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Norton 16H – What did you do in the war, dad?

January 22, 2021

79mm x 100mm may well be the most famous bore and stroke in motorcycling history. Countless Norton singles, beginning with the 1911 490cc side valve, belt-driven Model 16, shared the configuration which lasted until the […]

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Marusho Magnum Electra – From Hamamatsu via Bavaria

January 1, 2021

Besides the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers that exist today, there were plenty of smaller producers who left the scene, particularly in the late 1950s. They went out of business, merged with other companies, were taken over, […]

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1956 Maico M250S Blizzard – Beguiling Blizzard

October 9, 2020

Once the Depression was past, the 1930s were good times for motorcycle manufacturers, particularly in Germany where the big three: BMW, Zundapp and DKW, poured out a wide variety of machines that bristled with innovative […]

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Military Police Motorcycles: On active service

October 2, 2020

A pictorial history of motor cycles used by the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police (RACMP) Research, photographs and text: Sergeant Antony Buckingham. RACMP, Service Police investigator currently posted to The Australian Defence Force Investigative […]

OBA Issue 18
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The world according to Gyro

March 8, 2019

Graeme Carless’ world is black and white – he’s a BMW man through and through. “I had the usual stuff; Enfields, Nortons, Triumphs, then I got hold of a BM and I thought, this is […]

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BMW R5 SS – Rare Bavarian beauty

March 1, 2019

BMWs were not particularly common in Australia in the 1930s, with our entrenched tastes for British and American brands. But down in Geelong, it was a different story, thanks mainly to the efforts of L.F. […]

Riders

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 […]

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