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On Two Wheels

Motorcycles and scooters, from American legends to a Czechoslovak “piglet.”

A Harley-Davidson: tank and speedometer (1/2)
A Harley-Davidson: tank and speedometer (2/2)
A Harley-Davidson: tank and speedometer. It all started in 1903 in a wooden shed in Milwaukee.
An Indian, Harley’s oldest rival: gold script on the tank and a war-bonnet head on the horn (1/2)
An Indian, Harley’s oldest rival: gold script on the tank and a war-bonnet head on the horn (2/2)
An Indian, Harley’s oldest rival: gold script on the tank and a war-bonnet head on the horn. Its most famous rider was New Zealander Burt Munro, who set speed records at Bonneville on a heavily modified 1920 Indian Scout, the story behind The World’s Fastest Indian.
The Čezeta, a Czechoslovak scooter built from 1957 to 1964
The Čezeta, a Czechoslovak scooter built from 1957 to 1964. Six and a half feet long, shaped like a torpedo, with a trunk under the seat. Czechs lovingly call it “the piglet.”
A ČZ 350 with “ČEZET” on the tank, the export name these Czechoslovak bikes from Strakonice wore around the world (1/2)
A ČZ 350 with “ČEZET” on the tank, the export name these Czechoslovak bikes from Strakonice wore around the world (2/2)
A ČZ 350 with “ČEZET” on the tank, the export name these Czechoslovak bikes from Strakonice wore around the world.
Jawa, a brand name built from two names: founder František Janeček bought a license from the German firm Wanderer, and JAneček plus
Jawa, a brand name built from two names: founder František Janeček bought a license from the German firm Wanderer, and JAneček plus WAnderer gave you JAWA.
An MZ from Zschopau, East Germany, the same factory that built DKW motorcycles before the war (1/2)
An MZ from Zschopau, East Germany, the same factory that built DKW motorcycles before the war (2/2)
An MZ from Zschopau, East Germany, the same factory that built DKW motorcycles before the war.
An AWO 425 from Suhl, East Germany, a 1950s single built under Soviet management (1/2)
An AWO 425 from Suhl, East Germany, a 1950s single built under Soviet management (2/2)
An AWO 425 from Suhl, East Germany, a 1950s single built under Soviet management. It arrived at the show riding in the back of a van, as a veteran should.
The younger generation: a pink Simson scooter from the same Suhl factory as the AWO, and a Polish Romet Pony moped (1/2)
The younger generation: a pink Simson scooter from the same Suhl factory as the AWO, and a Polish Romet Pony moped (2/2)
The younger generation: a pink Simson scooter from the same Suhl factory as the AWO, and a Polish Romet Pony moped.