling towards India!In shocking news today, it appears Eicher Motors Limited, owners of the Royal Enfield brand, have claimed Vincent-HRD as their...
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'WHAT MAKES A MOTORCYCLE COLLECTIBLE?"
Motoring journalist Christopher Head recently interviewed me on the subject of the mysterious factors which really bumps a motorcycle's value on the auction circuit. It's been published all over the...
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49-MILES OF SAN FRANCISCO
Steve Brindmore and his Featherbed Commando, leaving our warehouse in the last industrial area of San Francisco Pete Young and the Yerba Buena chapter of the AMCA host the annual 49-Mile Ride on the...
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THE 1929 TT EX-WORKS SCOTTS
WX179, the '29 TT Scott I found 10 years ago (and featured on TheVintagent.com in 2007), as photographed by the factory before the TTTen years ago, while following up an ad for a c.1926 Sprint Sunbeam,...
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BROUGH SUPERIOR TO CONQUER THE CANNONBALL...
Motorcycle Cannonball writer Rebecca West recently interviewed me for thoughts on the September 2014 event, in which I'll ride Bryan Bossier's 1933 Brough Superior 11-50 across the USA from Daytona to...
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A FIELD GUIDE TO CHOCOLATE RABBITS
The rakish machine over which this rabbit hunches is mechanically somewhere between a Neander and a post-1930 BMW; with a clearly a riveted pressed-steel chassis. The low-slung cylinder head and...
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STAFFORD SALE HIGHLIGHTS
The twice-annual Bonhams sale at the enormous Stafford motorcycle show is always a bellweather auction, big enough, and with enough variety of machinery, to give a true indication of how the...
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THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE MOTORCYCLE
The 1910 Winchester, formerly on display at the Cody Firearms Museum sold for $580,000According to The Star (of DeKalb County, Indiana), the world's most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction...
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8-VALVES FOR THE ROAD
A lusty 1000cc V-twin from 1924, with 8 valves up top, in an Anglo-American hybridIt was clear from the earliest days of 4-stroke engine design that multiple valves in a cylinder head had clear...
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1978: WHAT WERE THEY WORTH?
George Disteel late in his life, using 'duct tape' as an eyepatch to help him see despite cataractsAn old friend forwarded a pair of newspaper clippings from a 1978 auction, held by...
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'NOT SO EASY'
The fantastic '70s title drawing of 'Not So Easy' (1973)For the past 6 months I've been intensively researching the history of choppers for my upcoming book 'Chopper: the True Story', with the...
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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
Like building models? How about 1/1 scale? Bonhams is having a blowout kit sale at their 'Banbury Oxford' auction June 7th; full-scale motorcycle models for the home hobbyist who's ready for some...
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SECOND ANNUAL MOTORCYCLE FILM FESTIVAL
Fantastic poster art for MFF#2 by Lorenzo EroticolorAfter the great success of last year's inaugural Motorcycle Film Festival in Brooklyn, plans are well underway for this year's Festival, happening...
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EGLI-VINCENT FOR YSL...
From the YSL L'Homme Sport fragrance campaign featuring Olivier Martinez on a Godet-Egli-VincentThe new ad campaign for YSL fragrance L'Homme Sport features French actor Olivier Martinez riding a...
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WIN A RIDE ON THE CANNONBALL?
Only one week left to enter far your chance to win the Cannonball Golden Ticket raffle In one week, Matt Olsen, specialist extraordinaire of Harley Knuckleheads (along with his father), will announce...
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BEHIND THE SCENES AT VILLA D'ESTE
Daniel Kessler on his 1933 Universal-JAP 680 - the 'Swiss Brough' - has a go around the grounds of Villa ErbaConcours d'Elegance are marvelously silly things. Lining up a bunch of expensive cars and...
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INSTAFAMOUS, INSTABROKE
My monthly Classic Bike Guide page, with an illustration by Martin SquiresI've been writing a monthly column for Classic Bike Guide for over a year now, and I tend to focus my essays on motorcycle...
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DAIMLER TO BUY A STAKE IN MV AGUSTA?
The rumors are unconfirmed, but it appears MV Augusta will have a German partner soon, as Daimler is in talks to buy a minority stake of that venerable Italian company. As you'll recall, MV was owned...
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'CAFE RACERS' REVIEWED IN ULTIMATE MOTORCYCLING
The website Ultimate Motorcycling has a review of my 'Café Racers' book (my text, Michael Lichter's photos), based on our 2013 Sturgis 'Ton Up!' exhibit. The show featured 35 café racers, of which 12...
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'BUILT FOR SPEED' REVIEWED IN 'CYRIL HUZE POST'
Michael Lichter, English custom motorcycle legend John Reed, and Paul d'Orleans at the press reception for 'Built for Speed'The world's most popular custom motorcycle website - the Cyril Huze Post -...
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