Czech mates: A visit to Jawa/CZ Museums
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 84 – first published in 2019. Story and photos: Bryan Fowler Bryan Fowler takes a visit to a couple of Jawa/CZ motorcycle museums in the Czech Republic. In […]
Jawa
JAWA Californian & 634.5: Twins from Prague
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 82 – first published in 2019. Story and photos: Jim Scaysbrook with input from Tony Morisset and Arthur Fleming. It was the collapse in 1929 of the German […]
Böhmerland: Bohemian Rhapsody
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: OBA Archives A truly unique motorcycle with a split personality; the Böhmerland was the product of the fertile imagination of a Bohemian engineer, incorporating features designed to allow the machine […]
Tracks in Time: Salty Creek – Hotbed of the Hunter
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Stan Shephard, Gary Reid, Ray Smith 9th December, 1957 was a grim day for motor sport in NSW. An amendment to the Metropolitan Traffic Act, 1900, and the Motor Traffic Act, […]
Alf Berry’s “Little Buzz”
Wartime ingenuity and Alf Berry’s mechanical skills combined to produce a little rocket. Story: Wayne Berry On the night of the 22nd September 1944 Alf Berry a fitter Motor Vehicles Trade Group One with the […]
Ray Curtis: A born showman
Spectacular and successful throughout his long and varied career, Ray Curtis never had top machinery, but that didn’t stop him always putting on a show for the paying public. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dick […]
SR60-Australia: A speedway dream
The SR60 was one man’s dream of building an all Australian machine to beat the ESOs, Jawas and JAPs that dominated the sport. Story: Dave Basham with input from Steve Magro, Alan Jones • Photos: Jim […]
