He rides every day, walks 5km daily, and ideally would fly every day as well. He’s Geoff Sim, Australian 125cc champion in 1975 and ’76, and a motorcycle…
You had a typical introduction into bike racing, but with a twist… In the early 70s, a mate of mine Zach Hogan had a Honda XR75,…
This year the latest-generation Michelins have had a huge influence on MotoGP results, and from Round 6 onwards will continue to do so… except in a different…
Last week we explained how to change brake discs – and solve the problem of pulsing brakes. Whenever you change discs, you also need to change…
What would you do if you awoke one morning behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ in 1968 with your hotel surrounded by big tanks as Czechoslovakia was being invaded by the…
Whenever Brisbane speedway legend John Titman travels down to Sydney, he drives out to the grave site of Billy Sanders at Minchinbury in western Sydney to pay his…
Melissa Bruce – Growing up, I was not the kid racer with doting helicopter parents. I was the kid that was destined to grow up a ‘failure’.
I’m having one of those love/hate relationships with single cylinder bikes at the moment – actually it’s a fair bit more hate than love. For what seemed like…
The celebrations were long and hard on the Queen’s Birthday weekend in 1997 when Stephen Greenfield took his first Finke Desert Race victory. He’d previously made the podium…
In fact, those aren’t the exact words Valentino Rossi chose to describe French parvenu Johann Zarco. But that’s only because he’s aware he needs to guard his words,…
The first will be a well-used Record brand engineer’s bench vice with raised letters on the side proudly proclaiming ‘Made in the UK’. That vice will probably have…
Mount Druitt Marathon – AFTER the success of Australia’s first 24-hour production car race, exuberant Mount Druitt track promoter Belfred Jones hit up the NSW Auto Cycle Union…
