When you first started racing how did that come about? A friend of mine took me to the second ever Calder meeting in 1962. I sat down in the esses…
With the outbreak of the Second World War the new Ted Pardoe-designed 125cc two-stroke ‘baby Royal Enfield’ became the WD/RE; the ‘War Department Royal Enfield’. These bikes could run on…
In a career spanning two decades, this versatile young swinger won no less than nine major titles including both National Speedway and Long Track Championships. “I started racing in 1985…
Known the world over for his stunning victory over Giacomo Agostini at Oran Park in December 1971, Bryan Hindle was a popular rider who was something of an outlier in…
The youngest of five children, David Emde grew up in a San Diego motorcycle family made famous across the American race scene. It would be only a matter of time…
Considering the great amounts of bugger all that exist in outback Australia, it’s depressing we can no longer support a cross-country rally; let alone a round of the FIM World…
Forty years ago, global warming wasn’t a dirty phrase. Thus the sweltering summer of 1976 – which kept setting new records for warmth and days of sunshine – was something…
For three years the fledgling KTM team had been attempting to break the dominance of Honda and BMW in the phenomenon that was the Paris-Dakar. Then, in 2001, Fabrizio Meoni…
HOW’S THIS FOR a prediction from 80 years ago? Winglets on a racing motorcycle. Believe it or not, this illustration was published in Britain’s Motor Cycling on 17 June 1936.
There’s no doubt about it – Aussie Scott Britnell can ride rougher for longer. Sure, Rocky Robinson may have flashed across Bonneville Salt Flats at over 600km/h. However, all Rocky…
“Today my health is still good at 73, thanks mainly to good genes from my English-born parents and not falling off too hard…” Triple Australian TT winner Peter Jones has…
Every year on June 9 there is a luncheon in a Melbourne pub to honour 1970s racing hero Ken Blake. This year’s gathering marked 35 years since Blake died in…
