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 1946 an aircraft designer who did not like motorcycles drew the Vespa 98 for a bombed-out Piaggio. Eighty years and nearly 20 million scooters later, his idea is still on the road.
Off-RoadAt the ISDT 1964 in Erfurt, four Californians on Triumphs, Steve McQueen among them, led the Silver Vase for two days behind the Iron Curtain. A ditch and a broken ankle ended it on day three.
LegendsIn the spring of 1973 Jarno Saarinen beat Agostini and the 750s and looked set to win everything. Then came Monza. The story of the Finn who changed how racers corner.
MachinesSammy Miller and Bultaco built the Bultaco Sherpa T in 12 days. In 1965 it became the first two-stroke to win the Scottish Six Days Trial, and trials riding was never the same again.
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.
6 storiesLegendsRiders, racers, builders and the characters who shaped two wheels.
7 storiesMachinesThe bikes that defined a decade, the odd engineering and the ones that got away.
3 storiesRacingGrand Prix, the TT, endurance and the paddock before it went corporate.
3 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.
