May, 2017 | Vintage Motor Company

Maico, Motorcycle Culture, motorcycle restoration, Uncategorized

Change is Good: Motorcycle Personalization, Modification, and Performance Upgrades

Posted on May 25, 2017October 17, 2017 by David Russell

25
May

Vintage Motor Company is pleased to present a three-part series on why Maico riders modified their bikes–and why owners of motor vehicles are still motivated by the same desires The pick-up truck bounced into an open dirt patch on the Pennsylvania hillside. It came to rest abruptly; a drawn-out scratch of the emergency brake finalized […]

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Uncategorized, Vietnam War

Examining the Myth of the Vietnam Veteran

Posted on May 12, 2017May 13, 2017 by David Russell

12
May

Who gets to define a man or woman? Who is permitted to evaluate the life and choices of a person? And who is to be believed? **Moving slightly away from The Vintage Motor Company’s main cultural explorations (motorcycles!), we’d like to examine a cultural event that effected all of us to some extent or another…

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Tim Hart

Tim Hart, Revisited

Posted on May 11, 2017 by David Russell

11
May

Tim Hart passed away on March 6th, 2017. In retrospect, he was a hero to most every formerly-young dirt rider, who is now past the age of 55. He was the image of who we all wanted to be, those many years ago. The funny thing is that each of us kept this admiration inside, […]

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