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Where are they now? Bruce Collins

In 1983-84, Bruce Collins (then 26) and passenger Chris Dinuzzo gave the Australian championships a red-hot go, sometimes literally. In 1983 at Oran Park they beat multiple champions Geoff…
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Where are they now? John Langfield

I grew up in Manly and didn’t know much about motorcycles. Rugby league fans will know Brookvale Oval, but back then it was the Brookvale Showground, and that’s…
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Not Forgotten - Dave Simmonds

Many will remember Kawasaki’s grand prix success in the late 1970s with Kork Ballington fending off teammate Gregg Hansford, then with Anton Mang’s incredible run in the…
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Where are they now? Gordon Barrett

Life these days for Kiwi Gordon Barrett is very different to when he won the 1981 Australian 350 road-racing championship. “I’m semi-retired and I have developed a passion for…
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Bathurst’s greatest battle - 1972 AUSTRALIAN TT

It’s one thing to win at Bathurst, yet quite another to be first across the finish line after what many rate as the hardest battle around the mountain of…
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Racing legend Nobby Clark

Nobby Clark’s business card describes the 80-year-old as “The choice of champions”. Overleaf, a list of 15 names runs from Gary Hocking (1961 350/500cc) through to Kenny…
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Not Forgotten - Rodger Freeth

Enter Rodger Freeth, the bespectacled Kiwi rider who made his name at Bathurst with a number of sizzling performances on McIntosh Suzukis in the 80s. T…
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They did what? Racing up the Hume

Back in 1906, what is now the Hume Freeway heading north out of Melbourne was simply known as Sydney Road – a wide thoroughfare encompassing a narrow strip…
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Sayonara VMAX

Yamaha’s VMAX – the descendent of the original V-Max – has been killed off. In 2017 the last one rolled off the production lines withs no sign…
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Mike Hailwood in Oz

Is it really 40 years since the 1977 Castrol Six Hour Race? No wonder I feel 68. It’s a good thing I keep diaries or plumbing the grey matter…
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Where are they now? David Luthje

You had a typical introduction into racing, but with a twist… In the early 70s, a mate of mine had a Honda XR75 and that sparked my…
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Where are they now? - Geoff Sim

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…