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

YAMAHA REVEALS TOKYO CONCEPT BIKES • Robotic buddy bike is a testbed for a safer, easier future for riders

TMW CONCEPT

E-FV

2WD SCOOTER

BOOST FOR BLADE, BIG-BORE HORNET

E-CLUTCH IS A GAME-CHANGER

LUCKY EXPLORER BECOMES THE ENDURO VELOCE • Production version of MV’s first adventure bike is nearly here

HONDA RC-E LIVES ON

MYSTERY YAMAHA MASHUP HINTS AT NEW TRACER 9

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

HONDA’S TRIPLE-MOTOR EV • Why have one motor when you can have three for two-wheel drive?

BRIEFS

THE YEAR WAS… 1995

PHIL AYNSLEY • The passionate bloke who will be remembered for far more than his stunning motorcycle photography

ACCESS.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Gregg Hansford does the “flying W” in Kiwiland’s mid-70s Marlboro Series. Spot the five changes Fred has made to the image, email us your answers (and postal address!) and you could win a neck sock.

AIR RAID • For most brands, speccing-up adventure bikes means smarter software and more modes. But not Yamaha

BACK-TO-BACK • How does it compare to the standard version?

ONES AND ZEROES • The deliberate lack of electronics

SCREAM TIME • Kawasaki has boldly brought back the screaming four-cylinder 400, but does it live up to the legend of the race replicas of the 80s and 90s?

HEARTS ON FIRE

R ONE

WHERE IS EVERYONE?

GENERATION X • After a few years out of the LAMS picture, Harley is back in the frame with a couple of Chinese-built parallel-twin nakedbikes… nearly

COMPETITORS

MAX BY NAME… • Max Bubeck was a legendary American racer and tuner. His beloved Indian Four now resides Down Under and AC took it for a spin at Broadford

WHOLE SHOT

SEARCH AND RESCUE • Six emerging technologies that could save your life by 2050

1/ V2X COMMUNICATION

2/ RADAR AND CAMERA-BASED SAFETY SYSTEMS

3/ SELF-STEERING BIKES

4/ NETWORK-BASED SAFETY SYSTEMS

5/ AIRBAGS AND MORE

6/ ROCKETS?

TOURIST TROPHY • These plucky round-the-world travellers reckon they’ve found somewhere better than Tasmania to ride motorbikes…

“AN OLD-SCHOOL GUY, ONE OF THE LAST COWBOYS” • Forget what you think you know about superfast 19-year-olds. Pedro Acosta really is something else

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.

LUCKY 13! • Bagnaia stars as Martin stumbles

MARTIN, AGAIN!

ACOSTA, THE MERCILESS

MOREIRA MAGIC

LA VICTOIRE! • Zarco gets it done in Phillip Island thriller!

ARBOLINO RISES ABOVE THE CHAOS!

ONCU PIPS SASAKI – AGAIN!

JUNIORS PLAY SECOND FIDDLE • Schmidt and Pelgrave take wins in OJC supports

KELSO INKS 2024 DEAL! • Joel Kelso signs with BOE Motorsports for 2024

WIND VERSUS MOTOGP

RIDERS FORM UNION

PADDOCK PASS

TOMMY'S GUN EFFORT! • Bridewell scrapes past Irwin in BSB thriller to claim maiden superbike title by half a point

GREEN & YAMAHA CROWNED

BENAVIDES PIPS PRICE

BRAYDEN ELLIOTT • The hard-working Aussie who went from a privateer Superstock racer to a fully-supported Superbike rider in...