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COLUMNS | HE DID WHAT?

COLUMNS / He Did What?
30 January 2024

SPEEDWAY ACE RON JOHNSON

Western Australia's Speedway ace Ron Johnson was the inspiration for matinée idol Dirk Bogarde’s first starring role.

COLUMNS / He Did What?
13 April 2023

A MOST EXTRAORDINARY MOTORCYCLE WATER CROSSING

If they reckon it can’t be done, trust a bloke on two wheels to give it a crack

COLUMNS / He Did What?
24 March 2023

SELF 'ARMING

Twenty years after losing his arm in a serious motorcycle crash, Shane Kapitzke embarked on building himself a replacement

COLUMNS / He Did What?
10 February 2023

BOOCOCK'S LAMENT

The Australian-built long-track bike that was forbidden by the Germans

COLUMNS / He Did What?
25 October 2022

RAY DOLE | VICTORIOUS VICTA

That time Ray Dole won a championship with a lawn-mower-powered BSA Bantam.

COLUMNS / He Did What?
04 October 2022

CHRIS BIRCH | PLAYING HARD

Impetuously dismissing the ISDE as too easy, Chris Birch was the first Anzac to take on the world in Hard Enduro.

COLUMNS / He Did What?
28 March 2022

PILLION PERIL

For the best part of two decades, debate raged over the dangers of pillion riding

COLUMNS / He Did What?
26 August 2021

MAD MAX: MADDER THAN MAX

The Mad Max stunts that turned an average Aussie bike nut into an internationally recognised legend

COLUMNS / He Did What?
10 May 2021

THE POWER OF DREAMS

Veteran motorcycle scribe Lester Morris recalls the very first Honda to be sold Down Under

COLUMNS / He Did What?
26 March 2021

THE TESI TANGO

That time when Alan Cathcart was a fully-supported factory Bimota rider...

COLUMNS / He Did What?
09 March 2021

SUPER-STUNT SPECTACULAR

Even Evel Knievel acknowledged this young Aussie’s superior talent

COLUMNS / He Did What?
10 December 2020

ERIC ‘DEBBO’ DEBENHAM

A congenial giant in the pits, a terror on the track