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Gassit Garage
19 September 2017

Where are they now? Dave Schwarz is the master cross-country navigator

“Anyone else would have been immensely satisfied with a top 40 Dakar finish, but Dave was royally pissed off”

Gassit Garage
17 September 2017

Racing legend Nobby Clark

Nobby Clark was a race mechanic for almost 50 years, spinning spanners for a who’s who of GP greats. He shares his tales from the circus…

Gassit Garage
12 September 2017

Grid Talk - Mick Kirkness

Flat track is enjoying a surge in popularity – and it’s not just the Yanks who are doing it

Gassit Garage
12 September 2017

How Stuff Works - Gear Boxes

All the gears and no idea? Here are five dumb questions you’ve been afraid to ask about ’boxing clever

Gassit Garage
10 September 2017

Spannerman rides Vietnam

The Ho Chi Minh Road isn’t the Ho Chi Minh Trail that was used to transport soldiers and weapons, but bits of it intersect and there are plenty of war references as you ride through the jungles

Gassit Garage
10 September 2017

Long Term Ride - Yamaha MT-10

As if it needed it, Dyno Dave takes our long-term excitement machine up a notch

Gassit Garage
08 September 2017

Not Forgotten - Rodger Freeth

This Kiwi champion was the ultimate outlier in the world of motorcycle racing

Gassit Garage
06 September 2017

They did what? Racing up the Hume

The world’s first long-distance road races took place in Melbourne’s backyard

Gassit Garage
04 September 2017

Revolving Racer - Levi Day

It really is an honour to give even a small bit of information back to people who want to learn

Gassit Garage
02 September 2017

Old School - The Surtees factor

As the tributes flowed in for John Surtees after his death in March this year, one aspect of his amazing career was largely overlooked.

Gassit Garage
02 September 2017

In Pit Lane- MAKING THE DIFFERENCE DIFFERENTLY

Race engineering is largely a matter of fashion. Or to put it another way – as former world champion and revered crew chief to Kenny Roberts Senior, Kel Carruthers, told me many years ago, “what worked last year, plus a few per cent”. In this way, in the years of those ama

Gassit Garage
30 August 2017

Revolving Racer - Thomas Brown

I’m Thomas Brown, I’m 12 years old and I’m currently doing junior road racing in Australia. I’m trying to take every opportunity of my life as a kid while doing what I love best — road racing. I come from Toowoomba in Queensland and I wouldn’t have been racing if it