Six of Honda’s Best

Bikes

"Six of Honda's best CT-50 Motra (1983) Though it was designed only for the Japanese market, the Motra was a bold, quirky design that was way ahead of its time in terms of the global thirst for modern minis. Featuring that "

The Impossible Dream…

Cars

"Honda’s F1 history dates back to the early sixties when the company looked to translate its motorcycling success onto four wheels. Honda tried to strike a deal with Lotus and Colin Chapman, which had won the world championship with "

This Honda Life

Bikes

"My name is Michael and I have always been attracted to Honda motorcycles. There, I’ve said it. Some say they’re boring, unimaginative, conservative, but for better or worse Honda was an integral part of my early biking life "

Evolution of the Civic

Cars

"First & Second Generation (1972-1983) [gallery=172] Introduced in 1972, the original Civic featured US-focussed innovation s like front discs, reclining seats and radio as standard. It was notoriously prone to corrosion, so you won't find many original first generation examples these "

Rare as Hen’s Teeth #2

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] Emerging from the shoestring budgeted British club racing scene of the 1950s, Elva cars was the brainchild of Frank G Nicols - who successfully raced at Goodwood throughout that austere decade — and began marketing special road-going racers "

Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] It's either a crime of passion or a passionate work of automotive art — it depends of course on your perspective. But whichever way you look at it this re-imagining of a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona as a sleek "

De Tomaso Mangusta

Cars

"If you've ever read Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, you might remember that heroic Mongoose named Riki-Tiki Tavi saved a small boy's family by taking out a pair of killer cobras. But you may not know that De Tomaso's late "

Song of the Sausage Creature

Bikes

" In a piece of inspired editorial finagling, American magazine Cycle World somehow managed to parley the godfather of gonzo with the Ducati press office back in the day, and got yer man hopped up and hopped on a 900 SP for "

Influx Social

Kurtis Kraft’s Coolest Car?

Cars

" Frank Kurtis and company are best known for producing madly successful midget racing cars. They produced hundreds of customer cars which were competed, and almost always won, at the Indianapolis all through the fifties and into the sixties. But they "

The ABC of cars

Cars Culture

" Of all the interesting stumble-upons that we have, er, stumbled upon recently, we think this beautiful little set of drawings is up there with the best. Published in France some time in the 1960 the book is a a nice example "

Photographer Ansel Adams’s Cars

Cars Culture

" He was the father of Landscape photography - an artist whose musicianship almost matched his artistry with the camera. He is one of the founding fathers of a fundamentally American view of the world; But Ansel Adams also loved his "

Enzo Prototipo M3

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] It's not very often that the opportunity becomes available to possess a genuine Ferrari one-off – a slice of Modena history that gave birth to a car that is near mythical in its importance. But in the shadows "

German Designer Luigi Colani …

People

" His is not one of the Italian names that dances trippingly off the tongue when speaking of innovation in car design. In fact, the prodigious moustache wearer and smoker of cigars isn't even Italian. But that doesn't mean he's not "

Yamaha XT500 Paris-Dakar

Bikes

" Before the eighties had fully taken hold of the aesthetic; long before the availability of factory specced adventure tourers; before bloat-tanked Ténérés had littered the byways of Europe and beyond; before superbikes with full fairings and colourways "

Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

Cars

" Illustration Via http://idfsk.blogspot.com If you've ever been in the lucky position to see a Type 33 Stradale in the flesh, then you'll know what we mean when we assert that this just might be the most beautiful car "

Steve McQueen’s 911 Porsche

Cars People

"[gallery link="file"] pics courtesy RM auctions Steve McQueen’s 1970 911S, the one featured in his 1971 film Le Mans, is set to be auctioned by RM at Pebble Beach this August. Apparently McQueen used the car as his personal vehicle "