Harry Hinton: A Racing Life
The Isle of Man mountain course is unique in its sheer abundance of natural hazards, which are rarely tolerant of errors of judgement or mistakes. Those who have taken on the Mountain respect it, for […]
Month: August 2020
BMW R69S – The ultimate flat twin?
BMW had something to prove – that their venerable twin was capable of more than just comfortable touring. The R69S was the answer. Story: Jim Scaysbrook with thanks to Damien Cook and Adrian Vergison for […]
Z1 Kawasaki: New York steak… well done.
It was late 1972 when the Z1 arrived in Australia, initially in very small numbers. But the Z1 story had begun almost six years previously at Kawasaki’s Akashi factory in central Japan; the task being […]
Laurie Boulter: Cover up at Handley’s Corner
Like many aspiring racers, the war robbed Laurie Boulter of perhaps his best years. But despite being on the wrong side of thirty, the South Australian resumed his career after the war and had a […]
