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 […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Charles Rice, Keith Ward, Tom Perry The feeling of disbelief that followed the death of Tom Phillis on the Isle of Man in 1962 was palpable. How could Tom, fast […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Keith Ward, Charles Rice, Ron Robinson, FoTTofinders. At the end of 1962, Ron Robinson was at the crossroads. He’d been racing in Australia since 1955, and had honed his skills to […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Brendon Thorne Many regard the ‘thirties as the most fruitful era in terms of motorcycle innovation. Brilliant designs flowed from almost every major British factory. But the events in Wall Street […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook and the Stevens family collection. Wolverhampton is famous as the home of the AJS marque, but there is much more to that story, including an Australian connection. “This engine […]
Original title: Murphy’s Law • Story: Peter Whitaker • Photos: Peter and Julie Murphy At the time (1953) BSA trumpeted Kevin Murphy’s achievement as the first motorcycle journey from the Colonies to England. Not that it was […]
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Phil Purdue: Highside Photography, Lindsay walker Jim Scaysbrook Early in 2006, the NCR Ducati that I had ridden in the 1978 Formula One and Classic (Unlimited) Isle of Man TTs reappeared from the […]
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 […]
A Latin alternative to the Triumph Bonneville? It sounded like a good idea at the time… Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook It’s fair to say that upon its release in 1969, the Benelli 650 (it […]
The Isle of Man mountain course is unique in its sheer abundance of natural hazards, which are rarely tolerant of errors of judgement or mistakes. Those who have taken on the Mountain respect it, for […]
