Old bikes

After five decades of collecting bikes, 90-year-old EJ Cole is selling off his massive collection, worth up to $20 million.

In 1964, Soichiro Honda, owner of Honda Corp., made a very bold, public statement, “Honda will never build a two-stroke motorcycle.” Their reputation was built upon four-stroke engines during the period, and they were at the top of their game. Why fix something when it’s not broken? Fortunately for Honda Corp, a couple of rogue engineers did not hold the same vision as Mr. Honda, and they clandestinely began to work on a two-stroke bike that would change the dirtbike world forever: the CR250…

Is riding an electric bike cheating? You might be wondering whether you can get fit, stay fit, and feel healthy by riding e-bikes. After all, riding a bike with a motor certainly makes it easier, right? Research suggests that you can get fit on an e-bike by riding regularly. Studies indicate that you can increase […]

Pictures and Info: 1953 Maico mobile Scooter - databikes.com online bikes database

In addition to bringing you great bikes for sale on a daily basis, part of the Bike-urious mission is to educate on why certain bikes are interesting. Today we’ve got our first guest writer, …

In the annals of dirt track history, one of the most famous race bikes is the BSA Trackmaster. Dirt fans will know that it was campaigned by the charismatic but crash-prone Dave Aldana, who also featured in the movie On Any Sunday. In 1970 Aldana was beaten to the Grand National title by Gene Romero, but fifty years later, there are still plenty of folks who remember the BSA he raced. The classic BSA ‘Trackmaster’ even has fans in Europe, and some of the most passionate are to be found in a…

With over 30 years of life and less than a thousand miles on the odometer, this small XL is in impressive original shape. It’s not cheap, but I can’t say I’ve seen a nicer example…

The National Motorcycle Museum has become quite a cross roads for all sorts of antique and vintage motorcycling. John Parham, long time collector and president of the Museum practically lives […]

Bicycling’s designer shares how he restored a broken 1976 Raleigh Sprite into a cool town bike, and gives some tips for buying and restoring vintage or used bicycles

Rebuilding and Painting Vintage Road Bike: I've had this old Schwinn World for a few months now and it's badly in need of an update. In this Instructable I'm going to repaint this vintage bike and turn it into one that looks way cooler and better suited for riding gravel! Here are a few thin…