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.

ED’S DESK.

Australian Motorcycle News

HUSQVARNA VITPILEN 901 IMMINENT • March launch for beefed-up sportster to complement single-cylinder model

THE TWIN-PISTON SINGLE CYLINDER?!

TRIUMPH’S STORMING 180HP TRIPLE

HARLEY HYDRA-GLIDE NEARS LAUNCH • More tech details of upcoming ‘Revival’ emerge

QJMOTOR RANGE HAS GLOBAL REACH

KOVE 350RR MEANS BUSINESS

EVERYTHING ELECTRIC! • A three-day EV events highlights offerings and challenges facing Australia’s buyers and distributors

LIGHT AND EASY

RACE FACES

SAVIC SHAPING UP

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

ADVENTURE MARKET HAS NEW PLAYER • Zontes expands its three-cylinder range with extreme off-road and road-based versions

NEW 400cc FOUR TO TAKE ON ZX-4RR

WARREN MONSON • Sidecar, speedway, land-speed racing, drags and talented mechanic, Warren Monson could do it all

ACCESS.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Ducati’s Hypermotard 698 Mono is shaping up to be the ultimate hooligan bike. It also sounds awesome with the optional Termignoni exhaust fitted, too. Spot the five changes Fred has made to this image, email us your answers (and address!) and you could win a neck sock.

NEW NOSTALGIA • Triumph’s first foray into the modern sub-400cc sector redefines cut-price quality with a pair of singles which deserve to stay in garages long after the P-plates come off

THEORY OF EVOLUTION • The first fruits of Kawasaki purchasing all but half of Bimota have landed on Aussie shores. We head to the ’Creek on $140k worth of exotica…

TESI EVOLUTION

MIDDLE EIGHT • Suzuki weighs in on the midsized sportsbike sector

GAME ON

MIDSIZED MELEE

FULL SPEED AHEAD! • Will 2024 be more of the same or time for a shake-up?

DISQUALIFICATIONS INCOMING?

AMCN’S PREDICTIONS

MARC MARQUEZ: EYES ON THE PRIZE

THE CONTENDERS

PEDRO ACOSTA: SOONER RATHER THAN LATER

THE JAPANESE COMEBACK TRAIL

ADVANCE AUSTRALIANS

DUCATI • The opening preseason tests at Sepang suggest Ducati still rules MotoGP with an iron fist. So what are the others going to do about it?

APRILIA

KTM

HONDA

YAMAHA

THE MAKING OF MARTIN • Neil Morrison speaks to people in the know to see just how battler Jorge Martin stepped up to become the fastest rider of 2023

FOR BETTER OR WORSE • At the start of grand prix racing’s 76th season, AMCN’s knowledgable and opinionated columnist Michael Scott recalls the most significant changes the sport has been through

RUBBER SOUL

SAFETY (AT) LAST

EVENTS. • YOUR SOCIAL LISTINGS

TOP GEAR. • COOL STUFF

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

SCHMICK!

REVOLVING RACER.

IN PIT LANE.

CHAOTIC! • Nothing could prepare you for the madness that was the opening round of the 2024 WorldSBK championship

STELLAR MONTELLA

HIGH WATERS • The 2024 grid looked very different from 2023 but it was the same result for Josh Waters – a Phillip Island clean sweep

COMMANDER NAHLOUS

CZECH MATE

CODE RED • Final preseason test in Qatar indicates Ducati’s dominance is set to continue

TYRE BLUNDER STRIKES AGAIN • Mandatory pitstop and shortened races a case of deja-vu for resurfaced Phillip Island

ASBK ALSO AFFECTED

PADDOCK PASS

CLEAR WATERS • ASBK leader gets points buffer as Herfoss and Voight fly out

TOPARIS HEADS STATESIDE

MAX WHALE • The Aussie flat-track...