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
BEYOND THE HORIZON
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BROOKES SHIELDS • BSB star Josh Brookes dominates night series at SMSP
PADDOCK PASS
BULEGA FASTEST IN JEREZ • Rookie Ducati rider rips in WorldSBK test
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MICK O’BRIEN • We learn the secrets of the Summer Night Series’ success from the driving force behind this popular event
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