Moto Guzzi Lodola: Up with the Lark
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86 – first published in 2020. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: OBA archives From the beginning in 1921, when the 498cc Normale went into production, Moto Guzzi’s signature […]
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Norton Nomad: A mix’n’match scrambler
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 88 – first published in 2020. Story: Peter Laverty Take a Model 77 frame, with its single front downbar and bolted up cradle, add the sleek fuel tank […]
Honda RC70F: A rare racer returns
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 81 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook with assistance from Marnix Deibert • Photographs: CMS The RC70F preceded Honda’s next production motocrosser by 15 years. Few […]
Jack Walters – Sponsor extraordinaire
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Keith Ward, Barry Smith, Rob Lewis, Dick Darby. The face of Australian motorcycle racing would look considerably different if not for Jack Walters, who […]
Aermacchi Harley-Davidson 350: As Italian as hot dogs, or as American as macaroni
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 83 – first published in 2019. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: OBA archives. Russ Murray. Gaven Dall’Osto. Aermacchi Harley-Davidson. Doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, does it? And […]
Herb Jefferson – Herb Superb
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 9 – first published in 2008. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Michael Andrews, OBA archives. Motorcycling is full of legends, but in the field of Australian dirt track […]
Honda RC30: Jewel in the Crown
Story: Rennie Scaysbrook • Photos: Kit Palmer, Jim Scaysbrook To be fair, Blind Freddie could have recognised the RC30 as an instant classic from the moment it made its public bow. It’s a prime example […]
Norm Aldridge – Make haste, slowly.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 89 – first published in 2020. Story: Bob McGlinchy and Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Paul Arnott and Aldridge archives. Some, perhaps most, motorcyclists make their reputations for going […]
1996 Bimota Mantra: Instrument of thought
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 80 – first published in 2019. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook In Sanskrit, Mantra means ‘instrument of thought’, and Bimota’s version certainly promotes plenty of thought. There’s […]
Honda CB750F1: Single-cam sayonara
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 70 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: John Ford, Ross Hannan and Jim Scaysbrook. It is a testimony to the brilliance of the original […]
