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This 1947 Whizzer/Monark Motorbike Is As Fast as Modern E-Bikes and It's for Sale
This 1947 Whizzer/Monark Motorbike Is As Fast as Modern E-Bikes and It's for Sale

21 Nov 2023, 18:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / During World War II, Whizzer had to lobby the U.S. Government to keep in operation, sighting how their bike engines could be used to transport factory workers.

 
Glenn H Curtiss Museum: a Former Wine Factory Full of Vintage Cars, Bikes, and Airplanes
Glenn H Curtiss Museum: a Former Wine Factory Full of Vintage Cars, Bikes, and Airplanes

23 May 2022, 03:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As many as two or three dozen more classic bikes of both Curtiss's and other bikemakers' creations are laid out in self-contained sections of the museum

 
Harley-Davidson XA: The U.S. Army's All-American, Unused Answer to German BMWs in WWII
Harley-Davidson XA: The U.S. Army's All-American, Unused Answer to German BMWs in WWII

21 May 2022, 16:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It must be said, Allied forces, the Americans especially, were downright jealous of the Axis and their BMW motorcycles during the invasion of French Algeria.

 
Ultra Rare Schwinn Starlet Hangs From World's Largest Bike Museum's Bathroom
Ultra Rare Schwinn Starlet Hangs From World's Largest Bike Museum's Bathroom

10 May 2022, 16:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's cool stuff hanging from the walls right across from the old porcelain throne in this museum. It sure beats staring at a bad office painting

 
These Antique Bicycles Became Entombed in a Tree, Now a Piece of Modern Art
These Antique Bicycles Became Entombed in a Tree, Now a Piece of Modern Art

8 May 2022, 05:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The slow and methodical growth of the tree simply started to overlap the two bicycles as they nourished off the Ohio spring and summer soil.

 
Meet the Marman Twin, a Breathtakingly Gorgeous Vintage Bicycle With a Boxer Engine
Meet the Marman Twin, a Breathtakingly Gorgeous Vintage Bicycle With a Boxer Engine

6 May 2022, 22:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The truth of the matter, if you can believe it or not, is the story behind the man who designed this peculiar bike is just as interesting as the bike itself.

 
This Kawasaki H1 Mach III is One of the First Japanese Bikes Americans Took Seriously
This Kawasaki H1 Mach III is One of the First Japanese Bikes Americans Took Seriously

11 Mar 2022, 20:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For sale via eBay out of Vernon-Rockville, Connecticut, this is the bike that introduced so many Americans to the world of Japanese sports motorcycles

 
1973 Harley Davidson Shortster, a Mini-Bike Father and Son Alike Can Drool Over
1973 Harley Davidson Shortster, a Mini-Bike Father and Son Alike Can Drool Over

22 Feb 2022, 06:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / make no bones about it, this is as much a Harley as any snarling V-twin custom chopper you see hauling you-know-what across highways all over America

 
800 Mile Suzuki RG500 Gamma Begging for Owner Who Revs the Snot out of It.
800 Mile Suzuki RG500 Gamma Begging for Owner Who Revs the Snot out of It.

12 Feb 2022, 02:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Produced for just three model years before 1985 and 1987, the two-stroke Suzuki RG500 was the closest thing to race bike most people saw back then.

 
Beefy Rokon Trailbreaker is Like a Jeep on Two Wheels, Needs Major TLC
Beefy Rokon Trailbreaker is Like a Jeep on Two Wheels, Needs Major TLC

12 Jan 2022, 20:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This particular 1971 example is pretty worse for wear. We wouldn't be surprised if it hasn't run in over 40 years, likely far longer

 
2011 Race Retro Celebrates Italian Motorcycle Brands
2011 Race Retro Celebrates Italian Motorcycle Brands

10 Dec 2010, 12:18 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Earlier this year, the Race Retro event has paid tribute to Norton, celebrating the British motorcycle brand’s 60-year anniversary. Next year’s Race Retro celebrates all that’s bes...

 
2011 Metzeler Calendar Launched at Ace Cafe London
2011 Metzeler Calendar Launched at Ace Cafe London

3 Dec 2010, 09:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Launched at the world famous Ace Cafe in London on November 26, Metzeler’s legendary ‘Classics’ calendar brought together everyone from Metzeler dealers and customers to famou...

 
'The Long, The Short and The Tall’ Motorcycles Up for Auction
'The Long, The Short and The Tall’ Motorcycles Up for Auction

15 Feb 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Auction house Bonhams announced it is preparing a variety of large and small motorcycles to go under the hammer at the RAF Museum on February 27, 2010. The unusual collection features all sorts of m...