So when George Patterson – the British Lightweight TT Champion – arrived on our shores to demonstrate the abilities of the 2.5hp ‘New Hudson’, he found that…
Honda and Yamaha have dominated premier-class Grand Prix racing for the last four decades. Honda entered the 500cc class in 1966, contested two seasons, withdrew for a decade,…
In April 1950, 20-year-old Maurie Quincey took a fortnight off from his Footscray Tech College electrical and mechanical engineering studies to contest the Australian TT in Bunbury, WA. It…
AMCN Reader Tom Pryor wrote in and posed a very valid question. “I have wondered for ages why a simple gearbox is not fitted to electric vehicles,” he…
In hindsight, it’s not difficult to spot the point when the ascent of Toby Price became evident. Until that time, our homegrown Desert King Ben Grabham was unrivalled.
In 1845 when Charles Sturt faced neverending waves of sand rather than Australia’s mythical inland sea, prompting him to turn back east. Another 100 years passed before a…
“I got into bikes in the late ’60s, early ’70s on my Suzuki 250, riding with a group of guys in the North Ryde area,” said Glenn Flack. “We…
Crashing a car is nobody’s idea of a picnic. I’ve had my ribs cracked asunder, lungs seatbelt-smacked to the point where it felt like I was breathing through a…
Mitsuo Ito, who died on 3 July 2019 aged 82, was an important man in the history of Japanese motorcycle racing. But the only one of his countrymen…
Neil Tinker is probably the only Australian motorcycle racer who has made a hands-on contribution to the defence of the USA. A carpenter from Warrnambool, he worked for…
A foolish, or panic-prone road user might be alarmed by a road-safety campaign that’s defined by the catchy two-word tagline ‘Towards Zero’. It would be understandable to fear…
The Old Strzelecki Track is part of a well-used trade route that dates back prior to European settlement. These days it is popular with riders and 4WDers, as one…
