Back in the mid-1970s, with the inaugural Katherine Carnival imminent, riding mates John Pfitzner and Lofty Evans found themselves at a meeting hosted by carnival organiser Sylvia Wolfe. Sylvia…
It was his father’s cancer diagnosis that spurred Shane Kapitzke into designing and building himself a new left arm that would allow him to ride roadbikes again…
No one can accuse Aussie Jack Miller of shying away from a challenge. The Australian fronts up to one of the biggest of his career in 2023,…
The 2023 Dakar Rally will be remembered across the globe for a bunch of reasons, but for Aussies, it will forever be the one that got away.
Towards the end of his successful racing career, two-stroke aficionado Charlie Edwards grafted a Yamaha 347cc twin-cylinder, air-cooled two-stroke engine into a Hagon speedway chassis. This powerplant…
Ralph Hubert ‘Sonny’ Barger Jnr passed away on 29 June 2022 when, after previously surviving throat and prostate cancer, he lost his fight against liver cancer.
The 2022 season was another cracker for Repsol Honda. Once again, you won all the titles up for grabs, taking your tally to 32 world titles. Are you…
The RC213V’s carbon brakes make a shrill sound as the factory Honda comes to a stop in the Misano circuit pitlane. Waiting for it is one of…
Australian motorcycling has something very special in its midst. It’s fueled by a mixture of determination and devotedness and unfortunately, too many of us won’t appreciate the…
According to some, it’s still up for discussion just who was the world’s fastest rider in 2022. A glance at the MotoGP World Championship table sees…
Don Cox tells us about the making of Circus Life, a publication about Australian motorcycle racers in Europe in the 1950s. Leaning out of a racing sidecar outfit, left shoulder…
AMCN 1993 Vol 43 No 12 100 pages, $4.25 22 Oct – 4 Nov 1993 Editor: Ken Wootton The year was 1993…
