Other Classic Motorcycles
Link to the articles below for a full-throttle blast through picture-packed profiles of more than 60 classic motorcycles.The 1940 Crocker, built in in California and one of the fastest bikes of its era, is among the dozens of classic motorcycles you can learn about by linking to the articles below. |
Check out pioneers like the 1904 Marsh, emblematic of an era when a motorcycle was little more than an internal combustion engine bolted to a bicycle frame.
Learn about advances that led to boulevard bullies like the 1940 Crocker, which could show its taillight to most anything on wheels -- two or four.
Discover how motorcycles evolved along dual paths in the 1950s and 1960s. One followed the outlaw romance of bikes like the Vincent Black Shadow. The other led innocently to the likes of the 1964 Vespa.
Find out how the speed, reliability, and value of Japanese bikes recast the motorcycle world and loosed on the streets rockets like the 1986 Suzuki GSXR750.
And see what happened when free thinkers saddled up a 502-cubic-inch Chevy V-8 to create the aptly named 1996 Boss Hoss. It's just one of the great bikes among scores of classic motorcycles.
Classic Motorcycles. 1900-1914
- 1904 Marsh
- 1910 Emblem
- 1910 Pierce
- 1911 Excelsior
- 1911 Flying Merkel
- 1913 Excelsior 7-C
- 1913 Reading Standard
- 1914 Sears Deluxe
- 1914 Thor
Classic Motorcycles, 1915-1939
- 1915 Emblem Twin
- 1915 Iver Johnson
- 1918 Pope L-18
- 1920 Ace
- 1926 Cleveland
- 1936 DKW SB 500 A
- 1937 Nimbus Luxus
- 1938 Brough Superior SS 100
Classic Motorcycles, 1940-1959
- 1940 Crocker
- 1949 BSA B33
- 1951 Vincent HRD Series B Rapide
- 1951 Whizzer Pacemaker
- 1954 AJS
- 1956 Simplex Automatic
- 1957 Ariel 4G Mk II
- 1958 Cushman Eagle and Pacemaker
- 1959 Ariel Leader
- 1959 Lilac
Classic Motorcycles, 1960-1969
- 1961 Matchless G-12
- 1961 Velocette Venom
- 1964 Vespa Allstate Cruisaire
- 1965 DKW Hummel 155
- 1966 BSA A65 Spitfire
- 1966 Suzuki T10
- 1967 Bridgestone 350 GTO
- 1969 BSA Rocket 3
Classic Motorcycles, 1970-1974
- 1970 BSA Lightning
- 1970 Norton Commando 750S
- 1971 Munch TTS
- 1972 Kawasaki H2 750 Mach IV
- 1973 Kawasaki Z-1
- 1973 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport
- 1974 Laverda SFC
- 1974 MV Agusta 750 GT
- 1974 MZ TS250
- 1974 Yamaha RD350
Classic Motorcycles, 1975-1979
- 1975 Suzuki GT750
- 1976 Hercules W2000
- 1976 Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert
- 1976 Norton Commando
- 1977 MV Agusta 750S America
- 1978 Kawasaki Z1-R and Z1-R TC
- 1978 Moto Guzzi LeMans
Classic Motorcycles, 1980-1989
- 1981 Yamaha 1100 Midnight Special
- 1982 Kawasaki KZ1000R
- 1983 Suzuki Katana 1100
- 1983 Yamaha XJ 650 Seca Turbo
- 1985 Yamaha RZ500
- 1985 Yamaha V-Max
- 1986 Suzuki GSXR750
- 1986 Suzuki RG 500 Gamma
- 1988 Laverda SFC 1000
Classic Motorcycles, 1990-2000
- 1992 Bimota Tesi
- 1994 Buell S2 Thunderbolt
- 1996 Aprilia RS250
- 1996 Boss Hoss
- 1997 Ural
- 1997 Yamaha Royal Star Palamino Edition
- 1998 Bimota SB6 R
- 2000 MV Agusta F4 Strada
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