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Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: XJR1300 & GSX1400 Musclebikes
2 years ago

Throwback Thursday: XJR1300 & GSX1400 Musclebikes

The early 2000s produced some spectacular nakedbikes. Two of the muscle men at the front line were the GSX1400 and the XJR1300. The huge Japanese, four-stroke, four-cylinder machines were monsters, …
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Throwback Thursday: Aprilia RS250 Harada Resto
3 years ago

Throwback Thursday: Aprilia RS250 Harada Resto

In late 1999 Heather and I were living day to day in Sydney, me a bike courier trying to get a start in journalism, and Heather working a city office …
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Interview: Kevin Magee on the Bob Brown Ducati
3 years ago

Interview: Kevin Magee on the Bob Brown Ducati

Victorian Kevin Magee lays valid claim to being “the world’s most versatile road racer of the modern era”, as the only man to have won World Championship rounds in the …
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Throwback Thursday: Broc Parkes Provec Motocard WSS ZX-6R
3 years ago

Throwback Thursday: Broc Parkes Provec Motocard WSS ZX-6R

Taking part in WSBK and WSS commentary for a number of years working for Speed TV and Fox Sports Australia alongside Kevin Magee and Jessica Yates meant I’d been paying …
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Throwback Thursday: Hannspree Ten Kate CBR600RR
3 years ago

Throwback Thursday: Hannspree Ten Kate CBR600RR

The 127-race veteran of WSS, 2002 WSS World Champion Frenchman Fabien Foret, was a wild man on track, going on to have some hugely successful moments in WSS and WorldSBK. …
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Throwback Thursday: LCR-Krauser Sidecar
3 years ago

Throwback Thursday: LCR-Krauser Sidecar

I really ought to have known better than to get myself talked into doing it again. I mean – how many times in your life do you have to be …
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Tech History: The Swissauto ELF 500 GP Racer
3 years ago

Tech History: The Swissauto ELF 500 GP Racer

At a time when Ducati and Aprilia have now been joined by fellow-Eurobrand KTM in taking the fight for MotoGP supremacy to the three Japanese factories in 2021, it’s timely …
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Throwback Thursday: The 2015 Suzuki GSX-S1000
3 years ago

Throwback Thursday: The 2015 Suzuki GSX-S1000

The new GSX-S1000 is being tested by the Euro press as we speak and is expected to arrive here in Q1. That means now is a great time to grab …
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Throwback Thursday: Chaz Davies WSS Yamaha YZF-R6, A Decade On!
3 years ago

Throwback Thursday: Chaz Davies WSS Yamaha YZF-R6, A Decade On!

Chaz Davies historically wrapped up the WSS title exactly 10 years ago this year on the now legendary (and becoming collectable when talking early models) phased out for the street …
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Throwback Thursday: 2001 WSBK Benelli Tornado
3 years ago

Throwback Thursday: 2001 WSBK Benelli Tornado

This Benelli was the first motorcycle to take advantage of WSBK’s three-cylinder 900cc capacity class, joined in 2003 by Foggy Petronas. In June 2001 the 60,000 fans lining Misano racetrack …
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