Bruce Brown. Photo courtesy AMA Hall of Fame. For many motorcycle enthusiasts, the 1971 film On Any Sunday was a seminal movie that began for some, invigorated for many others, their favorite pastime...
1964 BSA 646cc Rocket Gold Star. Photos courtesy of Bonhams Auctions. Amid all the very upper-crust collector vehicles that will be featured – an Elton John-owned 1959 Bentley, 1955 Lancia B24 Spider...
The era of turbocharged production motorcycles from Japan was short and not particularly sweet. But the novelty of turbo bikes today, combined with their low-production numbers, makes them fun and un...
After a great hue and cry this past week, Ford’s UK branch decided not to scrap a 1959 Standard Ten that somebody turned in for the country’s cash for clunkers scheme. * The Vintagent this week surve...
1914 Henderson Model C. Photographs courtesy Bonhams’ Auctions The October 15 Autumn Stafford Motorcycle Auction at the Carole Nash 24th annual Motorcycle Mechanics Show was filled with bargains and ...
Photos by the author. October, with its often rainy days, may still be a lovely month for open-air nature lovers, and also classic cars’ enthusiasts may have their good occasions to see some really i...
The contemporary Excelsior-Henderson logo. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. In December 1998, a reborn Excelsior-Henderson produced its first new motorcycle in 67 years. Just 2,000 Super X models were...
I picked up this third printing of JEG Harwood’s Speed and How to Obtain It at a bookstore while traveling with the Hemmings Great Race this past June. I paid very little for it, but it is full of te...
Rob Gibson shoots tintype photos, which is remarkable enough, but he also does so out of a custom sidecar attached to his 1938 Harley, as we learn from this PetaPixel profile of Gibson. * Apparently ...
Lonnie James Isam, Jr. Photo courtesy Felicia Morgan. Lonnie James Isam, Jr., best known for being the motivating force behind, and the organizer of, the Motorcycle Cannonball semi-annual cross-count...
Photos courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. You all know Paul Gorrell by now. Built that Crosley sign-turned-scooter. Owns the most complete collection of Crosley prototypes. His latest creation remains...
A circa-1927 BMW R42. Photo by Dawn Deppi, Eye of the Beholder Inc. Each August, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, plays host to a temporary exhibit focusing on ...
1970 Ducati 350 Desmo. Photos by Dan Duckworth, courtesy Mecum Auctions. When the auction frenzy in Monterey begins on August 16, bidders with deep pockets will be eyeing classic race cars from the C...
Photos by Nikolaus Wogen, courtesy Indian Motorcycles. Last April, Dan Strohl mentioned that Burt Munro’s Bonneville Salt Flats record was still standing after 50 years, and that the 50th Anniversary...
Though my garb here is a little out of sync with the early-Fifties-era Hudson Hornet-powered rail my club ran at this year’s Race of Gentlemen, it’s period-plausible for my early Thirties Ford speeds...
In a recent interview with FIVA, rally legend Walter Rohrl argued for better support of classic cars from the manufacturers. * The image above became widespread throughout car forums not long ago whe...
We’ve been told for some years now that the so-called blue chips – those cars on the higher end of the market – have driven the overall growth of the collector car market. Bloomberg this week, howeve...
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Smokey and the Bandit,” Horsepower Memories went in search of as many original film locations as they could find in the Atlanta area. * Former Hemmings Sports an...
Tom White collects motorcycles. But his reasons for doing so go beyond mere appreciation, as this Los Angeles Times profile of the man and the collection shows. * Ever since Tokyo Drift, we’ve seen p...
Terry Shea risking life and limb to get the shot. Photos by Terry Shea and Kurt Ernst, unless otherwise noted. Don’t get us wrong – we love old cars, but part of covering what happens on four wheels ...
I briefly considered scrapping the entire Four-Links format this week to focus entirely on Lucas Reilly’s longread on Clair Patterson, the chemist/geologist who for decades doggedly pursued the evide...
Coachbuilder Hans Leo Senden’s take on the Porsche 911 caught the eye of the crew from Ferdinand at the recent Techno Classica Essen. The phrase “Fred-in-a-shed” caught our eye. * The Crosleykook spe...
Robert M. Pirsig in 2005. Photo by Ian Glendinning. On the surface, it was a book about a father and son’s journey by motorcycle from Minnesota to Northern California, but on a deeper level, it intro...
Vintage tank shift bikes dice on the sand at The Race of Gentlemen (not on the FIVA Motorcycle Week Calendar). Photo by author. The mission of the Federation Internationale des Vehicules Anciens (FIV...