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.
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.
MachinesYamaha built the XT500 for weekend riders in the Californian desert. Its French importer took it to Africa and won the first two Paris-Dakars. Fifty years of the big single that started adventure biking.
Off-RoadCagiva spent five years chasing the Dakar with Ducati twins. At Dakar 1990, Edi Orioli and the Cagiva Elefant finally ended Honda's four-year run, and a stage into Agadez decided it.
MachinesThe BMW R100RS was the first production motorcycle with a wind-tunnel full fairing. Its designer hated fairings. Fifty years on, this is how the sport tourer was born.
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.
4 storiesLegendsRiders, racers, builders and the characters who shaped two wheels.
5 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.
2 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.
