• REMINISCENCES OF MOTOR CYCLING by IXION; Being the Impressions of Thirty Years and 300,000 Miles on the Road (1920-1927, EP Publishing Ltd.)
• 1980's KMZ factory article & info from P.J. Ballard (2002)
• "You and Your Motor Cycle" Vintage 1958 "Foyles Handbooks" motorcycle primer by Aubrey Thompson and Phil Drackett
• Russian Motorcycles History; Motorcycle Sport, February 1993 by David Ansell.

• Historical Articles From Flesh & Relics

  This is a selection of specific blog articles from Flesh & Relics that may be of interest. Be forwarned that as far as I'm concerned the only thing better than old motorcycles is naked women on old motorcycles and the blog is aptly named. I hope you enjoy them and waste some time perusing the other shit I've posted there.

  • J.A.Prestwich Industries: History of the J.A.P. (May 02, 2014)
  • Shit ya dig up in the заповедник- The "Red October" L-300 (March 28, 2014)
  • NSU (March 24, 2014)
  • A Brief History of the Carburetor (March 08, 2014)
  • Csepel / Pannonia (November 01, 2013)
  • The Great Frankenbike Resurrection (September 01, 2013)
  • July 2013 Commie Bike Rally- Sambata de Sus, Brasov, Romania / Transfăgăraşan (July 24, 2013)
  • April 2013 Commie Bike Rally- Zimnicea, Giurgiu, Romania (April 30, 2013)
  • Simson (March 04, 2013)
  • Димитър Соколов / Bulgarian motorcycle archives (February 11, 2013)
  • Zündapp (December 14, 2012)
  • The Japanese Rise to Domination (September 18, 2012)
  • Intrunirea de Comuniste si Atase - Siriu, Romania 2012: (2012 Commie Bike Rally) (August 21, 2012)
  • Motobécane and the Mobylette (July 26, 2012)
  • The Cushman Motor Company (July 07, 2012)
  • Dnepr Model 8.157 Solo Article/Review by Pera Baity (June 07, 2012)
  • James Lansdowne Norton (April 16, 2012)
  • BSA: The Birmingham Small Arms Company (March 07, 2012)
  • Balkan Motorcycles (February 05, 2012)
  • FNA Custom Cycles: Custom BMW (January 15, 2012)
  • Gary Littlejohn (October 23, 2011)
  • Motor Oil 101 (October 15, 2011)
  • BMW: The Pre-War Years (September 10, 2011)
  • The Indian Motocycle Company: An American Icon (July 31, 2011)
  • The Wall of Death: a History of the Motordrome and Silodrome (June 25, 2011)
  • Royal Enfield: Made Like a Gun (May 22, 2011)
  • Moto Guzzi (May 17, 2011)
  • Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd.: British Speed (April 29, 2011)
  • Irbit and Kiev: The Ural and Dnepr Motorcycles (April 11, 2011)
  • History of Motorradwerk Zschopau (MZ): DKW, IFA and MZ Motorcycles (April 3, 2011)
  • IZHMASH (ИЖ): A Tradition of Guns and Motorcycles (March 25, 2011)
  • JAWA Motorcycles: the legacy of František Janeček (March 20, 2011)
  • ČZ: A history of the Česká zbrojovka Motorcycle (March 12, 2011)
  • Vintage Choppers: A history of custom Harleys in the USA through the 1960's and 1970's (March 3, 2011)
  • "Papa Jim" Brewer and the Old Days of the MC's (January 20, 2011)
  • An Incident at Hollister: Facts, Fiction and the Birth of the American Outlaw Biker Culture. (January 13, 2011)
  • An (un)Holy Trinity of Custom Culture: Part 3, "Indian" Larry Desmedt (January 11, 2011)
  • An (un)Holy Trinity of Custom Culture: Part 2, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (December 11, 2010)
  • An (un)Holy Trinity of Custom Culture: Part 1, Von Dutch (December 5, 2010)

• Other Blogs Worth Watching

  • The Vintagent
  • Hard Sun Magazine
  • The Selvedge Yard
  • BikerMetric

Keep thy eye on the tach and thine ears on the engine lest thy whirlybits seek communion with the sun.