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, […]
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Ron Grant: The Pan Pacific Series 1972
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 90 – first published in 2020. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Robin Lewis. Flamboyant London-born American Ron Grant tamed the beastly TR750 Suzuki to claim Australia’s first international […]
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), […]
Alec Wise: the brake man
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 96 – first published in 2021. Interview with Tony Wise: Bernie Summers • Photographs: Wise family, OBA archives. Going fast is one thing, but for each action, there […]
1961 Ceccato 125 GTS
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 […]
Last lap for Last-Lap Kavanagh
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 85 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: OBA archives, Elwyn Roberts, Alan Wallis, *Letter kindly provided by Joe Henry. With the death of Ken […]
BMW R75 – Sand blaster
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 […]
Speedway sheilas: Fay Taylour and Eva Askquith
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 91 – first published in 2020. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Brian Darby From the moment Speedway racing hit England in 1928, it was touted as the bastion […]
John Player Norton: The Emperor’s new clothes
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 […]
Sales failures
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 85 – first published in 2020. Story: Derek Pickard The bike boom of 50 years ago saw the Japanese in a position to take full advantage. But despite […]
