Triumph Motorcycles has this week announced they will build and race enduro and motocross motorcycles with the help of five-time...
Triumph Motorcycles has honoured Hollywood star and motorcycle fanatic Steve McQueen with a tribute model Scrambler 1200. The British brand...
The new NEXX X.G10 Saloon open-face helmet is a vintage motocross style that resembles helmets worn by the legendary Hollywood actor and bike fan Steve McQueen. He was an accomplished motocrosser who represented America in the international six-day enduro trials in 1964 where he rode with a Bell Jet helmet...
Bullit conjures images of Steve McQueen driving a Mustang through the streets of San Francisco in the 1968 film Bullitt,...
Finally, the POW has jumped the second barbed wire fence and escaped the Nazis for freedom in Switzerland … even...
Former TT racer and all-round larrikin daredevil Guy Martin will attempt the failed Steve McQueen jump from the 1963 film, The Great Escape. He’s even had his trademark unkempt hair cut to look like McQueen! His attempt will be aired on the UK’s Channel 4 at 9pm next Sunday (8...
Motorcycles belonging to the late Bruce Brown, director of perhaps the greatest motorcycle film of all time, On Any Sunday,...
Elvis Presley’s last motorcycle, a 1972 1200cc FLH Electra Glide, will go up for sale on 31 August 2019 at Kruse GWS...
The Brough Superior outfit used in the hit British comedy TV shows George and Mildred and Dad’s Army has sold at a record auction along with a bike owned by stunt rider Bud Ekins who did the famous fence jump in The Great Escape. Proving its star power, the 1933 Brough Superior...
Bud Ekins, who performed The Great Escape barbed wire jump for actor Steve McQueen, rode this Triumph 649cc TR6SS Trophy...
A home movie showing an Aussie rider’s involvement in the making of 1963 film The Great Escape has surfaced after...
Steve McQueen continues to set motorcycle records 38 years after his death with his Triumph Speed Twin fetching the highest price ever paid for that model at auction. The 1938 Triumph 5T Speed Twin 500 was estimated to fetch up to $US65,000 (about $A91,000), but sold at the Bonham’s annual...
Las Vegas motorcycle auctions seem to attract the biggest bids and January’s Bonham’s sale is set to do the same...
Steve McQueen motorcycles and memorabilia continues to rate highly among collectors with his 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross selling for $US230,500...
Motorcycles from movies such as Easy Rider and On Any Sunday and other bikes owned by famous Hollywood stars are coming up for auction. The highlight of the Bonham’s Barber Auction at the Barber Motorsports Museum in Alabama on October 6 is Steve McQueen’s 1970 Husqvarna 400 from the cult 1971 film On...
The 1970 Husky 400 Cross ridden by Steve McQueen on the beach in the 1971 cult motorcycle documentary On Any...
Triumph Motorcycles has ridden a wave of interest in retro motorcycles to post a 22% increase in revenue and 12.7%...
Bruce Brown, director of perhaps the greatest motorcycle film of all time, On Any Sunday, has died of natural causes, aged 80. The Academy Award nominated 1971 film was marked by the honesty and naive humour of Bruce’s narration. It kickstarted millions of riders in the ‘70s and is still...
One of the most famous motorcycles of all time, the Triumph TR6R ridden by Steve McQueen in The Great Escape,...
Triumph has unveiled its latest additions to the Bonneville range, the Speedmaster (pictured above) and Bobber Black, as well as...
A 1972 Honda CB450 once owned by Steve McQueen is among the star lots at this weekend’s Hollywood Legends auction in Los Angeles. McQueen bikes usually sell for substantial amounts, showing the star power of the former US representative in the 1964 International Six-Day Trials and star of the cult motorcycle film,...
Ewan McGregor sold his “beloved” Panhead chopper and two Steve McQueen bikes have also sold at the annual Bonhams motorcycle...
Steve McQueen’s son, Chad, and his famous “Desert Sled” racer bike will be highlights for riders at the annual Motorclassica in Melbourne this weekend (October...
The son of Hollywood film star and motorcycle legend Steve McQueen will head to Australia in October as the face of the Motorclassica collector car and motorcycle exhibition in Melbourne. Like his father, Chad McQueen is a race car driver as well as a film producer. In January 2010, he started McQueen...
Brisbane custom bike shop Ellaspede has scored a coup by bringing Hollywood actor and motorcycle racing legend Steve McQueen’s iconic1963...
The owners of the Triumph TR6 Trophy Bird motorcycle used in the 1963 film, The Great Escape, is allowing...
How good is your motorcycle trivia and your celebrity knowledge? This week, our trivia quiz will test both. How much do you know about Top Gear, The Great Escape, Elvis Presley and Justin Bieber? Our motorcycle trivia quiz master, Dale, has been trawling his paparazzi files for the best celebrity brain-teasers....
Do you know what bike Che Guevara rode, Steve McQueen’s alter ego, Lawrence of Arabia’s choice of ride or the scooter Dean Martin...
A 1963 Triumph Bonneville “Desert Sled” owned by Steve McQueen is one of several rare motorcycles up for sale at...
A 1934 Indian 750cc Sport Scout once owned by Hollywood star and motorcycle fanatic Steve McQueen has sold at auction for £59,740 ($A127,000). That may sound like a lot, but it’s nowhere near the almost $1 million paid for his 1915 Cyclone board tracker in May. McQueen’s Indian was one...
The auction sale of a Captain America chopper from the 1969 cult film Easy Rider has fallen through and the...
This 1915 Cyclone board tracker motorcycle once owned by Hollywood legend and motorcycle enthusiast Steve McQueen has sold for a few dollars...
I ride a Triumph Bonneville. It’s far from the greatest performance bike in the world, but I’m in pretty good company! If you Google search for “celebrities on motorcycles”, as I did, you may come up with a similar result where almost 50% of the celebrities are on a Triumph...
Steve McQueen’s reputation and the collectibility of classic British motorcycles were highlights of the annual Bonhams motorcycle auction in Las...
The best riding tip I ever got for cornering came from watching Steve McQueen playing in the sand with his...
The most expensive motorcycle to ever change hands is a 1948 Vincent Black Lightning which sold for a neat $US1 million. But it could soon be overshadowed by a movie star. The Vincent was famously ridden by Rollie Free wearing a bathing suit at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He set a record...
The motorcycle chase and leap over the wire fence in the 1963 World War II film, The Great Escape, has...
An obsession with the movie, The Great Escape, has led Brit Don Whistance on a five-year search which has revealed...
On Any Sunday The Next Chapter should be the best news in motorcycling for years, but I’m a little concerned. Dana Brown, son of famous documentary director Bruce Brown who created the ultimate motorcycle film On Any Sunday, has produced the sequel. Dana has also produced the brilliant Baja...
A mature-aged “newbie” has scored the ride of his short riding life as one of 12 lucky winners around the...
Charley Boorman has made it into a shortlist of 48 motorcycling icons drawn up by the British National Motor Museum...
For the rider who has everything … a $US695 book about motorcycles! The Impossible Collection of Motorcycles is compiled by artist and industrial designer Ian Barry and veteran automotive journalist Nicholas Stecher. It features some of the most unusual, stunning and important bikes of the past century or more. Certainly...
More than $3.2m has been paid for some rare racing bikes, Ducatis, Harleys and a couple of Indians owned by...
If you want to look cool, you need to ride a bike ridden by the King of Cool. And now...
If you want a peak or visor for your Bell Custom 500 helmet … well, you can’t have one. According to Monza Imports, dealers don’t want to stock them and that’s a real shame. The American-made helmets start at $129.95 for the solid colours, $139.95 for the flake and $159.95...
What are the top 10 sexy motorcycles, I hear you ask. Good question and I know the answers. This is...
The return of iconic American Bell motorcycle helmets to Australia after 18 years’ absence is great news. Not only are...