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Kevin Cass is best known for his motorcyle racing career in the 1960s in both Australia and Europe racing at Brands Hatch, Isle of Man TT and various European Grand Prix events^1,², riding both Cotton(motorcycle)and Bultaco motorcycles in the 125cc and 250cc classes. Returning to Australia in 1968 with his first wife Virginia, he continued racing and then opened a bike shop, Kevin Cass Motorcycles in Wollongong, NSW.

Also an accomplished mechanical engineer he designed and built numerous championship racing bikes³ and supported the likes of Peter Stronarch, Dave Burgess, Murray Sayle, Warren Willing and the young Wayne Gardner in their racing careers. His bikes had particular success at the Castrol 6 hour race.

In the 1980s, Kevin Cass became increasingly involved in the restoration and re-building of vintage motorcycles. Sponsored by Australian Geographic, he re-created the first 1925 circumnavigation of Australia on a motorcycle, a 16,000km journey which took place on a 1924 Douglas⁴.

Kevin lives with his wife Helen in Wollongong and continues to restore vintage motorcyles. He has three children and four grandchildren.

References

^[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season

^[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season

^[3] http://www.classicmotorcycling.com.au/default.asp?cat=registryview&ID=136

^[4] http://www.australiangeographic.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=adventure

External Links

Mick Walker's European Racing Motorcycles, Walker, M.

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-Kevin Cass is best known for his motorcyle racing career in the 1960s in both Australia and Europe racing at Brands Hatch, The Isle of Man and various European Grand Prix events<sup>1,</sup><sup>2</sup>, riding both Cotton and Bultaco motorcycles in the 125cc and 250cc classes. Returning to Australia in 1968 with his first wife Virginia, he continued racing and then opened a bike shop, Kevin Cass Motorcycles in Wollongong, NSW.
+Kevin Cass is best known for his motorcyle racing career in the 1960s in both Australia and Europe racing at Brands Hatch, [[Isle of Man TT]] and various European Grand Prix events<sup>1,</sup><sup>2</sup>, riding both [[Cotton(motorcycle)]]and [[Bultaco]] motorcycles in the 125cc and 250cc classes. Returning to Australia in 1968 with his first wife Virginia, he continued racing and then opened a bike shop, Kevin Cass Motorcycles in Wollongong, NSW.
-Also an accomplished mechanical engineer, he designed and built numerous championship racing bikes and supported the likes of Peter Stronarch, Dave Burgess<sup>3</sup>, Murray Sayle, Warren Willing and the young Wayne Gardner in their racing careers.
+Also an accomplished mechanical engineer he designed and built numerous championship racing bikes<sup>3</sup> and supported the likes of Peter Stronarch, Dave Burgess, Murray Sayle, Warren Willing and the young [[Wayne Gardner]] in their racing careers. His bikes had particular success at the [[Castrol 6 hour]] race.
 In the 1980s, Kevin Cass became increasingly involved in the restoration and re-building of vintage motorcycles. Sponsored by Australian Geographic, he re-created the first 1925 circumnavigation of Australia on a motorcycle, a 16,000km journey which took place on a 1924 Douglas<sup>4</sup>.