Hemmings Find of the Day: 1972 Triumph T120
Clean 1972 Triumph T120 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1972 model features a 650 engine and 4 speed transmission. Recently this bike has received a lot of maintenance a...
Clean 1972 Triumph T120 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1972 model features a 650 engine and 4 speed transmission. Recently this bike has received a lot of maintenance a...
The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame has announced 5 new inductees into the hall for 2019, honored in a ceremony for the Pickering, Ohio, museum on December 7th. Possibly the most recognized of these indu...
Bikes! It’s a 1982 Yamaha XJ750 for on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1982 Yamaha XJ750R (Seca750). In same family since 1984. Always indoor storage, with excellent original paint, exha...
As we continue to mourn the untimely loss of builder, racer, personality, host and all-around gearhead talent, Jessi Combs, she’s come up in conversations and references all over the place. And a thi...
If the beginning of 2019 is any indication of the auction pricing trends for unique Crocker motorcycles, the seller of this 1940 “Big Tank” may be able to retire in comfort. After years passed with n...
1960 Imperial Crown convertible, one of 618 built and roughly 31 remaining. It earned a Grand National Senior Champion from the AACA in 2014. Photography by author. Go to pretty much any open car sho...
All images courtesy of Fuell. If there is one thing that Erik Buell has shown over the years, it’s that he can’t be kept down for long. Decades ago, while working as a motorcycle mechanic by day and ...
2019 Norton Atlas Ranger. Photo courtesy Norton Motorcycles. It seems like it comes around a little earlier every year, however, for motorcyclists in the Northeast, the annual International Motorcycl...
Henry Winkler at the 2018 Iola Car Show. Photos by author, unless otherwise noted. As a young boy growing up in 1970s Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I had two heroes, and both happened to ride motorcycles: Ev...
1970 Clymer-Muench Mammoth. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Motorcycle historians often cite Honda as building “the first superbike,” yet an obscure model from a largely unknown German brand – with ties to ...
All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Here at Hemmings, it’s not lost on anyone that car shows are the lifeblood of car culture. It’s where we all meet up, where we debut our old cars, wh...
1968 Honda CB750 Four prototype. Photos courtesy H&H. Introduced in 1969, Honda’s CB750 Four motorcycle brought a just-right blend of performance, convenience, and affordability to the masses. Belove...
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...
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...
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...
1912 Henderson Four. Photo courtesy Mecum Auctions. January is typically a good time of the year to visit Las Vegas, Nevada, particularly if one is shopping for vintage motorcycles. Auction firms Bon...
Vanguard Roadster. Photos by Kurt Ernst and Jim O’Clair. Since bottoming out in 2010, the U.S. motorcycle market has begun a gradual climb back to pre-recession sales numbers, but 2015’s 500,000 sale...
This Ducati 1299 Superleggera stickers for $80,000, makes 215 horsepower and weighs 340 pounds. Only 500 will be built, and most are already spoken for. Photos by Jim O’Clair and Kurt Ernst. Tourists...
1924 Croft-Cameron Super Eight. Photos courtesy Bonhams. No one knows for certain how many motorcycles Croft-Cameron built during their three years in operation, from 1923-’26, or how many survive to...
Frank Westfall riding his 1912 Henderson 4. Photos courtesy Motorcycle Cannonball. On September 10, 90 vintage motorcycles, ranging in age from 100 to 106 years old left Atlantic City, New Jersey wit...
Bill Rodencal astride his 1915 Harley-Davidson, getting back into the action. Photos courtesy Motorcycle Cannonball and The Vintagent. But why should we be surprised? Previous semi-annual Motorcycle ...
Michiel Huisman, as William Davidson, astride a Harley-Davidson replica built by Alex Wheeler and crew. Photos courtesy of the Discovery Channel. Following up on our phone interview with Bug Hall fro...
Bug Hall as Arthur Davidson in the upcoming Harley and the Davidsons . Photos courtesy Discovery Channel. Earlier this week, we had the chance to conduct an extensive phone interview with actor Bug H...
Brittney Olson, one of the first women to participate in The Race of Gentlemen and an owner of 20th Century Racing, is co-sponsoring a three-day fund-raising event in Sturgis, South Dakota, to benefi...