Biker Road Tales

I REMEMBER GOING to Bathurst one Easter for the bike races — maybe it was 1978 — and was totally…

AFTER CHECKING out the sights of Darwin it was time to leave. On my way to Litchfield National Park, I…

IT WAS a different time back in the 1970s when only big banks and scientists had computers. Instead of mobile…

AFTER WORKING for the same company for a long time, I finally pulled the pin. I thought between jobs I…

ALTHOUGH THIS series of recollections and yarns is entitled ‘Living in the ’70s,’ the particular incident I’m about to relate…

MY ANNUAL pilgrimage to the land of Harley-Davidson has been curtailed this year thanks to the GFC! Or no fucking…

I NEVER thought riding a moped could be so much fun. I recently travelled to Bali with Richie, a good…

LOOKING BACK on one’s wild days of youth, it’s easy to get caught up in the old Rose Tinted Goggles…

“YEP — FAIR DINKUM — brand new WLA Harleys; they’re still in their packing crates and cost only $10 bucks…

EVERYONE WHO rides has had at least one big, scary prang. Of course, it’s all relative; for some people, a…

MY MATE Crusty and I were at the Steyne Hotel on Manly Beach. Ah, yes, closing time, which meant it…

BOBBY THORNTON was born and raised in Perth; his life ended in mid January 2009 after three years of fighting…