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Opinion

Old school - How real is real?

Motorcycling’s a strange thing, I thought, as I stared at a Honda slowly revolving on a floodlit plinth at the MotoGP Expo. For a second I thought it was the…
Interviews

Grid Talk - Glen McMahon

Tell us a bit about your role. I’m Glenn Allerton’s dedicated mechanic with the Yamaha Racing Team. It’s my responsibility to fuel the bike, make sure things aren’t falling off…
History

Where are they now? Barry ‘Briggo’ Briggs is a speedway legend who is still racing at 81-years-young

Briggo is one of the biggest personalities in motorcycling, and has been friends with a host of legends. The Kiwi brought speedway to the mainstream, and his wild adventures after…
Rides

Reader story- 2016 TTMC, PI Track Day Report

As always, it was a marathon effort even get to the track, with a two-day flight down the Hume required – including the usual stop over at the town of…
Opinion

In Pit Lane - Proud, happy, and ready to kick

I am proud and happy to be able to write this column about this great sport of ours. A sport where all concerned shall henceforth live by the creed of…
History

He did what? Nick Lidstone - From Betws-y-Coed to Berrima

Scooting home form Betws-y-Coed one Sunday evening back in 1958, Nick Lidstone fantasized that if he just kept the throttle pinned on his newly acquired 125cc Douglas Vespa it could…
Features

New tech - Stopping everyone

It was the late 1970s when the anti-lock braking system debuted on a passenger vehicle. A decade of development later and the high-tech system was altered to cope with the…
History

Where are they now? Robert Hinton

Three-times 1970s Australian GP winner Robert Hinton was 72 in August and is still active in racing as a race-bike owner in Forgotten Era events. His Yamaha TZ350F has won…
Opinion

Ed’s letter - Can’t get enough

How good was this year’s MotoGP season? That is a rhetorical question. It was one of the best I can remember, and it just got better as the year went…
History

They did what?- Cannonball Down Under

American legend Erwin ‘Cannonball’ Baker enjoyed a remarkably long life for someone who parlayed a job testing motorcycle tyres for the Indianapolis Tyre Company into a full-time career as an…
Opinion

Ed's letter- Transition complete

There was a time when I dabbled in both the two- and four-wheeled world. A life as a motoring journalist with a healthy obsession for anything that could be ridden…
History

Where are they now?- Allan Cunynghame

In their day, the Castrol 6 Hour at Amaroo Park and the Arai 500 on Mount Panorama were Australia’s twin peaks of endurance racing. The 6 Hour was where champions…