Check the name Stephen Leslie Bailey in the official Isle of Man archives and you’ll find two appearances – the first and the second for any Australian competitor. Check…
Prior to the Great War, Buck was building motorcycles at Rex Engineering in Coventry in the UK. At the same time, he was also winning TT class races at…
By the time Hedge won his first hat-trick in the epic Sydney to Darwin Safari, he was already being referred to as Australia’s Stéfane Peterhansel; something he found a…
The first question everyone is asking is if this bike feels anything like the Ninjas I raced previously overseas. It is practically the same machine, so I expected…
Call it what you like; editorialising, romancing, journalling, fictionalising or just outright bullshitting! Hell knows, they’re easy to love. But today’s ride to work, dear reader, there was…
When Paul Carter let slip his next project would be to ride a motorcycle around Australia, his wife Clare was quick to point out that while Paul may be…
Those of us baby boomers whose highlight of the week was Saturday night at Sydney’s Speedway Royale will well remember the Levy name. International…
What prompted you and the team to make the leap to compete in Italy? We just felt like our bikes and riders were competitive enough to compete…
Knowing the father helps you know the son. Valentino Rossi’s dad, Graziano, is a former teacher, an intellectual and a hippy. Casey Stoner’s dad, Colin, is an…
Rodger Freeth was a multiple New Zealand champion who could win on anything. Born in Picton, a town on New Zealand’s South Island, on Christmas Eve in 1953,…
Once upon a time, two-stroke was king. The undisputed champion of piston power per cubic centimetre. Now, despite road-going two-strokes being as rare as rocking horse spit, and even…
My path into road racing is probably a little different to most. As a kid I raced dirt track on the small bikes – it was kind of…
