5 Minute Histories: Triumph TR6 Trophy – The Desert Sled
Introduction to the Triumph TR6 – The Desert Sled The Triumph TR6 Trophy, otherwise known as the “Desert Sled” is perhaps best remembered as the…
Motorcycles
1914 Flying Merkel
The Flying Merkel is a motorcycle remembered today as one of the most important engineering achievements of the formative years of motorcycle development. Designed…
Vibrazioni Ducati Scrambler
Vibrazioni Art Design is an Italian company that creates some of the most remarkable motorcycles and furniture you’ll find anywhere – and they do it…
Lotus C-01 Motorcycle
The Lotus C-01 was designed by Daniel Simon – the guy who designed the Tron Lightcycles in the recent reboot, the Bubbleship from the…
Indian FTR 750
The new Indian FTR 750 is a race-only motorcycle developed in collaboration with Polaris-SwissAuto with a single goal in mind – the annihilation of…
BMW R nineT by Gasoline Motor Co.
The BMW R nineT was developed by the German marque as a modern version of the now iconic R90 – the identically pronounced (but…
5 Minute Histories: The Story of the BMW K100
The Japanese rise as a dominant force in the motorcycle industry during the seventies caught much of the established European motorcycle manufacturers off guard. The bikes from the Land of the Rising Sun had nice convenient electric starters and quickly earned themselves a reputation for dependability. The expression “boringly reliable” was quickly applied to anything made by Honda, because they were. A flat out ride on a Honda CB750cc was however anything but boring and the Kawasaki 900cc that followed it provided levels of excitement that beggared belief.
Ducati HyperScrambler by Untitled Motorcycles
Editor’s Note: This post was written by the team at Untitled Motorcycles. We like to publish the story of a custom build in the…
Taurus 2×2 Adventure Motorcycle
The Taurus is a 2×2 adventure motorcycle that can be disassembled and loaded into a trunk or truck tray in 5 minutes, the reassembled…
Not So Easy: Peter Fonda’s Motorcycle Safety Film
Not So Easy is a motorcycle safety film presented by Peter Fonda, and featuring Evel Knievel – quite easily two of the most prominent…
1937 Vincent-HRD Comet
The Vincent-HRD Comet was developed as an advanced half-litre sporting motorcycle by Vincent-HRD, and sold alongside its similarly-engined siblings the Comet Special, the TT…
XTR Pepo Yamaha SR250 Tracker
The Yamaha SR250 is the little brother to the considerably more famous SR500 and SR400. Each of the SR bikes share a similar fundamental…