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.

“WHAT?! NO DUCATIS IN THE TOP THREE? AN ASTOUNDING RESULT”

Australian Motorcycle News

2024 CE 02 REVEALED • BMW adds expensive youth-focused electric scoot to line up

BIKES ARE NEXT!

440CC APRILIA SPORTSBIKE

GSX-8R, ANYONE?

GSX-R SET FOR REVIVAL • Suzuki fairing patent hints at new sportsbike plans

BIKE SALES FALL AS HOUSEHOLDS FEEL THE PINCH

KELLIE BUCKLEY • Writing’s on the wall

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

HARLEY X440 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED • Hero-made Harley not slated for Oz

CFMOTO 700MT

THE KNOW. • HEADCHECK

NOEL MCCUTCHEON • The Kiwi talent who kicked Mike Hailwood’s bum… literally

LETTER OF THE ISSUE

SOCIALS. • WHAT YOU SAID

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • In the pits at a round of the 2023 Sidecar World Championship. Spot the five changes Fred has made to the image, email us your answers (and your postal address) and you could win a neck sock.

WING COMMANDER • Wings and all, the S 1000 RR is a racebike for the road

FAMILY FLIES

MISSION CONTROL

GRID RIVALS

OVER the HILLS • Honda’s Transalp has a nameplate to live up to and competition to battle, so is it a winner?

TRANSALP TACK-ONS

TRANSALP TIMELINE

P-TWIN PROTAGONISTS

STARKERS! • The Suzuki GSX-8S is offering big fun at a not-so-big price, and it’s set to give the other midsize nakeds a serious run for their money…

BARE BLING • As with just about every new bike launched these days, there’s a huge range of optional accessories that GSX-8S buyers can spend their hard-earned on

UNDRESSED OPPONENTS

BY THE LAKE • What’s better than having Lakeside Park at your disposal to test a new bike? Having three-time Aussie superbike champ Shawn Giles on hand to show you the best way around the 2.4km circuit

FROM THE ASHES • Two-wheels works of art and waning fortunes, but help has arrived for the legendary MV Agusta brand

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST • The might the KTM group can bring to bear on its new partnership with MV Agusta shouldn’t be underestimated

WHOLE SHOT

RISINGINFLATION • Decades-old technology is finally finding its place on two wheels

THE AIRBAG BIKE THAT NEVER WAS

YAMAHA ASV-2 AND ASV-3

WEARABLES AND OTHER IDEAS

KEEP UP!

“I EXPECTED TO BE FAST… BUT NOT WINNING RACES” • Marco Bezzecchi’s rise to consistent MotoGP front-runner has been one of the stories of the first half 2023

RILE of MAN • Rennie Scaysbrook’s TT fortnight was a rollercoaster of speed, fear, mechanical failures and success. Listen to this!

TOP THREE TV

RACING WHAT, WHERE & WHEN

RIDE DAYS & SCHOOLS

RALLIES & SHOWS

06 THINGS YOU NEED

BUYER’S GUIDE. • A-Z OF NEW BIKE PRICES

NEED MORE TWO WHEEL DISTRACTIONS? SO DO WE!

STROOTH!

REVOLVING RACER.

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IN PIT LANE.

HERFOSS IN CONTROL • Troy Herfoss marks 30 ASBK race wins and seizes control of the championship

SIMPSON HOLDS

ONE APIECE

SWAIN WAVE

SCHMIDT HOT

RESULTS

RED HOT • Razgat fires, Bautista stumbles but Mother Nature wins

MANZASTICO!

THE REVISIONISTS

HRC LOOKS TO FOUR WHEELS • Honda turns to four-wheel technology to fix MotoGP woes

BROOKES STAYS WITH FHO BMW FOR 2024

MEES LEADS, DRANE ON THE BOX

BRIEFS

YOU BEWLEY! • Dan Bewley wins and Zmarzlik...