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

CFMOTO DEVELOPING ROAD-READING TECH • Camera-based active damping suspension system in the works

HYBRID KAWASAKIS CONFIRMED FOR OZ

APRILIA PATENTS GROUND-EFFECT AERO

CHINESE INVASION • China’s motorcycle production has gone from small-capacity budget offerings to serious mainstream contenders – and it doesn’t look like stopping. Now sportsbikes and cruisers are the latest focus

Last year’s low-slung bobber was hinting at this

A 250 CL-C too

Benelli 902S leaked

Another brand steps up

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

WHERE’S HARLEY’S HYDRA-GLIDE? • New model tipped to join Icons Collection range

INDIAN ROADMASTER ELITE COMING SOON

HEADCHECK

FREAK HILL • The brewer’s wife who instigated the scary Zig Zag hillclimb

ACCESS.

QUIZ. • MENTAL TWISTIES

CALIFORNIA GLEAMIN’ • New colours and alloy wheels headline a warm-over for Royal Enfield’s princes of middleweight retros

THE ORIGINAL CAFÉ RACER

CAT O’ NINE • Will more performance, a higher spec and fresh looks help Triumph’s Tiger 900 keep up with the ever-improving competition? Let’s find out

HIGHFALUTIN SIBLING • Tiger 900 Rally Pro teaser

SHADOW BOXER • Sitting at the touring end of the sports-touring spectrum, BMW’s R 1250 RT is almost in a league of its own

SIX APPEAL

LONE TRAVELLER

REVENGE! • Imagine getting more than 60 degrees of lean angle on a 284kg Harley that’s been tuned to within a (cubic) inch of its life!

HOW TO RACE A BAGGER • … according to Hayden Gillim

MotoGPT • Will artificial intelligence kill us all or save us? We don’t know yet. What we do know is that it’s an incredibly powerful technology that’s already transforming the world’s premier motorcycle racing class

Canadian CLUB • Our plucky world travellers head to the world’s second-largest country and the one with the world’s longest coastline

“I CHOSE THIS DIRECTION TO PROLONG MY CAREER” • Finally Marc Marquez can speak his mind as a Ducati rider. AMCN was in the front row at the Gresini team launch to hear how the eight-time world champ is feeling about the most important season of his career

ONE-ON-ONE • MARC'S NEW CREW CHIEF FRANKIE CARCHEDI

ONE-ON-ONE • GRESINI’S SPORTING DIRECTOR MICHELE MASINI

IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT MARC

“IF HE HADN’T HAD HIS DEMONS, HE’D HAVE BEEN AS GOOD AS VALENTINO ROSSI” • Fallen angel or devil in disguise? Bett er than Rossi or a waste of talent? The rise and fall of the Go Show…

RACING WHAT, WHERE & WHEN

RIDE DAYS & SCHOOLS

RALLIES & SHOWS

06 THINGS YOU NEED

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

KEEP UP!

SCHMICK!

REVOLVING RACER.

IN PIT LANE.

BRABEC’S DOUBLE! • Four years after his victory in the first Saudi edition of Dakar, Honda’s Ricky Brabec does it again with a skilfully calculated performance

BRIEFS

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BROOKES SHIELDS • BSB star Josh Brookes dominates night series at SMSP

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BULEGA FASTEST IN JEREZ • Rookie Ducati rider rips in WorldSBK test

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