Harold Parsons. Briefly the best.
There are very few monuments dedicated to racing motorcyclists in the world, and in Australia, perhaps only one. It stands in a park on Punt Road, Richmond, in inner Melbourne, and today, attracts few glances […]
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The 37th Harold Parsons Annual Ride
The Maffra Sale Motorcycle Club is pleased to present the 37th annual Harold Parsons Ride. This year’s event will consist of two sections, a morning and an afternoon ride. The course is arrowed over 180 […]
Longford. Fast, furious, friendly.
It’s been nearly 40 years since Longford, 30 minutes south of Launceston, hosted its last motor race. But until a few years ago, you could still drive around most of the public roads that made […]
The Machine Show Braidwood – 29th-31st March, 2019
The Machine Show at Braidwood in NSW is a vintage motorcycle camp-out weekend get-together for folks of all ages, all motorcycle marques, all motorcycle styles. We are a family based event and our hope is […]
2019 Shannons Insurance Broadford Bike Bonanza: 19-21 April, 2019
Organisers of the 2019 Shannons Insurance Broadford Bike Bonanza are calling on all owners of Honda Fours to dust them off and bring them to Broadford this Easter for the biggest gathering of the iconic […]
QBE International Festival of Speed – 14-17 March, 2019
British invasion for QBE TT A four-man team, managed by Roger Winfield, will headline the new QBE TT Cup at the International Festival of Speed at Sydney Motor Sport Park from 14-17 March, 2019. TT […]
Sellicks Beach Historic Races – 16-17 February, 2019
The 2019 Sellicks Beach Historic Races are promoted by Levis MCC of South Australia. Over the two days we will run over 40 races and you can expect to see bikes manufactured by Adler, AJS, Ariel, […]
1972 Laverda 750 SFC – Tangerine dream
In 1999 the Guggenheim Museum in New York staged its now iconic exhibition, “The Art of the Motorcycle”, and in the series of machines from the 1970s, the Laverda 750 SFC was a standout, not […]
Steve Roberts – Tin basher to the stars
You would be hard-pressed to find anyone more comfortable with life than Steve Roberts, a man who has had a hand in more successful projects that you would think possible. For someone who arrived in […]
Sandy McCrae: An outfit legend
The combination of Sandy McCrae and his self-built Vincent specials was virtually indomitable, particularly at Bathurst. His friend and occasional passenger Gordon Gillies recounts his recollections… I was riding in a tram one day in […]