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…
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…
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…
How did you get into bikes? I grew up on a farm around Parkes, New South Wales, and I learnt to ride on a Honda 90 step-through ag bike.
Do all those numbers on the side of my tyres actually mean anything? Yes … and no. Although the size of a tyre is…
When Dave Barr set out from Perth to circumnavigate Australia he wasn’t attempting the record for fastest lap of the map. He may have hit new heights of determination and…
He rides every day, walks 5km daily, and ideally would fly every day as well. He’s Geoff Sim, Australian 125cc champion in 1975 and ’76, and a motorcycle…
You had a typical introduction into bike racing, but with a twist… In the early 70s, a mate of mine Zach Hogan had a Honda XR75,…
This year the latest-generation Michelins have had a huge influence on MotoGP results, and from Round 6 onwards will continue to do so… except in a different…
Last week we explained how to change brake discs – and solve the problem of pulsing brakes. Whenever you change discs, you also need to change…
What would you do if you awoke one morning behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ in 1968 with your hotel surrounded by big tanks as Czechoslovakia was being invaded by the…
Whenever Brisbane speedway legend John Titman travels down to Sydney, he drives out to the grave site of Billy Sanders at Minchinbury in western Sydney to pay his…
