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.

Image: BSA supplied

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.

WorldSBK Australian Round to Move to The Bend in South Australia From 2028

 

South Australia has secured a multi-year deal to host the Australian round of the FIM Superbike World Championship at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park, with the first event scheduled for February 2028.

The Australian round of the FIM Superbike World Championship will relocate to Shell V-Power Motorsport Park at The Bend in South Australia from 2028 under a new multi-year agreement.

Stan Yoshida: the man who never really came home from the road

Six decades after setting off from Japan on a 246cc Yamaha, Shigeru “Stan” Yoshida is back on the road at 84, proving that some journeys are less about distance than a lifetime spent refusing to stop.