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Velocette Sportsman: Sent to the colonies

With Velocette in its death throes, a small batch of bespoke 500s escaped before it was too late… Hall Green, Birmingham in 1969 was not a happy place to be. The spectre of the ill-fated [...]
Bikes

Triumph X-75: A short-lived Hurricane

Conceived and developed in total secrecy and funded out of petty cash, the bike that eventually ended up as the X-75 Triumph Hurricane has become one of the most influential designs in motorcycling history. BSA [...]
Riders

Winifred Wells: Our First Lady

Solo back-to-back transcontinental rides put Winifred Wells on the map but her full circuit of Australia confirmed her eminence among our moto pioneers. “When I was eleven years old I stood in the kitchen and [...]
Bikes

Rated XR – Harley-Davidson XRTT

If there is one enduring image that defines the XRTT, it is of the unassuming Californian Cal Rayborn serving it up to the Brits in the Trans Atlantic Match Race series in 1972. Not only [...]
Tracks

The Twin Cold Shoulders: Gnoo Blas Circuit, Orange NSW

Rivalry in motor sport is not uncommon. But in the case of the long defunct Gnoo Blas circuit in Orange, 285 km west of Sydney, motor racing was simply the common factor in an intense [...]

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

Fourth time lucky for Rennie at Pikes Peak

July 1, 2019

The 97th running of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado produced the first-ever Australian winner – none other than Rennie Scaysbrook, our California based son and motorcycle journalist. Rennie was making his fourth attempt [...]
Australian speedway goldmine

May 18, 2018
2018 International Festival of Speed

April 6, 2018

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