Australian Road Rider

INNOVATION ON HOLD?

LOOKING BACK

can’t believe it was almost 30 years ago Pete Callaghan and I rode down to Phillip Island for the Australian Superbike Championship aboard a Yamaha GTS1000 and BMW K1100LT. We were both working for at the time and the idea was to come back with a comparison of the two bikes and a report on

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