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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?- Ross Hedley

You won the 500cc class in the 1972 Castrol Six-Hour with Les Kenny. That was a big deal. We were trying to get bikes out of Yamaha, but they were…
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Not forgotten - Jono Porter

The year is 2003 and Queensland’s Jono Porter is slumped in a chair as he starts an interview with AMCN’s Ken Wootton on the main stage at the Sydney Motorcycle…
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Where are they now? - Bob ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal

When you first started racing how did that come about? A friend of mine took me to the second ever Calder meeting in 1962. I sat down in the esses…
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The Frugal Flea

With the outbreak of the Second World War the new Ted Pardoe-designed 125cc two-stroke ‘baby Royal Enfield’ became the WD/RE; the ‘War Department Royal Enfield’. These bikes could run on…
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Where are they now- Tina Karan

In a career spanning two decades, this versatile young swinger won no less than nine major titles including both National Speedway and Long Track Championships. “I started racing in 1985…
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Not forgotten - Bryan Hindle

Known the world over for his stunning victory over Giacomo Agostini at Oran Park in December 1971, Bryan Hindle was a popular rider who was something of an outlier in…
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Not forgotten - David Emde

The youngest of five children, David Emde grew up in a San Diego motorcycle family made famous across the American race scene. It would be only a matter of time…
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Where are they now - Steve Chapman

Considering the great amounts of bugger all that exist in outback Australia, it’s depressing we can no longer support a cross-country rally; let alone a round of the FIM World…
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RACING LEGEND BARRY SHEENE

Forty years ago, global warming wasn’t a dirty phrase. Thus the sweltering summer of 1976 – which kept setting new records for warmth and days of sunshine – was something…
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Where are they now? LEE & CLAUDIA PALMER

For three years the fledgling KTM team had been attempting to break the dominance of Honda and BMW in the phenomenon that was the Paris-Dakar. Then, in 2001, Fabrizio Meoni…
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We look at some incredible predictions about racing... from 1936

HOW’S THIS FOR a prediction from 80 years ago? Winglets on a racing motorcycle. Believe it or not, this illustration was published in Britain’s Motor Cycling on 17 June 1936.
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Aussie Scott Britnell- The fastest man across Australia

There’s no doubt about it – Aussie Scott Britnell can ride rougher for longer. Sure, Rocky Robinson may have flashed across Bonneville Salt Flats at over 600km/h. However, all Rocky…