Recommended Reading: Ultimate Collector Motorcycles from Taschen
In the realm of classic motorcycles, terms like ‘rare’ and ‘expensive’ are objective. If very few examples of a particular bike remain, it’s rare; if acquiring one will cost you an arm and a leg, it’s expensive. But terms like ‘iconic,’ ‘legendary,’ and ‘mythical’ are harder to quantify.
Right now, we’re neck deep in a book that makes a bolder assertion, by asking what makes a motorcycle collectible. Authored by Charlotte and Peter Fiell and published by Taschen, Ultimate Collector Motorcycles is a monolithic double-volume compendium of iconic and collectible motorcycles. And it is breathtaking.
Spanning over two volumes and 940 pages, Ultimate Collector Motorcycles features 100 motorcycles, each desirable in its own way, with a total of 1,100 photographs spanning its pages. Each hardcover volume measures 11.5? by 14.5? and is around 2? thick, and the entire package weighs just over 20 lbs. (You can only consider this a coffee table book if the coffee table in question is considerably sturdy.) The first volume chronicles motorcycles from 1894 to 1939, starting with the 1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller and concluding with the 1939 Gilera 500 cc Rondine. The second volume runs from 1940 to 2020, starting with the 1940 Crocker 61 ci ‘Big Tank’ and coming in to land with Aston Martin’s striking 2020 AMB 001. As you’d imagine, selecting bikes for this project was no walk in...
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