Scooting home form Betws-y-Coed one Sunday evening back in 1958, Nick Lidstone fantasized that if he just kept the throttle pinned on his newly acquired 125cc Douglas Vespa it could…
Three-times 1970s Australian GP winner Robert Hinton was 72 in August and is still active in racing as a race-bike owner in Forgotten Era events. His Yamaha TZ350F has won…
American legend Erwin ‘Cannonball’ Baker enjoyed a remarkably long life for someone who parlayed a job testing motorcycle tyres for the Indianapolis Tyre Company into a full-time career as an…
In their day, the Castrol 6 Hour at Amaroo Park and the Arai 500 on Mount Panorama were Australia’s twin peaks of endurance racing. The 6 Hour was where champions…
The term ‘superbike’ was a term loosely applied to any big-bore roadster of the late 1960s or early 70s, like the Honda CB750, Kawasaki H2 750, Triumph Trident, BSA Rocket…
If your image of a motorcycle racer is based on the likes of Hailwood, Rossi, Sheene or Schwantz, you’d rate Bob West an unlikely contender. But at age 32 in…
From the backblocks of Brisbane to the sweeps of Bathurst was a long way for self-taught high-performance guru, Barry Taylor. “When I was 12 around 1956, I use to go…
Abandoned in 1928, the Telegraph Track to the northern most tip of Australia became a beacon for intrepid adventurers. Not least Hector MacQuarrie and his mate Dave who,…
Abandoned in 1928, the Telegraph Track to the northernmost tip of Australia became a beacon for intrepid adventurers. Not least Hector MacQuarrie and his mate Dave who, together with a…
The Wynn’s Safari attracted many zany characters, so when an 18 year old rookie turned up at Sydney Showground with a stuffed parrot sewn onto his shoulder few spectators took…
Ken Blake, Tony Hatton, Graeme Crosby, Roger Heyes, Jim Budd, Dennis Neill, Garry Thomas and Mick Cole count among the elite production racers of the 1970s. But…
Right now Ducati is proving that if you stick to what you know, you earn trust and confidence from your customers. The Italian factory is in the middle…
