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Steve McQueen’s Indian Sport Scout

Ben Branch October 10, 2015
  • American
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Steve McQueen owned an extraordinary array of vehicles including a 1931 Pitcairn PA-8 biplane, a Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, a Jaguar XKSS, a Ford…

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Harley-Davidson Model JDH ‘Two Cam’ Racer

Ben Branch October 7, 2015
  • American
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage

In 1928 Harley-Davidson offered its ‘Two Cam’ racing engine in a street legal motorcycle for the first time, it was called the Model JDH…

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BMW R100RS Scrambler

Ben Branch October 6, 2015
  • BMW
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

The BMW R100RS was a transformative motorcycle for BMW, it was one of the first bikes designed to wear a fairing from the very…

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Triumph Trident Racing Motorcycle

Ben Branch October 5, 2015
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Triumph
  • Vintage

Triumph ended their factory racing program in the mid-70s due to budget restrictions and increasingly competitive two-strokes from Japan, this could have spelled the end…

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Malcolm! The Autobiography

Ben Branch October 5, 2015
  • American
  • Books
  • Gear
  • Motorcycles

Malcolm! The Autobiography is the only official record of one of America’s finest motorcyclists – Malcolm Smith. It’s difficult to condense the life of…

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1927 Indian Scout “Wall of Death” Racer

Ben Branch October 3, 2015
  • American
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare
  • Vintage

The Wall of Death was originally called the Silodrome, but carnival attendees are a fickle bunch and they were easily distracted by the competition…

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Münch Mammoth

Ben Branch October 1, 2015
  • Engineering
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

Friedl Münch began hand building the Mammoth in 1966 after receiving a special order from Jean Murit – a former motorcycle sidecar racer and a…

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1937 Morgan Three-Wheeler

Ben Branch September 30, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Motorcycles
  • Vintage

H.F.S. Morgan debuted his first three-wheeled cyclecar design at the 1911 Olympia Motor Exhibition, he had previously built a little single seat three-wheeler for…

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James May’s Honda PS50

Ben Branch September 29, 2015
  • Honda
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Vintage

James May of Top Gear fame has been streamlining his personal collection over the past few months with former and future co-host Richard Hammond…

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David Beckham’s Triumph Bonneville

Ben Branch September 22, 2015
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Triumph

The Triumph Bonneville was originally released in 1959, it quickly became a very popular motorcycle on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to the…

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RSD Indian Scout

Ben Branch September 19, 2015
  • American
  • Board Trackers
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles

Indian introduced the Scout in 1920, the model quickly became a fixture at race tracks, board tracks, hill climbs and the “Wall of Death”…

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Mooneyes Triumph Bobber

Ben Branch September 16, 2015
  • American
  • Bobber
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Triumph

The Triumph-powered bobber is a motorcycle with a rich American DNA, despite the British origin of its engine. After WWII the custom motorcycle community in…

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What Is A Silodrome?

The traditional “Silodrome” was a carnival sideshow attraction also called the “Wall of Death." You may have seen them at county fairs – the vertical velodromes were originally built from old grain silos, leading to the name "silo-drome."

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