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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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 […]
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 […]
Suzuki GT750: Suzuki’s big wet triple
For six years, Suzuki defied conventional wisdom when everyone else was going four-stroke. What the release of the Honda CB750 in 1969 created was not so much of a rush as a stampede, for this machine […]
A blast on the Britten
There can be few, if any, two-wheeled creations that stir the loins like the Christchurch-built Britten V1000. Even when sitting still and silent, the machine boils with menacing beauty – it simply oozess panache. Even […]
Kel Carruthers: The Complete Racer
World 250cc Champion in 1969, and a major factor in the World 500cc titles for Kenny Roberts Senior and Eddie Lawson, Kel Carruthers has a CV matched by very few Australians. A resident of the […]
Velocettes in Antarctica
I guess it would be impossible today; taking any motorcycle to the Antarctic, let alone an older, likely oil-leaking one. But, it has been done, not once but at least twice in – 1961 and […]
Inflation is a good thing
A tubeless tyre puncture repair kit that fits under the seat of most bikes can be the difference between a good day’s riding, and a trip home in the trailer. These days, roads are littered […]
