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

ENFIELD 650 SCRAMBLER • New retro twin to be called Interceptor Bear 650

2024 KTM 1390 SUPER DUKE RANGE

JETT STAR!

COMPLEX HONDA HYBRID IN DEVELOPMENT • A combustion engine and two electric motors for complicated hybrid design

KAWASAKI ELECTRIC SPECS EMERGE

UPDATED HONDA X-ADV PLANNED

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

QJMOTOR ELECTRONIC CLUTCH • Clutch-by-wire allows more transmission options

RECALL ROSTER

THE YEAR WAS…

PETER STRONACH • Before he was a highly accomplished architect, Peter Stronach was one of Australia’s brightest racing stars

ACCESS. • AIR YOUR THOUGHTS OR VENT YOUR SPLEEN

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Plug and play: the crazy electronics on Stoner’s 2012 RC212V. 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.

NAVAL GAZING

SWEET CHARIOT • A bagger without the bulk, say hello to Harley’s Low Rider ST

JOHNNIE BE GOOD

QUITE A SCRAMBLE • Want a midsize scrambler that’s easy to ride around town, on the open road and in the dirt? Honda reckons it has you covered with its CL500

HONDA’S TAKE ON THE CL

NAKED & COLD • You reckon cheap and cheerful mid-capacity nakedbikes are boring? You’re doing it wrong

CRASH TEST DUMMY

JEEP SKATE

POWDER WORKS

SECOND OPINION

CHAINED TO THE WHEEL

DIGIT DILEMMA

THE WINNER IS… • The scores are tallied and there’s only one point in it

SECOND OPINION

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL • Another issue, another homologation special. BMW enters the fight with improved aero and a claimed 315km/h top speed

BACK TO SCHOOL • I test rode the new M 1000 RR while attending the Racing School Europe with Troy Corser, in partnership with BMW

WHOLE SHOT • The grand master at work. Mighty Mick Doohan in dominant form at the 1998 German GP back when Honda was the class leader. He won eight of 13 races that year in a towering campaign.

“I WILL DEDICATE ALL MY CREATIVITY AND SKILLS TO COMPETING AND WINNING” • Honda has been racing for 70 of its 75-year existence. We look back on the Japanese firm’s rich racing heritage and wonder how Soichiro Honda might’ve solved HRC’s current problems in MotoGP

CAPTAIN AMERICA • We sit down with the bloke charged with taking MotoGP to the next level

THE END OF THE W RLD • We know it, you know it, and now a couple of round the world travellers have discovered the motorcycling wonderland that is Tasmania

EVENTS. • YOUR SOCIAL LISTINGS

SNOW PATROL • Good gear is important all the time, but gear that protects you from injury and from the elements is a must when you’re heading to the roof of Australia

06 THINGS YOU NEED

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

STROOTH!

REVOLVING RACER.

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IN PIT LANE.

ACE ALEIX • Aleix Espargaro mounts comeback in Silverstone thriller

ALEX MARQUEZ ON TOP!

ALDEGUER ASTOUNDS

MORE FIRSTS!

RUNNING HIS MOUTH

DIXON IN LINE FOR MOTOGP? • Dorna and broadcaster push for Brit to step up to the premier class

RINS DEFECTS FROM HONDA

DUCATI’S 2024 PUZZLE

BRIEFS

O’SHOW RULES THRUXTON • Aussie shines with a triple victory!

UNEMPLOYED O’SHOW

HRC WINS 8 HOURS

HEATING UP

BARTOSZ BLITZES • The triple world champ looks...