This is one of just 6 or 7 factory-built Triumph Strongbow flat trackers made in the late 1970s to compete in a series sponsored by Bulmers to promote their Strongbow cider brand. The competition was inspired by the Trans-Atlantic Match Race road racing series and featured six British riders – Chippy Moore, Malcolm Carradine, Barry…
The Triumph TS8-1 Prototype was released as a last-gasp effort by the struggling British motorcycle marque in 1981 as a touring motorcycle to compete with the likes of the BMW R100RT. Triumph has built some of the most famous motorcycles in the world over the course of their history, and most Triumph models will be…
This is an original Rickman Metisse-Suzuki 500 Titan, one of the earlier Japanese-engined road racing Rickmans. The combination of reliable, high-output Japanese motorcycle engines with beautifully engineered British frames and suspension led to some of the best handling bikes of the era. The Rickman Brothers Derek and Don Rickman were already world class motocross racers…
Inventor Charles F. Taylor’s one wheeled vehicles are a fascinating automotive “what if?” that never saw the required development time or resources devoted to them to make them a viable production vehicle. The single most remarkable thing about the vehicle is that it doesn’t use onboard computers to manage the stability. It’s a purely mechanical…
The Harley-Davidson Aermacchi era was an early pre-cursor to both the Buell era and the current era where we see Harley-Davidson branching out into electric motorcycle production with bikes like the LiveWire. All three of these eras were fuelled by the same basic vision – to bring the Harley-Davidson name into new motorcycle genres and…
This Egli-Vincent Black Shadow is a project motorcycle that’ll take a fair amount of work and parts to get back into road-going form. That said, with an estimated hammer price of between $15,000 and $20,000 USD this Vincent is potentially the least expensive entry point into Vincent V-twin ownership in the world. The Mighty Egli-Vincents…
This electric scrambler by Droog Moto started life as a Brammo Empulse R, one of the most important electric production motorcycles of the modern age. Electric motorcycles make a lot of sense for off-road use, electric motors produce 100% of their torque from 0 rpm onwards and they produce very little sound – ideal for…
This BMW R100RT is a family heirloom of sorts, it belongs to Sam, a Texan with a lifelong relationship with this BMW and a deep love for daily-rideable custom motorcycles. Ever since he was a child, Sam has had this BMW in his life – it previously belonged to his father who would sometimes take…
This is the latest film from the team at Stories of Bike, it’s been made in collaboration with The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, a global charity that brings together tens of thousands of riders in hundreds of cities around the world raise millions of dollars for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health initiatives. This year’s…
This 1967 Triumph Mountain Cub was bought by On Any Sunday Director Bruce Brown shortly after the runaway success of his seminal surfing film “Endless Summer”. Although he likely didn’t know it when he bought the Triumph, this trusty little trail bike would plant a seed that would contribute significantly to his next great film…
The BMW R80ST is one of the rarer and more unusual motorcycles from the German marque’s 1980s catalogue. It’s essentially a more street-oriented version of the legendary BMW R80G/S, the motorcycle that largely invented the modern dual sport adventure motorcycle genre. Only a few thousand examples of the BMW R80ST were built between 1982 and…
The Tote Gote is an American trail riding bike designed to be the toughest motorcycle in the world. It wasn’t designed to go fast, but it was designed to go anywhere. In the mid-1950s Ralph Bonham grew tired of returning from hunts in the Utah mountains absolutely exhausted. Successful hunts were worse in a way,…
