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Dairyland Double-Dip: 2023 Spring Slimey Crud Run, Museum Stop

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Any warm, sunny weekend here in the upper Midwest is a good time to get some serious ride time; add a ride with old...
Honda's Takeo Fujisawa Enters Automotive Hall of Fame

TITLE: Honda’s Takeo Fujisawa Enters Automotive Hall of Fame

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When most of us think of Honda’s founding, we think of the Japanese juggernaut’s namesake—Soichiro Honda. However, there was another essential ingredient in the...
BMW 1-millionth Boxer GS Built: Berlin Factory

BMW Celebrates 1-Millionth Boxer GS and Teases R 1300 GS

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The BMW GS line started in 1980 with the R 80 G/S powered by an air-cooled 50-horsepower boxer motor with two-valve heads. Now, 43...
Ultimate Collector Motorcycles Book Review: Slipcase

Ultimate Collector Motorcycles Book Review [Riders Library]

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Masterpiece. Stunning. Superb. Roll out the superlatives; they all apply to Ultimate Collector Motorcycles by Charlotte & Peter Fiell, as it is the ne...
Elvis Presley 1976 Harley-Davidson FLH Bicentennial Edition Mecum Auction: Custom blue paint

Elvis’s Final Motorcycle To Be Auctioned [1976 Harley-Davidson]

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Rock ’n’ roll icon Elvis Presley was also an avid motorcyclist. He owned many motorcycles over the years; however, there was only one final...

Cycle Magazine 1953 Retrospective: A Look Back 70 Years

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In 1953, Cycle magazine touted its 1000-mile road test of the latest 350cc single-cylinder swinging-arm Velocette on the front cover, complete with a leggy...

Classic Motorcycles Book Review [32 Bikes Road Tested]

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Over the years, author Lester Morris has ridden some of the world’s rarest, most expensive, and highly exotic motorcycles and written comprehensive road tests...

The Art of Advertising – BSA Promotional Art 1967-1970 Review

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Three of Brad Jones’ recent books provide a history of the BSA brand of motorcycles that is quite unlike that available on any other...

MV Agusta Since 1945 Book Review: Birth, Death and Resurrection

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Though the book’s title—MV Agusta Since 1945—indicates Ian Falloon tells the MV Agusta story only from 1945 onward, the author also provides background on...

Harley-Davidson Begins 120th Year Celebration January 18

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Harley-Davidson has announced it will start the celebration of its 120th year of continuous production of motorcycles on January 18. Even if you’re not deep...
Opel Motorcycle: Motoclub S

Opel Motorcycles – A Short History

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2022 marks the 160th anniversary of Opel, a German company founded by Adam Opel that got its start building sewing machines in Rüsselsheim am...
Miss Shilling's Orifice - Norton 500

Miss Shilling’s Orifice: Innovative Female Motorcyclist Designed

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Before she helped win World War II for the allies, Beatrice Shilling was a prominent motorcyclist. Before she hit 30 years of age, she...

1922 Brough Superior Mk1 Auction [Mecum Kissimmee 2023]

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Over a century after its creation, this 1922 Brough Superior Mk1 will be on the block at Mecum Auctions’ Kissimmee 2023 event. Running January...
Icon 20th Anniversary - Tarmac Jacket

Icon Motorsports at 20 Years [Longest-Term Test Results]

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Most media coverage of motorsports is about the here-and-now of events and the latest products being offered. Even long-term reviews are rarely over a...

“Jump First, Think Fast” Book Review [Gilroy Indian and more]

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Frank J. O’Connell is perhaps one of the most broadly experienced top business executives ever to lead a motorcycle manufacturing company. He is also...