Brad Gorrie – Who would have thought that when Chris Grubb, a friend of my father, called me up and asked if I could passenger his mate Adam Treasure on…
The mental picture of Freddie Spencer standing in aloof silence with his arms folded, facing up to an irately gesticulating Cal Crutchlow, will linger long in the mind. That at…
Brayden Elliott – It’s been a long off season and although it’s never easy saying goodbye and leaving Australia, I’m back in England with exciting times ahead for another season…
Aiden Wagner- It’s been a crazy couple of months but all the effort has been well worth it and now my aim is to win the 2019 ASBK title and…
What are you going to do on your 40th birthday? Or, given motorcycling’s ever-ageing demographic, what did you do? A bit of gentle sky-diving/white-water rafting, perhaps? Set off on a…
Jeremy McWilliams: I’m tyre testing in Spain for KTM at the moment, but really looking forward to the upcoming International Festival of Speed in Sydney. I love events like this…
The season hasn’t even started yet Triumph is so confident the 2019 Moto2 class will be a winner, powered by its 765cc triple, that it is testing a road version.
Alex Phillis: I’m really looking forward to the Island Classic’s four International Challenge races. It will be an enjoyable way to start what is shaping up as a big year…
Trees are tall. But they do not touch the sky. I offer this cod philosophy to help keep things in proportion. When you are up too close to something, it…
An Outback thunderstorm slowly rolled towards me as I sat on the ancient timbers of a cattle yard at Coward Springs railway siding. The Oodnadatta track was about a kilometre…
One of my year-end pleasures is putting the mighty 320-page Motocourse tome to print. And one of the pleasures of editing it for the past 15 years or so is…
I’m back home in Australia after an awesome season in the WorldSBK SSP300 championship. When I last wrote for AMCN I was two races into the season and struggling with…