Tested by The Doctor
The latest edition to the AGV range is the K-1, a racing-developed helmet for everyday riding. The K-1 shell design has an aerodynamic shape that includes an integrated rear spoiler and is wind tunnel tested […]
Articles by Old Bike
Take the highway
The new DriRider Highway helmet is a high quality, lightweight ECE 22.05 approved open face helmet. Featuring a UV protected, tinted drop-down sun-visor for daytime riding, plus a fully removable and washable interior liner and […]
Take the long way home
The new TomTom Rider 550 allows you to not only plan the route to your destination, but pick the most interesting way to get there. You can select from three separate levels of bends and […]
Macna Chicane gloves
Macna’s new premium quality Chicane gloves offer great comfort, fit and protection for sport riding or racing. They’re fitted with R.I.S.C. palm sliders and knuckle protection with double layer on the little finger. Top quality […]
Old School cool
The Axe Kevlar/Cotton jacket is a new checked overshirt style jacket. From Merlin, UK’s leader in premium retro clothing, the Axe Kevlar/Cotton jacket looks and feels like a heavy duty cotton shirt but with abrasion-resistant […]
George Begg. An appreciation.
George Begg has never been shackled by tradition. A self-made successful businessman in his native New Zealand, he has used his affluence to indulge in the things he loves; motorcycles, racing cars, travelling and writing, […]
Bob Mitchell – Sidecar superstar
There was a time when sidecars were arguably the most popular class on any road race program. In the late 1940s and 1950s the advent of the big twin Vincent revolutionised the outfit scene in […]
Lobethal – Big, bad and plenty fast
When it comes to road circuits, Lobethal had it all. Bumps, jumps, bridges and unforgiving corners through the hills east of Adelaide. Lobethal, in the Adelaide Hills, is half a world away from the former […]
Kevin Cass – the all-round racer
Wollongong’s Kevin Cass raced motorcycles through the late 1950s, the 1960s and into the seventies, first at national level on dirt and tar, then on the international stage, tasting success on some of the world’s […]
Jack Ahearn – A man for all reasons
A close friend of the writer’s emigrated to Australia in 1966 and has fond memories of sharing a four berth cabin in steerage on a P & O liner with a laconic Aussie named Jack […]
