The Wynn’s Safari attracted many zany characters, so when an 18 year old rookie turned up at Sydney Showground with a stuffed parrot sewn onto his shoulder few spectators took…
Ken Blake, Tony Hatton, Graeme Crosby, Roger Heyes, Jim Budd, Dennis Neill, Garry Thomas and Mick Cole count among the elite production racers of the 1970s. But…
Right now Ducati is proving that if you stick to what you know, you earn trust and confidence from your customers. The Italian factory is in the middle…
Ever since I was a young boy, riding dirtbikes has seemed like a dream that was worth chasing. I started out getting my thrills from jumping pushbikes and…
In September 1956, Johnny Allen streaked across the shimmering Bonneville Salt Flats in a Triumph-engined streamliner to set a world speed record of 214.40mph. He was one of a small…
Life in Europe was pretty tough for a fledgling racer in the early sixties. It was a hard life if you chose to be a member of the Continental Circus…
Less than 50 miles after setting out on the first landwards leg of his odyssey, 26-year-old Doug Voss faced his moment of truth. There was no spectral light, just an…
Gary Gabelich’s Blue Flame rocket car became the first vehicle to top 1000km/h and Don Vesco’s twin-engined ‘Big Red’ streamliner the first motorcycle to better 400km/h. Then, in what seemed…
A one-time streetbike maniac who was pointed in the direction of racetracks by his Sunday morning buddies, Art ‘The Dart’ Baumann was the first man to win a AMA road…
How did you get into bikes? My brother John ‘Wal’ Megalos had a Bridgestone 90 road bike that he started to race in the early 70s. I was still in…
Forty years before the Grand Prix promoters invented a prize for the best performed non-factory rider, there was an unofficial racers’ badge of honour – the top 500 class private…
By the time he turned 24, rising Queensland solo star Bert Kingston had parlayed a stunning evening at Archerfield Speedway into a full-time ride in the newly formed British League.
