Double Demerits was due to start at midnight on the 23rd December and run for 10 days so a quick ride before they kicked in seemed to be in order. Now, about DDs. They don't bother me because I … [Read more...]
Archives for 2022
A different track
Most of you will know that I have another life (several, actually) apart from motorcycling and that is speedway. I first encountered the cult of the flying topsoil back in the mid 1960s when Channel 7 … [Read more...]
Not board at all
Wollongong has always been a surfing town, probably longer than it has been an industrial town. And, as well as being a surfing town, its proximity to the coast and the highway that leads south to … [Read more...]
From the treasure trove..
I still have only done a cursory dig through the stuff that I picked up from Canberra last weekend but even a cursory examination has yielded some great discoveries. Amongst the correspondence is this … [Read more...]
Friday Flashback #5
As you know, I travelled to Canberra last Saturday for a birthday party and to take care of some terribly overdue CRRC business. As so often happens, without any previous consultation, this week has … [Read more...]
Digging up the past
It's been 20 years or so since Canberra Road Racing Club, the club I helped to found in 1977, ceased operation. A combination of factors and the actions of one disaffected member hastened its demise … [Read more...]
Everyone has to start somewhere
My local riding group has lots of members and many of them are novice riders. Whenever we post up a ride or and event we always make it clear that learner or novice riders are welcome on the ride. … [Read more...]
Friday Flashback #4
The subject of this week's flashback is well known to those who followed racing in the 1970s. It is, of course, the likeable German racer, Helmut Dahne. Helmut who, throughout his career, used the … [Read more...]
Discrimination..
A member of my local riding group today posted up a question about Can Am Spyders. He wanted to know how the group felt about them and added that some motorcyclists had a very low opinion of them and … [Read more...]
End of season clean-up
Well, the 2022 season is over and it finished with a whimper rather than a bang. Suzuki went out as winner and Pecco set a record for clawing back the largest points deficit in the history of the … [Read more...]
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