Vintage & Classics Articles

Perfection is what we thrive for more and more and yet nothing is perfect. But look at this vintage beauty the BMW R16 and tell me if you would dare to change anything?Throughout history BMW motorcycles have been setting...

Today we are taking a journey back in time with this remarkably designed and engineered 1939 Vincent HRD Series A Rapide.Before I even get down to the details of this bike the first thing that pops in my head...

Windhoff was a German company based in Berlin, founded in 1880 by the Windhoff brothers as a manufacturer of their patented radiators. Windhoff radiators were very successful and heavily used in automobiles.Despite the fact some of us might never...

Douglas Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer dating back as far as 1882. The company was based in Kingswood, Bristol U.K, and was owned by the Douglas family.Two brothers, William and Edward Douglas founded the Douglas Engineering Company in...

Norton Motorcycles is an iconic British motorcycle manufacturer, dating back as far as 1898. Founded by James Lansdowne Norton of Birmingham, the company first started as a manufacturer of fittings and parts for the two-wheel industry.In 1902 Norton started...

Mondial Motorcycles was founded in 1948 Milan, Italy by Count Giuseppe Boselli and Fratelli Boselli. Prior to World WWII, Fratelli Boselli manufactured motorized delivery tricycles.Giuseppe Boselli was always passionate about the motorcycles; in 1945 he purchased plans for a...

Vincent Motorcycles was a British manufacturer and also the makers of world’s fastest motorcycles in its era. In 1948 the Black Shadow was the worlds fastest production motorcycle.The Vincent Black Shadow was a hand built motorcycle and was first...

Founded by John Goodman in Birmingham England 1904, was a small family owned company called Veloce Ltd.They may not have had the sales of the likes of BSA, Norton and Triumph however they did hold their own when it...

The Matchless G3/L was a popular choice for UK trials riders, and after the war there were plenty of bikes and spares to enable champions such as Artie Ratcliffe and Ted Usher to win numerous national events for Matchless.During...

Since the launch of Moto Rivista we are constantly reminded that our search to feature the best custom motorcycle builds worldwide is just beginning. Nothing excites us more than when we receive an email from a custom builder who...