In June 1973, Geoffrey Leonard Perry had the world at his feet. The 23-year-old Aucklander had just won his first ever AMA national, defeating Kel Carruthers by half a meter…
You won the 500cc class in the 1972 Castrol Six-Hour with Les Kenny. That was a big deal. We were trying to get bikes out of Yamaha, but they were…
My highlight for 2015 was when I flew out to Slovakia to represent Australia in the ISDE. I surprised myself, and a lot of others there by finishing in 4th…
Almost a year now into my life as a rider, I love the way it has made me see the world from a new perspective. I’ve started asking questions that…
While Guy Martin is in Bonneville stealing the world record-setting headlines with his high-tech carbon-fibre turbo-charged streamliner, a fellow by the name of Eddie Braun is getting his low-tech steam-powered…
People say you’re supposed to nod at other riders when they pass you on the road, but I’m usually concentrating too much on the traffic to do that. Will people…
The year is 2003 and Queensland’s Jono Porter is slumped in a chair as he starts an interview with AMCN’s Ken Wootton on the main stage at the Sydney Motorcycle…
We’ve a few ‘go on us’ recently, to use an Old School expression of the day. Let’s see. David Bowie at 69 years. The Eagles’ Glenn Frey at 67. Jefferson…
When you first started racing how did that come about? A friend of mine took me to the second ever Calder meeting in 1962. I sat down in the esses…
It’s always quite interesting to take a look at the people you’ve grown up with, schooled with, met in recent years and compare how you all live. Most people fall…
“WHY WOULD YOU ride those funny looking seatless motorcycles…? They must weigh nothing the way they can bunny hop up shipping containers.” These are just some of the…
The email I sent to my friend had no word content. It only had a subject heading that stated: “My new toy, I’m in love again.” The photo I’d attached…
