Greeves BSA 350 – Specials have the most fun
Derek Pickard explains how he built a very unusual classic trials bike in the 1980s, then sold it, and 20 years later bought it back to convert it for road use. Story: Derek Pickard • Photos: […]
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The Art of Cornering – An R60 Romance
Would you set off for a solo European tour on a 33-year-old motorcycle with virtually no riding experience? Kathy Head did. Story: Kathy Head Anyone who has read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance […]
Hodaka: Frank Wheeler and the wayward Wombat
Dutch ownership, American design and Japanese built; the final incarnation of the Hodaka was named after an Australian marsupial that eats, roots and leaves. Naturally it burrowed down under to complete a lap of our […]
1972 Ducati 750 GT: Another beauty from Bologna
It seems everyone was building 750s in the early ‘seventies, but few were as pretty as this one. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook • Original photos: Michael Andrews and Jeff Nield. By the time Fabio Taglioni’s […]
Tracks in Time: Parramatta Park – The circuit in the city
Show any motor racing enthusiast a set of roads that form a lap and the wheels start turning – literally and figuratively. In the days when Australia had no racing circuits built solely for that […]
The Jesser Triumph: From milk bar to Mallala.
Beginning life as Ken Blake’s ride-to-work machine, this 1964 Bonneville went on to a string of victories including taking out consecutive Australian TTs. Story: Jim Scaysbrook with much assistance from John Lord, Glen Rose and […]
Yamaha YR-2: A line in the sand
The Japanese factories wanted 350s for the booming US market. Yamaha got there first. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Yamaha called their first 350 the YR-1 Grand Prix (at least they did in USA), which […]
The Henderson Matchless: Home-spun hero
What started as a Gold Star BSA and evolved to a Matchless G50-engined Norton, eventually became the 4-valve Henderson G50 – a mighty quick single. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Bill Forsyth, Dick Darby, Gary Reid, […]
Trease Harley 1300: Down-under, down home Special
Australia’s flourishing Historic racing movement attracts a huge variety of esoteric bikes of all ages – many wonderful, a few occasionally weird. John Trease’s Harley Special might seem to those unaware of its improbable performance […]
Mildura – Racing in the red
“Like a leg of lamb” was one description of the shape of the 3.8 mile (6.1 km) public road circuit just outside the centre of Mildura. “Mighty fast” was another. In the local aboriginal Latje […]