Roger Barker – A short life
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 81 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Charles Rice, Keith Bryen, OBA archives. In 1957, Roger Barker, originally from the NSW country town of […]
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Jim Airey – Royale Flush
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 80 – first published in 2019. Story: Peter Whitaker • Photos: Brian Darby, Airey archives, OBA archives. From circling Sydney Showground to circumnavigating the continent Jim Airey is […]
2024 Royal Enfield Bullet 350: The Bullet ricochets
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: UMI Just like Triumph and Bonneville, or Ducati and Monster, Royal Enfield and Bullet just go together. Or at least they did until 2020, when the company’s most venerable model name, […]
NSU Supermax 250: A Teutonic Terrier
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 89 – first published in 2020. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: OBA, Elwyn Roberts, Keith Ward What has one cylinder, three conrods, and can live with engines almost […]
A smarter Tracer: 2024 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT+
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 111 – first published in 2023. Ride impressions: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook The latest evolution of the popular series, the 2024 Tracer 9 GT+ goes all-out […]
Let’s go scrambling, sort of….
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 85 – first published in 2020. Words and photos: Jim Scaysbrook It’s easy to dismiss the CL72 (and its bigger-engined brother the CL77), as “just a CB72 with […]
Royal Enfield Fury – Getting a swelled head
Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: OBA It was touted as Royal Enfield’s “Gold Star”, and the “Fury” was certainly a step in the right direction from the reliable but rather tepid performance offered by the […]
1973 Triumph 650 Tiger: A Meriden minnow
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86 – first published in 2020. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook It was 1973 and the British motorcycle industry was writhing through a series of very […]
Magni-Guzzi Arturo 1000: The All-Italian Magni
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 81 – first published in 2019. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook, OBA archives. In issue 67 we brought you the feature story on the Magni MB2 […]
The Kettenkrad: Half motorcycle, half tractor.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 80 – first published in 2019. Story: Frank Dietz • Photos: Paul Garson, OBA Archives The Kettenkraftrad, or Kettenkrad, (“tracked motorcycle”) was produced by NSU in Neckarsulum in […]
