The dominance of 500cc two-stroke machines in grand prix racing came to an end in 2001. The following year 990cc four-stroke prototypes were allowed to join the grid…
As soon as the first bicycle hit the streets, someone wanted a lift somewhere. Once bicycles became powered by two-stroke powerplants and belt-drive had given way to…
Hisakazu Sekiguichi was on a mission. As Honda team manager, he had to ensure Tom Phillis won the final round of the 1961 125cc title in order to…
Believing he could capitalise on Australian speedway stars passing through the British colony in transit to and from the British speedway season, promoter Arthur Reynolds headed to…
Robert (Bobby) Haas, who died unexpectedly on 28 September at the age of 74 after a brief respiratory illness, only had his first motorcycle ride a decade…
Carlo Ubbiali was a nine-time world champion and a class act. His passing on 2 June 2020 at age 90 from respiratory insufficiency ends the last rider…
Happy 70th birthday AMCN! It was way back on 1 June 1951 that the very first issue of what was then called The Victorian Motor Cycle Weekly was published, making…
Amaroo Park and the Castrol Six Hour race epitomised the freewheeling Australia of the Seventies. In a setting almost like a Roman amphitheatre, the…
Words Peter Whitaker Photography AMCN archives The Dakar Rally may well have remained beyond Aussie horizons had not Hans Tholstrup and Tom Snooks devised the…
The first Honda Dream hit the showroom floor in 1957 when B&W took on the Australian distributorship. Shortly after, our local Lions Club held the Ryde Motor…
When Reg Beauchamp and his mate Len Hyland first announced their intentions to ride around their home state on motorcycles, no one took much notice. For most Tasmanians,…
Words AMCN & Alan Cathcart Photography Kyoichi Nakamura & AC “We’ll supply and maintain the Tesi 1DR Corsa,” Bimota CEO Giuseppe Morri said…
