Classic - 60s to 80s Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/motorcycle-reviews/classic-motorcycles/60s-80s-classic-motorcycles/ Motorcycle reviews, Product reviews, News, Features, by leading experts. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:36:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://bikereview.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-favico.fw_-32x32.png Classic - 60s to 80s Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/motorcycle-reviews/classic-motorcycles/60s-80s-classic-motorcycles/ 32 32 Throwback Thursday | Custom Classic – BevelTech Ducati 900 SS, Vern2 https://bikereview.com.au/custom-classic-beveltech-ducati-900-ss-vern2/ https://bikereview.com.au/custom-classic-beveltech-ducati-900-ss-vern2/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:01:37 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=44058 What you see here is one very special bevel. You see, the builder, Tony Hannagan, is a legend Down Under in the secretive world of those that worship at the

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/custom-classic-beveltech-ducati-900-ss-vern2/feed/ 3 Battling Boxers, The Butler & Smith R90S Superbikes Story https://bikereview.com.au/battling-boxers-the-butler-smith-r90s-superbikes-story/ https://bikereview.com.au/battling-boxers-the-butler-smith-r90s-superbikes-story/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:13:37 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=163765 BMW’s success in the 2024–25 WorldSBK Championship with Toprak Razgatlioglu was the culmination of a strategy set in motion back in 2009 when BMW began reshaping its once-conservative

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/battling-boxers-the-butler-smith-r90s-superbikes-story/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday | Tribute, Michelle Duff, Make Haste Slowly… https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-tribute-michelle-duff-make-haste-slowly/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-tribute-michelle-duff-make-haste-slowly/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:00:51 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=154595 The first ever road racer from North America to win a World Championship GP race wasn’t Kenny Roberts, nor even Gary Nixon or Pat Hennen. It was the

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-tribute-michelle-duff-make-haste-slowly/feed/ 0 50 Years Today… Barry Sheene’s 1975 winning Suzuki RG500 XR14 https://bikereview.com.au/barry-sheenes-1975-suzuki-rg500-gp-xr14/ https://bikereview.com.au/barry-sheenes-1975-suzuki-rg500-gp-xr14/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:30:32 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=150988 Fifty years ago the Suzuki RG500 made its competition debut, and in doing so raised the curtain on the modern era of 500cc Grand Prix racing, by making

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/barry-sheenes-1975-suzuki-rg500-gp-xr14/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday | Vincent-HRD Rapide Series A Test https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-vincent-hrd-rapide-series-a-test/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-vincent-hrd-rapide-series-a-test/#respond Thu, 27 Feb 2025 06:00:48 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=146007 Even now when you can buy a racer-with-lights like a BMW M 1000 RR, Ducati V4R or Bimota KB 998, and ride it on the public highway in

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-vincent-hrd-rapide-series-a-test/feed/ 0 Gallery One | Favourite Bike Review Two-Stroke Smokers https://bikereview.com.au/gallery-one-our-favourite-two-stroke-smokers-from-two-stroke-tuesdays/ https://bikereview.com.au/gallery-one-our-favourite-two-stroke-smokers-from-two-stroke-tuesdays/#respond Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:17:32 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=138109 We love two-strokes here at Bike Review. We’ve been publishing 2T articles for almost a decade now, so thought we should put a gallery together of our favourite Suzuki RG500,

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/gallery-one-our-favourite-two-stroke-smokers-from-two-stroke-tuesdays/feed/ 0 Throwback Thursday: Ginger Molloy’s Kawasaki H1R Racer https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-ginger-molloys-kawasaki-h1r-racer/ https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-ginger-molloys-kawasaki-h1r-racer/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:16:30 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=137556 50 years on from its season in the sun, the Ginger Molloy milestone Kawasaki H1R is alive and racing in Australia in completely original form, thanks to the son of

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/throwback-thursday-ginger-molloys-kawasaki-h1r-racer/feed/ 0 Two-Stroke Tuesday | The Maxton Dugdale TZ385 Story https://bikereview.com.au/135392-2/ https://bikereview.com.au/135392-2/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:27 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=135392 Fifty years ago this year, 1974, saw a momentous transition in 500GP racing, marking the last time a four-stroke – meaning MV Agusta, courtesy of the late Phil Read –

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/135392-2/feed/ 0 1974 Kawasaki H1 500 | Throwback Thursday, Classic https://bikereview.com.au/1974-kawasaki-h1-500-throwback-thursday-classic/ https://bikereview.com.au/1974-kawasaki-h1-500-throwback-thursday-classic/#respond Wed, 01 May 2024 20:30:45 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=135085 I’m used to riding the latest and greatest bikes all the time, so my idea was to buy something for myself that I was less likely to lose my licence

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/1974-kawasaki-h1-500-throwback-thursday-classic/feed/ 0 MIRA Files: Putting The Motorcycles Of 1973 To The Test https://bikereview.com.au/mira-files-putting-the-motorcycles-of-1973-to-the-test/ https://bikereview.com.au/mira-files-putting-the-motorcycles-of-1973-to-the-test/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:00:04 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=123120 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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