Today is a very sad anniversary, it marks 40 years since the greatest motorcycle road racer of all time passed away. Mike Hailwood was only 41 years old with a glittering career both on two wheels and four when an errant motorist did a U turn in … [Read more]
Updated Grand Prix teams list.
Remy Gardner tops Day 1 Moto2 test, photo courtesy of crash.net Well, if you want to know who's who, here are the lists of teams and riders for the 2021 season. MotoGp Repsol Honda Team: Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro Ducati Team: Jack … [Read more]
I think he may be back…
In anticipation of this weekend's opening round of the MotoGp World Championship, Repsol Honda have released a short video of Marc Marquez's test day at Catalunya on Monday. Riding a modified road bike, the RC213V-S (Honda's hottest road bike) on … [Read more]
Pardon?
I had a free hearing test today. For some time I have been noticing that dialogue on the TV seemed "murky" and that it was a little difficult hearing conversation in crowded places, like restaurants. Well, the test showed that I DID have a degree of … [Read more]
More fascinating pictures
From an archive of photos sent to me by an old CRRC buddy, Bill Bourke, This and the one below show the Shadowfax (or "The Proto" as Kent calls it) at the March 1981 meeting at Macarthur Park. Yes, this photo is almost exactly 40 years old. The … [Read more]
Interesting times
It's certainly interesting times. The second MotoGp Qatar Test has just been completed with times (not that I ever place too much faith in them) showing pretty much what we should have suspected. The Yamahas have been all around the top spots just as … [Read more]
Buses
You know that thing bout buses? You wait for ages and the, just when you're ready to give up, three of them all come along the same time. Well it’s been a little bit like that with me this week or perhaps I should say last week. Last Monday the … [Read more]
Another surprise appearance
My good mate, Kent Miklenda, the builder and rider of the Shadowfax Kawasaki, sent me an email today. We stay in sporadic contact and have done so over the years. Sometimes he disappears for long periods of time and, when he does, I know that he is … [Read more]
It’s not been a good week..
More than enough reminders in the last couple of weeks about the fragility of life and how we are all getting on. Geoff Sim passed away recently, depriving Wollongong of one of its motorcycling royalty. Then this week we were shocked to hear … [Read more]
Bush mechanics
I hope you'll forgive me if I digress into cars this morning, though there is a motorcycle element to my story. A speedway mate of mine posted up this picture on Facebook yesterday and it provoked a flurry of comments as memes like this usually … [Read more]
