Robbie Phillis and Mick Hone: Superbike icons discuss life, death and racing hard

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The INFO MOTO Podcast hit the road to catch up with friends and racing heroes, Robbie Phillis and Mick Hone. Join as the gang talk racing through the decades, as it REALLY happened.

There was a time when Australian domestic motorcycle racing was as popular and strong as anywhere in the world.

Factory teams abounded, names like Doohan, Magee, Crosby, Hansford, Cole and a dozen other absolute top liners ripped around tracks and tens of thousands of mad fans flocked to watch them. It was the biggest game in town and the bike world couldn’t get enough of it.

You see, it is simply impossible to talk about those days without the names Mick Hone and Robbie Phillis looming large. Real large.

With mechanical guru Alan Pickering, the Hone/Phillis combination weaved a special magic. Phillis was as good as anyone on the planet in the  ...