2025 Kawasaki Versys 1100 S: Even better with age
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 123 – first published in 2025. Ride impressions: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Mat Clancy, Kawasaki Australia When we tested the Versys 1000 SE back in 2019, it had […]
Year: 2025
MV Agusta Museum – Cascina Costa, Italy
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 56 – first published in 2015. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Don’t expect the MV Agusta Museum to loom up on the horizon like the latest IKEA mega-warehouse […]
Hand Held Dyno® vs Dyna Ignition – Back to back shootout
On The Dyno: Presented by OEM.DIGITAL Pty Ltd Mike Pacella at Atlanta Motorcycle Works put the Hand Held Dyno® Ignition to the test in a back-to-back shootout against the Dyna S Ignition on a 1982 […]
Jawa Model 15/00 500 OHC
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 95 – first published in 2021. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: (Main) M33 Productions, (Historical) Gaven Dall’Osto, Lothar Mildebrath, Peter Whitaker, Etienne Blanchon, OBA archives. Ask almost anyone […]
Honda VTR1000F FireStorm
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 94 – first published in 2021. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photographs: Rob Dames “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” – Oscar Wilde “Haw, haw”, they chortled. Honda’s […]
ISDT Jawas: Bananas and other forbidden fruit
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 93 – first published in 2021. Story and photos Peter Drakeford The International Six Day Trial was the pinnacle of the off-road world in the 1970s, capturing the […]
Douglas 90 Plus: The Clubman’s choice
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 97 – first published in 2021. Story Jim Scaysbrook • Photos M33 Productions, Elwyn Roberts, Craig Greene. The motorcycle media called it “Brilliant… one of the highlights of the […]
Royal Enfield Bear 650: A Scrambler joins the mix
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 121 – first published in 2025. Report and photos: Mat Clancy Having clocked up over 30,000 km since I collected my new Interceptor from Motociclo in 2022, I […]
Operation Transmatilda
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 92 – first published in 2021. Story & photos: Compiled from the original work by Danny Curran with photographs by Vern Train. • Additional photos by Rob Lewis. […]
Doug Chivas: A Life in the Fast Lane
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 90 – first published in 2020. DOUG CHIVAS: December 25, 1947 – August 20, 2020. Story: Michael Esdaile • Photos: Highside NZ, OBA archives, Chivas archives, John Innes, […]
