Old Bike Australasia

Old Bike magazine is a must for those who ride as well as the dedicated enthusiast and rebuilder, covering everything from Vintage to early 1980s bikes - marvel at the restoration of machines that could still sit proudly on the showroom floor. Each issue brings you the latest news and results from recent events, race reports and Rally Roundup, along with new and old bike news and reviews, readers letters, Club Directory, What’s On and much, much more.

Old BIKE AUSTRALASIA

EDITOR’S LETTER

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bubbles and squeaks

OUT IN THE SHED

BUZZ BOX OLD BIKE NEWS

A Bonnie bonanza!

Miller backs Townsville

Racing back to Barbagallo • After a hiatus of 28 months, motorcycle racing has returned to Barbagallo Raceway in Perth.

Bristling Bulli

Motorcyclists honoured

Head west for the championships!

Amco 1000: Were you there?

Royal Enfield 650s are hot property

Clash of the oldest and youngest • Sunday 24th March was the day when WA’s oldest acknowledged road racer and the state’s youngest road racer were on the same race card for the very first time.

Under the Chequered Flag

A swinging lady • The first female to compete at the Isle of Man TT, Ingeborg Stoll was a champion of the chair. With rider Jacques Drion, the successful duo represented a fine example of French-German friendship in post war times.

Silence please! • For a company so steeped in high performance singles, the concept of the little twin cylinder LE seems at odds with the Velocette ethos.

UNFINISHED SYMPHONY • From Italy’s oldest motorcycle manufacturer, a rare gem.

The mini Husky • Most of us can recall that magical moment when we first saw the bike of our dreams, for me it was an August day in the early sixties when I witnessed Mike Hailwood on his howling MV Agusta win the main race at Thruxton on the Italian ‘fire engine’.

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A short history of SRI LANKAN TT RIDERS • Sri Lankan-born Chris Pereira has lived in England since 1955 and is the author of several books on the history of motorcycle racing. Here he reveals the little-known background to aspiring international riders from his home country.

Warwick Farm Sydney, NSW • In the annals of motorcycle sport history in Australia, few circuits can boast a career as short as Warwick Farm in Sydney’s west. In fact, this ambitious venture hosted just three short demonstrations, and no races, during its life span from 1960 to 1973.

One for the road • Just when you think you’ve completed the story of the range of v-twins built entirely in-house by Doug Fraser in Melbourne, along comes a new chapter. Doug calls his creations Empire Twins, after BSA’s pre-war Empire Star singles from which the concept sprang.

Hand-built hot rod • “Winningest dirt-track 250 in America. Amazing acceleration. Buy it and make a shelf for your trophies,” proclaimed the 1966 Yamaha advert for their Ascot Scrambler.

SPLIT PERSONALITY • If you’ve never heard of an Isomoto motorcycle, you’re not alone. When I spied this funny little bike with its tiny wheels in Classic Style Australia in Melbourne, I initially thought it was a home-made special. Then owner Jon Munn explained to me it was no such thing; it was in fact a pedigree Italian marque, and not only that, it was bloody fast. So I did some homework…

A legend returns • If you owned a Triumph Speed Twin 81 years ago you were in a very elite league – the first British parallel twin in mass production, and a design that would be imitated by almost the entire industry.

The super tourer, refined. • It’s hard to believe that Yamaha’s FJR1300 is now almost 20 years old. Introduced in 2001, the FJR has come to define the...