Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: OBA Archives A truly unique motorcycle with a split personality; the Böhmerland was the product of the fertile imagination of a Bohemian engineer, incorporating features designed to allow the machine […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Three and a half – that’s the unlikely appellation for what has become a classic of ‘seventies Italian design flair. In racing circles, the name Moto Morini will forever be associated […]
Story & photos: Jim Scaysbrook In the tiny country of Slovenia, which has been invaded, annexed, carved up and pushed around for centuries, it’s a miracle anything has survived. Almost destroyed in the bloody […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook “The fastest standard motorcycle in the world”. That’s not a bad opener in any sales pitch, and it came at a time when motorcycling was all about speed, power […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Byron Gunther, Trevor Evans, Keith Bryen Wallace Anthony, or just plain ‘Tony’ McAlpine, died on the Queensland Gold Coast on September 26th 2005, aged 84. With his passing went perhaps […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photographs Frank Shepherd, Bill Tricker, Charles Rice • Archival assistance: John Wicks Even though it closed almost fifty years ago, Mount Druitt is inevitably mentioned whenever a bunch of old timers get […]
Report: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: MV Agusta MV Agusta Turismo Veloce Lusso SCS E5 and MV Agusta Turismo RC SCS E5. In the booming middleweight Sports Touring category, MV Agusta commands the top slot, at least in price. […]
Ride Test: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook and Triumph. At a glance the new 2021 Triumph Speed Twin seems very much like the previous model, but a deeper look (and a ride) confirms otherwise. Both […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook To own an FB Mondial in 1950 would be akin to having Jack Miller’s 2014 Moto 3 KTM in your garage today. Because this relatively tiny Italian marque totally dominated […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Charles Rice, Keith Ward, Tom Perry The feeling of disbelief that followed the death of Tom Phillis on the Isle of Man in 1962 was palpable. How could Tom, fast […]
