PRICE GUIDE WHAT TO LOOK FOR SERVICE HISTORY While a BMW K1300GT costs plenty, the pay-back is its remarkable combination of first-class touring ability and warp-speed performance BMW’s ‘airhead’ models established the brand’s reputation as handy touring bikes long ...
In a time when having the courage for nonconformity paid off, French-based ELF produced a series of eccentric yet competitive 500cc GP machines. This is the last of the line The ultimate expression of the ELF two-wheeled design philosophy was ...
SECOND OPINION Paul Andrews VITAL STATS RANGE 315KM TYRES FITTED TURNING CIRCLE POWER/TORQUE Fun Fact Stepping onto Yamaha’s MT-07 HO (High Output) means stepping over the $10K threshold. Investing an additional $900 or so could mean the difference between ...
Ferdinand Green Just the FACS Guzzi gaze A German building some of the best café racers in the world? You better believe it. And here’s the latest – the ‘KM21’ Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk II Imagine you’ve built ...
Second opinion – Matt O’Connell The finalists! Vital Stats TYRES FITTED TURNING CIRCLE How good has the big-bore nakedbike battle for supremacy been over the past few years? Well, not as good as it could have been, and that’s ...
Moto Guzzi’s two new models, the V9 Roamer and Bobber, are perfect examples of bikes that look better in the flesh. It’s not that they look ugly in the photographs, quite the opposite, but in the flesh the classic styling ...
The most striking attribute of Suzuki’s superbike-derived naked is undoubtedly its price. Three grand more will get you the next-least-expensive MT-10, after which you’ll need another two thousand-plus for the Trumpy or Beemer, and an extra 10 big ones or ...
The Yamaha WR450F was Australia’s highest selling enduro motorcycle last year. Already fast, bulletproof and capable, it just copped a decent update for 2021 Let’s cut to the chase. Unless your name is Josh Green, you probably don’t need a ...
How do you properly test Ducati’s four-bikes-in-one Multistrada: in the city, on the open road, on the track or on the gravel? Paul McCann grabbed the keys and said ‘all of the above’ The Multistrada 1200S is the kind of ...
Harley’s highway heavyweight is back with the new Milwaukee-Eight engine and top touring credentials. But will it rule the roads Down Under? The world of long-haul motorcycling is an ever-expanding genre that now covers adventure, adventure touring, sports touring… And ...
Having both custom bikes and a custom shop, John Ryland is 2-for-2 in the dreams-made-real stakes. But he had one left Chasing dreams. It’s the subject of many a self-help manual, Hollywood movie and dolphin-covered motivational poster. It’s also the leading ...
Sometimes, when the world feels like it’s not letting up, you’ve got to jump on a bike and get away The last time I rode the Snowy Mountains Highway, it was cold, wet and miserable, and with winter fast approaching ...
Kawasaki’s popular learner-approved sportsbike has broken free of its GPX250 roots. Now lighter, faster and more powerful than its predecessor, this is the new Ninja 400 Each time WorldSBK stars Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes chalk up another win on ...
Happy Chinese New Year After a December of nothing but tumbleweeds in the long-term parking area, Christmas has come late with the arrival of some new metal, including the cool all-black version of the recently released CFMoto 650NK. We have ...
The Wooler Flat Four 500 delivered a level of performance and comfort years ahead of its time, yet became just another fascinating footnote to the Motorcycle history book Brits are pretty good at inventing things, but much less good at ...
Hungry Tiger Local launch 104 Reasons to change Triumph’s wave of new bikes surges on with an updated version of a modern stalwart – the Tiger Sport The concept behind Triumph’s Tiger Sport is not new, but it’s one ...
The Shoei GT-Air Suzuki MotoGP Helmet is now available at authorised Suzuki dealers. Retailing exclusively through Suzuki dealers, this premium helmet features AIM+ (Advanced Integrated Matrix Plus Multi-Fibre) construction, EPS-liner system, CNS-1 anti-fog pinlock system, Emergency Quick Release System (EQRS), ...
A very rare but hugely important motorcycle in America’s two-wheeled history, the Pierce Four was the country’s first in-line four Firing up the Pierce’s engine is one of the most difficult things to do, but fortunately I have help at ...
It’s been 30 years since Alex Crivillé took out the 125cc GP world title aboard the Rotax-powered JJ-Cobas. We wind back the clock to a time when two-strokes ruled the world At the age of 19 years and five months, ...
It looks like a Transformer, pulls like a monster, and is the new top ranking bike in the MT army In 2014 Yamaha pulled the covers off the MT-09 in what was arguably the launch of the MT (aka Monster ...
It’s 10k cheaper than a H2 but apart from its clothes and its price the Z H2 loses little in the grin factor stakes over its expensive stablemate Since Kawasaki released its H2 and H2R in 2015, the supercharged weapons ...
PRICE GUIDE WHAT TO LOOK FOR SERVICE HISTORY Suzuki’s original litre-class crotch-rocket can be an affordable and rewarding choice for used-sportsbike buyers With Yamaha’s YZF-R1 sitting pretty as top dog in the performance-bike stakes as the new millennium dawned, ...
Not quite you? Cos if you’re going to the effort… Never given a Can-Am a thought? What if it was LAMS-approved and nearly $13K cheaper than the least-expensive Spyder? If you’re looking to get on a motorcycle, then Can-Am’s ...
The much anticipated BMW R 18 touches down in Australia. How does it stack up on Aussie roads? Test David Watt Photography Incite Images In November 2019, BMW released details of its biggest motorcycle engine yet. An 1802cc air-cooled, ...
Second Ops – Mark Vender Dyno Dave Says How good do learners have it these days? This good: a place in the Motorcycle of the Year awards for 2017, wearing a badge that’ll impress those who see status in ...
What happens if you take big-bore adventure bikes way out of their comfort zone? Jump on and find out Test SAM MACLACHLAN Photography JOSH EVANS Josh, just blink or something so I know you understand me,” I wasn’t mucking ...
We grab Ural’s new two-wheel drive offering and head for the hills We both lay splayed on the ground and in shock at the sight of the huge hunk of sunset-orange Russian steel towering and teetering above us, ever so ...
The 1980s was an era when motorsport was full of radical prototypes financed by big tobacco. Here’s a homage, sans the health concerns The 1980s was a starkly different time. Greed was good, there were gnarly designs and Gurney flaps ...
Are you bored of sharp scenery? Yearning to make the bella-vista a blur? Even when they’re touring, KTM are ready to race. How can a motorcycle be soft and approachable, but also sharp and brutal? It depends on what you’re ...
Ducati Quick Shift Exhaust system Rider info Get connected The new SuperSport hits a new balance between road rideability and racetrack agility – has Ducati found the perfect blend? Many of us dream of riding a full-blooded superbike through ...
Gimmick or more grip? Yamaha’s Niken and MT-09 on a racetrack, with timing and telemetry reveals all! Yamaha’s Niken has caused quite a stir since it appeared on the market earlier this year. A leaning three-wheeler, with a performance motor, ...
Building Bricks BMW R80G/S BMW R80GS WHAT TO LOOK FOR SERVICE HISTORY Price Guide New Price We’ve selected the BMW R100GS, a golden oldie from today’s bewildering range of available second-hand tourers BMW’s release of its R80G/S, a 798cc, ...
It’s the lightest and fastest series production bike Ducati has ever built, Jonny Rea and Kawasaki will need to watch their backs 2019 represents a watershed moment for Ducati, and indeed for Superbike racing in general. That’s because for the ...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Determined to win back the world 500cc title in 1982, Yamaha put its star rider onto a completely untried V4. Here’s what happened The 1982 season was a watershed moment in the 500cc Grand ...
The Métisse mill Two-wheeled Karma An all-new parallel-twin café racer designed and developed by one of Britain’s most historic motorcycle brands is finally gearing up for production Ask people to name five classic British motorcycle marques and a few ...
The owner says… Sam, you have taken passion to the next level buying this bike. What was the thought process? How did this whole thing come about? You don’t just trawl eBay or Gumtree for a cheap used WSBK ...
When Yamaha made its first motorcycle 66 years ago, it proved how good it was by flying up a volcano Wars drive advances in technology. By the end of WWII, guns fired more bullets in less time, tanks were heavier ...
Thirty years after the birth of one of motorcycling’s most renowned monikers, Honda’s Africa Twin is refined and ready for adventure It was Friday arvo and the Adventure Sport and I were heading off for Kelly Country. To avoid long-weekend ...
PRICE GUIDE New Price WHAT TO LOOK FOR SERVICE HISTORY Suzuki’s middleweight V-Strom dual-sport could well be the motorcycle equivalent of the Swiss army knife. Suzuki’s dual-sport (or adventure touring) model, the DL1000 V-Strom, arrived in 2002, a competent ...
With AMCN’s inaugural Adventure Issue fast approaching, we’ve been spending a lot of time in the dusty stuff and hard-core adventure riding calls for some hard-core adventure gear. Leading up to this, I was dreading locating adventure specific gear specifically ...