FILMS
Released February 9 2023, USAElectric Revolutionary: Samuel Aboagye
By 17, Samuel had built two solar-powered electric vehicles entirely from discarded materials. The MAF discovered his genius via YouTube videographer Efo Selasi, and included Sam’s Solar Scooter and Solar Taxi in our Petersen Museum exhibit ‘Electric Revolutionaries’. Getting his vehicles from Accra to LA was problematic, so we sent team members Dan Green and Greg Hatton to Ghana to document Samuel’s world, interviewing his teachers and family about life with a young genius, and their attempts to find him a proper education.
Director: Greg Hatton
Starring: Samuel Aboagye / Efo Selasi / Dan Green / Greg Hatton
Producer: Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
Released February 2022, USA
Vincent Black Lightning
The most compelling name ever for a motorcycle, the Vincent Black Lightning was the world’s fastest production bike for 25 years. Paul d’Orleans rides a street legal beauty on the streets of San Francisco, and discusses its amazing history.
Director: David Martinez
Starring: Paul d’Orléans (and Bryan Bossier’s 1950 Vincent Black Lightning)
Executive Producer: Petrolicious and Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
ADV: Overland
‘Off-road to off-world’ was the theme for our extraordinarily diverse collection of rare vehicles that did the distance. From round-the-world motorcycles of the 1920s to Mars rovers from NASA, plus sci-fi gems and theoretical lunar motorcycles, this film takes you into the heart of the process and delves deep into overland culture and its hero’s.
Released October 2020, USA
Baja Honda
The original Baja buster, the Honda CL72 was the first motorcycle to ride from Tijuana to La Paz, in 1962. Paul d’Orleans rides a CL72 in the Baja desert, and talks about its history, and the troubles of riding a 50 year old dirt bike as the maker intended.
Director: David Martinez
Starring: Paul d’Orléans (and his 1964 Honda Cl72 Street Scambler)
Executive Producer: Petrolicious
Released March 2018
Sugar & Spade: Morocco
When the stars and crew of ‘Sugar & Spade’ were invited to premiere their film in Morocco, the MAF team stepped up to support their dreams
Directors: Dos Caminos / 27 Transmissions
Producer: Paul D’Orléans
Executive Producer: Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
Released April 2018
Montlhéry
Vintage Revival Montlhéry sees hundreds of amazing pre-1940 racing machines converging every 2 years at the world’s only original 1920s motordrome. It’s an atmosphere of pure mechanical magic.
Director: Voe
Producers: True Motion Pictures
Executive Producers: Paul D’Orléans, Alexander Papastawrou
Released August 2017
Model X
Paul d’Orléans discusses the allure of riding an old 1933 Matchless Model X.
Director: David Martinez
Starring: Paul d’Orléans (and Charlie Taylor’s 1933 Matchless Model X)
Producers: Emily Dulla and Paul d’Orléans
Released August 9th, 2017
Black Falcon
A close-up of Falcon Motorcycles Black Falcon, the most revered custom motorcycle in recent history.
Director: Travis Shinn
Producers: Paul d’Orléans
Released July 26th, 2017
Neander
The rare 1930 Neander-JAP provides a perfect talking point for our love of old machinery.
Director: Sebastian Schelly
Producer: Paul D’Orléans
Released June 2017
The Ended Summer
Motorcycle racer, surfer, and photographer Richard Vincent was on track to become a landmark filmmaker in early 1960s SoCal, but was drafted and disappeared for 50 years. David Martinez took a first look at his photos and films from the early 1960s, and Richard told his story.
Director: David Martinez
Producer: Paul d’Orléans
Executive Producer: The Vintagent / Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
PUBLICATIONS
May 2023Quail Motorcycle Gathering
The MAF / Vintagent booth featured the latest publication by Taschen that includes a 6-page spread on Paul d’Orléans, founder of TheVintagent.com and co-founder of the MAF, who emcee’s the Quail. We also featured Max Hazan’s HMW Vincent, the previous year’s Best of Show winner at the Quail.
November 2022
Electric Revolution Live!
A chance to see and ride the latest electric motorcycles, a co-presentation of Pride Palm Springs and the MAF.
December 2022
Overland
The first book to comprehensively document 120 years of long-distance adventure motorcycling.
Authors: Paul D’Orléans, Francois-Marie Dumas
Released January 2020
Ton Up! A Century of Café Racer Speed and Style
The go-fast urge predates motorcycling, but found its natural outlet on two wheels. Ton Up! documents the long history of what became known in the 1950s as cafe racers: from the Speed Merchants and Promenade Percys to the electric cafe racers of the future, illustrated with hundreds of unpublished or extremely rare photos.
Author: Paul D’Orléans
Publisher: Motorbooks
Released March 2021
Electric Revolution
The exhibition catalogue for Electric Revolution at the Petersen Automotive Museum, the world’s first exhibit of only electric motorcycles. The book is packed with 25 historic electric motorcycles, from record breakers and racers to street bikes and customs, plus an essay on the surprisingly long history of electric motorcycles.
Written by: Paul d’Orléans
Produced by: Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
Published by: Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
Released November, 2018
The Current
The first trade publication on electric vehicles, The Current is based on The Vintagent’s web series of the same name, and dives into the bright future for electric motorcycles and cars.
Author: Paul D’Orléans
Publisher: Gestalten
Released April 2018
Custom Revolution
The museum catalogue for the Custom Revolution exhibit, the first-ever museum exhibition to celebrate the new, contemporary “Alternative Custom” style, a globalized and internet-fueled artisanal movement that reinvigorated motorcycle design. Included were 25 outstanding machines from 9 countries built from 17 different makes.
Written by: Paul d’Orleans
Produced by: Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation
Published by: Petersen Automotive Museum