Performance Motorcycles

I read with interest the article on page 76 of OBA 85 about the Nortina spotted in Bathurst. My memories of that bike go back to 1973 when I was still apprenticed to Bill Shaw, owner of Performance Motorcycles at 177 Gympie Rd Kedron Brisbane.

I was indentured to Bill as a Fitter and Turner, doing engine rebores at one of his other businesses at the same address, Precision Reboring. My daily commute was a metallic green Suzuki Hustler and would often take my girlfriend (now wife) to Willie’s Bazaar, Queen St. Brisbane, a coffee shop and late night meeting place in Petrie Bight a couple of doors down from the Orient Hotel. The Nortina attracted a lot of interest among those who saw it and I remember that it was well presented but at that stage may not have had the turbo fitted.

Should this go to print I would like to find a key fob from Performance Motorcycles, depicting a rider flapping behind a fast bike hanging only by his hands on the bars; a photo or the real thing. I would be happy to have my contact email passed on to any reply to this request.

Jonathan Anderson

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