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Where are they now? Ricky Rice

What got you into bikes? My dad owned Peter Rice Honda at Capalaba and I started racing motocross and dirt-track on a RM80 and then a CR80,…
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He did what? Ellis Matthewman Bankin

That 29-year-old Ellis Matthewman Bankin settled readily into the life of Head Teacher of Badgers Creek School in rural Victoria appeared out of form. Though educated as a teacher, Bankin…
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Not forgotten - Max Robinson

Spectacular Sydney rider Max Robinson was in a very strong position to win the inaugural Chesterfield 5000 Superbike series in 1973. But a few months out from the final round,…
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Alpinestars- Over the years

In 1963, a leather craftsman by the name of Sante Mazzarolo brought forth a future icon. Based in the small Northern Italy town of Asolo and with the perennial Alpine…
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When AMCN was a fly on the Team Ducati wall at Phillip Island

FREE PRACTICE ONE Friday 10.55am YOU CAN FEEL electricity in the air as mechanic Mark Elder wheels Andrea Dovizioso’s Desmosedici into pitlane. This is the culmination of…
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Bob ‘Hurricane’ Hannah

There were several hungry young guns who helped detonate the 1970s MX boom. The first was the son of a fireman, Marty Smith, signed by American Honda in 1974 when…
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He did what? Endurance pioneer - Harold "Ranji" Parsons

It was early spring 1920 when, in an outstanding feat of endurance, Harold ‘Ranji’ Parsons rode precisely 1114.5 miles in 24 hours. And this over a rough gravel…
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End of the Roads Pt 2

The Australian Tourist Trophy was once this country’s premier motorcycling event, with close links to the more famous TT in the Irish Sea, and was similarly run on public road…
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Neil Kelly

Neil Kelly grew up across the road from the Doomben race course in Brisbane, but it was a horse power of a different kind that caught the eye of the…
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Not forgotten - Eric Hinton

If you want to appreciate Eric Hinton’s career, dig deeper than the world championship Grand Prix results. He won four non-championship GPs in Europe, highlighted by the 1959 Czech 500…
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Leopoldo Tartarini - Godfather of style

Leopoldo Tartarini passed away on 11 September 2015 at his home in the hills outside Bologna, at the age of 83. Tartarini was the founder of Italjet, the small…
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He did what?- One tough ten-pound Pom

Ken Rivers immigrated to Australia to work his brother’s dairy farm in South Australia. But, on arrival, he decided to take a look around his new country. An…