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G45 Matchless: The temperamental twin

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Keith Ward, Dennis Quinlan, Keith Bryen, Jim Scaysbrook “The G45 was very simply a touring motorcycle, anything but inspiring.” These are the words of Australian international racer, the late Keith Bryen, [...]
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OBA Classic Challenge off to a rolling start

An innovation at the 2022 OBA Classic Challenge at Sydney Motor Sport Park on February 12-13 will be rolling starts for selected feature races, as opposed to the normal grid starts. It should make for [...]
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Doug Fraser’s Empire Twin

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Photosmith.com.au , Jim Scaysbrook, Doug Fraser archives Doug Fraser is a BSA man from way back. In the fledgling days of historic racing he campaigned a very rapid B33 BSA and was particularly [...]
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MV Agusta 750 GT – Buff beauty

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook One of just 50 produced, the 750GT is the rarest of all the MV Agusta fours. When the much-anticipated Milan Motorcycle Show opened on 3rd December 1950, it confirmed [...]
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Tracks in Time: Little River

Story: Jim Scaysbrook • With assistance from: Jenny Martinez • Photographs: Ray Kelly, Wes Brown, Noel Cheney, Ross Martin and other private collections. Like its more famous counterpart in the Irish Sea, the Australian TT was [...]

Stealth vision from Kenwood

December 22, 2021

These days, so-called Dash Cams are vital pieces of equipment that are increasingly being used in cars and trucks. The information they record can be of great use for establishing insurance claims as well as [...]
More herbs for early Zeds

December 20, 2021
Inflation is a good thing

December 19, 2018
BK Performance expands

December 19, 2018

The Grom Motorcycle Museum: Vransko, Slovenia

October 22, 2021

Story & photos: Jim Scaysbrook In the tiny country of Slovenia, which has been invaded, annexed, carved up and pushed around for centuries, it’s a miracle anything has survived. Almost destroyed in the bloody [...]
The Temple of Ducati

August 20, 2021
1912 Dunlop Dispatch Relay

March 27, 2021
27th Frostbite Rally: Frost-free in Warwick

December 6, 2019

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