If there is any solace to be found in the passing of 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden, it’s that he probably didn’t feel any pain, and possibly…
Massimo Tamburini was the progettista (designer) par excellence. He led the pack that defined the motorcycles we ride today. Those who followed his lead in shaping the evolution of…
This was not a ‘wink-wink, nudge-nudge, say-no-more’ moment. And invariably the response would be “I’ve had her over the ton”. Though in very few instances, was this…
Born on the beachhead at Gallipoli, the Anzac Spirit was redefined on the Kokoda Track. But after those hostilities, Aussies turned to kicking some arse in the Old Dart.
Sixty-three years ago, Keith Campbell won the 350 Dutch TT at Assen and the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, iconic circuits that required riding precision. He became…
In September 1956, Johnny Allen streaked across the shimmering Bonneville Salt Flats in a Triumph-engined streamliner to set a world speed record of 214.40mph. He was one of a small…
George Lynn, founder and editor of Australian Motor Cycle News in 1951, was a man of vision, at least in one sense. His eyesight was so poor…
Ducati’s legendary 916 celebrated its 28th anniversary in 2022, the firm’s most famous offering having finally stumbled into production in 1994 following show appearances the previous year.
A FLYING START IN EUROPE Not wanting to die on the first day was the only thing I could think about as we chugged along a blacked-out, empty French…
Pride of place in the Canberra home of Wayne and Kathy Bryant is a model of a 1953 NSU Rennmax 250 racer. Wayne, 77, is a former dirt-track…
So when George Patterson – the British Lightweight TT Champion – arrived on our shores to demonstrate the abilities of the 2.5hp ‘New Hudson’, he found that…
In April 1950, 20-year-old Maurie Quincey took a fortnight off from his Footscray Tech College electrical and mechanical engineering studies to contest the Australian TT in Bunbury, WA. It…
