Don Vesco’s 300-mph Silver Bird / Lightning Bolt Streamliner Heads to Auction… The Bonneville Salt Flats have long been a proving ground for engineering audacity. Over the years, riders have chased timed-mile milestones the way […]
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The Original, “Original Superbike” — 1968 Honda CB750 Prototype
For Sale: The Original 1968 Honda CB750 Sandcast Prototype… This week is the annual Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction, where more than 2000 historic, vintage, custom, racing, and just plain interesting motorcycles are slated to […]
Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction 2026: Top 5 Favorites
The Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycles Auction returns this week, bringing one of the largest and most anticipated motorcycle auctions of the year to the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scheduled for […]
Flying X: 1912 Excelsior Board Tracker
Crossing The Block: Ultra-Rare Excelsior Board Track Racer… On December 30, 1912, a California Class B racer named Lee Irving Humiston became the first motorcyclist to break the 100-mph barrier on a production-based machine, riding […]
Brooklands Replica: BSA M24 Gold Star
1 of 298: 1939 BSA M24 Gold Star… In 1937, racer Wal Handley lapped the historic Brooklands circuit at over 100 mph (102.27 mph to be exact) on a highly-modified BSA Empire Star sporting an […]
First American Four-Cylinder: 1912 Pierce Four
Mecum’s 2024 Monterey auction is this week, and while the event is primarily focused on cars and trucks, some 60-70 motorcycles will be crossing the auction block. One of the rarest and most interesting machines […]
Hell Rider: A Daredevil’s 1932 Harley-Davidson VL!
The ’32 Harley-Davidson VL of Jimmy “Daredevil” Washburn… The Monterey 2024 edition of Mecum Auctions is fast approaching, and that means some rare and unique motorcycles will soon be crossing the auction block. One of […]
National Motorcycle Museum: Top 10 Auction Bikes
10 Collector-Grade Bikes from the John Parham Estate Collection… Last week, we featured the Indian Scout Wall of Death bike from the collection of John Parham, the late founder of mail-order giant J&P Cycles. John […]
Wall of Death Bike: 1931 Indian 101 Scout
In 1975, John Parham opened his first motorcycle shop in Anamosa, Iowa. Later he started J. Parham Enterprises with his wife, Jill. That company would become known as J & P Cycles, one of the […]
Skoal Bandit Special: ’86 Suzuki GSX-R1100 Restomod
Big-Bore 80s Superbike from Drew Halliday… These days, we’re seeing a rise in the popularity of so-called “Youngtimer” superbikes from the late 1980s and 1990s. What’s a Youngtimer motorcycle? These are generally bikes that are […]
