From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 91 – first published in 2020. Story: Jim Scaysbrook with assistance from Graeme Staples • Photos: Phil Ainsley, Graeme Staples, John Ford, Lloyd Williams. The Kiwis have a […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 93 – first published in 2021. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: Russ Murray Was MotoBi the illegitimate son of the oldest extant Italian motorcycle company? Having a company […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 98 – first published in 2022. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Peter Jones, Rob Lewis, Gary Reid, Damian Cook, John Ford, Karel Zegers. After years of domination by […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 97 – first published in 2021. Story and photos: Peter Drakeford I’ve always been taken by the legendary hard men of the Communist nations. Their dedication and training […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 99 – first published in 2022. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Russ Murray, Marco Moretti, OBA archives. Some motorcycles have a hard life, thrashed mercilessly and/or with scant […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 94 – first published in 2021. Story: Robert Payne with input from Andrew Jeffrey • Photos: Andrew Jeffrey and OBA Archives. When the very first Earls Court Motorcycle […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 98 – first published in 2022. Story Peter Laverty • Photos Russ Murray Ambassador is a name not generally associated with anything other than utilitarian ride-to-work two-stroke pluggers, which is […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 95 – first published in 2021. Story: Peter Laverty • Photography: Russ Murray The original Bimota DB2 is a fairly rare machine with just over 400 constructed in the […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 96 – first published in 2021. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: John Dalton, Jon Seidl, Jim Scaysbrook, CMS If only motorcycles could talk. Were that the case, it […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 98 – first published in 2022. Story Rennie and Jim Scaysbrook • Photos Russ Murray and Yamaha-Motor Australia. There was something funny going on in the mid ‘eighties, […]
