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THE MAKING OF CIRCUS LIFE IN THE 1950s

Don Cox tells us about the making of Circus Life, a publication about Australian motorcycle racers in Europe in the 1950s. Leaning out of a racing sidecar outfit, left shoulder…
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THE YEAR WAS 1993 | AMCN VOL 43 No 12

AMCN 1993 Vol 43 No 12 100 pages, $4.25 22 Oct – 4 Nov 1993 Editor: Ken Wootton The year was 1993…
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RAY QUINCEY | FAST AND TENACIOUS

Determined and positive were the adjectives usually applied to Ray Quincey (Raymond Maurice Quincey) – as a racer and in the 44 years after he was paralysed in a…
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THE YEAR WAS 2001 | AMCN VOL 51 No 4

AMCN Vol 51 No 4 114 pages, $6.50 On sale Aug 31 – Sept 13 Editor: Ken Wootton The season long battle between the…
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JOHN BRITTEN AERO D-ZERO REUNITED

The missing piece of John Britten’s motorcycle history jigsaw puzzle has finally been put in place and visitors to the Southern Hemisphere’s largest motorcycle museum this summer…
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HUGH ANDERSON | THE CRAFTY KIWI

Born on 18 January 1936, and raised on a New Zealand dairy farm, Hugh Robertson Anderson played rugby league, began his working life in a foundry before moving into a…
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RAY DOLE | VICTORIOUS VICTA

Acknowledged as one of the stalwarts of the National scrambling community, Ray Dole was a consistent winner at Sydney’s Moorebank Circuit; a venue which, under threat of closure, had undergone…
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THE YEAR WAS 1976 | AMCN VOL 26 No 01

AMCN VOL 26 No 01 32 pages, 30c On sale July 2, 1976 Editor: Jeff Maynard The year was 1976 The man who introduced colourful…
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RALPH ‘SONNY’ BARGER

Not forgotten | Ralph ‘Sonny’ Barger In the mid-1960s, Sonny Barger’s name started appearing in biker film credits as ‘technical adviser’ and by the end of the decade he had…
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CANNONBALL RUN | LEGACY OF A LEGEND

America’s infamous and highly illegal Cannonball Run was launched to celebrate the life of a serial record breaker. And it turns out George Cannon Ball Baker’s first love was motorcycles.
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KING KENNY ROBERTS ROAD TO GLORY

Kenneth Leroy Roberts was born on 31 December 1951 in the town of Modesto, California. His mother Alice and his father Buster moved Kenny and his step-brother and sister…
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WARREN WILLING'S BATHURST FLYER

Thirteen laps remain in the 1976 Australian Unlimited Grand Prix and the chase is on. Warren Willing on his privately entered Yamaha TZ750 is hunting Ikujiro Takai’s works…