Original title: Murphy’s Law • Story: Peter Whitaker • Photos: Peter and Julie Murphy At the time (1953) BSA trumpeted Kevin Murphy’s achievement as the first motorcycle journey from the Colonies to England. Not that it was […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook • Historic photos: Keith Ward, John Thurgood In Norton terms, 1962 was the year of the SS. Three separate models were catalogued using the SS moniker: the 500cc 88SS, the 600cc […]
The world’s first and second motorcycle 24 hour races produced heroic performances, amazing endurance, and tragedy. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dennis Quinlan, Graeme Osborne, Todd Hamilton, OBA archives. Rugged and devoid of facilities it may […]
His eclectic lifestyle totally dependent on the sale of tyres, adman Harry James realised the 1912 Dunlop Dispatch Relay was certain to inflate his pay packet. Story: Peter Whitaker • Photographs and research: Phillip Smith No one […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Phil Purdue: Highside Photography, Lindsay walker Jim Scaysbrook Early in 2006, the NCR Ducati that I had ridden in the 1978 Formula One and Classic (Unlimited) Isle of Man TTs reappeared from the […]
Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 – classic, retro-styling in a modern motorcycle. Royal Enfield could scarcely have predicted just what a goal it would kick with the new 650 twins when they finally rolled off the […]
Few people have ridden overland from India to England. Even fewer would still own the bike they rode, 58 years after the ride, and still use it regularly. Such a man is Doug Voss, 85 […]
Story and photos Geoffrey Ellis Fast and ferocious; the Bridgestone 350 GTR had few equals in terms of performance and build-quality. Bridgestone’s 350 GTR was undoubtedly the finest of the 1960s mid-sized two-stroke motorcycles in both […]
An interview with Edwin Vernon ‘Chum’ Taylor by Ken Duperouzel Chum Taylor’s speedway career last a quarter of a century. He was the only West Australian rider to ever score points in a World […]
Wartime ingenuity and Alf Berry’s mechanical skills combined to produce a little rocket. Story: Wayne Berry On the night of the 22nd September 1944 Alf Berry a fitter Motor Vehicles Trade Group One with the […]
