Dave Basham: Southern star
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 78 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Graeme Longley, Basham archives. In the long list of great South Australian riders, few are as legendary as Dave […]
Year: 2023
Honda RC45: Daring to be different.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 72 – first published in 2018. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook • Ride impressions: Rennie Scaysbrook While its rivals stuck with the near-ubiquitous in-line DOHC four cylinder engine, Honda had […]
Yamaha SR500: Born in North Sydney
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 73 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrok • Photos: OBA archives, Brendan vandeZand, Nick Shaw, Phil Vergison. Back in the late ‘seventies, the band Mental As […]
Michael Dowson: Stylish, swift, safe.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 73 – first published in 2018. Story: Des Lewis • Photos: John Ford, Mal Pitman, OBA archives. Mike Dowson stood at the top of the podium at Tsukuba […]
If looks could kill – Suzuki GS1000S
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 66 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook Short-lived it may have been, but the GS1000S remains one of the standout motorcycles of […]
Yamaha YL-1 and AS-3: Pocket rockets
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Tony Morisset and Jim Scaysbrook Like its Japanese competitors, Yamaha had a fairly nippy little 100cc single […]
Emu Engineering Empire Twin E120S
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photography: Sue Scaysbrook Just when you think you’ve completed the story of the range of v-twins built entirely […]
Honda C71Z: Rarer than rare.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: CMSNL and Compass Island. For most of us, Honda’s racing history begins with their 1959 incursion at […]
1959 Indian Chief… trailblazer!
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook When the last of the traditional V-twin Indian Chiefs staggered out of the Springfield factory in 1953, […]
Bultaco Metralla Mk2 TT racer: Spanish flyer
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 68 – first published in 2017. Story: John Somerville • Photos: John Somerville and Jim Scaysbrook The appearance of the Bultaco Metralla Mk2 in 1966 heralded a new level of […]
