Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: John Fretten, Jim Scaysbrook, Rob Lewis From virtually owning the big bike market from 1969 to 1972, Honda steadily divested itself of the crown as the ‘seventies rolled by. Initially under […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook As a relative newcomer to volume motorcycle production, Kawasaki wasted little time in establishing itself as perhaps the most innovative member of what was then the Japanese invasion of the […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook. To the many purists, it was a sad day when Associated Motor Cycles, owners of AJS, Matchless, Francis Barnett, James and Norton, shifted the last-named marque from its traditional home […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Bill Forsyth, Russell Colvin and Perspective Images. In Historic Racing terms, it doesn’t get any better or bigger than The Goodwood Revival. What makes Goodwood unique is that the venue itself […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Frank Shepherd When Mount Druitt disappeared in November 1958, it left NSW with just one operational road racing circuit – the once-a-year bash at Bathurst at Easter. This had the effect […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook and the Stevens family collection. Wolverhampton is famous as the home of the AJS marque, but there is much more to that story, including an Australian connection. “This engine […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Jon Munn archives Talk to Jonny Munn at his well-established classic bike outlet Classic Style Australia in the outer Melbourne suburb of Seaford, and you’d never guess that this quietly spoken […]
Original title: Murphy’s Law • Story: Peter Whitaker • Photos: Peter and Julie Murphy At the time (1953) BSA trumpeted Kevin Murphy’s achievement as the first motorcycle journey from the Colonies to England. Not that it was […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook • Historic photos: Keith Ward, John Thurgood In Norton terms, 1962 was the year of the SS. Three separate models were catalogued using the SS moniker: the 500cc 88SS, the 600cc […]
The world’s first and second motorcycle 24 hour races produced heroic performances, amazing endurance, and tragedy. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dennis Quinlan, Graeme Osborne, Todd Hamilton, OBA archives. Rugged and devoid of facilities it may […]
