Gilera

Many exciting motorcycles went to auction during the Villa Erba auction last Saturday, and in a sign that the motorcycle market is undergoing change, most of the really big ticket items failed to sell. Here's a quick rundown of the main bikes and how they fared.

The Gilera 500cc Grand Prix bike of 1957 is one of the most desirable racing bikes in history – the final version of a bike​ that won titles in 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955​ and 1957, and now one of the 15 made is going to auction.

One of the world's best known motorcycle collections is being dispersed and some extraordinary opportunities to own rare machinery will result when the Robert White Collection is auctioned by Bonhams (London) in September.

Three motorcycle auctions (London, Paris and Gainesville, Florida) in the next few weeks offer unprecedented opportunities to obtain some rare European motorcycles.

Tilting three-wheeled motorcycles seem certain to go mainstream with the showing by Yamaha of a sporting MWT-9 concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. The MWT-9 uses a three-cylinder 850 cm3 engine and is likely to extend the existing 125 cm3 Tricity into an entire family of three-wheelers.

Our list of the top 100 highest priced motorcycles ever sold at auction offers unprecedented perspective on the rare motorcycle marketplace. It includes full details and images of each bike, plus links to the official auction page and catalog descriptions.

In a rerun of David versus Goliath, the small highly-innovative Team MotoCzysz has once more triumphed over the Honda-Mugen effort, demonstrating 40 years of lap speed improvements in exactly 48 months.

This article begins with Nissan’s tandem two-seat, half width tilting car, the Landglider, and examines all the other work being done around the world as narrow track vehicles begin to make their case.

September 11, 2007 An 840cc, 90-degree fuel injected V-twin, performance chassis, 200kmh top speed and braided brake lines… on a CVT, step-thru scooter ? After