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News November 2025
Flashback: a singular decade, Nov 6
There was a little quiet contemplation over a glass of cheap and cheerful shiraz, in the 1950s 'portable' site office nailed to the back of our house – which has for decades been my writing den. The topic? Pondering the single-cylinder motorcycles that remain in the fleet. One of them is the Russell-mobile, the mighty 1978 Yamaha SR500...see the story, here.
Castambul
culture, Nov 6
South Australian treasure trove has a remarkable background and big ambitions for its Adelaide base...see the story here.
SA
shed raid day 3: River Rides, Nov 5
Our final shed-cruise for the South Australia trip: the
River Rides Motorcycle Museum in beautiful downtown
Mannum, at 4 Neil Street.
Owners Ian and Belinda Spooner had a version of this over
in Peterborough for 15 years and decided to move. The new
digs look far less cramped and they are about to expand to
double the current size.
Ian reckons the pace of motorcycle restoration has
recently picked up, thanks to the help of a local looking
for something to do. In the meantime, he's been on the
acquisition trail, adding an exceptional Hesketh and a
Fantic Dragster 125 (among others) to the collection.
Email: ljac2@bigpond.com; Tel 0429
031 403
See our brief
profile of the Peterborough museum
SA
shed tour day 2: Colin's cabinet, Nov 4
Part two of our shed raid through sunny South Australia:
a walking tour through Colin's Cabinet of
Curiosities in Mount Pleasant (Facebook).
A fascinating place and our engaging host is an expert on
sixties and seventies two-stroke motorcycles, including
his tasty line-up of racers. He also has a deep motorcycle
industry background.
Meanwhile, the place is for sale. We'll bring you a full
feature ASAP...
Flashback:
the ones that got away, Nov 3
We all have those toys
we never should have sold – call them the ghosts of
sheds past.
Here have a
look at a few of ours – what were yours?
Adelaide
shed tour, Nov 3
We are in sunny South Australia at the moment, raiding other folks' sheds. Two highlights from today were these: Ciaran of Castumbul Classic Cycles (Facebook);
Plus the indomitable Allan of
Fearless Motorcycles (Facebook) – a specialist
Harley workshop and used bike outlet.
Allan is the father and
chief backer of Tara, high-profile
up-and-coming road racer (via AMCN
website).
There is a fair bit to
unwrap and we'll soon bring you the stories.
Honda
NSR250SP – random brochure for the day, Nov 1
It's the mid-1990s. Mick
Doohan is at the height of his powers and Honda is
keen to sell its hot quarter-litre two-stroke, the
NSR250SP.
See a little
more detail via Motorcycle Specs.
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