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A Century of Motorcycling | The 1950s

America rolled into the 20th century’s sixth decade with a determined optimism that escalating tensions between communism and capitalism... more
Kurt Carlson Resurrects the Vincent-Bonneville Legend | Ride The Lightning

Chasing the ghost of Rollie Free across the Bonneville Salt Flats. more
Big Sid's Vincent Rocks Bonneville, at Last | Salt Dreams

Even Big Sid Biberman isn't immune to the "salt bug." more
Harley-Davidson’s WLA—The Bike That Won the War | Icon

Contrary to popular belief, motorcycles never saw direct combat during World War II. more
Working For a Living | Emeritus

So, 2012 is a big anniversary year for motorcycle publishing. My son-in-law Andy Leisner is touting the 50th for Cycle World, but you can... more
Born Again Brough

A Superior Brough Superior more
Full-On Factory Ride | Emeritus

Working as Feature Editor at Motorcyclist in the ’70s was the equivalent of a moto- journalist’s full-on factory ride. more
Lawrence of Arabia | Icon

Before Brad Pitt, Steve McQueen or even Marlon Brando, T.E. Lawrence was the original motorcycle-riding celebrity badass. more
A Century of Motorcycling | The 1930s

Hope was about all many Americans had in the fourth decade of the 20th century, and even that could be hard to come by. more
Motorcyclist Magazine Covers - The 1970s

All of the Motorcyclist Magazine covers we could dig up from the 1970s more
Coast to Coast on Century-Old Cycles | Cannonball Run

When Matt Olsen of Carl’s Cycle called to ask if I would be interested in photographing a 16-day cross-country ride on pre-1916... more
The More Things Change... | Emeritus

When Art Friedman left Cycle Guide to join Motorcyclist in 1978, he lobbied for me to join him. Editor Dale Boller rolled the dice, and I... more
The Roaring ’20s | A Century of Motorcycling

America’s collective wealth more than doubled in a decade when change was the only constant. Mass communication and cheap transportation... more
Jim Davis, Master of the Motordrome | Icon

America’s first board-track was built at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1909. It was a modest facility, just 1⁄3-mile around with 25-degree... more
750 C.C. Indian Transverse Twin Military Model

Descriptions courtesy of “Motor Cycling.” These photos and specifications were released in July,1943, and therefore do not necessarily... more