No. 02November 2026
An independent magazine about vintage motorcycles: the legends, the machines, the races and the desert. Made with the community that started on Instagram.
Legends, machines and the stories that never made the brochures.
MachinesIn 1984 the Kawasaki GPZ900R gave a 900 the size of a 750 and the speed of an 1100. It was the first bike called Ninja, Tom Cruise rode it in Top Gun, and it outlived its replacements.
RacingFor 19 seasons the motorcycle world championship raced through pine woods beside the Vuoksi and over a freight line. This is how the Imatra circuit rose, and why it lost its Grand Prix.
Off-RoadIn September 1981 four Americans nobody in Europe rated took the Trophée des Nations in Lommel's sand, then the Motocross des Nations at Bielstein by a single point. Europe never had the event to itself again.
RacingOn 11 July 1971 West German Dieter Braun won the 250cc race at the Sachsenring, in East Germany. Officials switched off the loudspeakers for his anthem. Two years later, Western riders were no longer invited.
Bikes and stories sent in by the Wheel community, from every corner of the map. Pin yours up.
The best ones go in the book.
Everything we publish, sorted the way you’d flick through a magazine.
7 storiesLegendsRiders, racers, builders and the characters who shaped two wheels.
8 storiesMachinesThe bikes that defined a decade, the odd engineering and the ones that got away.
5 storiesRacingGrand Prix, the TT, endurance and the paddock before it went corporate.
5 storiesOff-RoadEnduro, motocross, trials and desert rallies. From the Six Days to the Dakar.Pick a decade. Stories, rider bikes and listings from the same years.
New bikes and stories every day at @wheel.magazine. And if yours has a story, send it in: it might end up on the wall, or in the book.
