EDITOR SPEAKS

Australian Motorcyclist Issue #27

• MOTOmania
• BEAR FACED
• FRATERNITY?
• NEW BIKE PRICES
• WHAT SAY YOU?
• CLASSIC MORRIS
• LONG TERMERS
• TEAR-OUT MAP #12
• NEW IN THE SHOPS
• INDUSTRY
• ADVENTURE FILM
• USED & REVIEWED
• PUB OF THE MONTH
• INSPECT DA GADGET
• BIKE TEST
• EVENT
• TOUR DE OZ WEEK 1 – WESTERN AUSTRALIA (NW TO PINNACLES)
• Special Feature WINTER GEAR
• TEAR OUT MAP #27
• READERS’ TRAVELS
• AMM TOUR – PART TWO
• TRAVEL
• BIKE LAUNCH
• NEWS
• FROM THE BEAR
• EDITOR SPEAKS

Remember a time when neighbours and people who were friends of friends would help you at the drop of a hat whenever you were in need? Well it seems that this type of help is slowly sliding down the slippery slope to extinction. However, at the recent Barry Sheene Festival of Speed race meet at Sydney Motorsport Park, I found that the spirit of helping each other is still alive and well.

One of the reasons I got out of racing many years ago was the bitchiness of other competitors not happy that you were beating them, and generally the attitude from people in the paddock who didn’t even need to be there. When I talked to my mate Chris about racing bikes, and in particular Post Classics, the fi rst question I thought of was: what’s the feeling like in the paddock? Are people friendly? Do they help each other out if need be? He said yes, and I can testify to that after my experience at this year’s BSFoS.