From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 84 – first published in 2020. Story Jim Scaysbrook • Photos Independent Observations. Mention Gilera and most people think of the exotic four cylinder racers that began in […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 65 – first published in 2017. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook Gilera is best remembered for its fire-engine red four-cylinder racers that dominated the 500cc Grand Prix class […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 69 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Byron Gunther, Keith Bryen collection, Leigh Ward. August 9th, 2022 marks sixty-five years since Keith Campbell won the 1957 350cc […]
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 65 – first published in 2017. Story: Jim Scaysbrook “Speed is not something you find, you’ve either got it or you haven’t.” – John Surtees The Italians called him “Il grande […]
Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook An unlikely Japanese/Italian alliance resulted in the motorcycle that was both unusual and unique. For a once-great marque, Gilera, like most of the Italian motorcycle industry, was moribund by the […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook and Alan Cathcart archives. Arturo Magni – A proud innings Only weeks after celebrating his 90th birthday in 2015, Artuo Magni passed away at his home north of Milan. […]
Story & photos: Jim Scaysbrook In the tiny country of Slovenia, which has been invaded, annexed, carved up and pushed around for centuries, it’s a miracle anything has survived. Almost destroyed in the bloody […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Byron Gunther, Trevor Evans, Keith Bryen Wallace Anthony, or just plain ‘Tony’ McAlpine, died on the Queensland Gold Coast on September 26th 2005, aged 84. With his passing went perhaps […]
Tony McAlpine had a reputation for being a forceful character, both on and off the track. From the time he first appeared as a teenager in Miniature TT (unsealed circuits) around Sydney in the late […]
