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Torque – Road-Testing the 1974 Holden LH Torana with Peter Wherrett

Ben Branch February 13, 2019
Holden Torana LH Brochure
  • Australian
  • Films

The television show Torque was an Australian institution, watched religiously by petrolheads in the country throughout the 1970s. The show was presented by Peter Wherrett, now remembered as an Australian icon, whose review could…

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Triumph Speed Triple Custom by Metalbike Garage

Ben Branch February 12, 2019
Triumph Speed Triple Custom 3
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Italian
  • Triumph

This Triumph Speed Triple custom is quite unlike any other custom Triumph we’ve seen in recent memory. As you may have guessed it’s the latest build from the highly-regarded team at Metalbike Garage, who’ve…

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Poet Motors Magnetic Motorcycle Tank Bag – Stash Your Stuff While Riding

Ben Branch February 12, 2019
Motorcycle Tank Bag 2
  • Bags
  • Gear

Motorcycle tank bags are an incredibly useful thing, using a series of ultra-strong neodymium magnets on the underside they latch on to your steel fuel tank, giving you a handy place to stash items…

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Randy Grubb’s Latest Creation – The Magic Bus

Ben Branch February 11, 2019
Randy Grubb Magic Bus
  • American
  • Classic Cars

Randy Grubb is a custom car and motorcycle builder perhaps best known for being the man who built Jay Leno’s Tank Car. Grubb’s garage has turned out a remarkable body of work including the…

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A Brief History of the Volvo P1800 – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch February 11, 2019
Volvo P1800
  • Brief Histories
  • Classic Cars

Introduction: The Volvo “Chevy Corvette” That Wasn’t The story of the creation of the Volvo P1800 begins back in 1953 when Volvo co-founder and Vice-President Assar Gabrielsson visited the USA and while there he…

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Documentary: The Red Grifo – A Must-Watch Film

Ben Branch February 10, 2019
The Red Grifo Film
  • Classic Cars
  • Films

The Red Grifo is a remarkable 20 minute long documentary about the incredibly rare and much-loved Iso Grifo, an Italian sports GT car that first appeared in the 1960s. The Grifo is perhaps best…

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Bell Eliminator Carbon Helmet – A Strong, Lightweight 6K Carbon Fiber Shell

Ben Branch February 9, 2019
Bell Eliminator Carbon Helmet
  • American
  • Helmets

As the name implies, the new Bell Eliminator Carbon Helmet has a shell made from 6K carbon fiber, offering exceptional strength and a much lighter weight than traditional fiberglass shells. The Eliminator is one…

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The Only One Ever Made – The 1968 Serenissima Ghia GT

Ben Branch February 8, 2019
Serenissima Ghia GT
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The Serenissima Ghia GT is a one-off design penned by the great Tom Tjaarda, and conceived by Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata and Alejandro de Tomaso. The truth of the matter is that de…

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Documentary: Go Grandriders – 17 Riders Aged 80+ On A 1,178km Road Trip

Ben Branch February 8, 2019
Go Grandriders Movie Poster
  • Films
  • Motorcycles

Go Grandriders is a documentary that follows a group of larger-than-life motorcyclists in their 80s as they ride around the island of Taiwan, covering an impressive 1178 kilometres in 13 days. This film was the…

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Mazda RX-7 – The Twin-Turbo Rotary Powerhouse

Ben Branch February 7, 2019
Mazda RX-7
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

The Mazda RX-7 is an immensely popular Japanese sports car that’s entirely unique among its contemporaries due to one key fact – it was only ever offered with a rotary engine. Rotaries have fallen…

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Feel: My Story – The Freddie Spencer Autobiography

Ben Branch February 7, 2019
Feel My Story Freddie Spencer Autobiography
  • American
  • Books

Feel: My Story is the autobiography of motorcycle racing legend “Fast” Freddie Spencer. When it comes to the autobiographies of racing drivers (and riders) the books tend to fall into one of two categories,…

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The MV Agusta 750 Twin Turbo Prototype – 150 hp and 186 mph (Claimed)

Ben Branch February 6, 2019
MV Agusta 750 Prototype Turbo Motorcycle Rear
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles

This rather unusual motorcycle is the 1975 MV Agusta 750 Turbo Prototype, it was built as a proof-of-concept for a possible future production model, though of course this production model never appeared. It’s interesting…

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