Motorbike History Links

Legendary Greek Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos Dies

Stuart Kemp 76-year-old director dies after motorbike hits him while shooting "The Other Sea" near Greek capital Athens. read more

Wendouree rider a menace, court hears

A MAN caught riding his motorbike at up to 170km/h on the Western Highway has narrowly escaped jail.

Bike show was brilliant - roll on next year!

Having experienced the Springfields Motorbike Show in Spalding for the first time last weekend, I can safely say I shall be returning - it was a great family day out.

Edmund de Waal on the potter Emmanuel Cooper, 'a true democrat'

Emmanuel Cooper ( obituary , 31 January) was a true democrat. He simply refused to see hierarchies that others thought were significant, bringing a motorbike into conjunction with a bowl by Lucie Rie as his examples of good craftsmanship for a 1982 exhibition called The Maker's Eye. This was at the heart of his friendships, which spanned radically different worlds, but it was also true of the ...

Iran nuclear scientist killed in Tehran motorbike bomb attack

Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan is latest victim in series of attacks apparently targeting key figures in Tehran's nuclear programme An Iranian university professor working at one of the country's main uranium enrichment facilities has been killed in Tehran, apparently the latest victim in what is widely seen as a covert war against the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. Attackers riding on motorcycles ...