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Safe hands for 25 years
RIDEWORX is celebrating the anniversary of its Barkbusters brand.
25th
Barkbusters handguards were first manufactured in Australia in 1984. Rideworx CEO Matthew Phillpott has over 30 years experience in the motorcycle industry and his enthusiasm for riding motorcycles has helped develop the finest handguards available on the market today. The design, manufacture, research and development facility is located in Wollongong, NSW. Rideworx is dedicated to the continual improvement and development of its
product range and manufactures to the highest possible standards. The outstanding design and quality of the products manufactured by Rideworx are widely recognised. So much that they produce handguards for OEM customers both in Australia and internationally.
The business was started by Australian enduro racer, Ted Goddard (father of racing identity Peter) and was purchased in 1998 by Phillpott (also an experienced enduro and ISDE competitor with an ongoing involvement in the sport).
Phillpott had worked closely with Ted from as early as 1995 designing the first plastic guard, the BW96, which was released in 1996. Since then the focus has been on making the brand the market leader and expanding into the export market. The business has grown from a small “one-man band” to a company which now employs 12 people and exports to a long list of overseas countries including Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, UK, South Africa, Japan, USA and South America. For further information please contact: Rideworx Pty Ltd 02 4271 8244 ride@barkbusters.net www.barkbusters.net n
ONCE again crowds flocked to Big Al’s Show and Shine in Western Sydney. This year was the biggest yet, over $2000 was raised for UCARF, double last year’s donation to Telstra Child Flight. Some 80 machines were on show, and over 170 people turned up for the day’s event. This year marked the sixth running of the show and shine, with Yamaha behind it all the way. Well done guys and girls. n
Big Al shines
SMALL TORQUE path in motorc ycle racing. until 2010.
VFR 1200 on t h e web
IT ’S no secret Honda is planning to release an all-new VFR1200. We’ve all seen spy shots and ar tist ’s render ings. Now you can go to a dedicated website which gives you all the goss on the bike, including a r ide impression. G o to w w w.new vfr.com/en_GB/ pages/mainpage and check it out We can’t wait to r ide one here at Cycle Torque.
Red B ull R ook i es
2009 saw three young talented Australian road racers head overseas to compete in the R ed Bull R ook ies Cup. D ylan M avin, Ar thur Sissis and Josh Hook all did their best to forge their own
Af ter t wo years competing in Europe, M avin looks set to stay at home in Australia in 2010. Sissis and Hook will be back to Europe, joined by Brody Nowlan who recently tr ied out and was accepted by R ed Bull and K TM to compete in the cup. This is a great effor t for the teenagers and their parents, as it represents a major investment for them to just get there. On behalf of Cycle Torque, well done.
Ride now p ay later
FR ASER M otorc ycles is offer ing fantastic deals on 2008 and 2009 model D ucati and Har leyDavidson motorc ycles. You can r ide away now, and pay nothing
All five Fraser ’s stores are par t of the offer. Visit the Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, M elbour ne or Per th stores to get your slice of the ac tion.
Race to SA
GE T your gear on and head over to M allala for the S outh Australian R oad R acing Championships on the weekend of November 21-22. The event is being run by the Pheonix M otorc ycle Club and will feature classes ranging from juniors to Produc tion Super bikes and H istor ics. For more info contac t R ock D owsett on 0403 386 788. n
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