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

GREAT WALL FLAT EIGHT EXPECTED THIS MONTH • Chinese car maker will unveil its first bike soon – and it’s insane

THAT VIDEO!

BAJAJ’S SINGLE HAS NATURAL GAS POWER

THAI ELECTRIC BIKES PROMISE RANGE REVOLUTION • Smartech Motor has ambitious ideas for the future

YAMAHA ELECTRIC CROSSER NEARS

MEET BENELLI’S NEW 103hp ADV TOURER

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

BENDA 250 ROADSTER IMAGES LEAK • Yet another new model from fast-growing Chinese brand

R 12 & R 12 NINET LAUNCHED IN OZ

THE YEAR WAS… 1989

GENE ROMERO • The AMA Grand National champion and Daytona 200 winner known as ‘Burrito’

ACCESS.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • You can teach an old dog new tricks! Long-time AMCN contributor Alan Cathcart rear-wheel steers his 1970s Ducati 750. Or has photographer Jeff Bloxham shot him about to crash? Spot the five changes Fred has made to this image, email us your answers (and address!) and you could win a neck sock.

TRACK TIME • Kitted out with its new trick-looking genuine accessories, we hit the track on our CFMoto 450SR

RIVALRY!

SECOND OP

THE SHARPEST BLADE • Honda has honed its Fireblade for 2024 in a quest to find more racetrack success. In the proce ss it has created a road-legal racebike

COMPETITION

DREAM TEAM SET FOR TT CHALLENGE • The upcoming Isle of Man TT will be a true test of the new Fireblade in road conditions

CROSSING OVER • The third model in Suzuki’s GSX-S line up could be the best one yet

COLOUR TELLY

WHERE’S IT FIT?

TALENT SCOUT! • Indian has given its most important model plat form its first overhaul in almost a decade and the result is an American cruiser for just about everybody

THE LINE-UP

MR PRESIDENT • Mike Dougherty has been at Polaris for 26 years and was appointed President of Indian Motorcycle in 2019

THE TECH OPTIONS

WHOLE SHOT

MOTOGP’S MASTERMINDS • What unites all MotoGP engineers? They’ve all been in love with motorcycles since they were kids. So how did they get into racing and what role do they play now?

APRILIA

DUCATI

HONDA

KTM

YAMAHA

TRACING TOURISTS • Four years on, AMCN’s long-term WorldSBK reporter Gordon Ritchie and his Italian colleague Carlo Baldi finally completed the plans Covid so cruelly quashed

LUGGAGE (IN) CAPACITY

COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING

EVENTS. • YOUR SOCIAL LISTINGS

TOP GEAR. • COOL STUFF

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

SCHMICK!

REVOLVING RACER.

IN PIT LANE.

TOP GUN! • Superhero Maverick back among the stars

ROBERTS PUSHES GARCIA ALL THE WAY

ALONSO’S CRUISE

ROSTRUM REMY! • The script gets thrown out the window at Assen in a crazy weekend of firsts

CHAOS!

DASH FOR GLORY

MAVERICK'S MISSION • COTA dominance the result of improved aerodynamics and cornering stability

DORNA TALKS LIBERTY TAKEOVER

FABIO EXTENDS, JARVIS TO DEPART

DUCATI STILL TRAILING

BRAKES CAUSED MARQUEZ FALL

FLYIN’ RYAN • Vickers leads Superbike charge after BSB opener

SERT SECURES LE MANS

HERFOSS LEADS AFTER DOUBLE

PADDOCK PASS

MINIGP TAKES SHAPE • Plaisted and Russo on top at Cameron Park

CONDO 750 RAINED OUT

2024 SGP WARMS UP

BRIEFS

CHARLIE HALLAM • We sit down with a bloke who must be very chuffed with how 2024...