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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SINGLE-CYLINDER DUCATI BUSTED! • New Hypermotard single is nearly production-ready

SINGLES FUTURE

X-WEDGE MODELS LAUNCHED

FOURS TO THE FORE! • China goes mad for race-replicas with a flood of midsize models reinventing the four-cylinder sportsbike

VOGE RR666S

QJMOTOR SRK800RR

ZONGSHEN CYCLONE RC680R

YINGANG 400RR

VINTO GP660

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

HOT & NOT • AMCN’S THERMOMETER

BASE V-STROM 800 REVEALED • New street-biased adventure tourer turns up in Aussie docs

RECALL ROSTER

STONE THE CORSA! RETRO CAFE V7

THE YEAR WAS… 1989

MIKE TRIMBY • Founding member of IRTA, this was a bloke who dedicated his life to the betterment of riders

TRIBUTES

ACCESS.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Fans flock to Jerez for the 2005 Spanish GP (Rossi beat Gibernau). 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.

NOW AND THEN • Deano takes a trip down memory lane and finds it’s still a fantastic ride

NAKED and AFRAID • When too much might just be enough?

TOP-SHELF NUDITY

DOT, DOT, DASH • The one-stop shop for all your settings

NAKED GERMANS • BMW’s S 1000 R range has a bike for every taste

DISTANT THUNDER • Two of the most anticipated adventure bikes of 2023 go head-to-head in the dirt

SORRY FOR THE WEIGHT

In the EXTREME • Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales’ historic 1-2 MotoGP finish isn’t the only track-focused result to come from Aprilia’s hard work. Meet the RS660 Extrema

ONE-MAKE WONDER • Rivola’s RS660 Factory Trofeo

WHOLE SHOT

SINGING THE BLUES • Watching Yamaha’s worst season since 2003 unfold has been both baffling and disappointing. What’s gone wrong for the factory which finished last year runner-up, and can it turn things around?

“IMAGINE FINISHING WORK EACH DAY AND BEING OVER THE MOON TO BE STILL ALIVE…” • Former British champ and TT winner Lee Johnston nearly died at this year’s North West 200. He’s finally ready to talk about it

RIDE the DIVIDE • Yes, we know you already know. But have you ever wondered what it’s like to see Australia through a visor for the very first time?

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

SCHMICK!

REVOLVING RACER.

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IN PIT LANE.

INDIAN CRUNCH • Bezzecchi to the fore as Bagnaia wilts

MARTIN MAELSTROM

ACOSTA AGAIN!

MASIA MAGIC

FLASH POINT! • Bautista blunder leaves Razgatlioglu still in the championship hunt

BULEGA BLITZ

STEREO MTMS

WORLD AT THEIR WHEELS • MiniGP champs book tickets to Valencia

DUCATI ADMIT MARQUEZ IN GRESINI TALKS

ROULSTONE GETS MOTO3 CALL UP

DANISH DRAMAS • Zmarzlik disqualified, Doyle hospitalised

SMITH’S SUNRAYSIA

KIRKNESS STILL THE ONE

REW CLOSE!

BROOK’S WORLD ASSAULT

SUMMER CAMEOS?

RACING STATES • The round up from the west, east and south with WA, Victorian and Tasmanian road racing titles

SHARP CLARKE

SUPER SIMMONDS

JESS GARDINER • The Aussie legend gears up for 10 days of enduro racing over three continents to complete 2023

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