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COLUMNS / They Did What?
13 February 2024

ZIG ZAG HILLCLIMB

The brewer’s wife who instigated the scary Zig Zag hillclimb

COLUMNS / They Did What?
09 February 2024

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SUPERBIKE

Q-ships were decoy vessels with concealed weaponry used in war. In the early 70s, Tony Hatton’s Yamaha R5 350 was exactly that, and could be considered Australia's first Superbike.

COLUMNS / They Did What?
27 September 2023

CHAOS ON SYDNEY ROAD

That no one was killed during Australia’s first long-distance motorcycle road race was a miracle

COLUMNS / They Did What?
12 January 2022

ASIA'S ALL STARS

From Singapore to Shanghai, speedway proved to be more swindle than spectacle

COLUMNS / They Did What?
29 March 2021

THE FIRST LAP OF TASSIE

And you reckon Tassie’s west coast is rugged going on a modern adventure bike…

COLUMNS / They Did What?
04 January 2021

THE HINTON & MORRISON SHOW

Tales of a couple of quick and laid-back Aussies

COLUMNS / They Did What?
09 July 2020

THE KILLER 'DROME

The Olympia Motor Speedway. Wrong place, wrong time

COLUMNS / They Did What?
24 June 2020

THE DAY THOSE BIKIES INVADED BROKEN HILL

Australia's first cross-country race was feared and strenuous

COLUMNS / They Did What?
15 May 2020

AUSSIE BATTLES ABROAD

These early pioneers of motorsport roared onto the world stage and did us proud

COLUMNS / They Did What?
07 April 2020

HOW NOT TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE

A trip of a lifetime is epic. Leaving in winter, riding through storms, unbearable heat and continuously breaking down is not... Everyone tells you what you should do; here’s what you shouldn’t!

COLUMNS / They Did What?
31 March 2020

TWICE AROUND THE CLOCK

A comedy of errors and a handful of gritty blokes in a time when 24-hour distance records helped sell bikes

COLUMNS / They Did What?
09 March 2020

BIRDSVILLE OR BUST

It was the epic adventure that put the Simpson Desert on every dirtshifter’s bucket list