The Aussie Wild Ones

This website concentrates on traditionally-styled custom bikes that were first seen
in the USA in the '40s-'50s. But half a world away in Australia during this
same period, young men were enjoying the same pursuits of motorcycles, racing and girls!
These great photos, courtesy of Buzz and his father Colin, show how the Aussie Wild Ones
were rippin' up the highways in the Geelong area during this amazing post-war period.

Buzz's parents, Colin & June, burning up the highway on a BSA Silver Star, 1951.

Cool 'bobbed' Velocette going flat-chat, 1948.

Eastern Beach, Geelong, 1950.

Mick Calder's racing AJS, 1949.

Keith "Cags" Smith on a Triumph at Bonneyvale race track.

Boys from the 'Geelong Sporting Motorcycle Club' on a trip to Victoria, 1952.

Gunter Gunady on a Norton Dominator, 1954.

Merv, Colin, Gunter – all on Norton Dominators, 1954.

Bonneyvale race meeting, 1949.

Norm Osborne racing at Bonnyvale on a Norton in 1949.
Norm was part owner of Pratt & Osborne motorcycle shop, which is still running today.

Colin Munday on his Norton, Great Ocean Road, 1952.

Mick Calder with his Ariel in Geelong, 1950 . Mick died test-riding this bike before a race meeting, in his late twenties.