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1982 Kawasaki SR500

Dave Thorpe raced this beautiful factory Kawasaki during his first full season of Grand Prix Motocross racing in 1982. Arguably one of the most unique looking motocorss models of all time, the green machine stood …

The adventures of Moto-Bike Mike

The explosion of dirt biking in the 1970s  kickstarted other sporting movements, most notably the BMX craze.
Back in the mid 70s Yamaha decided it could cash in on the BMX trend and launched the Yamaha …

Old school 70s motorcycle arcade games

I’m a huge big fan of retro arcade games and they simply don’t get any cooler than these two electro mechanical 70s arcade machines.
Kevin Keinert has restored Sega Moto Champ and Bally Hill Climb to …

Harvey Mushman Retro Clothing

Harvey Mushman was the alias of the king of cool, Steve McQueen. He often raced under this name in order to avoid attention and the ire of directors and studios who had attempted to ban …

Honda RC166

Here is a series of fantastic photographs of a truly beautiful machine. The Honda RC166.
The statistics tell you everything you need to know about how great this bike was. In the hands of Mike Hailwood …

Answer Racing retro dirt bike gear

Nothing was cooler than 80s US Motocross sensation Johnny O’Mara styling it up aboard his Honda wearing his trick white, red and blue Answer gear!
Now you can look almost as happening as Johnny did back …

Legends: Graeme Crosby

Of all the riders to emerge from the primordial swamp of Superbike racing in the 1970s, none was more flamboyant, spectacular and brilliant than Graeme Crosby.
For someone lucky enough to witness Kiwi Croz at his …

Honda: The Power of Dreams

I love Hondas. My first motorised machine was a 1973 Honda QA50. A completely awesome bike when you are four years old.  After that, I owned a 1974 MR50 and these days a 1985 TLR …