Right now Ducati is proving that if you stick to what you know, you earn trust and confidence from your customers. The Italian factory is in the middle…
It’s the end of June 1992. Rob Phillis has just ridden two World Superbike races on the sweeping curves of the Österreichring, these days known as the Red…
Ever since I was a young boy, riding dirtbikes has seemed like a dream that was worth chasing. I started out getting my thrills from jumping pushbikes and…
In September 1956, Johnny Allen streaked across the shimmering Bonneville Salt Flats in a Triumph-engined streamliner to set a world speed record of 214.40mph. He was one of a small…
Life in Europe was pretty tough for a fledgling racer in the early sixties. It was a hard life if you chose to be a member of the Continental Circus…
Paul van der Heiden- My feelings standing on the Manx Grand Prix podium with the Australian Nation Anthem playing just cannot be described. I am so proud of the support…
“You have got to do the Bonang Highway on the S1000XR!” Since taking delivery of our BMW S1000XR long-termer, barely a week has passed without Miles Davis from BMW egging…
Less than 50 miles after setting out on the first landwards leg of his odyssey, 26-year-old Doug Voss faced his moment of truth. There was no spectral light, just an…
Gary Gabelich’s Blue Flame rocket car became the first vehicle to top 1000km/h and Don Vesco’s twin-engined ‘Big Red’ streamliner the first motorcycle to better 400km/h. Then, in what seemed…
A one-time streetbike maniac who was pointed in the direction of racetracks by his Sunday morning buddies, Art ‘The Dart’ Baumann was the first man to win a AMA road…
How did you get into bikes? My brother John ‘Wal’ Megalos had a Bridgestone 90 road bike that he started to race in the early 70s. I was still in…
Forty years before the Grand Prix promoters invented a prize for the best performed non-factory rider, there was an unofficial racers’ badge of honour – the top 500 class private…
