A legend has left us. Who hasn't had Ace of Spades or Silver Machine running through their head whilst out riding? In tribute a medley of images cropped from the interweb...And treat yourself to a listen...Silver MachineAce of SpadesFinally this is pre-Lemmy Hawkwind but a nice homespun clip with bikes...

A very Merry Christmas from the RDM blo...

The Velocette brochure from 1956. The Venom and Viper were new for the '56 model year bikes but actually appeared late '55. Later on in '56 the flat twin Valiant was introduced at the November Earls Court show as a '57 model.1956 Velocette brochure front cover.1956 Velocette brochure page 1.1956 Velocette...

Blurry and badly cropped snap of an Indian combination dating from the early twenties. On the plus side the focus isn't too bad! The CR prefix on the reg number denotes a vehicle registered in Portsmouth (UK).Vintage Indian sidecar combinatio...

A series of images that came as a job lot from the same album. Mostly all continental touring in the early fifties though the Stonehenge image is very obviously in England. Somehow it seems right to keep them all together as a record even if the times and places are different. Where the images are...

Spotted in Larnaka, Cyprus, a short while back whilst there for work. This Matchless (G15CSR?) was parked up by a beach front cafe. It seemed to be in regular use; I spotted the owner riding it sedately through the old town the following day too with his groceries on the back.Matchless G15CSR in C...

Top half of a BSA CB32 Gold Star.I've owned a CB32 Gold Star for longer than I care to remember. I say longer as in all the years of my ownership I've never gotten round to making it work properly. It's been a real heartache machine, there's not much intrinsically wrong with it but getting it working...

Here's something a bit rare and unusual, the Moto Guzzi range catalogue for 1927. It's in German so great if you speak or are learning the language, if not then just enjoy the illustrations.Moto Guzzi 1927 front cover.Moto Guzzi 1927 page 1.Moto Guzzi 1927 page 2.Moto Guzzi 1927 page 3.Moto Guzzi 1927...

Spotted a few months back in Falcade in the Dolomites, a pair of Piaggio Apes. There were quite a few Apes out and about in the mountains. Great to see that they are still in use.Piaggio Apes spotte...

Fantastic period photo from around 1911 of two Thors and an Indian. The picture is annotated '4 Carpenters outside our house' on the reverse.Left to right, Thor v-twin, Thor single, Indian v-twin alldating from around 1911. Note the enormous headlight onthe middle bik...

This bike just stood out for me so much at the Westonzoyland Sprint that I've decided to dedicate a whole page to it. Maybe it's something to do with me trying to self-teach machine tool work at the moment and I am in awe of the skill and time gone in to this bike or it could be just that it is an...

Mid thirties snap of bright young things having fun featuring an AJS, a Rudge and an Ariel.Thirties AJS, Rudge and Ari...

You won't normally find posts of copied magazine articles on this blog but this one is from such a low circulation source and a great story that it warrants circulating.I'm always fascinated by early long distance motorcycle adventures and John Lloyd's travels are remarkable for the era that he did...