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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Like the black sheep of the family, the VR1000 superbike project is something that Harley prefers not to talk about. Hovering on the brink of corporate collapse, it seemed the once-proud marque of Ducati was […]
At a time when the world was shifting to triples and fours, a marriage of convenience produced an iconic British big twin. Launching a parallel twin sports bike in 1971, powered by an engine with […]
The publicity generated by reigning world champion Geoff Duke’s ‘Down Under’ tour in 1954/55 did not go unnoticed overseas. Duke made noises about a repeat performance for the summer season of 1955/56 but when this […]
In the Great List of outstanding motorcycles, there is but a handful worthy of the title of Ground Breaking. In the late 1960s, it seemed the world motorcycle industry, European, American and Japanese, was entirely […]
“Hanging on the wall in my garage, I had this photo of Richard Scott on the RZ500 in the 1984 Castrol Six Hour Race. I looked at it every day for years and then I thought, I’ll have to find one […]
Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder, and who is there among us that does not behold the silver and green round-case Ducati 750 SS as the personification of motorcycling beauty? “Whenever […]
It’s been 16 years since Triumph sprang the awesome Rocket 3 on us. Since then 2200 units have been sold in Australia and the Rocket 3 has become a cult classic. Now there’s an all […]
