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  • MV Agusta Museum – Cascina Costa, Italy
    Out'n'About

    MV Agusta Museum – Cascina Costa, Italy

    From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 56 – first published in 2015. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Don’t expect the MV Agusta Museum to loom up on the horizon like the latest IKEA mega-warehouse [...]
  • Hand Held Dyno® vs Dyna Ignition – Back to back shootout
    Good Gear

    Hand Held Dyno® vs Dyna Ignition – Back to back shootout

    On The Dyno: Presented by OEM.DIGITAL Pty Ltd Mike Pacella at Atlanta Motorcycle Works put the Hand Held Dyno® Ignition to the test in a back-to-back shootout against the Dyna S Ignition on a 1982 [...]
  • Jawa Model 15/00 500 OHC
    Bikes

    Jawa Model 15/00 500 OHC

    From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 95 – first published in 2021. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: (Main) M33 Productions, (Historical) Gaven Dall’Osto, Lothar Mildebrath, Peter Whitaker, Etienne Blanchon, OBA archives. Ask almost anyone [...]
  • Honda VTR1000F FireStorm
    Bikes

    Honda VTR1000F FireStorm

    From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 94 – first published in 2021. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photographs: Rob Dames “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” – Oscar Wilde “Haw, haw”, they chortled. Honda’s [...]
  • ISDT Jawas: Bananas and other forbidden fruit
    Bikes

    ISDT Jawas: Bananas and other forbidden fruit

    From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 93 – first published in 2021. Story and photos Peter Drakeford The International Six Day Trial was the pinnacle of the off-road world in the 1970s, capturing the [...]
In the Spotlight

Dave Basham: Southern star

by Old Bike in Feature

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 78 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Graeme Longley, Basham archives.  In the long list of great South Australian riders, few are as legendary as Dave [...]
  • Bikes

    Honda C100/C102 Super Cub – You meet the nicest people!

  • 1932 500cc Rudge works model – Something very special

  • Bimota Tesi 1D: Going forkless

  • Ariel Square Four: The Squariel

  • 1992 Moto Guzzi Daytona: Doctor knows best

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  • Kawasaki 650 W2 SS – Roast or sukiyaki?

  • OBA Issue 14
    Riders

    Harold Parsons. Briefly the best.

  • Jeff Munro: Powered by perversity

  • Doug Voss: The long way to the Earls Court Show

  • Stuart Avant: So close to stardom

  • Dave Basham: Southern star

  • Ray Owen – The complete motorcyclist

  • Last lap for Last-Lap Kavanagh

  • Tracks

    Tracks in Time: Parramatta Park – The circuit in the city

  • Longford. Fast, furious, friendly.

  • The Twin Cold Shoulders: Gnoo Blas Circuit, Orange NSW

  • Lobethal – Big, bad and plenty fast

  • Hume Weir – The valley of the kings

  • Amaroo Park – Paradise Lost

  • Tracks in Time: Flinders Naval Depot

  • Out'n'About

    27th Frostbite Rally: Frost-free in Warwick

  • Alec Wise: the brake man

  • 2018 International Festival of Speed

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  • Royal Enfield Bear 650: A Scrambler joins the mix

    September 5, 2025
    From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 121 – first published in 2025. Report and photos: Mat Clancy Having clocked up over 30,000 km since I collected my new Interceptor from Motociclo in 2022, I [...]
  • 2025 Yamaha MT-07: Much more than a facelift
    February 26, 2025
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    December 20, 2024
  • Hand Held Dyno® vs Dyna Ignition – Back to back shootout

    October 10, 2025
    On The Dyno: Presented by OEM.DIGITAL Pty Ltd Mike Pacella at Atlanta Motorcycle Works put the Hand Held Dyno® Ignition to the test in a back-to-back shootout against the Dyna S Ignition on a 1982 [...]
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  • MV Agusta Museum – Cascina Costa, Italy

    October 10, 2025
    From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 56 – first published in 2015. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Don’t expect the MV Agusta Museum to loom up on the horizon like the latest IKEA mega-warehouse [...]
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