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GASSIT GARAGE | HISTORY MAKERS

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
03 July 2023

BIMOTA TURNS FIFTY

How a weekly haircut played a role in creating Bimota, one of the world’s most iconic motorcycle manufacturers

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
30 June 2023

DARYL BEATTIE'S MAIDEN GP VICTORY

Daryl Beattie and the blokes who were there helping him remember the Mulga man’s first 500cc victory

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
19 May 2023

FREDDIE SPENCER

It’s 40 years since Freddie Spencer clinched his first premier class title against the dominant force of Kenny Roberts. We ask him to talk us through the 1983 season

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
10 February 2023

HELL'S ANGEL - SONNY BARGER 1938-2022

Love him or loathe him, the late founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang Sonny Barger, was legendary in his own right and lived life by his own rules

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
20 January 2023

AUSSIE LEGENDS KEN & BARRY HORNER

Ken & Barry Horner are Australian motorcycling royalty and all they want to do is go racing

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
01 November 2022

JOHN BRITTEN AERO D-ZERO REUNITED

New Zealand’s Motorcycle Mecca in Invercargill is now home to the final piece of the puzzle that is the two-wheel history of John Britten.

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
27 October 2022

HUGH ANDERSON | THE CRAFTY KIWI

Kiwi great Hugh Anderson was inducted as a MotoGP Legend at the Australian round of the world championship. This is why.

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
10 August 2022

CANNONBALL RUN | LEGACY OF A LEGEND

America’s infamous and highly illegal Cannonball Run was launched to celebrate the life of George Cannon Ball Baker.

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
02 August 2022

KING KENNY ROBERTS ROAD TO GLORY

We all know what happened when King Kenny Roberts joined the ranks of the 500cc Grand Prix World Championship. This is the equally impressive story of how he got there.

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
05 April 2022

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HONDA'S RC211V

On the 20th anniversary of Honda’s RC211V MotoGP bike, we find out how the planned replacement for the RC30 accidentally morphed into Honda’s successful grand prix machine

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
12 May 2021

FROM DOWN UNDER TO DAKAR

For more than two decades, Aussie amateurs have been taking it to the world’s best. Now we have a few pros of our very own

GASSIT GARAGE / History Makers
26 June 2020

NINE LIVES: DUCATI 999

The 999 was a winner from the start and has won more races than any other Ducati, which says the bike was easy to get right. But nothing could be further from the truth