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Honda CB900F: Twin cam classic

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: John Fretten, Jim Scaysbrook, Rob Lewis From virtually owning the big bike market from 1969 to 1972, Honda steadily divested itself of the crown as the ‘seventies rolled by. Initially under [...]
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Kawasaki A7 Avenger: Short-lived twin

Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook As a relative newcomer to volume motorcycle production, Kawasaki wasted little time in establishing itself as perhaps the most innovative member of what was then the Japanese invasion of the [...]
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1967 Matchless G15CSR: Late comer

Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook. To the many purists, it was a sad day when Associated Motor Cycles, owners of AJS, Matchless, Francis Barnett, James and Norton, shifted the last-named marque from its traditional home [...]
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Goodwood Vincent – The bike that ate Goodwood

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Bill Forsyth, Russell Colvin and Perspective Images. In Historic Racing terms, it doesn’t get any better or bigger than The Goodwood Revival. What makes Goodwood unique is that the venue itself [...]
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Kapooka – A one-off in Wagga

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Frank Shepherd When Mount Druitt disappeared in November 1958, it left NSW with just one operational road racing circuit – the once-a-year bash at Bathurst at Easter. This had the effect [...]

2021 Review: Royal Enfield Interceptor 650

March 10, 2021

Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 – classic, retro-styling in a modern motorcycle. Royal Enfield could scarcely have predicted just what a goal it would kick with the new 650 twins when they finally rolled off the [...]
Suitable Partners: Yamaha TMAX 560 and NMAX 155

September 30, 2020
Triumph Rocket 3 – from cult classic to “awesome”

February 27, 2020
Yamaha Tracer 900GT – A better Tracer

May 24, 2019

Inflation is a good thing

December 19, 2018

A tubeless tyre puncture repair kit that fits under the seat of most bikes can be the difference between a good day’s riding, and a trip home in the trailer. These days, roads are littered [...]
BK Performance expands

December 19, 2018
For female feet

December 19, 2018
Mikunis for Triumphs

December 19, 2018

1912 Dunlop Dispatch Relay

March 27, 2021

His eclectic lifestyle totally dependent on the sale of tyres, adman Harry James realised the 1912 Dunlop Dispatch Relay was certain to inflate his pay packet. Story: Peter Whitaker • Photographs and research: Phillip Smith No one [...]
27th Frostbite Rally: Frost-free in Warwick

December 6, 2019
Fourth time lucky for Rennie at Pikes Peak

July 1, 2019
Australian speedway goldmine

May 18, 2018

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