Old School cool
The Axe Kevlar/Cotton jacket is a new checked overshirt style jacket. From Merlin, UK’s leader in premium retro clothing, the Axe Kevlar/Cotton jacket looks and feels like a heavy duty cotton shirt but with abrasion-resistant […]
Year: 2018
George Begg. An appreciation.
George Begg has never been shackled by tradition. A self-made successful businessman in his native New Zealand, he has used his affluence to indulge in the things he loves; motorcycles, racing cars, travelling and writing, […]
Bob Mitchell – Sidecar superstar
There was a time when sidecars were arguably the most popular class on any road race program. In the late 1940s and 1950s the advent of the big twin Vincent revolutionised the outfit scene in […]
Lobethal – Big, bad and plenty fast
When it comes to road circuits, Lobethal had it all. Bumps, jumps, bridges and unforgiving corners through the hills east of Adelaide. Lobethal, in the Adelaide Hills, is half a world away from the former […]
Kevin Cass – the all-round racer
Wollongong’s Kevin Cass raced motorcycles through the late 1950s, the 1960s and into the seventies, first at national level on dirt and tar, then on the international stage, tasting success on some of the world’s […]
Jack Ahearn – A man for all reasons
A close friend of the writer’s emigrated to Australia in 1966 and has fond memories of sharing a four berth cabin in steerage on a P & O liner with a laconic Aussie named Jack […]
Honda C71Z – Rarer than rare
For most of us, Honda’s racing history begins with their 1959 incursion at the Isle of Man, where they swept the 125 class and carted off the team award. But that effort was as a […]
Amaroo Park – Paradise Lost
A road racing circuit, motocross track, tar hill climb, oiled-dirt short circuit (and briefly, a speedway). And less than an hour from Sydney CBD. A dream? No, for 35 years, this was Amaroo Park; the […]
Kawasaki 650 W2 SS – Roast or sukiyaki?
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but underneath the BSA-inspired veneer, the Kawasaki W-series twins had plenty of original thinking… From the time the Edward Turner-designed Triumph Speed Twin stopped British Motorcycle Show-goers […]
Geoff Mack – He’s been everywhere, man.
In 1959, it took Geoff Mack just two hours to write one of the most successful songs in Australian music history, and it’s fed him ever since. He’d been back in Australia for five years, […]
