It all started out as the brainchild of a vintage enthusiast who also owned and operated a vineyard.He decided to invite a bunch of ragtag […]
One
5:45am Middlebury, VT The tii starts easily as if it is as glad to see the new day as I am. It is covered in dew. […]
BMW 2002 Touring
In the late 1960s, small “estate” cars were emerging as practical transportation with good carrying capacity. Most were hatchbacks like the Austin 1100, the Peugeot […]
Das Motorrad Vintage Ride
What kind of a crazy gathering has both a 1958 BMW R60 and a Ducati 1198 Panigale lining up to start? What kind of eclectic […]
Cool Runnings
This morning was pretty cool and perfect for the R60. Somehow, the fall weather suits the air-cooled engine and this machine in particular wants to […]
Recalibrating Normal
Sometimes family or friends will hear about something that you have done, and respond with amazement. You will hear statements like “Wow, that’s impressive”, or […]
On the Road Again
Following the re-assembly of the machine, I took it out on the road for a test run. About forty miles in a loop around the […]
A Complete Machine
It really did take this long to put the R60 back together. There was a conspiracy of missing ordered parts, procrastination, lack of time, other […]
Preserving the Air
I have often written of people who keep groups of us gathering and make all of us more knowledgeable. One such person is Dave Cushing. […]
Dave’s Place
For almost all of us vintage iron gearheads, nobody would confuse the place we keep our cars and bikes with a museum. You would have […]
Against All Odds
The following are excerpts from Kevin Cameron’s article King of the Boomers, which appeared in Cycle magazine in 1979. It was sent to me by […]
BMW R27
For a company that is most famous for producing a boxer twin since 1923, BMW has produced a surprising number of other engine formats. Most […]
Munching at Maucher’s
Snow, salt, and freezing temperatures are usually not the friends of vintage iron. They relegate the machines we love to the sidelines in places that […]
Hoffmann
Readers of the blog will know that the number of manufacturers and individual motorcycle models that looked like, were influenced by, copied, or that influenced […]
Holiday Recycling
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the garage Old vehicles were resting some small, and some large And nearby were fuses and wrenches […]
Flat Out
It was the Zippo Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. BMW was the featured marque that year, and a group of us from the Mid-Atlantik […]
BMW Sidecars Pre-Domination
Sidecar racing is a part of motorcycle racing in which BMW has a deep history. They dominated the sport for years and produced both machines […]
Hoarding for Gearheads
I am in possession of about a dozen brand new oil filters of various types and sizes. I know that many of them do not […]
The Revival
Re·viv·al noun ri-ˈvī-vəl : a period in which something becomes popular again after a long period of time : the growth of something or an […]
Sammy Miller Museum
On previous occasions, we have commented on the tendency to locate impressive museums in nondescript industrial warehouses (see hidden treasures). In the UK, the equivalent is […]