1973 Triumph 650 Tiger: A Meriden minnow
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 86 – first published in 2020. Story: Nick Varta • Photos: Jim Scaysbrook It was 1973 and the British motorcycle industry was writhing through a series of very […]
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1938 Triumph Speed Twin – A masterpiece in Amaranth Red
From our Old Bike Archives – Issue 72 – first published in 2018. Story Jim Scaysbrook • Photos Ian Falloon Eighty years ago, one of the most significant motorcycles ever created emerged from the Triumph Engineering […]
A Manx for the road
Steve Tonkin has been building very special classic bikes to order for over 20 years, with around 100 different examples to date. Currently, his work is focussed on what is called the Tonkin Tornado – […]
Bert Flood: “Everything’s a fluke that happens to me”.
Story: Transcribed and edited from an interview with Peter Drakeford in 2007. Photos: Rob Lewis, Bob Cann, Flood archives, OBA archives. These days, monocularity (the state of having vision in only one eye) virtually debars anyone […]
Doug Fraser’s Empire Twin
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Photosmith.com.au , Jim Scaysbrook, Doug Fraser archives Doug Fraser is a BSA man from way back. In the fledgling days of historic racing he campaigned a very rapid B33 BSA and was particularly […]
Tracks in Time: Little River
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • With assistance from: Jenny Martinez • Photographs: Ray Kelly, Wes Brown, Noel Cheney, Ross Martin and other private collections. Like its more famous counterpart in the Irish Sea, the Australian TT was […]
Tracks in Time: Mount Druitt, NSW
Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photographs Frank Shepherd, Bill Tricker, Charles Rice • Archival assistance: John Wicks Even though it closed almost fifty years ago, Mount Druitt is inevitably mentioned whenever a bunch of old timers get […]
2021 Triumph Speed Twin – A speedier Speed twin
Ride Test: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Sue Scaysbrook and Triumph. At a glance the new 2021 Triumph Speed Twin seems very much like the previous model, but a deeper look (and a ride) confirms otherwise. Both […]
Mt. Druitt 24 Hr Races 1954 & 1955: Twice around the clock – twice!
The world’s first and second motorcycle 24 hour races produced heroic performances, amazing endurance, and tragedy. Story: Jim Scaysbrook • Photos: Dennis Quinlan, Graeme Osborne, Todd Hamilton, OBA archives. Rugged and devoid of facilities it may […]
1912 Dunlop Dispatch Relay
His eclectic lifestyle totally dependent on the sale of tyres, adman Harry James realised the 1912 Dunlop Dispatch Relay was certain to inflate his pay packet. Story: Peter Whitaker • Photographs and research: Phillip Smith No one […]
