Barely two weeks after his 16th birthday, Tony McAlpine wrapped up the 1937 NSW Motor Cycling Championship on a BSA 500. It is therefore logical to contemplate…
As a newly married young bloke battling bureaucracy to establish a peat farm near Bombala on the New South Wales south coast, John Atkinson was introduced to the…
Wet or dry? Dry clutches, named as such because they do not operate in an oil bath, are fairly rare beasts, but can still be seen…
James Empson, the manufacturer of IRIS bicycles, installed a 3½hp Precision two-stroke into one of his well-tested frames in early 1910 and entered the ‘Two Mile Scratch Race’ at…
Wynne credits the late Robert Holden with introducing him to the country. He loves the weather, scenery, beaches and roads, which he describes as being like the Isle…
Clerk of Course for any motorsport event is a demanding position, be it a quarter-mile drag race or Mount Panorama. And when the responsibility extends to as much…
Aerodynamics is MotoGP’s big new area of technical development, replacing electronics R&D, which in 2016 was mostly terminated by the introduction of same-for-all software. It’s no coincidence…
You don’t need us to tell you that cars and bikes are different. But nowhere is that more fundamental than when it comes to a shunt. That’s because a…
More than a decade after its inception, the Finke Desert Race had become the premier event for dirtshifters across Australia. A clash between the proud Territorians and the…
It was with the succinct reply above that 22-year-old Winifred Wells answered a journalist who wished to know what prompted her to undertake one of the most arduous…
Growing up as the son of a Parramatta District Club committee member, Les Burdus spent many weekends spectating at circuits such as Wynstanes and The Poplars, before signing…
Certainly young Chad Reed had served adequate notice he was destined for success on two wheels. The 50cc PeeWee having been superseded by an 80cc machine, and Reed’s first…
