Feature Articles

The words ‘genius’ and tragedy’ are often overstated, but it is beyond question that John Britten was an engineering genius, and that his death from skin cancer in September 1995, …
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I’m a fan of small racebikes like this YZ450GP. I love 250 two-strokes, 125 two-strokes – even though I don’t fit on them – and loved my own little RSX550 …
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Norton’s recent history has been an extremely rocky one for the British marque. Essentially revived from the rubble by Indian motorcycle giant TVS, they’re on the road to recovery. I …
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No, I do not subscribe to the idea that the best thing about Melbourne is the Hume Highway leading north to Sydney. In fact, the eight years I spent living …
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Yes, summer is coming… and who would have thought that phrase would ever acquire the such a threatening tone. Australian riders have it tough when it comes to riding in …
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I headed out to check out the famous National Parks in the USA. For motorcyclists, the ideal way to enjoy these parks as well as a lot of other wonderful …
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Brough Superior, founded in 1919, was the so-called Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles, the manufacturer of the world’s fastest, most desirable and exclusive motorcycles in the pre-WW2 era. Just days after the …
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Europe was going through dramatic changes with their motorcycle manufacturing in 1973, Japan had well and truly proved that they could match and best the bikes of the Western world. …
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When Ducati tuning guru Bob Brown approached Kevin Magee in 1982, neither of the larger than life personalities had any idea what their meeting would lead to. The tuning skills …
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It was a picture of Kenny Roberts Snr on the black and yellow Yamaha. I don’t reckon I ever walked past that poster without stopping to look at it. Nobody …
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