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.

ED’S DESK.

Australian Motorcycle News

MEET KTM’S RC990 • Prototype sportsbike set for 2025 or 2026 release

CFMOTO’S SUPERBIKE CLOSE!

MV-BASED QJMOTOR SUPERBIKE IS REAL

$260K YZF-R1, ANYONE?

NEW AFRICA TWIN COMING FOR 2024 • Put that R 1300 GS order on hold for a moment…

BENELLI TORNADO 550 DETAILS LEAKED

SAME BIKES, DIFFERENT LOOKS

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

HOT & NOT • AMCN’S THERMOMETER

DUCATI MONSTER 30° ANNIVERSARIO • Five-hundred limited-edition models marks three Monstrous decades

CFMOTO CL-C 450 SPECS REVEALED

THE YEAR WAS… 2002

MARTIN’S ODYSSEY • How the most unlikely ‘adventure bike’ conquered Australia

ACCESS.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • You know the drill: “From tallest to shortest.” Spot the five changes Fred has made to the image of the 2016 Indian range, email us your answers (and your postal address) and you could win a neck sock.

TIME TRAVELLER • Commuting on a scooter is like having a cheat code while gaming. Less time commuting and more time at home? Sign me up

BEAUT SCOOTIN’

THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT!

SPECIAL FORCES • Like so many homologation specials before it, Ducati’s latest is fast, exclusive and oh-so desirable

PANIGALE STABLE

SPECIAL AGENTS

FIRING RANGE • Two days, four stunning motorcycles and some of the best roads northern Italy has to offer. Pinch me, I must be dreaming

BRUTAL TRUTH • The range-topping Brutale is next-level madness

IN THE RANGE

GIZ A DRAG • Minimalist styling and a soundtrack to boot

IN THE RANGE

RETRO FOCUS • Channel your Giacomo Agostini with this hard-edged retro

IN THE RANGE

LONG-LEGGED BEAUTY • If distances and glamour are your bag, look at Lusso

IN THE RANGE

INNOVATION REINVENTED • Instead of simply changing its name as we thought, it turns out the controversially named Confederate Motors was sold and is still producing stonking V-twins. We ride the Wraith!

HOW MUCH? • Priced for the rich and famous

IN ERNEST! • Ernest Lee, 50, is a serial entrepreneur, trained accountant, has a law degree, is a qualified attorney and a US army veteran of the 25th Infantry Division. He runs an investment fund, owned a taxi cab company when he was 18, and has established numerous companies in various sectors ranging from transportation to recycling Starbucks coffee machines. He’s now also a motorcycle manufacturer.

WHOLE SHOT

“NOTHIN’ LIKE IT!” • MotoGP shines at the 30th Goodwood Festival of Speed

STONER STARS AT GOODWOOD

DUKES OF GOODWOOD

EXCLUSIVE ROYAL FLUSH • We sit down with some Royal Enfield bigwigs to talk new bikes, electrification and how it plans to be the best-selling midsize brand in the world

IMPROVING THE BREED

DIRE STRAITS • The once-dominant Japanese brands are being humiliated in MotoGP by the Europeans, whose latest MotoGP bikes are more like two-wheel F1 cars than motorcycles. Why, what’s to be done and does it even matter?

EVENTS. • YOUR SOCIAL LISTINGS

WINTER REVOLT • July was the hottest month in recorded history, so it’s probably time to start thinking about your summer riding kit

FACTORY SPEC

FLIGHT TIME

06 THINGS YOU NEED

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

SCHMICK!

REVOLVING RACER.

IN PIT LANE.

THREE INTO ONE • Despite three races being won by three world champs, Most was endlessly...