Old Bike Australasia

Evolution of an Aussie racer

Bianca hails from Craigieburn in Victoria and works as an electrician by day, but after hours or on the weekends Bianca has oil in her blood. Her story holds the old adage true about letting youngsters have a go and give them lots of encouragement and the results will speak for themselves.

Bianca: “I have been brought up around motorcycles. My Dad has had motorbikes since I was born, specifically Indians (1929 101 Scout, 1947 Chief) and a Mach III Kawasaki 500cc, hence Indians and motorcycles per se became my passion too.” Bianca learned to ride a Yamaha PW50 when she was 6 years old, inspired by her older brother riding bikes. This in turn led to motocross racing for about 10 years, on machinery such as said PW 50, a YZ60, a YZ Bigwheel and then a YZ 80. “When we were racing in Shepparton, they had an oil dirt track so we tried that and I loved it, so I started doing dirt track racing junior on my YZ 80. My dad also built a couple of junior sidecars and

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