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.
MachinesThe Harley-Davidson XR750 was a near-disaster in 1970. Rebuilt in aluminium, it won 28 of 37 American dirt-track titles and carried Evel Knievel over rows of buses.
RacingTwo friends with day jobs built a 50cc Jamathi in a Dutch village. At the 1968 Dutch TT, Paul Lodewijkx rode it past the Suzuki world champion by a tenth of a second.
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.
LegendsIn 1992 Dutch surgeons were ready to amputate Mick Doohan's right leg. By 1998 he had won five consecutive 500cc world titles. This is bike racing's greatest comeback.
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.
8 storiesLegendsRiders, racers, builders and the characters who shaped two wheels.
9 storiesMachinesThe bikes that defined a decade, the odd engineering and the ones that got away.
6 storiesRacingGrand Prix, the TT, endurance and the paddock before it went corporate.
6 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.
