Steve McQueen Husky pulls $144,500 at Bonhams

Replica Steve McQueen 1971 Husqvarna 400 Cross. Photos courtesy of Bonhams How many replica cars can attract six figure bidders? A few handfuls at most possibly; and you would think that there are even fewer motorcycle collectors who would fall into that category. However, that’s just who showed up or phoned in at the recent […]

Steve McQueen’s Husqvarna 400 Up for Grabs

No front fender, no shirt and an open-face helmet – that’s how Steve McQueen rolled on the August 23, 1971, cover of Sports Illustrated, wheelie-ing the legendary Husqvarna 400 Cross. On Any Sunday, Malcom Smith and, of course, McQueen did for the red-tanked Swedish-built Huskys here in the U.S. what Rebel Without a Cause did […]

Social Networking With Your Off-Road Heroes

Recently, a brief discussion in the HMN editorial bullpen touched on that social networking nuisance, Facebook, and our various curmudgeonly opinions of it: “In MY day, we networked the old-fashioned way with faxes, chatrooms and e-mail….” Needless to say, none of us have seen the movie, and frankly, the only reason I joined Facebook was […]