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Not forgotten - Randy Cleek and Pat Evans

It was one of the blackest weeks in the history of American road racing. Two of its brightest young stars were lost to the world in the…
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Where are they now? - John Titman

John Titman was a big part of the Golden Era of speedway What got you into bikes? I was born in Brisbane and when we went to…
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Where are they now? Rob Madden

What got you into bikes? My dad Keo raced at Mount Druitt back in the day, but I didn’t really have an interest in bikes when I…
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MOTORCYCLE ON THE MOON

When President John F. Kennedy made his momentous announcement on 25 May 1961 that the US would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, it…
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Not forgotten - Terry McDonald

Many country lads were swept up in the motorcycle boom of the late 1960s, and one of them was the supremely talented Terry McDonald.
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Where are they now? John Hazeldene

You’ve had a very different timeline in bike racing; where did it start? I started off on a Kawasaki Trail Boss, a 100cc farm bike. Then I…
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They did what? Pass Go. Do Not Stop. Repeat

Clear out the back of the garage and you’ll find you own at least two copies of the Guinness Book of Records. For almost three decades this annual tome was…
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RACING LEGENDS Barry Sheene and Gregg Hansford

The biggest change in the history of road racing? Surely it was in the 70s, when the sight of pudding basin helmets and black leathers worn by stern-faced…
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Where are they now? Dave Horton

What got you into bikes? As a Bathurst local, I’d been going to the Easter races since I could walk. I started riding trailbikes and rode enduros,…
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REPLI RACERS HOMOLOGATION SPECIALS

It’s said to be Soichiro Honda who originally coined the phrase ‘racing improves the breed’ and never has the influence of on-track activity on showroom models been as…
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Where are they now? Freddie Spencer

Tell us about your Aussie memories? Australia is one of my favourite places: it’s where I first rode the (HRC) 250 and 500 together at the old Surfers Paradise racetrack.
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Not Forgotten - Bob Mitchell

Sixty years ago this Easter, Bob Mitchell won the sidecar race at Mount Panorama on a Norton 500, becoming the only man to win the unlimited three-wheel…