Ray Owen – The complete motorcyclist
You could reasonably assume that there are a few OBA readers out there who started racing more than 60 years ago – not many, perhaps, but a few. But how many of them still own […]
Month: June 2018
Katana – The Suzuki born in Bavaria
The boom in big-capacity motorcycles that began in the late 1960s continued unabated a decade later, and the annual end-of-year shows, in Milan and Cologne (which rotated year about) and Tokyo always contained a few […]
Oxford Tank Grips
Talk about back to the future. In the good ‘ole days, no self-respecting motorcycle would leave the factory without rubber knee grips on the side of the tank, useful for hanging on and hence stability. […]
Waxing lyrical – DriRider jackets
New from DriRider is the Brooklands Jacket, an historic name for a style that is itself steeped in tradition. The outer shell is made in wax cotton, with a waterproof and breathable Reissa membrane. There’s […]
Beaut boots
Formed in 2005, Italian company TCX has been an innovator in motorcycle boots ever since. In fact, the name is derived from the company’s patented Torsion Control System which is incorporated in both road and […]
Cool Cases
Coocase top boxes provide a durable luggage solution in a range of elegant, user-friendly designs. Whether you are cruising on the weekend, commuting to work, or taking the trip of a lifetime Coocase will exceed […]
No Longer Supported
Three-word phrases can be intimidating and foreboding, prescient even. “I’m leaving you”, “Oh my God”, “Make my day”, “I shall return”, spring to mind – a form of speech sometimes referred to as ‘tripling’. But […]
Hume Weir – The valley of the kings
Race tracks have been crammed into some unlikely places, but few as unlikely as the site of the circuit built in 1959 in an old quarry which sat in the shadow of the dam wall […]
Rumi 125 – A Latin love affair
In a sea of Bantam BSAs on Victorian race tracks in the late 1950s, Ian Free’s Rumi stood out like the proverbial dog’s bits. Not only was it Italian, but it was a twin-cylinder 125, […]
A Multitude of Manxes
“How would you like to test a few Manx Nortons while you’re at Pukekohe?” This was Kevin Grant speaking – one of the main movers behind the enormously successful annual meeting in New Zealand. “How […]
