This picture represents the very essence of motorcycle beginnings as it illustrates the first motorcycle that featured an engine functioning on gas.
Built by Daimler in 1885, the machine is as rudimentary you could ever imagine, but well ahead of its time thanks to its motor. Rolling on two massive wagon wheels and being supported by other two lateral ones, this wooden horse must have been a rough ride from just above 0 mph.
This film catches the very essence of boardtrack racing with motorcycles from the 1920’s. These were the days when safety became a thing of worry only after serious deaths, something that has indeed happened in the time as the wooden tracks would suffer serious wearing due to exposure to the elements.
It is very nice to view such a quality film from those days and think at how the tape withstood the test of time. You will see that at one time it was lost and found.
The motorcycles are early Indians racing sometimes even beyond their limits, but that’s where racing starts, doesn’t it? Funny thing how they used to start the bikes!
Here’s a Warrior motorcycle that withstood the test of time with brilliancy. If you are into vintage motorcycles you’ll appreciate the bike as being truly worth its place in a museum, and still enjoy seeing it make a little smoke, early style!
We did not know if it is a reconditioned piece or the original model, but when spotting that impeccable Rolls Royce in the guy’s garage, we started having a hunch.
The incident happens in Slovania during a race that takes place once a year. The idea is to take out of the museums and garages their old side car motorcycles and race the hell out of them. In this case, a certain corner proved a bit tricky, but it seems that the pilots are well determined and get the thing back on wheels immediately.
Honda surely knew how to make a good commercial even in the early days when attracting buyers through such methods would guarantee it the success of today. And presenting a young star such as John Travolta not only manages to help commercialize the bike, but create a clear image of those times on which you can comment today.
Pete Gagan is a motorcycle expert who dedicated its time on learning as much possible about antique motorcycles and when it finally put its hands on one, it designed an identical replica which takes it for a ride today.
The bike, Sylvester Roper’s “Steam Powered Motorcycle” requires an entire process until getting started and it isn’t quite a blast, but it helps showing us where it all began.
Those who fell in love with the very first version of the Véloce will be very pleased to hear that it is now for sale on the net.
As long as you can bid, it is obviously on Ebay. Having a starting price of 9000 € and knowing that this bike is a prototype and an unique one, I’m sure that those 9000 € will not stay posted for long. > More
Available in a collection of classic colors, trimmed with hand-painted pinstripes, featuring a 5-speed transmission, seven inch double leading shoe front brake and a dual seat. The Classic’s striking, one-color appearance sets it apart from any other motorcycle in the market.
Available as either a 500cc with limited 350cc availability for vintage racers.
Unique Features: Striking, one-color appearance Five-speed transmission Electric start and a kick starter (...) > More
The Motorcycle, Italian Style: Riding the Curves with MV Agusta, sponsored by Cliff’s Cycle Revolution, has opened at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center on Saturday, Sept. 8 and it will run through the Bendel Mansion Museum Galleries until Jan. 6, 2008.
This vintage motorcycle exhibition, from the Gary & Connie Kohs Collection, represents the MV Agusta brand history from the beginning of the second World War to nowadays, with more than 30 bikes, most from the Classic era (...) > More
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