The road across Brown Mountain is a vital link between New South Wales’ far south coast and the Monaro region for residents, tourists, and essential services. It also represents…
The braking system on your motorcycle contains some of the hardest working components, as well as the most important. To avoid poor braking performance, it’s well worth establishing a…
You might think that the size of your motorcycle will largely dictate just how well prepared you can be for a night or two in the bush,…
Radar is without doubt one of the biggest technological advances of the last century. It’s the technology that gave Britain a chance against the Luftwaffe in WW2 – ultimately…
Les Graham was part of that special breed of racer whose careers were interrupted by the Second World War. That was quite a life – racing on lethal street…
Life gets more complicated as you grow older. In your teens it’s all so simple – you don’t seem to have a care in the world. The 20s…
Denny McCormack was one of a kind – a free-wheeling wild child of the 50s and 60s and a self-confessed health nut who only ate salads, wheatgerm and…
If there is any solace to be found in the passing of 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden, it’s that he probably didn’t feel any pain, and possibly…
1 Wrecked bikes are received from several sources: overseas, auctions, and privately. The first step is for the engine number and VIN to be run through a…
A common relationship every internal combustion engine shares is that of the combustion chamber and static compression ratio. The static compression ratio refers to the swept volume…
Massimo Tamburini was the progettista (designer) par excellence. He led the pack that defined the motorcycles we ride today. Those who followed his lead in shaping the evolution of…
This was not a ‘wink-wink, nudge-nudge, say-no-more’ moment. And invariably the response would be “I’ve had her over the ton”. Though in very few instances, was this…
