Curtiss Motorcycle

JT Nesbitt has already created a string of iconic motorcycles at his own Bienville Studios and previously at Curtiss Motorcycles. His latest 12-only, $200,000 Magnolia 4 aims to reimagine the traditional American inline 4, but not all is as it seems.

The sale of the core exhibits of the National Motorcycle Museum was a chance to pick up a bargain, with many historically important bikes going cheap. Warning: if you appreciate historical gravitas, this overview may be deeply distressing.

The fellow who designed Confederate's jaw-dropping Wraith and Hellcat, J.T. Nesbitt, is back with what he calls "the ultimate expression of two-wheeled minimalism." We're not sure we agree, but the Hades certainly slaps some new ideas down on the table.

Curtiss Motorcycles announced last year that it would kickstart a new "golden age of American motorcycling" by making only electric bikes. That vision is based on sustainability, minimalism and fun and the first example – Zeus – was revealed at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in Carmel, California.​

American motorcycle maker Confederate became Curtiss earlier this year, named after the guy who built the first American v-twin, and promptly stopped making v-twins. So we're kinda glad they decided to build the Warhawk: it will be the first Curtiss motorcycle in 110 years, and it'll be a v-twin.

Rétromobile has been running since 1976, when the most expensive car in the world cost less than $100,000 and long before the term retro had become fashionable. It is one of those places where auctions truly can throw up some remarkable objets d'automotive art. This year it did not disappoint.

The motorcycle world will hold its breath on March 20 & 21 when the largest and most significant collection of motorcycles ever auctioned at one time will sell at "no reserve" in Las Vegas. More than 100 bikes are expected to fetch $70,000, changing the entire collectible motorcycle landscape.