Today in motorcycle history

        Piloting a Maico, Sweden's Borje Jansson wins the 125cc Class East German Grand Prix, marking the first Grand P...

          The Berkeley Daily Gazette announces the Berkeley Motorcycle Club will hold their annual hill climb with the best of th...

        Bill Doran wins the 350cc Class Dutch TT on a works AJS.   With his trademark jutting chin and ready smile, Bill Doran was k...

          With seemingly dirt in his bones, one of the greatest motocross racers to ever come out of the state of California, Rick Joh...

        Motorcycle record holder Siddhartha Sankar Saikia is born in Jorhat, Assam, India.   An Indian Evel Knievel?  Jo...

     New Zealander Russell Wright sets a new World Land Speed Record of 184.83 mph at Swannanoa, Canterbury, New Zealand, straddl...

        Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is founded.     Genichi Kawakami, then president of Nippon Gakki, develops the first Ya...