Australian Road Rider

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Something a little different for you this month, folks. Three books. No, we haven’t gone all intelligencer on you. We just figured you lot could read. Hope we didn’t overestimate.

“Fact is, Mr Smith set the bar for those of us who make a quid from motorcycle scribbling”

MR SMITH: A SHARP MIND IN A BLUNT BODY

The Two Wheels Columns 1985-1988

Peter Smith was a motorcyclist extraordinaire, a towering intellect, a bluesman of note, a lover of the grape and a wonderful raconteur, whose Mr Smith column, published in Aussie bike mag Two Wheels from 1985 until his death in 2009, made him a much-loved and admired writer in the Australian motorcycling community.

Now, his early columns have been collected into a limited-edition book: . Featuring the complete collection of his columns from 1985-1988, plus some of his best feature stories and

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