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 […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 93 – first published in 2021. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Colin Croucher History records the 649cc parallel twin design by the celebrated Valentine ‘Val’ Page in 1933 […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 99 – first published in 2022. Story Nick Varta • Photos Russ Murray Think MV Agusta, and screaming triples and fours spring to mind. But while the exotic […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 90 – first published in 2020. Story: Peter Whitaker. • Photos: Peter Whitaker, Sue Scaysbrook, John Ford. At the opening of their massive state-of-the-art factory in late 1981, […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 27 – first published in 2011. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Michael Andrews, Don Cox, Jack Ahearn archives, Phil Purdue, Jim Scaysbrook Big brother to the 350 cc […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 92 – first published in 2021. Story: Rennie Scaysbrook • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook The Moto Guzzi Daytona was never going to match the Japanese fours of the day, […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 89 – first published in 2020. Story and photos: Stuart Francis In 2010 Stuart Hooper achieved 139mph on his beautifully streamlined, 700cc Velocette, at Lake Gairdner (South Australia), […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 92 – first published in 2021. Story Nick Varta • Photos Russ Murray A little known Italian marque surfaces in Melbourne. These days, Ceccato S.p.a is a highly […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 92 – first published in 2021. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook For six years, from the inhospitable deserts of North Africa to the frozen lakes of Lapland, the […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Norton was a shadow of its former self, but the company that produced its first motorcycle in 1902, at least its latest owners, still saw currency in one of the […]
