BMW provided two of its then-new R1150 GS bikes, which became a bestseller for the German company after the ratings-winning, seven- episode TV series Long Way Round was…
MY LAST COLUMN about the 1980s got a few people talking about that decade. But here’s something they don’t want to talk about: what it cost to live back…
Between them, the New South Wales provincial towns of Goulburn and Bathurst had a firm grip on the major motorcycle race meetings when the sport was…
At the dawn of World Superbikes 30 years ago, Kiwi Ducati fanatic Dallas Rankine was tearing his hair out. “I bought the first available 851 Superbike…
The other day someone told me that by the end of this season I will have clocked up 700,000km in travel while racing in ASBK. It’s only…
As Australian tobacco advertising restrictions tightened throughout the 1980s, ‘big tobacco’ poured more and more money into motorsport, with the consequence that Wayne Gardner’s 1987 World Championship was…
Whether it’s a track bike, a trials bike, a racebike, a dirtbike or your kid’s bike, many motorcyclists use a trailer to transport their motorcycles to and…
Wollongong-born Troy Corser loved racing motorcycles as a kid. And it was thanks to this very Suzuki RGV250 and bit of encouragement from another well-known Wollongong racer named…
There are times when I forget how long this magazine has been around. And then I take a phone call from one of the many great characters…
The documentary WAYNE, celebrating the life and times of Wayne Gardner, has created a flurry of interest in just a few preview outings. It hits local film…
How did the European trip come about? A team contacted me to replace an injured rider. It was a simple fly-in fly-out deal to race a Kawasaki…
What’s the real story behind the title of your book From Para to Dakar? The Paris-Dakar was the original name of the Dakar Rally, and my journey was from…
