Suzuki RG500: How Suzuki saved the Senior
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 98 – first published in 2022. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Peter Jones, Rob Lewis, Gary Reid, Damian Cook, John Ford, Karel Zegers. After years of domination by […]
Year: 2025
Stone Axe reliable: A pair of MZs.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 97 – first published in 2021. Story and photos: Peter Drakeford I’ve always been taken by the legendary hard men of the Communist nations. Their dedication and training […]
1961 BSA A10 Golden Flash: Rip Van Winkel
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 99 – first published in 2022. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Russ Murray, Marco Moretti, OBA archives. Some motorcycles have a hard life, thrashed mercilessly and/or with scant […]
AJS Silver Streak: All that glitters…
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 94 – first published in 2021. Story: Robert Payne with input from Andrew Jeffrey • Photos: Andrew Jeffrey and OBA Archives. When the very first Earls Court Motorcycle […]
1958 Ambassador America Supreme 250
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 98 – first published in 2022. Story Peter Laverty • Photos Russ Murray Ambassador is a name not generally associated with anything other than utilitarian ride-to-work two-stroke pluggers, which is […]
Bimota DB2 Junior: A chip off the old block
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 95 – first published in 2021. Story: Peter Laverty • Photography: Russ Murray The original Bimota DB2 is a fairly rare machine with just over 400 constructed in the […]
Honda RC142: The birth of the legend
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 96 – first published in 2021. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: John Dalton, Jon Seidl, Jim Scaysbrook, CMS If only motorcycles could talk. Were that the case, it […]
Yamaha V-Max 1200 – Outa my way!
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 98 – first published in 2022. Story Rennie and Jim Scaysbrook • Photos Russ Murray and Yamaha-Motor Australia. There was something funny going on in the mid ‘eighties, […]
Upcoming Races & Rallies Calendar
Check out the upcoming classic motorcycle events from around Australia. JUNE 2025 Road Racing Association of Townsville NQ Championships 14-15 June, 2025 – Manton Park, Calcium, Qld. 2-day Enduro event on main circuit. Contact Club […]
ROKON: Original thinking… an enduro experiment.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 99 – first published in 2022. Story: Peter Drakeford • Photographs: Peter Drakeford, OBA archives. ROKON was a little-known US manufacturer of unconventional off road two-wheel drive, fat […]
