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DEAD ON ARRIVAL: BIKES OF FUTURE PAST

Words & pics: Ben Purvis Between 1986 and 1991, the Japanese economy went through an unprecedented boom and the motorcycles created in the era reflected its buoyant…
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PETER MOLLOY

Words Don Cox   Photography AMCN Archives One of Peter Molloy’s first bosses told him: “as long as your arse points towards the ground you…
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KARL MUGGERIDGE

LIKE most SUCCESSFUL road-racers of his era, Karl Muggeridge spent much of his youth on dirt tracks, progressing from 50cc short circuit to National Motocross. He’d not long switched…
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THE KILLER 'DROME

   Words Peter Whitaker   Photography Byron Gunther It wasn’t that Maroubra lacked the same resonance as Brooklands, Indianapolis or Monza. More that the…
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GENTLEMAN JOHN: JOHN WOODLEY

John Woodley was one of Australasia’s most talented road racers who had the attitude and professionalism to go all the way. If not for a string of inopportune machine…
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NINE LIVES: DUCATI 999

The Ducati 999 is the company’s most successful World Superbike weapon – with more wins than the 851, 888, 916, 996, 998, 1098, 1198, 1199 and the 1299 Panigale.
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THE DAY THOSE BIKIES INVADED BROKEN HILL

The announcement of the 1975 AMCO 1000 Desert Rally caused great consternation among the good citizens of Broken Hill. The hot topic was that the proposed desert rally…
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SHANE DIENER

Shane Diener: 10-time winner Nowhere was the ethos of cross-country motorcycle endurance racing embraced with more enthusiasm than South Australia’s Barossa Valley. During the 1930s, when motorcycles vastly outnumbered…
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REMEMBERING GREGG HANSFORD

Twenty five years ago, Australian motorsport lost a legend when Gregg Hansford, the only racer to win Bathurst on two and four wheels, died in a Super Touring…
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BRUCE HECTOR

As a 20-year old in 1936, Bruce Hector trapped rabbits to buy a Norton International so he could road race. In his late 80s, he was patron of…
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FIRST AROUND THE CONTINENT

THE FACT ARTHUR Grady chose a motorcycle to circumnavigate Australia isn’t surprising. It wasn’t until the early 1920s sales of four wheelers surpassed their two-hooped cousins.
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THE GREAT RACE

John John Woodley’s legendary Unlimited Grand Prix duel with Graeme Crosby and Ron Boulden on larger machinery remains etched in Bathurst folklore. All three were riding a…