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Today, May 19, 1969, New Windsor resident Leonard Baur set out to break the record of going solo cross-country (from New York City to Los Angeles) on a motorcycle. Even though he didn’t break the reco...

Today in motorcycle history, May 18, 1947, the Norisring Circuit in Nuremberg, Germany, on the former Nazi Party rally grounds, holds it's inaugural races....

Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs began as the article "The Motorcycle Gangs: Losers and Outsiders" for the May 17, 1965 issue of The Nation....

George Wyman had already become the first American to circumnavigate the continent of Australia on a bicycle. In 1902, he returned to California as a top-ranked cyclist, pedaling his way to stardom fo...

On this day in 1924 at a meeting in Cleveland, the directors of the M&ATA proposed to create the “American Motorcycle Association” as a division of the M&ATA. The new AMA would control rider registrat...

On this day in 1914, Hoosier speedster Erwin "Cannon Ball" Baker arrived in New York City after driving over 3,000 miles across the country on his Indian motorcycle. Baker’s run from San Diego to New...

In 1949, two friends in California, Paul Harder and Dick Walker spent nine months planning a trip from Long Beach, CA to Rio de Janeiro. They gave consideration to using 4-wheel drive vehicles, as wel...

The history of the African American biker scene is filled with visionaries, artists, leaders and revolutionaries. People like William B. Johnson, the first African American Harley dealer. The teen-age...

It happened at 3:22 a.m. at the dealership located at 335 South 00 EW in Kokomo. All four thieves were wearing concealable clothing and motorcycle helmets. The total value of the stolen motorcycles wa...

In a new video released by Harley-Davidson, it’s clear the Motor Company wants us to understand that the building of its Pan America adventure bike is a family affair....

The first motorcycle in the village of Svinhult. Shopkeeper Edvin Karlsson showing his new Indian to his friends in the late 1910s (prob.). The original photo by August Christian Hultgren - here proce...

One of the things I love most about living in Arizona is all of the driving opportunities. Perhaps a little less so on Phoenix freeways between 3 pm and 6 pm, but driving for hours on our open highway...

Known for its starring role in the movie "Close Encounters of The Third Kind", Devils Tower is the country's first national monument. Located in the northeast corner of Wyoming, the tower is a jaw-dro...

1. Wall Planter...

This "Davis Motor Mine Cart" is a home built creation using most of a 1926 Harley-Davidson 21 ci. B Model motorcycle....

The 2004 Harley-Davidson FXSTB Softail Night Train, recovered off the coast of British Columbia by Peter Mark, is being displayed at Yokoyama’s request. He asked to have the motorcycle preserved in it...

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What up you filthy savages? I've finally decompressed enough from this years burn to write this brain dump from riding a motorcycle to Burning Man. I couldn't find a thread on this topic before I left...

What a great day for a ride out to the Ozark Bike Fest. You can tell fall is in the air, morning ride there was a bit on the cool side, but, that's okay it was sunny fellowship with lunch and a stop o...

Arthur J Werner, the Pennsylvania steelworker, rode his beloved Harley-Davidson into eternity, as relatives fulfilled his final wishes to be buried in the sidecar. At age 89 after a battle with myelo...

I'm not sure what the outside world has seen, but the devastation here is indescribable....

Down shift and dump the throttle. You feel the bike jump to speed. Pass the mini-van on the left and you get a good look at the man driving. His eyes look empty, like the life is gone from them. You p...

FDNY firefighter Tim Duffy was off work the day of September 11, 2001, but when he realized what was going on, he donned his firefighter gear and rode his 2000 Super Glide Sport into lower Manhattan t...

Re-posting this series of photographs that I saw in a sidecar forum I frequent. From the license plate, looks like a a clever and ingenious one-off from the Philippines, where tens of thousands of sim...