Motorcycle Classics

Hello and welcome the November/December issue. I hope your summer was spent on two wheels and that you're still finding warm days to get a favorite old bike out on the road before winter sets in for good. This issue we feature two different Classic S

There were so many beautiful machines in your September/October issue that it would be hard to guess which garnered the most reader response. Nevertheless, I’m sure you heard from a lot of Honda Scrambler guys. If your Jersey Devil was a '66, it must

By the late-1960s, the race for motorcycle supremacy in the U.S., the world’s biggest market, was all about performance. It was equally clear that the day of the dominance of parallel twins was over. As power output and swept volume increased, so did

Although Laverda showed a 1,000cc SOHC 3-cylinder bike at the 1969 Milan show, it was another three years before the specification was finalized: a 180-degree crankshaft engine with chain driven dual overhead cams, three Dell’Orto pumper carbs, Borra

When most of the country is digging out from blizzards, sliding around on ice, or dodging showers, Southern California’s deserts are usually dry, sunny and warm. So it was for the second annual Stagecoach Classic Motorcycle Rally held near Julian in

“Though of only 50cc capacity, the Itom “Astor Sports” two-stroke is a true motorcycle, in that, for all its small size, it offers considerable appeal to the enthusiast.” — Motor Cycling, December 20, 1956 1962 was an eventful year in the British Isl

As a collector of Streamline Moderne industrial design objects and Italian motorcycles, architect John Goldman says he was taken aback when he first viewed this rare Italian-made 1939 Miller-Balsamo 200 Carenata. It was a motorcycle he knew nothing a

“Think of the most challenging terrain you have ever tackled with a trail machine. Now take a good long look at the new Bridgestone TMX-7.” — Sales brochure by the U.S. importers, Rockford Trace St. Germain works with the National Hot Rod Association

The arrival of BMW’s new R90S sports bike exactly 50 years ago in 1973, of which 17,455 examples were sold worldwide before it was replaced by the R100S in 1976, represented a landmark moment in BMW Motorrad’s product development. For the debut of th

The International Norton Owners’ Association rally is an annual event held, alternately, in the east of the Continent and the west. That was until the schedule was kiboshed by Covid. The British Motorcycle Owners’ Club Okanagan section made a valiant

Gettysburg National Military Park is a breathtakingly beautiful and historically significant destination. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought over three days (July 1 to July 3, 1863). Confederate commander Robert E. Lee took his Army of Northern Virg

11/4 Head to Vicksburg, Mississippi, for the Vicksburg Vintage Motorcycle Show. Entry is free and open to pre-1990 motorcycles, scooters, dirt bikes, etc. The show runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and more than 20 awards will be given out, including class

What: Gettysburg National Military Park, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 17325-2804, 717-334-1124. No admission fee to the Park, the Visitors Center, and the Museum; there are modest fees for the film and cyclorama painting. Open 30 mi

Motorcyclists in general, and racers in particular, sometimes exhibit patterns of speech that suggest they have their own language. For instance, you might hear a motorcycle rider say, “The clutch went out.” The clutch didn’t go anywhere; what he rea

Triumph’s T20 Tiger Cub, introduced to the motorcycling community in 1954, earned its marketing moniker for a reason. The nifty little bike, powered by a single-cylinder 199cc 4-stroke engine, remarkably resembled the company’s alpha male Tiger T100,

Dreamers and schemers make the world more interesting. One in particular is British-born Lord Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, Third Baron Hesketh, otherwise simply known as Lord Hesketh. After competing with his privately owned team in Formula 1 racing to