By now everyone has probably heard about the double engine Honda called “Gekko” that won Born Free 8 this year.  The same bike shortly after doing 155mph at Bonneville Speed week then 173mph on El Mirage dry lake.  It wasn’t so much of a shock that Kiyo could build something that would win Bon Free...

Lock is the kind of builder that is full of passion. He puts a lot of love and intellect into his work. He will take the time to explain if you take the time to listen...

This is a story that was years in the making.  

 I first contacted Len Higa after I had seen a couple of vintage Hondas he built to Race AHRMA. I was enamored by his design aesthetic and fabrication skills. That was sometime in 2013 but nothing really happened until recently...

You could say that he was born with a wrench in one hand and the other twisting a throttle. At age two, his father would sit him on the tank of his three-wheeler and by age four he had already learned to ride a motorcycle....

From the first day I started to photograph these lovely machines and the people around them, I was hooked...

Photographer Yve Assad gives us a rare glimpse into Nashville's Blackbird Assembly...

Investigating a Laverda I only glimpsed in a single photo led me to a garage in Hawthorne, CA. The bike was a 1975 Laverda endurance race replica built to the nines. Four hours later I walked out of the garage absolutely dumbfounded. "Who the hell is this guy?"...

A lifetime of racing adds up to a lifetime of stories. I can only try to tell a small fraction of Gerry's life in these few paragraphs but I'm glad to be able to share this much at least. Making personal connections with people like Gerry is what makes this whole project with The Mighty Motor worthwhile...