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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 [...]
Bikes

Liberty Yamaha – The Australian Yamaha

Designed in Australia and built in Japan. This is how the press cuttings of 1960 described the Liberty Yamaha Ranch model which was derived from the 1959 Yamaha YDS1 250cc sports motorcycle. Designed and manufactured [...]
Bikes

Chesterfield Superbike Series: Part 2

From a wobbly start, the Chesterfield Superbike Series had rounded off the 1973 season in a big way, and Chesterfield took little convincing to continue their involvement. The original ‘5000’ tag disappeared for the simple [...]
Bikes

Chesterfield Superbike Series: Part 1

These days, the term Superbike has slipped into the language as a definitive term just like Biro or Hoover. It proliferated in Europe and particularly America in the mid 1970s, but make no mistake, Superbike [...]

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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