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Where are they now? Lindsay Urquhart

Come the retirement of international sidecar superstars Bob Mitchell and Bernie Mack in the mid-1950s, Lindsay Urquhart was quick to identify the opportunities. With old mate Jim Craig in the…
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WORLD’S FIRST CORPORATE ADVENTURE

BMW provided two of its then-new R1150 GS bikes, which became a bestseller for the German company after the ratings-winning, seven- episode TV series Long Way Round was…
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The Vale Circuit - Pre-Panorama Bathurst

Between them, the New South Wales provincial towns of Goulburn and Bathurst had a firm grip on the major motorcycle race meetings when the sport was…
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Where are they now? Dallas Rankine – Kiwi Ducati supertuner

At the dawn of World Superbikes 30 years ago, Kiwi Ducati fanatic Dallas Rankine was tearing his hair out. “I bought the first available 851 Superbike…
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George Bolton Snr

George Bolton was introduced to motorcycles and machinery at an age when steam still powered industry, and aspiring engineers learnt on the tools by day…
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Garry Thomas – Seventies superbike supremo

Suitable secondhand machinery was plentiful in the late 1960s. So much so, that there were literally hundreds of C-grade entries at Amaroo and Oran Park when Garry Thomas first…
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Jack Bowers & Frank Smith

With the Great Depression looming in 1929, Jack Bowers saw nothing but tough times ahead and decided that the best way to beat the looming downturn was…
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Where are they now? Barry Lack was Tasmania’s gun rider for two decades

As a 20-year-old in 1974, Barry Lack won his state’s 350cc, 500cc and Unlimited championships, the only rider in Australia to achieve this. He challenged Australia’s champions in major…
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Eric Hinton’s Bathurst bitsa

Suppose there was a racing machine that did just 26 laps in one weekend under its intended rider, yet won two Australian Grand Prix races and set…
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Where are they now? Leigh Adams

Mentored by speedway legend Phil Crump in their home town of Mildura, Leigh Adams was just 15 years old when he won the Australian Under-16 Solo Championship in 1986…
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Where are they now? Kevin Cass

Born in 1938, Kevin Cass completed his Leaving Certificate before taking on a mechanical engineering apprenticeship with the Port Kembla Steelworks, 10km south of Wollongong, NSW.
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Monocoque Master Steve Roberts

Highly modified 1000cc four-stroke engines in production bikes had by 1980 brought vast quantities of power. But even heavily altered roadbike frames couldn’t cope with the increased…