Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Keith Ward, Dennis Quinlan, Keith Bryen, Jim Scaysbrook “The G45 was very simply a touring motorcycle, anything but inspiring.” These are the words of Australian international racer, the late Keith Bryen, […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Photosmith.com.au , Jim Scaysbrook, Doug Fraser archives Doug Fraser is a BSA man from way back. In the fledgling days of historic racing he campaigned a very rapid B33 BSA and was particularly […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook One of just 50 produced, the 750GT is the rarest of all the MV Agusta fours. When the much-anticipated Milan Motorcycle Show opened on 3rd December 1950, it confirmed […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Ducati did some strange things in the 1960s, struggling, as it was, to remain in existence. In fairness, many, if not most of the shots were called by its American distributor, […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Technical assistance: Paul Reed As the 1970s dawned, it seemed just about every major manufacturer was either working on or thinking about producing a motorcycle powered by a variation of the […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dennis Quinlan and Jim Scaysbrook Magazine owner, prolific motorcycle and automotive book publisher, entrepreneur, ex-racer, ex-motorcycle dealer; Floyd Clymer was never afraid of a challenge. He even wrote a book instructing […]
Story and photos Jim Scaysbrook The longest running motorcycle ever to come out of Japan made its public bow in 1974, and over 40 years later is still going strong, at least in name. Ever […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: OBA Archives A truly unique motorcycle with a split personality; the Böhmerland was the product of the fertile imagination of a Bohemian engineer, incorporating features designed to allow the machine […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Three and a half – that’s the unlikely appellation for what has become a classic of ‘seventies Italian design flair. In racing circles, the name Moto Morini will forever be associated […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook “The fastest standard motorcycle in the world”. That’s not a bad opener in any sales pitch, and it came at a time when motorcycling was all about speed, power […]
