It’s pretty widely known that NSU was the first car company (and the only one other than Mazda) to produce and sell Wankel rotary engine powered cars to the public. But how many people remember...
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For somebody who co-manages a limited-production motorcycle company as a side gig to his day job (in this case being a major Hollywood star), Keanu Reeves is doing pretty well with Arch Motorcycle, the firm...
As late ‘80s and early ‘90s Japanese motorcycles go, the Honda Bros (known to American buyers as the Honda Hawk GT NT650) doesn’t get a whole lot of respect. And that’s a real shame, because...
Building custom motorcycles is an artform, but some shops take the idea a little farther than others. FMW Motorcycles could certainly be counted among those shops that go the extra mile, as the Italian outfit’s...
Everyone is familiar with motorcycles. We see them all the time; huge machines carrying a rider steadily along, seemingly defying gravity and requiring huge bravery to ride. Motorcycles have an allure, a glamor, that is...
Even though Moto Guzzi and its products are themselves quite cool, they can’t really hold a candle to one of the company’s co-founders, Giovanni Ravelli. Ravelli was both a motorcycle racer and had served as...
Despite being very much an American brand, Indian Motorcycle was actually co-founded by a Swedish immigrant by the name of Oscar Hedstrom. Like his eventual partner George M. Hendee, Hedstrom had a background in bicycle...
Generally, mopeds are humdrum transportation appliances that are most comfortable on sealed surfaces. And for most riders, that’s perfectly okay. But what about riders who want to do more than just commute on or near...
Upon its debut in 1968, the Yamaha XS650 broke new ground in the parallel twin motorcycle realm. The unitized engine and gearbox, horizontally split crankcase and SOHC valvetrain of the 654cc powerplant were all attributes...
If you were to ask 100 motorcycle geeks to picture a BMW literbike in their minds’ eyes, odds are about 95 of them would picture an R100/7. This model of motorcycle retained most of the...