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How to sell a classic or vintage motorbike in Australia

July 1, 2021July 30, 2021 By The Postman

Wasn’t the world a simple place back in the good old days? If you wanted to sell your bike, you’d wheel it out

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Italbrit Classic Motorcycles — Laverda parts and more from 500 acres of peace and quiet

May 29, 2021February 1, 2023 By Peter Terlick

By PETER TERLICK IT’S a long, long way from Breganze, northern Italy, to Narrikup, south-western Australia — but it’s somehow fitting that a

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The man they call Toad, and his lifetime collection of bikes that no-one wanted

April 2, 2021April 4, 2021 By Peter Terlick

He started with six Harley Davidsons when he was just 16 years old CLASSIC motorcycle buffs dream of what they call ‘barn finds’

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From HRD to Black Lightning and RTV1200, Ian Boyd has amassed the ultimate Vincent collection

December 30, 2020April 21, 2022 By The Postman

Republished from May 2017. THE POSTMAN visits a motorcycle enthusiast with a globally significant collection of Vincents. WEST Australian Ian Boyd did not have

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The home-made bike that conquered the world; the Britten V1000

May 23, 2020May 24, 2020 By Peter Terlick

First published 25 February 2017 ASK anyone remotely interested in motorcycles if they’ve ever heard of Burt Munro, and they’ll say: “Of course.

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Masterpieces — the time warp shed of Nev, child of the ’70s, and the bikes of his life

February 21, 2020February 22, 2020 By Peter Terlick

IF YOU grew up in the 1970s, your favourite bikes are very likely from Japan and almost as likely to be wearing the

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Wearing their ancient patina with pride; Wayne (the Indian guy) shares his wonderful collection

May 31, 2018April 27, 2019 By Peter Terlick

THERE’S a shed tucked away in the hills on the outskirts of Perth, Western Australia, where everything old is new again, and everything

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He’s back! Ducati whisperer Brook Henry returns with a moto masterpiece — and his eyes on America

August 19, 2017November 18, 2018 By Dan Talbot

HE’S already known around the world as a master of Ducati improvement engineering. And now Brook Henry, the man who gave us the

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Out of the shadows – one man’s journey into the past reunites a long-broken Vincent

July 20, 2017August 3, 2017 By Dan Talbot

OUR  recent story on West Australian Ian Boyd’s collection of Vincents struck a chord with many readers. Here’s a tale about one Vincent

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Lex’s Italian obsession – a vintage Guzzi built for the race track but turning heads in the suburbs

May 22, 2017June 5, 2017 By Peter Terlick

WHEN Perth Italian bike enthusiast Lex McKinley decided to build himself a V7-based Moto Guzzi vintage race bike, he had no intention of

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Tim Wright’s two stroke kings: Yamaha RZ500 and Suzuki RG500

April 19, 2017September 11, 2021 By Peter Terlick

THEY are often considered the high point of motorcycle engine design — Japan’s 500cc two stroke grand prix bikes virtually ended the horsepower war

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Ghosts aplenty at Vintage Club of WA’s annual Cannington swap meet

March 26, 2017May 7, 2017 By Peter Terlick

I KNOW it’s macabre, but as I wandered around the paddock at the Vintage Motorcycle Club of WA’s annual swap meet in Cannington today,

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James’ winner on debut — a hand-made dual sport cafe racer

February 15, 2017February 17, 2017 By The Postman

One of the problems with building the perfect bike is, well … then what? TWENTY-six-year old boilermaker James Alkins recently came to the conclusion that

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The Triton: a modern touch to a parts-bin special

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 By Dan Talbot

DAN TALBOT has finally got his hands on a Triton, without butchering his dad’s old Thunderbird. It’s precious metal. BACK in the days before

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The Barber Museum — a Lotto fantasy come true

January 1, 2017April 27, 2019 By The Postman

  Bucket list holiday destination in the USA IMAGINE for a moment that you woke up on this New Year’s Day morning to the

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A Christmas tale – fighting with temptation, but wanting not to win

December 24, 2016January 29, 2017 By Peter Terlick

Perth’s bike-collecting Barker brothers show how to fill a shed MOST of the motorcycle riders I’ve met over the years spend a lot of

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Replace your helmet every three years … really?

May 28, 2016June 24, 2019 By The Postman

AT FIRST it was a pleasant surprise. Alan the head postie announced that, henceforth, all we Australia Post posties would get a new

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Scott Allen’s long term LeMans love affair

May 3, 2016November 18, 2018 By Peter Terlick

MOST of us have owned a bike that we later wish we’d never sold. You know the one — you bought it when you

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When I made her Contis howl

March 13, 2016March 27, 2016 By Peter Terlick

  SHE arrived a flash of passion, a time my teeth were gnashing’ for a taste of something racy. My long true love, Maria, you’ll understand,

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Ducati dealers scramble the Scrambler

March 3, 2016March 13, 2016 By Peter Terlick

DUCATI dealers from across the planet have been taking part in a dream contest — customising a new Ducati Scrambler and morphing it into

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