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Opinion

What we can learn from Formula E

As published in AMCN (Vol 67 No 11) Ignore history at your peril. As Irish philosopher Edmund Burke famously stated three centuries ago, “Those who don’t know history are…
Interviews

Rider: Troy Guenther

Troy was born in the USA and moved to Queensland at the age of four. He had his first success in dirt track, winning two Australian titles, which led…
History

Not Forgotten - Tony McAlpine

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…
History

Where are they now? Malcolm Stanton

“I’m the luckiest man alive!” says 1960s international racer Malcolm Stanton. The 74-year-old Aussie and wife Terri now follow the sun around the country in a fifth-wheel trailer,…
History

EASTER RACING AT BATHURST

At the end of an Easter weekend, three riders share a joke while friends and family look on. This photograph, taken after the Unlimited Australian Grand Prix at…
Interviews

NICK HARRIS INTERVIEW

It’s a very good afternoon to you here from the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, it’s the 18th round of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship. I’m Nick Harris, sitting alongside me…
History

Where are they now? Bob Carpenter

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…
Opinion

Revolving Racer - Billy Van Eerde

Jon is the national brand manager for Husqvarna Motorcycles and has been backing me for a few years now with a TC125 and FC250 to race dirt track. Jon…
Opinion

Grid Talk - Riki Lanyon

You’ve just completed two rounds of a world championship on a bike you’d never seen before with a rider who’d never ridden in the class, how did it go?…
How to

How stuff works - What’s in a clutch?

1 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…
Features

Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems

EICMA, the biggest international motorcycle show of the year, is a world stage for companies to make glamorous global unveilings of their latest rival-beating offerings. But next year’s…
Opinion

In Pit Lane - Lightweight excuses

Not just because Márquez reliably has the beating of Dani Pedrosa. Actually he doesn’t, not every time. At Jerez Dani beat him by six seconds. But…