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History

Sayonara VMAX

Yamaha’s VMAX – the descendent of the original V-Max – has been killed off. In 2017 the last one rolled off the production lines withs no sign…
Opinion

Old School - The Surtees factor

Everyone spoke about how he will probably be the only sportsman ever to win grand prix world titles on two and four wheels. Some also asked why he…
Opinion

In Pit Lane- MAKING THE DIFFERENCE DIFFERENTLY

Race engineering is largely a matter of fashion. Or to put it another way – as former world champion and revered crew chief to Kenny Roberts Senior,…
Opinion

Revolving Racer - Thomas Brown

I’m Thomas Brown, I’m 12 years old and I’m currently doing junior road racing in Australia. I’m trying to take every opportunity of my life as a…
How to

How to take a pillion

There is no denying we all love the solitude motorcycling provides in our otherwise hectic lives, or else we wouldn’t have been attracted to riding in the…
History

Mike Hailwood in Oz

Is it really 40 years since the 1977 Castrol Six Hour Race? No wonder I feel 68. It’s a good thing I keep diaries or plumbing the grey matter…
Interviews

Grid Talk - Joe Falzon

You guys have had a few years of solid results, but what’s changed to make you so competitive this year? It’s hard to put my finger on it exactly.
History

Where are they now? David Luthje

You had a typical introduction into racing, but with a twist… In the early 70s, a mate of mine had a Honda XR75 and that sparked my…
Features

Giz a squiz and win

Congratulations Tim, you’ve scored a Mini Road Chain Lube ($12.90) and a Mini Chain Clean ($11.90) kindly supplied by Link International. Rider: Tim Alston…
Opinion

Revolving Racer - Josh Pickering

I’ve had an unusual path to end up riding speedway. All I knew is I wanted to make motorcycle racing a career. I started racing dirtbikes when…
Opinion

In Pit Lane - Tweets and twits

As one who likes to keep photographs of his food to himself, I believe that Faceplant is an invasion of privacy, Instaflap harmless but essentially very, very…
Opinion

Old School - The rusty rider

As the tarmac twisted into a clump of overhanging gum trees my field of vision telescoped into the corner’s apex. Seconds earlier I had been…