Tag: Phil Aynsley

Vincent Black Lightning Vincents have always been sought-after motorcycles, and probably the most desirable of them all are Black Lightnings. ...

1957 MV Agusta 500/4 This 1957 MV Agusta 500/4 is a rare beast indeed - one of only two thought ...

Paloma 50 Moped With Phil Aynsley Paloma mopeds were originally manufactured by the French Humbolt company, beginning in 1953 and ...

Ducati MH900e - Mike Hailwood 900 Evoluzione With Phil Aynsley This motorcycle history feature takes us back to a New Year's ...

1962 Aermacchi 250 Ala d'Oro DS With Phil Aynsley Aermacchi’s first four-stroke model was the 1956 175 cc Chimera. The ...

Irving Vincent 1300 Two-Valve Racer Here is a bike well known to Aussie race-goers, although possibly not as well recognised ...

Laverda 750S Formula Laverda’s proud history basically came to an end with this final model - the 750S Formula, after which the ...

Mondial 1000 Piega It is perhaps a little known fact that among the first competition bikes you see in Honda’s ...

Moto Guzzi 500 Bialbero GP Racer With Phil Aynsley The 1957 version of the 500 Bialbero (DOHC) GP racer was ...

Ducati 500SL Pantah With Phil Aynsley A few columns ago, I covered the final Pantah model - the 650SL; here, ...

Lambretta 48 Moped With Phil Aynsley Lambretta is very well known for its range of scooters but the company also ...

Ducati 650SL Pantah With Phil Aynsley Fabio Taglioni’s Pantah series of bikes were of great consequence - from their beginnings ...

Vincent HRD Meteor 500 TT Replica With Phil Aynsley Although the name 'Vincent' is widely associated with 1000cc V-twin motorcycles, ...

1978 Laverda 1200 Mirage With Phil Aynsley In a previous column I looked at the prototype Laverda 1000C (link) that ...

Maserati Motorcycles With Phil Aynsley In 1952 Adolfo Orsi split up his company between his siblings with sister Ida taking ...

Rumi 125 Turismo With Phil Aynsley I have covered some of Rumi’s race bikes in previous columns (Rumi Formichino & ...

Bimota DB4 With Phil Aynsley After the company restructure forced upon Bimota after the disaster of the 500 cc V-due ...

Shell Masters Series Oran Park 1995 With Phil Aynsley Here is a collection of images from the 1995 Oran Park ...

Moto Guzzi Airone With Phil Aynsley Moto Guzzi is well known for its V-twins of course but go back a ...

Benelli 250 Bialbero With Phil Aynsley The bike you see here is the Benelli 250 Bialbero that Dario Ambrosini won ...

1956 Ducati 125 Trialbero The first Desmo! With Phil Aynsley As mentioned in my previous column, Fabio Taglioni’s first Desmodromic ...

Bathurst 1987 With Phil Aysney Quite a while back, I took a look at several of the Bathurst Easter meetings ...

Ducati DOHC Bialbero 125 GP Racer With Phil Aynsley When Ducati decided to go Grand Prix racing in the mid ...

Derbi Prototype MX 125 With Phil Aynsley This will be the shortest column I have ever written due to the ...