The Black Pearl was unveiled at the Bigtwin Bike Show in Rosmalen, Holland, next to a poster of Captain Jack Sparrow. But unlike the legendary sea vessel of the silver screen, this Black Pearl is a ...

If loud pipes save lives, you might want to think twice about riding this bike, even if you can afford to buy it. A 1894 Roper Steam Motorcycle will be crossing the block at the Auctions America by RM ...

In this episode on Tekniq, we witness a unique type of steam-powered motorcycle, the delivery process of motorbikes and ...

Rene van Tuil of Revatu Customs knows how the custom->ke296 game works. His latest creation, dubbed the Black Pearl, perfectly illustrates how some builders are fine with eschewing performance ...

One of the world's most valuable motorcycles will go under the hammer early next year. It was hand-built by American inventor Sylvester H. Roper, one of two people with legitimate claims of inventing ...

The Industrial Revolution's strides produced many miracles. Advancements in metallurgy and improved technological practices made the mass production of precision parts possible and, with time, ...

A 60-year-old gent has just smashed a new record for the steam-powered machines of our industry – and he’s gone and done it on veggie oil, using a bike he built in his shed. If that isn’t a thumb-your ...

It is a bike whose inventor was once arrested for riding it but later released when police couldn't work out what crime he had committed. And with a record like that it's not hard to see why it didn't ...

This motorcycle appearing in Russia is a delightful throwback to the technology of the 1860's that would come to inspire steampunk. The uploader, Virtuoso, claims the bike was originally built in 1869 ...