Today in motorcycle history

    The motorcycle season in Latvia officially opens with a parade that leaves unfamiliar onlookers wide-eyed and open-mouthed. An...

        Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd. registered on April 23, 1906 with a capital of 100 pounds.     The new all-Brit...

     Mike Hailwood competes in his first motorcycle race at Oulton Park in Cheshire, England. He finishes 11th.   Within a yea...

                        A pint on the Fulham Road changes Speedway racing forever.   When JAP began it's moto...

                 2001 250cc World Champion and two-time Suzuka 8 Hour winner Daijiro Kato dies from injuries he sustained aft...

    Ross Barelli is killed when his Suzuki's front disc explodes on Austrailia's famed Mount Panorama Circuit.   In ...

          The sticker price of a new BMW motorcycle takes effect today and Erwin Vogelsong of East Orange, New Jersey is the first...