“You can’t wear out an Indian Scout.” In 1901, accomplished bicycle racer George Hendee hired Oscar Hedstrom to design gasoline-powered bikes to pace bicycle races, and one of the most influential duos in early American […]
Vintage Motorcycles
Come Correct: 1968 Triumph TR6C Desert Sled
Joey Yedowitz builds a period-correct ‘sled down to the nuts, bolts, and washers… The Triumph TR6C was the 1960s version of the company’s single-carb, high-pipe 650 scrambler. Not only did it perform the most iconic […]
Excess 750: Yamaha XS650 Motocrosser!
Pikes Peak winner builds a 775cc twin motocross machine! Introduced in 1970 as the XS-1, the Yamaha XS650 combined the style of the classic British twins with an engine that was quite sophisticated for the […]
Flash Red: Honda XR600R Golden Years Edition
Italy’s GPgarage Moto builds an 80s-style XR600R… The Honda XR600R is the big-bore four-stroke weapon that unseated Kawasaki’s KX500 two-stroke to become the new king of Baja. Over its 15-year production run, the open-class thumper […]
Salt Beeza: 1948 BSA B33 Land Speed Bike
British workhorse goes land-speeding on an Australian dry lake… In 1947, BSA introduced the 500cc “all-iron” B33, one of their first new singles to appear in the wake of World War II. It was based […]
1969 BSA Firebird Scrambler by Don Harrell
“Nothing brought a smile to his face like a one-kick start.” From 1968-1971, BSA imported their A65FS Firebird Scrambler, a 650cc parallel-twin street scrambler with gaitered forks, double-leading-shoe front brake, twin 32mm Amal Concentric carbs, […]
EARNED: Keith Hale’s Ducati 750 Super Sport
The unlikely story of the 100,000-mile race bike… EARNED: The Story of Keith Hale’s Ducati 750SS is a new documentary film directed by Roberto Serrini and produced by Peter Boggia of Moto Borgotaro. It’s the […]
Burnout Special: 1940 Crocker Big Twin
Born in 1882, Albert Crocker was an American inventor and engineer whose innovations would have a profound influence on the world of motorcycling. After graduating from Northwestern University with an engineering degree, he went to […]
1917 Henderson 4-Cylinder Board Tracker
From Chris Matthews of The History Channel’s American Restoration. In 1911, brothers William and Tom Henderson founded the Henderson Motorcycle Co. in Detroit, Michigan. A year later, they unveiled the 1912 Henderson Four, featuring a […]
All Parts Fun: ’66 Triumph T100C from Tamara Raye
A Disneyland engineer and rockstar bassist builds a desert Tiger… While the 650cc Bonneville may have been the big seller for Triumph in the 1960s, the 500cc Tiger 100 range remained extremely important to the […]
