Old Bike Australasia

Traditional rivalry at Bathurst

he Great Race was first held in 1993. It was between pre-1958 Indian and Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Brighton to Portsea with about 20 participants. The race is a team event with riders scoring points and the team with the most points declared the winner. This first year it was the Indian motorcycle riders who went home with the bragging

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