As far as I remember, for the first few months of my riding I wore an open-face helmet like the one shown in this picture. This was my first-ever ride on a bike on Bob Holden's TX500 Yamaha, early … [Read more...]
Paradise lost
In 1973, when my wife and I got married, the plan always was that we would spend our honeymoon on Norfolk Island. Quite why we decided on this is lost in the dim reaches of my memory but the aim … [Read more...]
More Shadowfax goodies
As noted on previous occasions, it never ceases to amaze me that, over 40 years after the event, previously unseen photos from the Canberra Road Closures still keep turning up. As you know, I was … [Read more...]
It’s not what you know
I have been reminded a few times recently on various social media posts of an old friend of mine, Paul Feeney. When I first met Paul he was a member of CRRC and was racing for the club as sidecar … [Read more...]
Miniature marvels
This might just be one of the most famous motorcycle racing photographs of all time. It is, of course, the greatest road racer of all time, Mike Hailwood, aboard the legendary Honda RC166 Honda. There … [Read more...]
Maverick by name
Last evening the internet erupted with the news that Yamaha had stood down their factory rider, Maverick Vinales, from this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix over an unspecified activity that Yamaha said … [Read more...]
I just can’t stand it
For the first time in 15 years I find myself owning a motorcycle that does not have a centrestand. In all my 47 years of motorcycle ownership I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of road … [Read more...]
Screening
Pretty much every bike that I have owned has had a fairing of some sort or other. In later years they have been part of the furniture, so to speak with the CBX550 and the various VFRs being faired … [Read more...]
