MV 98 – The birth of the breed
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 87 – first published in 2020. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Russ Murray and OBA archives. What sprang from necessity for sheer survival became one of the world’s most […]
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1938 Gilera VL 500 – A motorcycle for gentlemen
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 84 – first published in 2020. Story Jim Scaysbrook • Photos Independent Observations. Mention Gilera and most people think of the exotic four cylinder racers that began in […]
Milledge TZ750A Yamaha: Catching up with an old friend
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 85 – first published in 2020. Story: Bob Rosenthal • Photos: Tineke Kruijmer Back in the early ‘seventies, Yamaha decided it had to come up with a bike […]
1958 Laverda Sport 100 – A luscious Latin
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 80 – first published in 2019. Story: Peter Laverty • Photographs: Russ Murray These days, Laverda is indelibly associated with high performance twins and triples, plus of course […]
Neville Doyle – Gentleman Tuner
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 87 – first published in 2020. Story: Peter Smith • Photos: Charles Rice, OBA archives In the annals of motorcycle sport, there are some famous names behind the […]
Moto Guzzi Lodola: Up with the Lark
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86 – first published in 2020. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: OBA archives From the beginning in 1921, when the 498cc Normale went into production, Moto Guzzi’s signature […]
Norton Nomad: A mix’n’match scrambler
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 88 – first published in 2020. Story: Peter Laverty Take a Model 77 frame, with its single front downbar and bolted up cradle, add the sleek fuel tank […]
Honda RC70F: A rare racer returns
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 81 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook with assistance from Marnix Deibert • Photographs: CMS The RC70F preceded Honda’s next production motocrosser by 15 years. Few […]
Jack Walters – Sponsor extraordinaire
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Keith Ward, Barry Smith, Rob Lewis, Dick Darby. The face of Australian motorcycle racing would look considerably different if not for Jack Walters, who […]
Aermacchi Harley-Davidson 350: As Italian as hot dogs, or as American as macaroni
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 83 – first published in 2019. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: OBA archives. Russ Murray. Gaven Dall’Osto. Aermacchi Harley-Davidson. Doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? And […]
