Of all the motorcycle genres that have ever existed I still come back to the board tracker whenever anyone asks which I think is the most beautiful. Sure they didn’t have any brakes, suspension, seat padding, gauges or fenders but that’s half the appeal. The styling is undeniably beautiful and those old v-twin steam punk engines just make me happy.
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The 1974 Ducati 750 Super Sport is one of the most important production bikes in the long history of the legendary Italian motorcycle maker. The 750 Super Sport was essentially a road legal race…
“Honda CB750 – The Birth of the Superbike” is a new short film from the team at Brightside Media, it gives a look back at one of the most important motorcycles of the 20th century…
The 427 cu. in. version of the Shelby Cobra was far more than just a simple engine upgrade from the original 289 cu. in. Ford V8 – the entire car was redesigned for the…
This collection of three custom motorcycles were all hand-built by pioneering British street artist D*Face, aka Dean Stockton. The work of D*Face is celebrated alongside other modern street art luminaries like Banksy, Shepard Fairey, JR,…
There can be little doubt that the Gordon Buehrig-designed Auburn Boattail Speedster is one of the most beautiful American cars ever built, and one of the most beautiful pre-WWII cars in the world. Gordon…
Blitz Motorcycles is one of the original modern custom garages, they’ve been building their signature custom bikes in Paris for almost 10 years now, in a secret location near the heart of the city. The…
