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MY LAST COLUMN about the 1980s got a few people talking about that decade. But here’s something they don’t want to talk about: what it cost to live back then. It’s hard to explain to someone who wasn’t there exactly what it was like living with home mortgage rates as hig
The Vale Circuit - Pre-Panorama Bathurst
Fancy a ride around the fabulous road circuit that hosted the Australian Grand Prix and the Australian TT in the 1930s? It’s still there, and less than three hours from Sydney
2018 Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling
If you’ve seen the 1935 British musical comedy No Limit, you’ll understand the atmosphere of the annual Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling. George Shuttleworth, played by comic songwriter George Formby, builds himself an AJS racer in his garden shed for his assault on the
Living with the Benelli TRK502
Benelli has been churning out good quality small- to mid-capacity motorcycles by the trailer load of late, among them its first parallel-twin, long-legged touring machine. But what adventure touring might mean to the old-but-new Eurasion brand would surely translate to something
Where are they now? Dallas Rankine – Kiwi Ducati supertuner
At the dawn of World Superbikes 30 years ago, Kiwi Ducati fanatic Dallas Rankine was tearing his hair out. “I bought the first available 851 Superbike in association with Aussie Bob Brown for Robert Holden to race in WSBK,” he remembers. Ducati soul brothers obsessed with th
Revolving Racer - Adam Senior
The other day someone told me that by the end of this season I will have clocked up 700,000km in travel while racing in ASBK. It’s only about 380,000km from Earth to the Moon! I first competed in 2006 but since 2012 I have raced every single round in the Superbike class, excep
MOTO GP STARS FAVOURITE PARTS OF THE PHILLIP ISLAND GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT
The much-anticipated Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2018 is just around the corner, and the world’s best riders are reminiscing on their favourite parts of the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Exhilarating racing, coupled with incredible scenic views, makes for on
WHEN AMCN WAS A FLY ON THE TEAM DUCATI WALL AT PHILLIP ISLAND
Phil Aynsley and Hamish Cooper were “flies on the wall” at 2016 Australian Grand Prix for the entire race weekend. Every practice, qualifying and during the race they were inside Ducati’s pit garage and they both gained the belief that Ducati was about to start something
Tobacco and MotoGP
It was big tobacco that brought MotoGP Down Under
Trailer bearing maintenance
Cos it’s no use having a perfectly prepared track bike if you can’t move it!
One-on-one with Troy Corser
Wollongong-born Troy Corser loved racing motorcycles as a kid. And it was thanks to this very Suzuki RGV250 and bit of encouragement from another well-known Wollongong racer named Wayne Gardner that Corser went on to win two World Superbike titles. Are you the type of guy who
Troy Corser’s Suzuki RGV250
Almost three decades ago, double world champ Troy Corser tried his hand at road racing on a Suzuki RGV250 production machine. This is that bike