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Some 30 years ago, a couple of friends back in France where motorcycle fanatics, nothing Japanese.

It was a typical English motorcycle shop of the '50s. It was small, but with large windows looking out onto the busy London street.

Following World War II, Germany owed the Allies an astronomical amount as compensation.

SCARBOROUGH MP Robert Goodwill's an easy rider! The MP was asked to open this year's Motorcycle Show at Birmingham's NEC.

The American Honda Motor Company was established as a subsidiary by Honda in 1959.

If you're one of the innumerable who thinks that automotive concours belong only to the brandy snifter-and-sunbonnet crowd, have we got some news for you.

Hot on the successful wheels of the inaugural dedicated Classic Bike hall, the Classic Motor Show is making the 2009 hall bigger and better if that's even possible! But to quote Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap it's so much more than "one louder" because there's loads of exciting two-wheeled machinery on show which really does establish Classic Bike in ...

If you prefer your motorcycles to look like something out of a futuristic bikers from hell story, the 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster is for you.

Owner Tom Hensley will display "The Munro Special," New Zealander Burt Munro's custom 1920 Indian Scout, which set several speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and was made famous in the film The World's Fastest Indian.

I added my nose and fingerprints to the glass in front of a collection of motorcycles at the Kyova Tri-State Mall last week after noticing a couple of Triumphs and an old Honda among the recently relocated collection.

Rustom Dastur on his biker friends, speeding through deserted roads on flamboyant bikes and riding the wind on Tiger Moths Photo: The Hindu Archives ON CLOUD NINE Amateur pilots had a field day as the city's airspace was free of intrusive skyscrapers The early 1950s were friendly times for a biker.

A number of classic vehicles flew the flag for Shetland at several classic motor shows in the UK and Ireland recently, winning a number of awards and trophies as well as promoting the Shetland Classic Motor Show in 2010.

A 1949 IZH-Russia reached a high bid of $3,700 on Monday at the Kruse auction. Samuel Hoffman Astride a hand-built Munch motorcycle on a wooden pallet carried by a propane-powered forklift, Jarred Ruhl gripped the motorcyle's handles.

The following is from John Hately... C.R. Axtell, an innovator, designer and manufacturer of high-performance motorcycle and race car components that led to many championship successes, died on August 29 at the age of 82 after a brief illness.

The Journal Sentinel's Rick Barrett is the proprietor of this blog for Harley enthusiasts and anyone else interested in the motorcycle industry and culture.

The Journal Sentinel's Rick Barrett is the proprietor of this blog for Harley enthusiasts and anyone else interested in the motorcycle industry and culture.

The Goodwood Revival is renowned as one of the best classic car and motorcycle events in the UK, featuring the majority of the crowd in period clothing, from the 40s-70s. Wartime spivs, Rockers, Elvis look-a-likes, plus the odd Marilyn Monroe, are all part of the fun.

Bob Gidden is turning over a new leaf, a green leaf to be more specific. The former biker and collector, who once owned a 1949 Harley Davidson, 1957 Norton Matchless, 1960 BSA Golden Flash and two classic Bonnevilles, has traded in his burly ride for something a little more conservative and environmentally sound - an electric bicycle.

Designed by Moto Morini to evoke the glory days of the big capacity dirt bikes of the 1960s the 1200 Scrambler has a high mounted, twin tapered exhaust, large round headlight, crowned by a mini fairing, and 19a front, plus 17a rear wheel shod with Michelin Anakee2 hybrid tyres, for both Tarmac and dirt roads.

Designed by Moto Morini to evoke the glory days of the big capacity dirt bikes of the 1960s the 1200 Scrambler has a high mounted, twin tapered exhaust, large round headlight, crowned by a mini fairing, and 19a front, plus 17a rear wheel shod with Michelin Anakee2 hybrid tyres, for both Tarmac and dirt roads.