For three years the fledgling KTM team had been attempting to break the dominance of Honda and BMW in the phenomenon that was the Paris-Dakar. Then, in 2001, Fabrizio Meoni…
So, why do I race the Isle of Man TT, possibly the most dangerous thing you can do as a human? I first competed at the TT back in 2010.
I live on 40 acres in Howes Valley in NSW and started riding motocross and dirt track on my Pee Wee 50 when I was three years old. My dad…
HOW’S THIS FOR a prediction from 80 years ago? Winglets on a racing motorcycle. Believe it or not, this illustration was published in Britain’s Motor Cycling on 17 June 1936.
There’s no doubt about it – Aussie Scott Britnell can ride rougher for longer. Sure, Rocky Robinson may have flashed across Bonneville Salt Flats at over 600km/h. However, all Rocky…
Alongside his colleague Fred MacSorley, John Hinds, became famous as one of the Flying Doctors. Mounted on motorcycles and carrying bright orange packs stuffed with medical equipment, the pair provided…
What a start to the year it has been thus far for myself in the 2016 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC). For those who may not know or follow the AORC,…
“Today my health is still good at 73, thanks mainly to good genes from my English-born parents and not falling off too hard…” Triple Australian TT winner Peter Jones has…
Every year on June 9 there is a luncheon in a Melbourne pub to honour 1970s racing hero Ken Blake. This year’s gathering marked 35 years since Blake died in…
He was just the second Aussie to win a world title, and he could have had more… Australia’s 1961 world 125 champion Tom Phillis has been included on a brand-new…
We find out why Michael van der Mark, the 2014 World Supersport champion and former truck driver – who finished seventh in his WSBK debut in 2015 – hates clowns…
True Blue Brando The season was tough to say the least. I had to learn a lot of new tracks, help develop a new bike and work with a…
