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

TRIUMPH 660 SPORTSBIKE! • Trident-based sportsbike targets RS660 and Yamaha YZF-R7

CAN-AM HINTS AT PERFORMANCE ELECTRIC BIKE

SHOT IN THE ARM FOR SMSP

CROUCHING TIGER

ORANGE ZEST! • KTM isn’t resting on its laurels: it’s all systems go in Mattighofen

KTM 690 DUO COP NEW ENGINE

BRIEFS

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

HOT & NOT • AMCN’S THERMOMETER

KAWASAKI EVs DOWN ON POWER • Range and rated power revealed in Euro documents

HONDA’S NEW MIRRORS

THE YEAR WAS… 1999

CHAOS ON SYDNEY ROAD • That no one was killed during Australia’s first long-distance motorcycle road race was a miracle

ACCESS.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Charli Cannon and her team celebrate another women’s MX title. 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.

THE SLEEPER • Suzuki’s base-model 1050 is the perfect example of why you should never judge a bike by its covers

LONG-LEGGED OPTIONS

DYNAMIC Duo! • Want a midsize nakedbike you can fang on both road and track? Ducati and Triumph have got you covered

GREY GHOST • Back in the 80s, Patrick Godet decided to create a racebike out of the 1950 Vincent Grey Flash. This is the result and it’s still winning races

WHOLE SHOT

“IT’S NO SECRET THAT I WANT TO BE IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT YEAR” • Australian star Senna Agius is intelligent, driven and talented in equal measure. And he’s got his eyes set on the MotoGP paddock

TRAVEL AGENTS • With celestial roads such as these, Greece was blessed with an Olympic God of motorcycling

GIANT KILLER • Forty years after going out of production, we remember the bike that launched many a high-profile racing career

RD RACING

TIME MACHINE

TOP THREE TV

RACING WHAT, WHERE & WHEN

RIDE DAYS & SCHOOLS

RALLIES & SHOWS

CARBON STAR • According to Bell, this lid is “for the racer with a day job”

DENIM RIDER

COOL RUNNINGS

06 THINGS YOU NEED

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

SCHMICK!

REVOLVING RACER.

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IN PIT LANE.

BOSS BAGNAIA • All-too perfect Pecco romped away with another flawless scorecard

PECCO THRILLS, JORGE SPILLS

V FOR VIETTI

ONCU’S LATE BLITZ

SILLY SEASON IN FULL SWING • The cards have begun to fall to decide the final lineup for the 2024 MotoGP grid

WHIZ KIDS • Plaisted and Russo dominate SA MiniGP

MANX, 100 NOT OUT

THE O’SHOW MUST GO ON

PROMX CHAMPS CROWNED • Silverware presented as season draws to a close

MORRIS NICKED!

DOYLE SET FOR 2024

SENIOR SLIDERS • Just five weeks after hosting the Australian Junior Track Championship the Hunter Motorcycle Club backed up with the corresponding title showdown for seniors

JACK HAMMERSLEY • Meet the Red Bull KTM-contracted rider you’ve never heard of

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