Antique Motor Scooters & Classic Vintage Motorcycles

Vintage Motorcycle Photos & History

This site is dedicated to the restoration and collection of antique, classic, and vintage motorcycles from around the world. There are over 1,500 high-resolution images of many of the world's most famous marques from AJS to Zundapp; dating from the earliest steam-cycles and vélocipèdes of Michaux-Perreaux, Sylvester Roper, Gottlieb Daimler and Copeland in the late 1880s, to the modern café-racers of the 1980s.

The site also contains reference links to vintage British, Italian, and American parts suppliers, restorers, vintage motorcycle collectors, owner's clubs, after-market manufacturers, vintage bike shows, auctions, reference books, and historical motorcycle websites.

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Vintage Motorcycles by Country and Marque America Ace - 1920 to 1927 Black Hawk - 1911 to 1912 Cleveland USA - 1915 to 1929 Crocker - 1936 to 1942 Cyclone - 1912 to 1917 Dayton - 1914 to 1918 E. R. Thomas Auto-Bi - 1901 to 1909 Evans Power Cycle - 1919 to 1925 Excelsior - 1909 to 1931 Flying Merkel - 1901 to 1914 Harley Davidson - 1903 to 1966 Harley Davidson Two-Strokes - 1948 to 1974 Henderson - 1911 to 1917 Henderson (Excelsior/Schwinn) - 1917 to 1931 Indian - 1904 to 1953 Iver Johnson - 1907 to 1915 Marsh Metz & Waltham Mfg. - 1898 to 1921 Marvel - 1910 to 1913 Orient - 1900 to 1903 Shaw - 1909 to 1914 Waverley (Jefferson) - 1905 to 1915 Yale (Yale-California) - 1903 to 1915 Austria KTM - 1934 to Present Belgium FN Fabrique Nationale - 1902 to 1913 Britain AJS - 1909 to 1974 Ariel - 1901 to 1967 Brough Superior - 1919 to 1940 BSA - 1903 to 1975 DMW - 1945 to 1971 Egli-Vincent & Norvin - 1967 to Present Ixion - 1913 to 1920s J.A. Prestwich (engines) - 1895 to 1963 James - 1902 to 1966 Levis - 1911 to 1940 Matchless 1899 to 1966 Norton 1898 to 1975 Premier Cycle - 1908 to 1923 Rickman - 1965 to 1975 Royal Enfield - 1901 to 1970 Rudge - 1909 to 1939 Sopwith ABC - 1914 to 1923 Sunbeam - 1912 to 1956 Triumph - 1902 to 1983 Velocette - 1904 to 1971 Vincent HRD - 1924 to 1955 Czechoslovakia Jawa (CZ) - 1929 to Present Orion - 1902 to 1933 France de Dion-Bouton (engines) - 1889 to 1902 Motobécane - 1923 to Present Peugeot - 1902 to Present Germany BMW - 1922 to 1969 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller 1868 to 1919 Maico - 1926 to 1980 Münch Motorrad - 1956 to Present Riedel Motoren AG - 1948 to 1956 Holland Cyrus - 1931 to 1971 Italy Aermacchi - 1949 to 1980 Benelli - 1911 to Present Caproni-Trento Capriolo - 1950 to 1964 Ceccato - 1949 to 1960s DEMM Milano - 1953 to 1988 DeVil - 1953 to 1957 Ducati - 1950 to Present Ferrari Motorcycles - 1951 to 1960 Gilera - 1909 to 1969 Italjet - 1959 to Present Laverda - 1949 to 2005 Maserati Motorcycles - 1953 to 1960 Mòndial - 1948 to 2004 Moto Ardito Stradella - 1951 to 1954 Moto Guzzi - 1921 to Present Moto Morini - 1937 to Present Motobi - 1952 to 1967 Motom - 1945 to 1960 MV Agusta - 1945 to 1971 Parilla - 1946 to 1965 Rumi - 1950 to 1962 Vespa - 1946 to Present Japan Benly Honda - 1948 to 1972 Fuji Rabbit Scooters - 1946 to 1968 Kawasaki - 1954 to 1979 Meguro - 1909 to 1963 South America Moto Puma (Sachs) - 1945 to 1966 Spain Bultaco - 1958 to 1983 Montesa - 1944 to Present Ossa - 1949 to 1982 Sweden Husqvarna - 1903 to 1987

Vintage Motorcycle Events in California

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering 2009 in Carmel Valley, California




2008 Motogiro America in Monterey, California




2008 Legend of the Motorcycle Concours D'Elegance in Half Moon Bay




2007 Legend of the Motorcycle Concours D'Elegance in Half Moon Bay

Vintage Motorcycle Links - Museums, Events, Parts, etc.