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

JAPANESE JOIN FORCES ON HYDROGEN • Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki work together to create hydrogen-fuelled combustion engines

R 12 NINET

BEEMER ROCKS ITS BIG BAGGER

NEW MV AGUSTA MODELS • New 950 triples and retro-styled fours

Bigger Brutale

Café cool

Special editions

DIRT CHEAP DESERT SLED

BABY BONNIES DUE NEXT MONTH

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

HOT & NOT • AMCN’S THERMOMETER

ACCIDENT PRONE • Crash rates increasing despite more safety tech

TESTING FOR TIREDNESS

THE KNOW. • HEADCHECK

ERNIE ODLUM • With more than 100 podiums spanning a 30-year career, ‘Oddie’ was revered as Queensland’s greatest speedster

ACCESS. • AIR YOUR THOUGHTS OR VENT YOUR SPLEEN

SOCIALS. • WHAT YOU SAID

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Back to bare bones as the big scooter rebuild begins. Spot the five changes Fred made to this image, email us your answers (and your postal address) and you could win a neck sock!

TECH TAKEOVER • With intel suggesting the new radar-equipped Tracer 9 GT+ will be coming to Oz after all, we take a look at the current model

The SIMPLE LIFE • It’s not the Super Meteor’s specs sheet that’s going to impress you, but the calculated and confident way it goes about its business

RETRO RAMPAGE • Ducati’s base-model Scrambler has received a raft of tech upgrades for 2023, but has it lost its old-school charm?

PEACE TRAIN • How a former US marine staved off the horrors of war by launching his own bike brand. And his debut model really is something else

WHOLE SHOT

“WE’RE GOING INTO THE UNKNOWN” • We sit down with expecting parents Jack and Ruby Miller to talk about love, racing and combining the two…

BIMOTA TURNS 50! • How a weekly haircut played a role in creating one of the world’s most iconic motorcycle manufacturers

TOP THREE TV

RACING WHAT, WHERE & WHEN

RIDE DAYS & SCHOOLS

RALLIES & SHOWS

ROADBIKE ALMANAC • Ultimate by name, ultimate by nature… and price

WELL-WORN LID

SOLE PURPOSE

COOL STUFF

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

SUBSCRIBE TO AUSTRALIAN MOTOR CYCLE

STROOTH

REVOLVING RACER

IN PIT LANE

SIMON SAYS • MotoGP’s pitlane commentator dishes the dirt from MotoGP’s official test at Jerez

Cracker Jack • MotoGP DNF/DNF

BEZ YET • Bezzecchi prevails in 1000th GP thriller!

MARTIN BREAKS CLEAR

TONY AWARD

Agius Attack • Moto2 19th

HOLGADO HOLDS

Kelso Cutback • Moto3 11th

PECCO CRITICISED FOR SAFETY IDEA • Bagnaia’s comments to Italian media spark war of words with Tech3 boss

CRASH COUNT

NW200 MIRED IN CONTROVERSY • Off-track events overshadow great racing at 2023 North West 200

THE ‘WHEELGATE’ DEBACLE

MIGHTY MINI SERIES • Dunker and Henry claim MiniGP’s Rd2 at Newcastle

LINDGREN VERSUS DOYLE

DRANE’S FIRST AFT WIN

TOMMY HAYDEN • The multi-time AMA road racing champion is now Director of Racing Operations at Estenson Racing, the team with which Aussie Tom Drane just picked up his maiden AFT win

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