Ed Kretz was the top motorcycle racer in the 1930s and 1940s, he bought his first motorcycle when he was 20 years old out of sheer necessity, it was the Great Depression and an Indian Motorcycle was all Ed could afford as a mode of transportation.
The Moriwaki Kawasaki is a motorcycle that set the world of competitive motorcycle racing on its head in the late 1970s, piloted by New Zealander Graeme Crosby the remarkable…
If you’ve been a regular reader of Silodrome for more than a few weeks you’ll know of our fondness for the Spaniards over at Radical Ducati, today we’re featuring a rather unusual build from the team at RD, it’s a classic Ducati 350 single and it’s a far cry from their more modern regular fare.
These 2 photographs show a slightly usual Vespa race on the roof of the famous Fiat Factory in Turin, Italy.
This brilliant 25 minute film covers the classic 1987 WRC Rally Portugal including interviews with the drivers and some fantastic racing footage.
After last week’s post about mystery motorcycles I decided to follow up with more about the beautiful New Imperial v-twin ridden in this picture by Ginger Wood.
“The Raiden Files – Portland to Dakar” is a 30 minute film featuring some of the most spirited riding you’ll ever see in the saddle of a Triumph Tiger. The film has a blend of urban riding, off road riding and extreme off road riding with a number of fairly wince inducing accidents.
This is a picture of Henri Rougier sliding his racer around a dusty corner at the Circuit des Ardennes in 1906. I have no idea why that car isn’t rolling over with it’s horse-drawn cart derived suspension and centre of gravity about 4 feet up in the air.
The classic Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 RS Touring is a highly desirable vintage racer, this is a 1973 model and interestingly it is production number #500, this is significant because only 500 were ever built.
This is a 1920 photograph of Donnie Moore in a Duesenberg racer, we’ve been struggling to find more information on Donnie but decided to share this picture anyway, in the hope that some of you might know a thing or two about him and/or that fantastic car.
This clip is from the iconic film “On Any Sunday” which is well worth a watch if you’ve never seen it, it’s also well worth a watch if you have seen it.
Of all the motorcycle genres that have ever existed I still come back to the board tracker whenever anyone asks which I think is…
