UK Motorcycle News & Stories — motorcycle culture
Steve McQueen the Motorcycle Racer: More Than a Hollywood Image
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On this day, 7 November 1980, Steve McQueen died in Mexico at the age of 50. More than four decades later, his image remains inseparable from motorcycles—but the relationship went considerably deeper than a Hollywood star posing beside attractive machinery.
Keanu Reeves: Can a Modern Retro Bike Have an Old Soul?
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Keanu Reeves has an affection for old motorcycles that many riders will recognise. Alongside the ambition to build something new, there is a lasting attachment to machines whose appeal reaches well beyond their performance figures. His story opens a question for anyone drawn to modern retro motorcycles: can new engineering carry forward the character we love in older bikes?
Jason Momoa’s Motorcycle Collection: Restore or Preserve?
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Jason Momoa’s vintage motorcycle collection raises a question that reaches far beyond Hollywood: what are we trying to save when we restore an old bike? Its factory appearance, the evidence of its working life, or the chance to keep riding it?
How Britain’s Bikers Turn Compassion Into Action
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Bikers come from every walk of life, but a shared cause can unite thousands. From Ride to the Wall and blood bikes to Christmas toy runs, this is why Britain’s motorcyclists do more than talk—they turn up.
Billy Joel’s Motorcycle Auction: Why He Is Letting Go
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Billy Joel is preparing to auction more than 70 motorcycles in New York this November. It is an impressive collection, but the more interesting question is what happens when the bikes you have spent years choosing, riding and working on begin leaving for somebody else’s garage