This 1937 Harley EL Knucklehead is a rare 6,000 mile original, it’s never undergone restoration and somewhat impressively, still features the original 1937 white paint.
It has quite a backstory, originally bought by Harley dealer Milton P. Wensel of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, he ordered the high horsepower engine option with the hopes of beating the local Indian Motorcycles dealer in the Pottstown races and generating increased Harley sales. His hopes were realised and the story goes that this bike was beating Knuckleheads, Indians, Panheads and Triumps on the streets of Pennsylvania well into the ’60s.
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The Husqvarna 250 Cross is a motorcycle that sits high on any list of genuinely influential 20th century bikes – it wasn’t the first offroad racing two-stroke motorcycle, but it quickly became the most successful of its age, and the basic formula that went into it would shape almost all motocross motorcycles going forwards. The…
The Timberleaf Pika Teardrop Camper Trailer is a new offering from the highly-regarded Colorado-based company, designed to be one of the lightest and most off-road capable teardrop campers currently on the market. The Pika Teardrop The American Pika is a small and tenacious rabbit-like mammal that lives in the high-alpine terrain of the Rocky Mountains. The name…
This is one of Steve McQueen’s own personal motorcycle helmets, adorned with his name on either side with the logo for his film company Solar Productions. Steve can be seen in very similar helmets in many of the motorcycle races he entered in-period including Bruce Brown’s iconic documentary On Any Sunday. He seemed to prefer…
The 100% Hudson Sunglasses were developed for use by motorcyclists and cyclists, they feature impact resistant and lightweight polycarbonate lenses, with 6-base spherical lenses, and a shatterproof, lightweight Grilamid TR90 frame. The origins of the 100% brand date back to the early 1982 when the well-known logo appeared on the factory racing equipment of some…
Kevin Cameron graduated with a degree in physics from Harvard University before embarking on a remarkable career tuning world-class racing motorcycles throughout the 1970s and ’80s. His understanding of every aspect of how motorcycles work is shared by relatively few, and fortunately, he’s able to clearly explain it all in layman’s terms to folks like…
At the age of 93, WW II veteran and AMA Hall of Famer Ed Fisher still rides everyday, and even continues to race as an amateur. Ed has always had a throttle in hand, since he was 16 years old. He began his racing career as a factory rider for Indian Motorcycles, before representing…
