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30 years since the first Australian Grand Prix

Thirty years ago this month, a motorcycle race knocked the nation’s socks off, attracting a race-day crowd of 92,000 and a massive audience on the nation’s leading commercial television network.
Opinion

Revolving racer - Brad Gorrie

Brad Gorrie – Who would have thought that when Chris Grubb, a friend of my father, called me up and asked if I could passenger his mate Adam Treasure on…
Opinion

The inch that cost a mile

The mental picture of Freddie Spencer standing in aloof silence with his arms folded, facing up to an irately gesticulating Cal Crutchlow, will linger long in the mind. That at…
Features

Reader Rides

AMCN’S READERS RIDES has inspired Steve Abbott to dig through his old photographs and find some of his cherished memories. His first bike was a customised Honda Mini Trail Z50A,…
Opinion

Revolving racer - Brayden Elliott

Brayden Elliott – It’s been a long off season and although it’s never easy saying goodbye and leaving Australia, I’m back in England with exciting times ahead for another season…
Interviews

Grid Talk - Seth Crump

Why have you stuck with KTM for another season when just about everyone else is on Yamaha’s R3? Because KTM is sticking with me! I think the RC 390…
History

Not forgotten - Blair Harley

Friends reckoned Blair Harley could turn his hand to anything; he would study it and then do it, even yacht building. He competed in scrambles/motocross including a season in Europe,…
Interviews

Grid Talk - John McGuinness

How did that Manx Classic TT win last year fit into your racing comeback? I had to finish six races to get my TT licence back so I’d already done…
Opinion

Revolving racer - Aiden Wagner

Aiden Wagner- It’s been a crazy couple of months but all the effort has been well worth it and now my aim is to win the 2019 ASBK title and…
History

WAYNE ‘FLASH’ FARLEY

When the inaugural Wynn’s Sydney to Darwin Safari was announced in 1985, the aspirants included 67 two-wheel enthusiasts, few of whom had any idea of what lay ahead. The Finke…
History

Old School - 80s Katana

The big buzz at the moment is Suzuki’s brave decision to relaunch the Katana, its icon model of the Eighties. If Suzuki’s car division can relaunch the Jimny, why shouldn’t…
Interviews

FAST TALK - FRANCO MORBIDELLI

Franco Morbidelli is being groomed for stardom. No pressure then, given that his racing and life coach is Valentino Rossi. It’s a rarefied scene for the free spirit that is…