Australian Motorcycle News

Australian Motorcycle News covers all things motorcycling from around the world, featuring new-model releases as well as comprehensive bike comparisons and race reports in every issue.

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Self-steering Fireblade! • Honda’s lane-assist safety breakthrough

UN LEADS THE WAY

Lightning strikes twice • Dakar adventure project follows Streetliner

MAKE THE SWITCH

BOXING CLEVER

HAMISH COOPER • Still in denial

Briefs • YOUR QUICK FIX

’Fest up! • Bike Fest Oz! 2023 a goer

TRIUMPH OF ADVENTURE

The year was… 001979

Ralph ‘Sonny’ Barger • The charismatic leader of the Hells Angels was an integral part of Hollywood’s 1960s B-Grade movie scene

access • AIR YOUR THOUGHTS OR VENT YOUR SPLEEN

socials

mental twisties SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Fred has been saying for years that there should be races for baggers and, well, here we are. He made five changes to this image of H-D’s bagracer, pick ’em out and you may win an AMCN neck sock!

Gas-fired power • Triumph says its TE-1 electric sportsbike project used the company’s Speed Triple 1200 as a benchmark for performance, style and ergonomics

Going, Going, Grom • The diminutive Honda Grom has been discontinued. We take it for one last spin

Go on, Scram! • For those after a simple and affordable allrounder, Royal Enfield reckons it has the answer with its new Scram 411 ‘street scrambler’

FIRST TIME LUCKY?! • Sir Al was given exclusive access to the not-quite-finished Lucky Explorer 9.5. And its potential is enormous

IN CONVERSATION • Al’s quick confab with MV Agusta’s American-born R&D director Brian Gillen

FULLY CHARGED • Kawasaki has given one of its supercharged hero bikes a major boost in electronics. Is this the best Kawasaki ever?

UN-DRESSER! • Because a bike weighing nearly half a tonne should not handle as well as this thing does!

THIS MEANS WAR!

REST OF THE DRESSED • The full dresser market is more crowded than you might think

WHOLE SHOT • Someone had to ride the famed Paul Smart 1972 Imola 200-winning Ducati 750 at WDW at Misano last week. Can you think of someone better to do it than Troy Bayliss? Neither can we

DUMBER THAN EVER! • Retro bikes in the snow! Whose dumb idea was that?!

WILLING AND ABLE

FOR THE AGES

BACK STREET

MR PERSONALITY

PRINCELY STATE

GOOD AND PROPER

SKIN DEEP

ON THE GEAR!

“I DID THREE LAPS … AND I WAS CRYING” • Earlier this year Aprilia won its first MotoGP race, after almost three decades of trying. This is the Italian factory’s story, all the way from the RSW500 two-stroke twin to today’s 90-degree V4 RS-GP

FIELD OF DREAMS • Rennie Scaysbrook finally realises his greatest racing goal, but it was far more than just a few quick laps of the TT Mountain Course

events • YOUR SOCIAL LISTINGS

topgear • New stuff

buyersguide • A-Z OF NEW BIKE PRICES

Strooth! • Mooball ’n’all

Revolving Racer • Slides’ cool

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In Pit Lane • Blinding lights

Czech mate • Less than 40 points separate the top three as the WorldSBK championship hits the halfway mark

Balda benefits from a bad sport

On your Marc

O’Show ahead at Brands • Aussie O’Halloran secures BSB points lead

SILLY SEASON STARTS NOW

AEGERTER BANNED FOR FAKING

Aussie world beaters • Australia is on top of the Speedway world

FERRIS DOMINATES IN COFFS

NO 2022 OZ SGP

LUCKY EXPLORER ENTERS 2023 DAKAR

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