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 […]
Feature
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 […]
Vincent H.R.D. Series A Rapide – Built in The Basement
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 81 – first published in 2019. Story and photos Jim Scaysbrook In earlier issues we have followed the amazing creations that have emerged from the tiny workshop (known […]
Bimota Tesi 1D: Going forkless
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 84 – first published in 2019. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: Independent Observations. Standardisation is a concept that sits uneasily with those of the fertile and inquiring mind. […]
The bike that saved BMW
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 88 – first published in 2020. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: OBA archives, Bob Rosenthal, Lothar Mildebrath, Procycles Collection. On 1st September, 1980, BMW nervously prepared to lift […]
