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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Australian Motorcycle News

CAN ADELAIDE DELIVER? • Questions over MotoGP timeframe, cost

It’s mission impossible, says Bob Barnard • Original F1 circuit designer speaks out

HARLEY REVS UP ITS CAFE RACER CONCEPT • Pan American engine could power retro Revolution Max sport model

A different take on a leaning trike • Locked rigid or freed up for cornering

Radical solution to single-sided swingarm issue • Patent finally tackles an issue that has existed for 40 years

RETRO COOL MEETS EV CAUTION • Big and bold continues to dominate, but hints at a shifting market are impossible to ignore

DUCATI SUPERLEGGERA ULTRABIKE • First carbon-ceramic brakes fitted to a road-legal motorcycle

KTM RC450 launched in China • CFMoto components herald a big change

CFMOTO 500SR: BARGAIN UNLEASHED • New four-cylinder is launched with a head-turning price

Flying Flea has some bite • Lightweight electric bike rivals ICE 125 commuter

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

ACCESS. • YOUR SAY

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

CRACKS IN THE EMPIRE • Ducati faltered again while Bezzecchi and Aprilia tightened their grip on the championship fight

IT’S FIVE STRAIGHT! • Bezzecchi powers into the record books with another blockbuster weekend

SUN KINGS AND QUEENS • Portugal delivered a golden weekend as Oliveira’s rise met Bulega’s relentless march

AUSSIE GRIT

STUNNING SUPERSPORT DELIVERS BIG AGAIN

NEW BLOCKS FOR THE KIDS

SPANISH MOTO-MONARCHS REIGN

NIGHT OF MARGINS • Action lights up as the master teaches youngsters a lesson in persistence

SEVEN HEAVEN? • Bartosz Zmarzlik targets a record-breaking seventh title, but a stacked field, led by a fired-up Aussie quartet, stands in his way

The Outback Bites Back • Kangaroos, wire and hidden tracks wreaked havoc in this year’s 795km fight for survival

SHAKEDOWN FOR TT STARS • Dunlop dominance to be tested first on Irish roads

MAXIMUM SPORT • Want to go faster, farther? Maybe the latest Dunlop Sportmax rubber is for you.

SWEET SPOT LID • Sits neatly between sport and touring – and absolutely nails both

HYBRIDS: FOLLY OR THE FUTURE? • The fuel crisis is boosting hybrid vehicle sales and bike brands want a slice of the action

A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN • Back in January 1989, the wild beast met its master, and together they became untouchable

WHOLE SHOT

THE LITTLE GS THAT COULD • BMW’s F 450 GS might be learner-legal on paper, but it’s gunning for class honours in the dirt and on the road

HEAVY METAL BALLET • Milwaukee muscle at a trackday launch? The surprises for Wattie didn’t end there. Who knew 400 kilos of chrome could dance like this..

THE NEARLY BIKE • Riding the first YZR-M1 takes us back to the start of Yamaha’s 25-year MotoGP journey – via the bike that established its cherished inline four philosophy, only this season finally cast aside for a troubled new V4…

YODA ON THE SECRETS OF THE YZR-M1

THE RACE WE WERE DENIED • They never shared a premier-class grid, but the numbers let us dream. Overlaying Stoner’s and Marquez’s winning races reveals the match-up that might have been…

FAST TRACK TO FAILURE • Laverton ’76: Big names, bigger promises… and a collapse that stunned the sport both here and overseas

MISSION IMPROBABLE • It took three attempts for Cec Weatherby and Don Bain to break their Melbourne to Sydney hoodoo and set a...