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  • Chapter 1 – Bikes from the beginning
  • Chapter 2 – Is there a Jawa in your future?
  • Chapter 3 – A speedway connection
  • Chapter 4 – Copped
  • Chapter 5 – You meet the nicest people
  • Chapter 6 – A fortuitous mistake
  • Chapter 7 – The adventure begins
  • Chapter 8 – Coincidence?
  • Chapter 9 – Ignorance is bliss
  • Chapter 10 – A dirty story
  • Chapter 11 – Strangled
  • Chapter 12 – Road racing it is!
  • Chapter 13 – I saw Blakey beat Ago
  • Chapter 14 – Onwards and slideways
  • Chapter 15 – Join the club
  • Chapter 16 – Honda four ever
  • Chapter 17 – Fettling the 500
  • Chapter 18 – Racing on the streets. Part 1
  • Chapter 19 – Racing on the streets. Part 2
  • Chapter 20 – Racing on the streets. Part 3
  • Chapter 21 – Racing on the streets. Part 4
  • Chapter 22 – Racing on the streets. The Finale
  • Chapter 23 – Macarthur Park – The Postscript
  • Chapter 24 – The joys of CBX
  • From the commentary box
• On two wheels
  • Great Bikes?
    • The bike that began it all. Honda’s 1968 750/4
    • A supercharged VFR! Yes, really
    • Fantasy Garage – A Rainy Day Exercise.
    • Awesome: A V12 Honda CBX.
    • How Triumph Rocket III’s are made.
    • Come from the shadows – the Shadowfax restoration
  • Pot Luck.
    • My first track day.
    • “Binning It”
    • On being a Good Samaritan.
    • NRMA.
    • Why doesn’t Honda update the VFR?
    • Movie review: “On Any Sunday”
    • On being a pillion passenger.
    • On the death of the NSW country town.
    • The Coming Men.
    • A nut in every car.
    • The Motorcycle Olympics
    • The year of the cat.
    • Are Subaru Foresters the new Volvo?
    • The things we do.
    • Ages of MotoGp riders.
    • New European Racing Series…one of my better efforts if I do say so myself.
    • Remember Pearl Harbour.
    • RIP: Harry Hurt.
    • “The Lap”
    • The street is no place to race.
    • 19 of the world’s most challenging and dangerous roads.
    • Off again – You’d think I’d learn.
• Races & Racers
  • Great racers.
    • Gregg Hansford: the greatest of his era.
    • Kenny Blake: One of our greatest ever.
    • I can outbrake him – Oran Park 1977
    • Graeme Crosby – the Kiwi larrikan.
    • Remembering Kenny – 28 years on.
    • The National Motor Racing Museum, Bathurst. A must-see attraction.
    • Mat Mladin interview: The Man speaks his mind.
    • RIP: Greg Pretty.
    • King Kenny at the Indy Mile.
    • Excellent Eddie Lawson interview.
  • Great Races
    • “The Ride of my Life”: Joe Eastmure remembers the 1977 Castrol Six Hour Race.
    • “The Gallon Gallop.”
    • The Harvie Wiltshire Trophy. Hume Weir, October 1976.
    • “King of the Weir” 1978.
    • The ShadowFax Story.
    • Fabulous old-school video.
    • The best race I’ve ever seen.
• Site Map
• Tips & Techniques
  • What is meant by the “Right Line”?
  • Ride it Right. Part 1.
  • Ride it Right. Part 2
  • Riding at night.
  • Some days are diamonds
  • A brilliant solution to music on the move.
  • 5 ways to crash
• Touring Tales
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt1
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt2
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt3
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt4
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt5
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt6
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt7
  • “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt8
  • 4 days on the road: The Oxley adventure.
  • On the road again -again. Oxley Tour May 2009
  • The drug that is called The Oxley. October 2009.
  • 6 Days on the Road. The North Coast Raid January 2010.
  • The “Plan B” Tour.
  • Ever wanted to just “take off” ?
  • Eating on the road – a gourmet guide

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Recent Posts:

• Whew!
• WSBK by numbers
• Bitten by the bug
• Happy birthday
• A temporary member of the Fourth Estate
• A bearer of bad tidings
• Catching up
• A “hot” bike
• Back to the track again
• This is my island in the sun Pt2
• This is my island in the sun….
• 2012 WSBK Provisional entry list
• Licorice allsorts
• I can see clearly now…(apologies to Johnny Nash)
• On the death of individuality
• Starting to pick up the pace
• Meanwhile, back at the ranch….
• Some food for thought
• Busy, busy, busy
• Happy New Year
• How about THIS???
• An unlucky break
• Gearing up for “The Island”
• Serious Shadowfax progress
• Merry Christmas everyone
• 20/20 hindsight
• More progress on the project
• Superglue a Kawasaki (sorry ’bout that)
• Where is MotoGp heading?
• Shadowfax update
• Remembering Maxie – one year on.
• The picture so far..
• More stuff
• Better news
• Today is the day
• More pieces
• “Excuse me, is this seat taken?”
• Weekends
• Changes, changes
• Dear mum, well, you know the rest
• The return of the UJM
• Changes everywhere
• News from all over
• My brain is full
• The Coast is clear.
• North of the border
• It has been a very long season
• Dumb stuff from all over
• Back to work, slave!
• Testing times
• Big shake-up in WSBK
• Anger growing over video coverage
• RIP means “Rest in PEACE”
• Rossi: Not Retiring
• Still undecided
• RIP Marco Simoncelli
• Weekends are great
• The picture gradually becomes clearer
• A good snapper
• So much news – it must be near the end of the season!
• A year is a long time
• A true champion
• The Incredible Shrinking MotoGp Grid
• Heating up at the Island – they wish
• Weekend preview
• News, sporting and otherwise
• Shadowfax update
• Musings on the mountain
• More silly season stuff
• Just how good IS casey Stoner?
• Karma and stuff
• Weekend wrap-up plus other stuff
• Busy, busy
• “It’s not about the bike.”
• Ups and downs
• A pretty amazing 24 hours
• 900
• GP crystal balling
• A classic weekend
• GP, GP, GP
• Moving right along.
• A very busy weekend
• Is that a new frame I see?
• Breathing easy
• Weekend wash-up
• Vee Ell and other stuff..
• Freeing up space
• A polished performance
• Rainey goes back
• To USGP or not?
• Looking down in the mouth
• A long way for
• History made
• Indy!
• The world’s fastest over-restored Indian
• Ducati, Ducati, Ducati
• Hands up if you knew…
• Rainy day…aaarggghh
• News from all over
• Suzuki records first profit for years