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…
The term ‘superbike’ was a term loosely applied to any big-bore roadster of the late 1960s or early 70s, like the Honda CB750, Kawasaki H2 750, Triumph Trident, BSA Rocket…
Márquez’s 2016 season has been that of … not a different rider, but certainly a much changed version of the same rider They say one should always expect the unexpected.
We all know what GP racing means. It’s the pinnacle of achievement, in every sphere. The riding, of course, but also the machines, tyres, fuel, oil … and circuits. It…
If your image of a motorcycle racer is based on the likes of Hailwood, Rossi, Sheene or Schwantz, you’d rate Bob West an unlikely contender. But at age 32 in…
Ever since Father Christmas came good with a Honda QR50 when Lachie was a toddler, he’s been belting around the northern rivers hinterland. Later, surfing the breaks at Byron Bay…
From the backblocks of Brisbane to the sweeps of Bathurst was a long way for self-taught high-performance guru, Barry Taylor. “When I was 12 around 1956, I use to go…
Abandoned in 1928, the Telegraph Track to the northern most tip of Australia became a beacon for intrepid adventurers. Not least Hector MacQuarrie and his mate Dave who,…
We take the Phillip Island MotoGP for granted now, but the first running of the event in 1989 was a game changer for us former seventies longhairs. We’d watched Wayne…
Bryan Staring’s career in Europe is coming to an end. In 2017 he will return to Australia, so we caught up with the Aussie rider, who has ridden…
Blind man Ben Felten and his navigator Kevin Magee will challenge the land speed record of fastest speed for a motorcycle ridden blindfolded at Speed Week 2017. Since going completely…
Abandoned in 1928, the Telegraph Track to the northernmost tip of Australia became a beacon for intrepid adventurers. Not least Hector MacQuarrie and his mate Dave who, together with a…
