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04 January 2017

Old school - How real is real?

To many, it was perfection straight off the showroom floor. Not to amateur desert racer Steve McQueen and his mate Bud Ekins. They saw it as the starting point

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04 January 2017

Grid Talk - Glen McMahon

Race mechanics are often the unsung heroes of a Factory team – but according to Glen McMahon it’s all in a day’s work.

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02 January 2017

Where are they now? Barry ‘Briggo’ Briggs is a speedway legend who is still racing at 81-years-young

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01 January 2017

Reader story- 2016 TTMC, PI Track Day Report

The VW Touareg Club meets at Phillip Island – some motor bikes were bought along... just in case

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31 December 2016

In Pit Lane - Proud, happy, and ready to kick

I am proud and happy to be able to write this column about this great sport of ours. A sport where all concerned shall henceforth live by the creed of Professor Pangloss. “Everything is for the best, in the best of all possible worlds.” Prof Pangloss (I am proud and hap

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29 December 2016

He did what? Nick Lidstone - From Betws-y-Coed to Berrima

Lidstone’s fantasy of circling the globe stalled in the land down under.

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29 December 2016

New tech - Stopping everyone

Old technology for emerging markets could be the most significant safety advancement yet

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29 December 2016

Where are they now? Robert Hinton

Three-times 1970s Australian GP winner Robert Hinton was 72 in August and is still active in racing as a race-bike owner in Forgotten Era events. His Yamaha TZ350F has won three Australian Historic Period 5 championships with three different riders. Hinton last raced, on that

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28 December 2016

Ed’s letter - Can’t get enough

It was such a great year that Márquez winning the title often played second fiddle to the spectacle being delivered on track

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27 December 2016

They did what?- Cannonball Down Under

This serial US record breaker also made his mark in Australia

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27 December 2016

Head to head- 2006 Suzuki Boulevard M109R & 2006 Kawasaki VN2000 Vulcan

Why these two? These power packed super- cruisers spawned a generation of highway warriors 2006 Suzuki Boulevard M109R This big-bore musclebike was given its name owing to the 109 cubic inches of displacement. Like so many of Suzuki’s perfor

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24 December 2016

Ed's letter- Transition complete

When I’m on a bike, idiots like this enter and leave my life over a period of five seconds