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Two crazies complete Australia’s longest transcontinental crossing. Or was it?

When Adrian Knight rode his BMW650 X-Challenge solo from Steep Point in Western Australia to the mainland’s most easterly point, the lighthouse at Byron Bay, he created a stir by…
Opinion

REVOLVING RACER- LEVI DAY

I broke my back in two places and suffered a grade 4 liver laceration ‘I want to be a motorbike racer’. My answer to a question I was asked as…
History

How Wayne Gardner became World Champion

Wayne Gardner has two reasons to remember the 1986 Spanish 500 Grand Prix at Jarama. It was his first Grand Prix victory and the back story is one of his…
Features

DAVID SILVER HONDA COLLECTION OPENING

The world’s largest collection of Honda motorcycles on display to the public apart from the Japanese company’s own Collection Hall at its Twin Ring Motegi race track in Japan, is…
History

RACING LEGEND BARRY SHEENE

Forty years ago, global warming wasn’t a dirty phrase. Thus the sweltering summer of 1976 – which kept setting new records for warmth and days of sunshine – was something…
History

Careering across the Coorong

The year was 1928 when, with very little fanfare, the Great South Road out of Sydney and the Sydney Road out of Melbourne was designated the Hume Highway – a…
History

Where are they now? Brian Martin

Brian Martin was a Kiwi road racer, MXer, desert racer who made Oz his home What got you interested in bikes? In the mid-60s I thought a motorbike would be…
How to

GET INTO RACING THE EASY WAY

I reckon that getting into racing purely for the fun of it, especially at a more senior age, is a lot harder than becoming involved at a young age…
How to

How to: Crash like a pro

There has been 12 months, thousands of kilometres of riding, and about 250 metres of sliding down the road since receiving my Alpinestars Atem race suit, and I can say…