Articles tagged with: Classic Racing Motorcycles
Team Australia has easily retained the International Challenge team’s event at Phillip Island, the centrepiece of the 2012 Island Classic historic meeting held this past weekend (January 27-29).
At the Assen Centennial Classic 1998, events were decided on regularity of lap times. Italy’s nine-times world champion Carlo Ubbiali, then aged 68, was a clear winner in his class.
Aussie motorcycle racing legend Malcolm Campbell will be reunited with Honda’s RC30, on which he won two Australian Superbike championships, this coming weekend at Phillip Island for the International Island Classic.
Jeff Leisk, Charlie Williams, Ivan Mauger and a nigh-unbeatable collection of Honda’s magic machinery will head to Broadford this coming April for the 2012 Honda Broadford Bike Bonanza.
A highlight of the 2012 RM Auctions Monaco sale is the incredible Saltarelli Ducati Collection. One of the largest private collections of Ducati motorcycles ever to be offered at auction, the collection spans the …
In 1988, Swan Breweries showcased leading Australian sports people in television advertisements, with the catchline: “they said you’d never make it”.
In a first for Australian motorcycling, reigning world 500 champion Wayne Gardner was featured. It …
Two Dakar legends go head to head during the 1987 edition of the worlds toughest race.
Legendary Bikes: Barry Sheene’s Suzuki RG500 1976-77
Barry Sheene’s Suzuki 500 holds the record for the fastest motorcycle GP race ever.
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Filled with the pioneering spirit, on the first of January 2011, Kenny Cummings and Dan Rose set out on an adventure. They had a long list of custom made race parts and a simple goal: …
Eddie Lawson’s 1983 signing direct from American Superbikes to the Yamaha 500 Grand Prix team brought howls from the European press, but the decision was soon vindicated.
At the recent EICMA show in Milan, Husqvarna revealed its new concept called the MOAB, named after the popular riding spot surrounding Utah, called the Moab desert. Husky is billing the bike as it’s …
Talk about unlikely combinations. Two 22-years-old Australia bike mechanics, working in Milan with a Swiss frame maker, turn a Honda CB450 roadster into a competitive racer.
The streets of Monaco are soaked in motorsport history and RM Auctions is planning on adding a little more on the 10th, 11th and 12th of May, 2012, when they return to the city-state to …
Race Retro proudly celebrates Porsche as our 2012 feature marque, the exhibition displays centering on,‘The Porsche 956 at Thirty’, in the racing hall and extending the Stuttgart theme to feature Porsche rally cars …
Enjoy this fabulous photos from the 2011 Vets Motocross Des Nations held at Farleigh Castle, England on 24th & 25th September.
Images: Chris Montignani
Giacomo Agostini has no hesitation naming his favourite bike: the MV-Agusta 500 tre cilindri.
It was created in 1966 when he became MV’s lead rider and won seven successive premier-class crowns.
Check out the video from the 2011 Vets Motocross Des Nations held at Farleigh Castle, England on 24th & 25th September.
Piloted by Mike Hailwood, the Honda RC166 managed a perfect record for the 1966 World Championship Series, winning all ten of the championship’s events. It claimed both Riders’ and Manufacturers’ Championships in the 250s for …
The 14th Goodwood Revival was a knockout success. The event has so many attractions, from the fashion, to the sideshows, but as always the really special action happens on track. On Sunday the heavens opened …
King Kenny Roberts was reunited with his 1980 Yamaha YZR500 at the recent US Moto GP event. The three time World Champion did some demonstration laps to celebrate Yamaha’s 50 years in Grand Prix racing. …


















