Alan Jones, 1946–2026: Australia's last Formula 1 world champion

Alan Jones, the straight-talking Australian who won the 1980 Formula 1 World Championship with Williams, has died at 80. He passed away three days after celebrating his 80th birthday, following a short illness.

2026 Kawasaki KLE500 Review: The Right Bike at the Right Time

Kawasaki has revived a famous name for a market that finally wants it. The new-for-2026 KLE500 is a rally-inspired A2 / LAMS adventure bike built around the proven 451cc parallel twin from the Z500 and Ninja 500, in a new tubular steel frame with long-travel suspension and 21/17" spoked wheels.

Brown, Benns, Birtles and the Bean: The Book

In 1927, Francis Birtles, a crazy Australian adventurer, set out alone from London to drive 16,000 kilometres to Melbourne. Almost 100 years later, a cartoonist and a journalist set out to recreate that epic adventure.

Words: Roderick Eime. Images: supplied

Warren Brown, the man who put the ‘car’ in cartoons, is widely known to Australian television viewers and readers. A talented cartoonist since the 1980s, he has produced incisive, often controversial political caricatures that appear in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.

BSA Gold Star 650: A Modern Classic with a Proper Pulse

Reviving one of British motorcycling’s most revered names was always going to invite scrutiny. Yet reviewers broadly agree that the new BSA Gold Star 650 succeeds where it matters most, combining convincing period style with an unusually smooth and characterful big-single engine.

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Few revived motorcycles carry as much historical baggage as the BSA Gold Star. The original was one of Britain’s most celebrated sporting singles, so attaching its name to a modern motorcycle built in India was a bold move. Judging by prominent road tests, however, the reincarnated Goldie is much more than a cynical exercise in badge engineering.

Warren Brown visits the National Technical Museum at Prague

Prague’s National Technical Museum Is a Playground for Curious Minds

Motoring fan and cartoonist, Warren Brown, is leading a Travelrite tour through Europe and stopped to visit this amazing museum in Prague.

Prague is famous for castles, cobbled streets and Gothic towers, but one of the city’s most entertaining attractions sits firmly in the world of engines, machines and ingenious design.