In the world of racing, almost every legend is a man. It is an industry dominated by men, and women struggle to find their place in it, much less to actually make history. But for Sabine Schmitz, that was just another challenge. She was, and still is, the only woman to ever have won the […]
The 58-year-old actor announced that he is “officially” done with motorcycles after he collided with a car in Italy last summer while working on the film Catch-22. Clooney was tossed over the top of his motorbike while traveling at a high speed when another car unexpectedly pulled in front of him to make a turn. […]
X Games Athlete Cody Matechuk Achieves World’s First Snow Bike Base Jump On the brisk morning of April 12, X Games athlete Cody Matechuk with a group of friends, formed a path in the snow towards the edge of a large cliff in British Columbia’s wilderness. With one parachute pack on his back and a […]
After years of building vintage custom motorbikes, Birmingham based Mutt Motorcycles, began production on their own line of small cc retro custom inspired bikes. Mutt’s focuses on low displacement motorcycle engines, making them ideal for the beginner rider as the bikes are easy to maintain, ride and come with an affordable price tag. The bikes will […]
Olga Kevelos, the only woman to win two gold medals in Six Days Trials Motorcycle Events, lead a remarkable life, working 18 to 20 hour days as a canal boat-woman during the second World WAR, amongst a long list of other accomplishments. Finding that her then boyfriend, Phil Heath, was slipping off at weekends to […]
LV Custome 1979 Honda CX500 Orange Pearl Cafe Racer Based out of the south west of London, Ludo and Clarisse, LV Custom is an independent Motorcycle Workshop with over a decade of experience. They have transformed a 1979 Honda CX 500 into a stunning example of a cafe racer. The customization included a unique welded handmade steel […]
Jupiter’s Travels tells the adventure of Ted Simon’s four year odyssey around the world The best known of Ted Simons books. It tells the story of his 1973 odyssey, a four-year journey around the world on a Triumph motorcycle. The first half of the journey takes the reader from Tunis to Capetown, then around South America from the tip of […]
There’s a little bit of a statement with Classified Moto’s Unsubtle Honda XR650L Classified Moto’s Honda XR650L, built by John Ryland, hoping its presence will infuriate armchair builders. “Consider it a huge balloon-tired middle finger to the crowd who think we exist to build bikes that will knock the chips off their shoulders.” Job done, […]
T.C. and John of Sunset Motors took on the corporate giant Harley Davidson on the drag-strip and won. The Hogslayer is a classic tale of the small local underdog triumphing over the corporate factory-backed Harley drag bikes. The Christenson/Gregory race-team from Sunset Motors, Wisconsin, designed, built, and raced the Norton nitro-burning bike, that in the 1970s thrust […]
Joey The Man Who Conquered The TT Joey – The Man Who Conquered the TT, is a documentary film released in 2013 which focuses on Joey’s racing career. William Joseph (Joey) Dunlop, from Ballymoney in Northern Ireland is one of the finest world champion motorcyclist road racers the world has ever seen. In 2005 Motorcycle […]
