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Honda RC45: Daring to be different.

June 26, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 72 – first published in 2018. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook • Ride impressions: Rennie Scaysbrook While its rivals stuck with the near-ubiquitous in-line DOHC four cylinder engine, Honda had […]

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Yamaha SR500: Born in North Sydney

June 16, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 73 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrok • Photos: OBA archives, Brendan vandeZand, Nick Shaw, Phil Vergison. Back in the late ‘seventies, the band Mental As […]

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Michael Dowson: Stylish, swift, safe.

June 9, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 73 – first published in 2018. Story: Des Lewis • Photos: John Ford, Mal Pitman, OBA archives. Mike Dowson stood at the top of the podium at Tsukuba […]

Bikes

If looks could kill – Suzuki GS1000S

June 3, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 66 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook Short-lived it may have been, but the GS1000S remains one of the standout motorcycles of […]

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Yamaha YL-1 and AS-3: Pocket rockets

May 26, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Tony Morisset and Jim Scaysbrook Like its Japanese competitors, Yamaha had a fairly nippy little 100cc single […]

Bikes

Emu Engineering Empire Twin E120S

May 19, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photography: Sue Scaysbrook Just when you think you’ve completed the story of the range of v-twins built entirely […]

Bikes

Honda C71Z: Rarer than rare.

May 12, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: CMSNL and Compass Island. For most of us, Honda’s racing history begins with their 1959 incursion at […]

Bikes

1959 Indian Chief… trailblazer!

May 5, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook When the last of the traditional V-twin Indian Chiefs staggered out of the Springfield factory in 1953, […]

Bikes

Bultaco Metralla Mk2 TT racer: Spanish flyer

April 28, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 68 – first published in 2017. Story: John Somerville • Photos: John Somerville and Jim Scaysbrook The appearance of the Bultaco Metralla Mk2 in 1966 heralded a new level of […]

Bikes

Heinkel: The Prince of Scooters

April 21, 2023

From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 78 – first published in 2019. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Mention Heinkel and most people immediately think of aircraft – specifically, the type that dropped bombs. But […]

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