Australian Road Rider

THE 1960s WORLD

To understand the W800 Cafe, we need to go back to the 1960s for some context. Sadly, I remember it well.

Roads in the 1960s were mostly two lanes, with broken centre lines on every straight (unlike today). “The Wrap Everybody in Cotton Wool” brigade hadn’t yet morphed into the all-powerful, self-serving, nanny state we have today. Speed limits were simple (we

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