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 […]
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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 […]
BSA 441 Victor: The 250 that grew up
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 82 – first published in 2019. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Pete Slaughter and OBA archives. When the gritty Jeffrey Vincent Smith (later MBE) annexed the 1964 and 1965 […]
Yamaha TX500: A troubled birth – a shorter life.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 76 – first published in 2018. Story: Peter Laverty and Rod Tingate • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook and Peter Dunster. When the all-new TX500 twin was scheduled to make […]
Suzuki RG500 Gamma: Gimme a Gamma!
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 74 – first published in 2018. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook When two-strokes still ruled the race tracks, it was every young punter’s hope to get […]
Yamaha GTS 1000: The forkless wonder
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 67 – first published in 2017. Story: Peter Laverty • Photos: Mat Clancy and FoTTofinders. In that hot bed era of motorcycle development – the ‘thirties – the twin […]
Dave Basham: Southern star
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 78 – first published in 2019. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Graeme Longley, Basham archives. In the long list of great South Australian riders, few are as legendary as Dave […]
Honda RC45: Daring to be different.
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 72 – first published in 2018. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook • Ride impressions: Rennie Scaysbrook While its rivals stuck with the near-ubiquitous in-line DOHC four cylinder engine, Honda had […]
