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- Chapter 1 – Bikes from the beginning
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- Chapter 3 – A speedway connection
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- 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
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- 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 23 – Macarthur Park – The Postscript
- Chapter 22 – Racing on the streets. The Finale
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- Chapter 25 – Sayonara, Suzuki
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- Ever wanted to just “take off” ?
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- ABBA: A motorcycling legacy.
- Jeremy Clarkson is a prat!
- National Motor Racing Museum: A must-see venue.
- Now here’s something you don’t often see..
- My favourite project: A supercharged VFR!
- Coals to Newcastle.
- The Supercharged VFR – Update.
- Fabulous old-skool video
- Are Subaru Foresters the new Volvo?
- I admire special builders.
- Dubbo? Done!
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- Riding the Clyde.
- Arrrgh – Rainy Days.
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- The things you see.
- The drug that is called “Oxley”
- Awesome – A V12 Honda CBX.
- Graeme Crosby – an appreciation.
- The V12 CBX – Part II
- On being a pillion passenger.
- RIP: Harry Hurt.
- Remember Pearl Harbour
- A brilliant solution to music on the move.
- The joys of the backroads.
- Postcards from the road. Pt1.
- Postcards from the road. Pt2.
- Postcards from the road. Pt3.
- Postcards from the road. Pt4.
- Postcards from the road. Pt5.
- Postcards from the road. Pt6.
- Saved by the music.
- Touring Solo.
- King Kenny at the Indy Mile.
- Cycle World Interview: Eddie Lawson.
- Guess where I am at the moment?
- The “Plan B” Tour.
- Right vs Left
- The greatest race I have ever seen.
- Thinking outside the box – indicators on your jacket.
- Excellent suspension set-up site.
- Old Bike Australasia – A recommendation.
- SPEED IS NOT THE PROBLEM -Yes, you read correctly.
- Bazza and Ken talk crashing..with a little help from Wayne.
- The Gurney Alligator
- NACA Ducts
- 5 ways to crash. A good article.
- Stay in touch – please.
- The long way round (with apologies to Ewan and Charlie)
- Universal truths…..
- A shameless plug for OBA.
- The curious case of Michelle Duff.
- A “must ride” road.
- Where did you get THAT idea from?
- “Dude, where’s my bike?”
- Loud pipes???
- Kel Carruthers – Tribute to a legend.
- Old racers never die.
- Isle of Man – tradition and tragedy.
- Eastern Creek in reverse – an interesting idea.
- We are our own worst enemies.
- OK, who IS Steve Parrish?
- Nolan N102 product review.
- The truth is out, “It’s all about the show.”
- Rare Macarthur Park photos.
- Testing the crashproof bike.
- Signs of the times.
- Superbikers.
- NSW police are FORCED to say that speed is a factor in all accidents.
- The V4 passion.
- The Mugen MRV1000
- Making your Honda sound like a Ducati.
- Born to be mild.
- More about “The Croz”
- Group riding vs solo riding.
- Watch and enjoy this video. :)
- Some more pictures from Macarthur Park.
- The ShadowFax Kawasaki – a new chapter.
- Ride the Clyde.
- More “Fast Freddie”
- Quick Spencer update
- Another bit of riding Nirvana
- When good bananas go bad
- Tribute to Jarno Sarinen
- What the NSW RTA really thinks about motorcyclists
- Fabulous Phil Read movie
- The story of Steve Wise
- A sobering day
- How to zombie-proof your car
- Rufus didn’t handle the Christmas celebrations that well
- “My blackberry isn’t working.”
- Good Graeme Crosby interview
- Stig can’t ride a bike
- Superb trials riding skills
- Why Europe and the USA don’t matter
- How to speak Swedish – another Two Ronnies classic
- Book review “One Good Run” by Tim Hanna
- Pass it on
- Remembering “Moose” 30 years on
- Electric? No, thanks.
- When you’re hot..
- A sad memory
- Book Review: “The Aussies and 2 NZ blokes” by Don Cox
- A pilgrimage of sorts
- Community policing at its best
- RIP Ken Wootton
- RIP Gary Nixon
- A good snapper
- RIP Marco Simoncelli
- Remembering Maxie – one year on.
- On the death of individuality
- Feats of endurance
- 36 years is a long time….
- Over-Halling the Putty
- The value of a good mechanic
- Connections, a tale of three riders
- Reviewing the Stoner era.
- The call you don’t want to receive
- RIP Hilary Morton
- Riding
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- Touring Tales
- Ever wanted to just “take off” ?
- Eating on the road – a gourmet guide
- The “Plan B” Tour.
- 6 Days on the Road. The North Coast Raid January 2010.
- The drug that is called The Oxley. October 2009.
- On the road again -again. Oxley Tour May 2009
- 4 days on the road: The Oxley adventure.
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt8
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt7
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt6
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt5
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt4
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt3
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt2
- “The Ride That Shall Not Be Mentioned.” A Touring Diary Pt1
- Tips & Techniques
- 5 ways to crash
- A brilliant solution to music on the move.
- Riding at night.
- Some days are diamonds
- Ride it Right. Part 2
- Ride it Right. Part 1.
- Riding Tips: No, THIS is the way you do it!
- What is meant by the “Right Line”?
- Races & Racers
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- Trackside
- Great racers.
- Kenny Blake: One of our greatest ever.
- Site Map
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- Race Commentary: Some things I have learned.
- Get about – Get a bike
- A nut in every car
- 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 the death of the NSW country town.
- On being a pillion passenger.
- 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.
- Great Bikes?
- Pot Luck.
- The bike that began it all. Honda’s 1968 750/4
- A supercharged VFR! Yes, really
- Fantasy Garage – A Rainy Day Exercise.
- How Triumph Rocket III’s are made.
- Awesome: A V12 Honda CBX.
- Come from the shadows – the Shadowfax restoration
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