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,…
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…
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…
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…
COVER Wayne Gardner flying the Aussie flag at home. AMCN GP Edition $3.50 – 95 pages On sale 14 April 1989 …
Pierfrancesco ‘Frankie’ Chili, the Tiger of Bologna, was a recent visitor to Australia for the International Festival of Speed at Sydney Motorsport Park. These days the former top-level…
Question: Valentino, you’re a keen student of motorcycle grand prix history. Who are your favourite riders from the past, and what do you know of Jarno Saarinen?…
As was the practice prior to World War II, testing road racing machinery was often conducted on public roads. This as much for the convenience of the participants as…
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, killing all seven crew members; this was the second tragedy in the program after Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded shortly after lift-off…
The truth may never be known as to the cause of George Parsons’ attendance at the official opening ceremony of the Mt Donna Buang Bridle Track. Nor much…
What got you into bikes? My dad Kevin was into bikes and so was my brother, but in the middle of the minibike boom I only rode…
