One of the consequences of vehicles becoming so valuable that they become art is that if you used them for their primary purpose, you’d diminish their value. This bike is beautifully turned out and is probably better than it was when it left Spain over 50 years ago. However if you were to get it […]
I have to thank E-i-C Vince for taking my Taco Tuesday spot last week while I was visiting the Kingdom of the Giant Mouse. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming featuring a Taco you can ride on the street and is the business (but not a business). Find this 1970 Bultaco Matador Mk III for […]
A lot of cool old stuff that was just an affordable old car a few years ago has turned into a collectible automobile with prices to match. Blame Barrett-Jackson, the Fed, Brexit, QE and QE2, or whatever, but amassing a collection is going to take you a few bucks as well as space. Motorcycles haven’t […]
Bultaco is best known (if known at all) for their off-road successes in the 1960’s. Bikes like the Sherpa, Pursang, and Alpina are legendary. Bultaco also tried their hand at on-road bikes. In 1965 they brought out the Mercurio 175, or Mercury in Spanish, advertising it in the U.S. as the Sassy Devil with “small […]
There is nothing more cozy than sitting in your living room in a comfy chair by the fire on a cold winter’s evening. Except maybe sitting on a vintage trials bike in your living room next to the fire on a cold winter’s evening. And since it’s a trials bike maybe you can ride it […]
If you grew up in rural or suburban America in the 60’s or 70’s your first experience with powered wheels that you could control by yourself was probably with a dirt bike. Back then you could ride all over trails near where you lived and there was probably a motocross track nearby. You also had […]
This next feature comes from reader Gianni who (in his own words) decided to eat his own dogfood and write up this vintage dirtbike: The US Government’s debasing of the dollar has caused asset bubbles, even affecting the world of classic cars. Thus the rapidly rising prices of classics have put many out of reach […]