Old Bike Australasia magazine issue 6
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Classic Cob Out In the Shed
Big Pete ‘Cob’ Smith is a regular figure at swap meets around the country and a bloke with his finger firmly on the pulse of the classic scene. This is the first of what will be regular articles.

Manxman: the Australian connection
The Excelsior Manxman is one of the finest motorcycles ever built. The man orchestrating its development and success is a little-known Australian; Alan Bruce. Bruce deserves greater recognition than he has received to date. This article provides a small glimpse of the man through his short but spectacular association with Excelsior motorcycles.

Frank Pratt – The Wheel Deal
Versatile is an overused word when it comes to sporting stars. But it truly describes Leonard Frank Pratt, the only man to win his national Grand Prix on two, three and four wheels.

That Turner Outfit
Occasionally you come across a machine that seems to strike a chord with just about everyone. Since the first mention (Old Bike Australasia #2) of the rather special Triumph-engined racing outfit constructed by the late Gordon Turner from Inverell, we have been besieged with correspondence, photographs and memories from many people who had something to do with this unique creation.

Bikes of the Blitzkrieg – Motorcycles of the German Wehrmacht
Nazi Germany put some 20,000,000 individuals into uniform. Some flew in the Luftwaffe, some sailed in the Kriegsmarine, many others slogged it out in the Wehrmacht. Several thousand rode to war on motorcycles.

The Tipperary Flying Mile … half a century on
28/29 September 2007 marked fifty years since the BP-C.O.R. Speed Tests on a dusty, blustery country road in outback NSW. The occasion passed without any official celebration, but the story is as incredible as ever.

Dream Weaver – the bike that changed the tide for Ducati
1973/74 Ducati 750 round-case Super Sport.
Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder, and who is there among us that does not behold the silver and green round-case Ducati 750 SS as the personification of motorcycling beauty?

You say you want a Revolution
The Lee Enfield rifle may have been fine for two World Wars, but by the time Vietnam rolled around, it was sa door-stopper. War has a way of redefining parameters. So when the World Superbike Championship was first mooted, Ducati needed a new mainstay in its arsenal. It’s old two-valve, bevel-drive twin was s muzzle-loader in an age of automatic weaponry.

Virgil’s Vision
As a rule, people don’t come to Solvang, near Santa Barbara, two hours north of Los Angeles, to look at motorcycles. They come to eat Danish ice cream and pastries, drink Danish beer, buy Danish souvenirs or marvel at the fake windmills that do the landscape.

AJW. A short-lived speedway story
Arthur John Wheaton’s family company published school test books, but young Arthur was much more interested in motorcycles.

Tracks in Time
The Twin Cold Shoulders – Gnoo Blas Circuit, Orange NSW Rivalry in motor sport is not uncommon. But in the case of the long defunct Gnoo Blas circuit in Orange, 285 km west of Sydney, motor racing was simply the common factor in an intense contest with the neighbouring town of Bathurst, just 60 km back down the road.

Tassie Treasures
Tasmania and history just go together. And as far as motorcycling history is concerned, the Apple Isle has few rivals. At 102 years young, the Tasmanian Motorcycle Club is believed to be the second oldest continually-existing such organization in the world, and nobody can remember who is actually the oldest. In downtown Launceston, the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania is doing its bit to preserve the island’s motoring history. Don’t let the name put you off, there are plenty of bikes inside, as well as some rare and interesting cars.

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