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.

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Old Bike Australasia • NUMBER 132

The Classic Conundrum • Nigel Clark examined the UK classic scene in these pages back in July/August 2010. He still keeps a watchful eye on what’s what – and what’s not…

Lift the Dust Covers

The Value of a Ride

PUREBLOOD RACER 1967 HONDA CB77 • Purpose Built Moto is slowly but surely becoming the custom build studio riders call when they want something genuinely different brought to life. The variation in work that rolls out of our garage is hard to match, driven by a passion for motorcycles in any shape or form, and the joy they deliver to us as their riders and custodians. A simple concept, but an important one to keep front of mind.

Bathurst Motorcycle Enthusiasts Club 2027 Easter Tour • What’s happening on two wheels

Bracing for the Red Tape • The work involved in putting a non-stock bike on the road in New Zealand is beyond mind-boggling in its complexity, duplication and beaurocratic ennui. While I respect the need to have rules and regulations in place the bullshit factor is high and so much of what is required is paper-shuffling just to keep a public servant employed. Worse though is that if you don’t know the actual process to get a bike through Compliance, you could spend months wandering down rabbit holes chasing a non-stop list of required actions, many of which are duplicatory and unbelievably expsensive.

Classic Lines, Quicker Laps with Coastal Motorcycle Training

One Cylinder, Plenty to Talk About

UNDER THE CHEQUERED FLAG

A CLASSIC ITALIAN PAIRING • AN UNEXPECTED PURCHASE BEGAN A COLLECTION OF TWO YELLOW DUCATIS WHOSE SHARED APPEARANCE CONCEALS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR ENGINEERING. DARREN’S RESTORATION STORY FOLLOWS THEIR JOURNEYS INTO HIS CARE AND THE PATIENT WORK OF BRINGING BOTH MOTORCYCLES BACK INTO SHAPE.

BUILDING A BETTER WING • WITH A PRODUCTION RUN SO FAR COVERING 52 YEARS, THE HONDA GOLD WING HAS REACHED ELDER STATESMAN STATUS, AS WELL AS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE LONGEST-RUNNING MODEL FROM THE WORLD’S BIGGEST MOTORCYCLE COMPANY

The HELL RIDER GLENN HAMMOND CURTISS & HIS 1906 136.36 MPH V-8 • Glenn Hammond Curtiss, born in Hammondsport, New York in 1878, was an iconic American best known for his outstanding achievements in the aviation industry, including his critical invention of the aileron. What he is less known for was his achievements in the American motorcycle industry, including his invention of the handlebar twist-grip throttle in 1904.

Jack Saunders WHEN JACK JOINED THE CIRCUS • MANY RIDERS HAVE LOFTY AMBITIONS, SUCH AS BEING WORLD CHAMPION IN SOME BRANCH OF THE SPORT. JACK SAUNDERS, AS UNASSUMING A BLOKE AS YOU COULD EVER MEET, HAD A MORE REALISTIC OUTLOOK.

TASSIE TOUR MOTORCYCLE RALLY A HIDDEN GEM ON THE APPLE ISLE • FOR 12 DAYS IN MARCH 2026 THE ROADS OF TASMANIA ECHOED TO THE SOUND OF 120 VINTAGE MOTORCYCLES TOURING THE STATE ON THE BIENNIAL TASSIE TOUR MOTORCYCLE RALLY.

1973 Kawasaki Z1 900 NEW YORK STEAK • EVERY SO OFTEN, A MACHINE COMES ALONG THAT REWRITES THE RULEBOOK. PULL THE DUSTY TARP OFF A 1973 KAWASAKI Z1 900 TUCKED AWAY IN A FORGOTTEN SHED, AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE DEFINING MOTORCYCLES OF ITS GENERATION.

RACING HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE MATT CAPRI & HIS TRIUMPH STREET DRAGSTER • AMERICAN TRIUMPH TUNER MATT CAPRI,...