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OBA Issue 32
Riders

Geoff Mack – He’s been everywhere, man.

October 26, 2018

In 1959, it took Geoff Mack just two hours to write one of the most successful songs in Australian music history, and it’s fed him ever since. He’d been back in Australia for five years, […]

OBA Issue 29

Ross Hannan – Never say die

October 19, 2018

Despite a near-death experience on the Isle of Man, Ross Hannan never lost his love for motorcycle racing, and along the way has guided several newcomers to stardom. Lying in Nobles Hospital in Douglas on […]

Jack Forrest – The man who gave his elbow to the sport

September 28, 2018

Flashy cars, glamorous women, and a string of the best racing motorcycles money could buy. But Jack Forrest was no dilettante – he was an accomplished, brave and dedicated racer who mixed it with the […]

OBA Issue 37

Ron Toombs – King of the Mountain

September 14, 2018

In one of the sport’s greatest ironies, Ron Toombs lost his life on the very circuit where he was the acknowledged master. Had Ronald Arthur Toombs still been with us, he would have turned 80 […]

OBA Issue 19

Harry Pyne – The Laird of New England

August 17, 2018

They breed ‘em tough in the bush. Harry Pyne was a classic example of a man who never walked away from a challenge. Tamworth is today a thriving city of around 55,000 people. It grew […]

Alan Puckett and the Art of the Motorcycle

July 27, 2018

There are many of us who believe that the motorcycle is a work of art; a uniquely beautiful style of sculpture; an object whose function has dictated its form and in doing so created something […]

OBA Issue 7

Maurie Quincey – Victorian Dominator

July 20, 2018

Maurie Quincey is assured of a place in Australia’s motorcycle racing history, by virtue of his domination of racing in the state of Victoria during the early 1950s. One of the best riders to come […]

Ray Owen – The complete motorcyclist

June 29, 2018

You could reasonably assume that there are a few OBA readers out there who started racing more than 60 years ago – not many, perhaps, but a few. But how many of them still own […]

OBA Issue 38

Graham Young – On for young and old

May 25, 2018

When Speedway’s youngest sidecar sensation Graham Young teamed up with veteran Ray Murray it was on for young and old. It wasn’t that he was past it, but for a bloke who scratched a living in […]

OBA Issue 30

Honest Col Crothers – Live fast. Play fast.

May 11, 2018

The Australian Land Speed Record was a challenge that captivated Col Crothers for most of his life. It was a big task but Col was never afraid of a challenge. Throughout his long life, ‘Honest […]

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