Ace Four Motorcycle
Ace was founded in 1919 by William G. Henderson – an American engineer and motorcycle designer who had previously founded Henderson Motorcycle, which he…
Motorcycles
JvB-moto Yamaha MT-07
The Yamaha MT-07 (known as the FZ-07 in North America) was released in 2015 along with its larger engined sibling the MT-09. The MT-07 has…
1974 MV Agusta 750S
The engine used in the MV Agusta 750S was originally placed in the MV Agusta 600 in 1966 – making it one of the first…
Egli-Vincent Racer
The Egli-Vincent has become so famous since it was first developed in the mid-1960s that its name now almost rivals the Vincent marque itself….
The Radial Engined Megola Motorcycle
The Megola motorcycle was designed by Fritz Cockerell in 1920, it’s powered by a 5-cylinder radial engine mounted inside the spokes of the front…
Hold Fast Chicago Honda CB750
Hold Fast Chicago is a small, independent garage run by a friendly Locomotive Conductor called Jeff. He ran a popular powdercoating and custom shop…
5 Minute Histories: The Honda CB750
Motorcycles were a market that was to be a natural opening for Japanese industry. Although the British, Americans, Italians, and Germans were making motorcycles that sold well they were steeped in traditional ideas of what a motorcycle should and should not be. The Japanese were not. Japan had worked on creating a motorcycle industry especially in the post war period.
Documentary: Joey – The Man Who Conquered The TT
Joey Dunlop is rightly remembered as one of the all-time greatest motorcycle racers, many and consider him to the be the single greatest. The…
XTR Pepo Ducati Scrambler
The new Ducati Scrambler range of motorcycles was introduced in 2014, and went on sale in 2015. Their popularity has been nothing short of explosive,…
1973 Seeley-Kawasaki H2A
The motorcycle frames developed by Colin Seeley in the 1960s and onwards were so revolutionary that they had an enduring global impact on motorcycle…
1957 BMW Racing Kneeler Motorcycle
Editor’s Note: We’ve since been informed that this motorcycle would be classified as a Squatter, not a Kneeler. Sidecar motorcycle racing is one of…
5 Minute Histories: Harley-Davidson Sportster
Harley-Davidson created their Sportster partly as a result of losing sales and prestige to the quick and nimble British motorcycles being imported into the United States in the fifties as Britain’s government used an “export or perish” economic model to pay off her war debts. These bikes from the likes of Norton, Triumph, and small arms maker BSA were around 500cc capacity heading on up to 650cc. Born in an environment in Britain where racing from café to café trying to reach 100mph and not get caught by the police had become a new sport.