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 […]
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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 […]
A Triumph 650 twin – but not as we know it.
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 […]
1969 MV Agusta 250B: Lightweight from a famous family
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 […]
Honda MVX250F: War baby
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, […]
Matchless G50: Better late than never.
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 […]
1992 Moto Guzzi Daytona: Doctor knows best
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, […]
Burt’s other Bike – The World’s Fastest Velocette
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), […]