AJS Silver Streak: All that glitters…
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 […]
Bikes
1958 Ambassador America Supreme 250
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 […]
Bimota DB2 Junior: A chip off the old block
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 […]
Honda RC142: The birth of the legend
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 […]
Yamaha V-Max 1200 – Outa my way!
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, […]
ROKON: Original thinking… an enduro experiment.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 99 – first published in 2022. Story: Peter Drakeford • Photographs: Peter Drakeford, OBA archives. ROKON was a little-known US manufacturer of unconventional off road two-wheel drive, fat […]
Yamaha FJ1100/FJ1200 – Indestructible
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 91 – first published in 2020. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Troy Creighton, Jim and Sue Scaysbrook When it was released in 1984, the Yamaha FJ1100 probably created […]
Ducati MHR: A reluctant replica
Story: Jim Scaysbrook with assistance from Pat Slinn and Ian Falloon. • Photos: Ian Falloon, Gaven Dall’Osto, Phil Aynsley, OBA, Shannons It would have been a perfectly logical move, following Mike Hailwood’s fairy tale win […]
Kawasaki H2: Maligned triple is a true classic
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 99 – first published in 2022. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: OBA archives. Many regarded the 750cc H2 as merely an abrogation of the hair-raising H1 500, but […]
Yamaha SRV250 – The Soulful V-twin
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 96 – first published in 2021. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Yamaha-Motor Australia, OBA archives Thirty years ago, “retro” wasn’t a commonly used term for motorcycles. The design […]
