Honda CB450 K1 restored by Jean-Claude Barrois
In the days before the horsepower race, the Honda CB450 was one of the most desirable bikes you could buy. You had…
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1957 Triumph Tiger 110
Triumph’s Tiger 110 was the forerunner of the Bonneville, developed for the American market. And sixty years ago, its 649 cc parallel…
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Nimbus Model C
If Harley is a household name in the US, the Scandinavian equivalent is Nimbus. The Danish brand is familiar to people who…
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MotoTrans Ducati Vento 350
We’ve seen some strange alliances between motorcycle manufacturers over the years. And one of the most unusual involves MotoTrans, a little-known Spanish…
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Opel Motoclub
While browsing the addictive LoudPop Voyager I stumbled across a bike I hadn’t seen before. It was an Opel Motoclub, an unusual…
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BMW R100/7
Most of the machines we feature on Bike EXIF are one-offs, or limited editions, or customized in some way. But if I…
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1930 Indian Four
This beautiful vintage Indian is owned by Buzz Kanter, publisher of the Harley magazine American Iron. During the hard times of the…
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The White Mars motorcycle
The ‘White Mars’ is legendary within German motorcycling circles. It even featured on a Deutsche Bundespost stamp in 1983. So what’s so…
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1974 Norton Commando 850
There’s something impossibly British about the color scheme of this lovely 1974 Norton Commando 850. I’m guessing it’s a Mark 2A model…
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The World’s Most Expensive Motorcycle
This is the Cyclone Board Track Racer, a 1915 motorcycle that sold for $520,000 in July 2008 at the inaugural Monterey MidAmerica…
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Sunbeam S7
By guest writer Diesel of Visual Gratification. Erling Poppe designed the beautiful Sunbeam S7 based on the BMW R75 of the late…
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Louis Lepoix BMW R12
The other day I got an email from a man called Bertrand Lepoix. He’d spotted our piece on the amazing 1934 BMW…
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Matchless G80CS
This bike is almost sixty years old, yet it’s just as desirable today as it was in 1950. For starters, it’s one…
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Victoria V35 Bergmeister
We’d never heard of Victoria motorcycles until photographer Colleen Swartz sent in this shot. Victoria was a German company that closed in…
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A classy French Norton Wasp racer
I love this Norton Wasp because it has an understated, almost monochromatic beauty. It belongs to a member of the Coyote Racing…
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