How 580 of the world’s rarest motorbikes ended up on a mountainside

by · Australian Financial Review

Tony DavisMotoring writer
Jun 5, 2026 – 5.00am

It’s called the Timmelsjoch High Mountain Road, and it’s an ultra-scenic, ultra-challenging 2500-metre pass between Austria and Italy.

If you are tackling its 33 kilometres of twists, turns and switchbacks, and some guy on a vintage motorcycle is behaving like he owns the road, it might be Attila Scheiber. And he does.

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Tony DavisMotoring writerTony Davis writes on lifestyle specialising in cars. Email Tony at tony.davis@afr.com.au

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