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John Dunscombe and The Flying Bedstead

They called him The Professor, and his acolytes were numerous in the fertile area for sidecar racers, Maitland, near Newcastle. John Dunscombe, who died in 2005, was a wiry little chap who lived in a [...]
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Hunter Piccaninny: Melbourne-made miniature marvel.

In the early 1950s, the Ultra Lightweight class was a hot-bed of two strokes, but one hand-built DOHC model could run with the best of them. The story of the Hunter Piccaninny really has to [...]
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Ducati 916: Tamburini’s masterpiece – Ducati’s saviour

What makes a classic? The striking beauty of Massimo Tamburini’s design is simply breathtaking, but sheer beauty is not enough to make any machine an instant legend. But in this case, underneath the svelte exterior [...]
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Zen, Motorcycles, and the Metaphysics of Quality

What is it about motorcycling that makes us so passionate about it? Sure we have our different tribes: Harley owners, Ducatisti, Adventure Bikers, Café Racers, etc. But it doesn’t matter which tribe you belong to, [...]
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Triumph’s last gasp: the abandoned Bandit

Besieged and battered they may have been, but Triumph’s boffins could see that the middleweights were the way of the future. With the Bandit and its badge-brother the BSA Fury, they were on the right track, but… In the early 1970s, the world [...]

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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