Since the very first 1885 Daimler Reitwagen motorcycle, the passion for two-wheeled goodness has covered the globe. Motorcycles fill all...
If you’re a child of the ’70s and ’80s like me, your first experience of motorcycle ice racing will probably...
The 1970s and 1980s were a golden age for forced induction engines. Like shoulder pads in suits and mascara on men, turbos were the flavor of the decade. And for a while there, it seemed that if there was any way that manufacturers could bolt on a go-faster snail to...
All brands have certain challenges to overcome, especially the historical ones. Be it a poor marketing decision, failed product launches,...
You can’t go far these days without hearing about electric motorcycles. It seems like every week there is a new...
Tell us honestly, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of Finland? For hockey fans, it’s the home nation of some of their favorite hockey players and goaltenders. For music fans, especially metalheads, it is one of “The Big Three” of metal, alongside Germany and...
When someone mentions Italian motorcycles, the first image that goes through pretty much everyone’s head is that of a sleek,...
As we reported earlier this month, Road Guardians is auctioning off the Harley-Davidson New Glory Flag Bike, with the entries...
For the longest time, if you mentioned the name Royal Enfield, the first thing most people thought of was a cheap, not-well-made motorcycle out of India that was a pale shadow of the original Royal Enfield company from the UK. More properly known as Royal Enfield Motors, the India branch...
Forgive me if I sound about 10 years old, but as a grown-ass man I still have my childhood obsession...
The world is full of amazing motorcycle brands, but I cannot think of a single other manufacturer that can claim...
The 1950s was an interesting decade for the motorcycle industry. As countries began to show signs of economic improvement after the devastation of World War II, motorcycle manufacturers could begin to innovate in new directions. While affordable mobility was still an important part of a motorcycle’s design, the humble motorcycle...
The 1960s was a transformative time for the motorcycle industry. As the mobility culture shifted from affordable motorcycles to affordable...
While every decade has its icons, the 1970s have so many good models to choose from. It was a time...
As we continue our journey through the decades, it’s time to take a look at the best motorcycles of the 1980s. While every decade in the industry’s history has been a transformative one, the 80s was on another level. It was a decade of immense vision, with motorcycle manufacturers pushing...
Next up on our voyage through the decades, we arrive at the 1990s. While the 80s was a decade of...
It’s something that we take for granted these days: that 99.9% of the jackets, gloves, pants, and boots we buy...
Next time you see some dinky little beginner’s bike, pit bike, pocket bike or el-cheapo Chinese knock-off that makes you chuckle thanks to it’s underwhelming features, poor build quality, or just plain lack of a single memorable trait to make it stand out from the crowd, take a moment to...
There is a wise saying about inventions that says that “the invention has to make sense in the world it...
Like many teenagers in 1980s Australia, I was a willing participant in the Japanese rotary-engined street racer phase that swept...
So, just how much do you know about T.E. Lawrence? Who, you ask? And as you do, the long dead legends of motorcycling like Burt Munro, Evel Knieval, and Steve McQueen all roll in their graves. See, without Tomas Edward Lawrence there’d likely be none of them to follow in...