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Jim Scaysbrook OAM Email: scaysbrook34@bigpond.com Tel: (02) 9672 6899 (bh) Mbl: 0411 443444 PO Box 95, Kellyville NSW 2155 Alan Cathcart, Uli Cloesen, Gaven Dall’Osto, Stuart Francis, Alice Leney, Peter Laverty, Tony Schulpher, Peter Smith, Terry St

I almost feared this day would come. I say almost, because I’m immeasurably proud to write this editorial in the magazine dad has made his own from the very start. I’m actually pretty chuffed. The fact dad has been awarded the Medal of the Order of A

I read with interest the article on page 76 of OBA 85 about the Nortina spotted in Bathurst. My memories of that bike go back to 1973 when I was still apprenticed to Bill Shaw, owner of Performance Motorcycles at 177 Gympie Rd Kedron Brisbane. I was

Back in the 1950s and 1960s the Hunter Valley was the hub of Short Circuit racing in New South Wales, with venues such as Heddon Greta, Salty Creek, Hillview at Muswellbrook and Jubilee at Cessnock. So it was to follow that a significant number of Au

Defying the current trend, a major event in South Australia is ready to be run over an eight-day period in October. The 2020 Festival of Motorcycling is being staged by a consortium of South Australian Historic Motorcycle Clubs, and will include five

Notwithstanding the Victorian state border closure, organisers have decided to go ahead with the 40th Anniversary Down Under Jampot Rally featuring AJS and Matchless marques. The event will have its headquarters in Goulburn, New South Wales and will

The highly anticipated National Thunder Motorcycle Rally, scheduled to be held for four days across the first weekend in October, has been postponed for 12 months. Coordinator Sophie Wood from Tamworth Regional Council said in a statement, “The decis

The Hills Motorcycle Show, originally scheduled to be staged at Castle Hill Showground in NW Sydney in August, has been rescheduled for Sunday 18th April 2021. A project of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill, the show will feature modern and classic bike

To be opened on 28th November 2020 and running for five months at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’ will feature over 100 motorcycles representing 150 years of progress and innovation. Many of the featured

Kawasaki Motors Corp, based in California, has just announced it will offer reproduction cylinder heads, manufactured in Japan, for Z1, Z900 and Z1000 model from the ‘seventies. A statement said the decision to re-manufacture the heads was due to the

Nine-times World Champion CARLO UBBIALI passed away in Italy in June, aged 90. Carlo was born in Bergamo, where his father ran an MV Agusta dealership, and had his first race in 1946. His nine championships, achieved in the 125cc and 250cc classes, s

Although the actual Antique Motorcycle Weekend at Bulli on the NSW South Coast has been postponed until 2021, a ‘Virtual’ event will take place on Saturday 29th August, 2020. This will be available via computer or streamed to your television set and

One of the keener chaps was Ron “Rusty” Hellyer, who had suffered the enormous disappointment of having his beloved MSS snaffled by the military around 1942. Soon after, he joined the RAAF as an Aircraftsman, and was posted overseas, until his discha

A few hours later a comment was added to the post from my cousin Jeff that I can honestly say changed my life. He posted “I have that bike in my garage”. And so the fun began. I grew up riding (well scrub bashing actually) in North Queensland when in

Since then, the retro-style Z has found plenty of customers, and with good reason. As we said back then, the donor Z900 is a very fine basis upon with which to create a retro offspring, and any weekend (well until the recent lockdown) you’d see plent

Royal Enfield were not known for their road racing after the late thirties, but prior to that, one of the most successful racing models was the “Model 352” manufactured 1925-26 with a JAP SOR/T twin-port racing engine, close-ratio Sturmey Archer gear

Since we purchased the first Markforged in 2017 it has done 18,300 hours of printing with very little maintenance. I have been fortunate enough to be able to use it to make a few parts for my old bikes and for friends in need. The largest parts I’ve

As it happens, you talk to your Air B’n’B landlord and tell them that you have a “passione” for all things motorcycles. He in turn mentions that a friend of his has a Moto Guzzi collection. Of course, my ears immediately pricked up, which meant that

5 July, 2020 – Strathpine, Qld. I’m certain that divine intervention by the late Don Nicol ensured that the annual event bearing his name pushed through the COVID-19 barriers to become a reality. This was the first formal HMCCQ event for some time. S

One of the helmet brands that I have long had respect for is Shoei. Over the years I’ve had several models, from an early open face jet helmet to the current X-Spirit 3 racing version, as worn by a certain Mr Marquez. So when my Good Lady Wife decide

19-20 July 2020 – Collie Motorplex, WA Motorcycle Road Racing finally returned to Western Australia in mid July, with the running of the HCMC Club Championship Round 1 which incorporated the Collie TT. The Collie TT trophy is awarded to the winner of

British company K-Tech has been at the cutting edge of motorcycle suspension technology for over 20 years, and is now distributed in Australia by KH Equipment in Melbourne, the creators of the fabulous Irving Vincent racers. K-Tech began with forks s

By Andy Reynolds Paperback 240 pages ISBN: 978-1-787114-81-4 Published by Veloce. www.veloce.co.uk Price: UK£15.99 Contact Renniks Publications (02) 96957055 www.renniks.com for date of Australian availability. The subtitle of this book is ‘First you

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