Motorcycle culture

On Any Sunday: The Film That Taught the World to Love Motorcycles

In 1971 a surf-film director, a Hollywood star and a documentary about racing on dirt did something no advertisement ever managed. It made ordinary people want to ride. More than fifty years on, this is the story of On Any Sunday and why it still matters.

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The Wild One: How Hollister and Marlon Brando Invented the Outlaw Biker

A rowdy July weekend in a small California town, a staged magazine photo, and one leather-jacketed movie star. The tangled true story of how the outlaw biker image was born, and why a Triumph, not a Harley, sat under the most famous rebel in cinema.

The Vincent Black Shadow: The World's Fastest Motorcycle, and the Man in a Bathing Suit

In 1948 a hand-built British V-twin could out-run almost anything on the road, and a man named Rollie Free stripped to his swim trunks to prove it on the Bonneville salt. The story of the Vincent Black Shadow, an engineering masterpiece decades ahead of its time.

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The Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles: The Brough Superior SS100 and Lawrence of Arabia

The fastest, most expensive motorcycle of the 1920s was built by hand in Nottingham and loved to death by Lawrence of Arabia. The story of the Brough Superior SS100, the original halo bike, and the crash that changed rider safety forever.

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The World's Fastest Indian: How Burt Munro Chased 200 mph on a Homemade Machine

An old man from the bottom of New Zealand, a 1920 Indian Scout, and forty years of hand-cast parts. The story of Burt Munro, the Munro Special, and the Bonneville record that still stands.

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American Flat Track: The Oldest, Rawest Way to Race a Motorcycle

No front brake, a steel shoe on your boot, and a left turn taken at over 130 mph with the bike sideways. This is flat track, the oldest form of American motorcycle racing and the purest test of throttle control there is.

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The Wall of Death: The Fairground Act That Turned Physics Into Theatre

A wooden barrel, a vintage Indian Scout, and a rider circling a vertical wall with no net and no harness. The Wall of Death is over a century old and still one of the most extraordinary things you can watch a motorcycle do.

Tweed, Two Wheels and a Cause: The Story of the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride

Once a year, tens of thousands of riders put on their finest and roll out on classic motorcycles for men's health. This is how a photo of a dapper rider became one of motorcycling's biggest days of the year.

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Four Pipes and a Disc Brake: How the Honda CB750 Invented the Superbike

In 1969 a Japanese four-cylinder machine rewrote the rules and buried an entire industry. The story of the Honda CB750, the bike that created the template every modern motorcycle still follows.

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The Mountain and the Myth: Why the Isle of Man TT Endures

Nearly 38 miles of public road, stone walls at 200 mph, and a lap record of 136 mph. The Isle of Man TT is the most dangerous race on earth. This is why riders keep coming back.

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The Cathedral of Speed: Why Every Rider Should Make a Pilgrimage to Assen

For one weekend each summer, a quiet corner of Drenthe becomes the beating heart of world motorcycling. This is the story of TT Assen, the only circuit to have held a Grand Prix every year since 1949.

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