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Record chasers

Stearns was invited to Melbourne by the national Indian distributor, given a new Indian and entered in race meetings

IT’S HARD TO deny the theory that Australia’s original adventure bikers were the record breakers setting fast times all around Australia soon after the dawn of the 20th Century. Tasmania was one of the first states to become a national focus for long-distance speed attempts.

It all started two years before the Tasmanian Motor Cycle Club was formed in 1905, so very much

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