Get ready to learn some retro riding skills, Aussie style. This road safety video from the Commonwealth Film Unit was made in 1959. It shows a bunch of “too-cool-for-school” bike-mad kids getting a lesson in bike safety, track riding and essential maintenance. Motorcycles, film-making and social values may have come a hell of a long way in the past 52 ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 03 June 2011
In a nut shellOne a pony-trotting track, Mallory then went on to host grass track meetings. Road racing started here in 1956. Small and friendly, it stimulates some fiery action, despite being a short track at just 1.35 miles in length. Key to a good lapThere are just five corner at Mallory Park, although one of them – Gerards – ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 02 December 2010
Back in June, MCN Senior Reporter Steve Farrell reported on the threat of rumble strips causing tank slappers. For many riders, “tank slappers” was a phrase they’d heard, but not something they’d been personally affected by. Modern bikes with well-maintained suspension and tyres are rarely affected by tank slappers, but the consequences of this motorcycling phantom can be severe. A ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 06 August 2010
