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the know? → Barry Sheene raced a Norton Commando
Did
at Spain’s -Hour Montjuic race in ,
you
w You did not! retiring with gearbox issues. He came
second overall in (first in the F
class) on a Suzuki .
Briefs YOUR QUICK FIX
400 WSBK on February. An expanded grid of riders will add depth to Rider swaps, new Honda
TRACKSIDE TREAT
Blockbuster
ASBK
Plenty of eye candy is on offer as Phillip Island hosts Round One of
and Ducati models, new
the field while Honda debuts its long-awaited Fireblade. There will be
tyres, seven rounds in
the aural pleasure of six Ducatis on the grid, including one ridden by a
five States, including
MILLION WorldSBK debutant named Scott Redding. Supercars/Superbikes in
a double-header
Perth. ASBK will be
a ripper.
legend
That’s the number of Immortal
motorcycles Honda has Fan favourite and all-
produced since it started round nice-guy Carlin
manufacturing seven decades Dunne will be inaugurated
ago. Now think about the posthumously into the
estimates that suggest Pikes Peak Hill
million electric bicycles will be Climb Museum Hall of
sold into Europe alone over the Fame.
next decade.
REEDY’S FOUR-WHEEL FUTURE
Retiring two-time AMA Supercross champ Chad Hot & Not
Reed wants to race a car in the Bathurst -Hour
race, he tells auto-journo Greg Rust. AMCN’S
THERMOMETER
Licence
age hike
South Australia
BROADFORD GOES TO HOLLYWOOD the motorcycle licence
proposes to increase
The th edition of the Broadford Bike Bonanza age from to years,
will this year celebrate American Iron as its feature although statistics show
genre. Held over - April, the non-competitive most fatalities and injuries
event caters for road race, enduro, speedway, trials, occur in the age group
motocross and dirt track disciplines, and features higher than years.
swap meets, static displays and the annual Saturday-
night Gala dinner. Early bird pricing on tickets is Vale Ian
available until January. See ma.org.au for more info. Irving
Much respected Yamaha
D-DAY FOR NORTON mentor Ian Irving has
technician and rider
died following a short
UK niche manufacturer Norton illness. Our thoughts go
out to his loved ones.
Motorcycles has until February to avoid
a winding up order over £¢, worth
of unpaid taxes. That’s the date a UK judge
has set in the Insolvency and Companies
Court in London.
Mental Twisties . 1983 . 2005 . 1986 . 2000 . 1987 . 2003
Funny how things that seemed
so modern back in the s look
tired today. That was mainly the
case with our last quiz. Flame
burnouts and wacky BMWs are so
last century. Peter Matheson
takes the spoils!
Answers for AMCN Vol 69 No 14
