On the lam with Steve McQueen

While we normally try to avoid joining the rest of the world in cashing in on Steve McQueen's image, this interview, from the August 23, 1971 issue of Sports Illustrated, is just too good to not share. Utterly devoid of…

Steve McQueen: what I like in a bike and why

"Why does a movie star who just received $750,000 for making The Sand Pebbles for 20th Century-Fox spend his time cow trailing on a motorcycle? 'It's the clean smell of the desert in the morning. The satisfaction of setting up…

Bonhams auctions old bike posters at Quail Lodge

A couple weeks ago, Bonhams & Butterfields held a motorcycle related auction at California’s Quail Lodge. Most of the items were business as usual; old bikes bought by older men who’ll lock them up and never ride them. But, there…