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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KTM 990 DUKE R • Higher spec, more power and destined to underpin a faired RC R sportsbike

Yamaha Tracer 9 ups the tech • World-first matrix lights, semi-auto trans

BMW SUPERBIKES & SUPERNAKEDS RAISE THE BAR • WorldSBK title defence starts with monster 14.5:1 pistons, improved aero

“The aerodynamics are unbelievable because you don't understand the limits” • Andrea Iannone is wide-eyed and overawed by how much MotoGP bikes have changed in the five years since he was banned from the sport.

HOT & NOT • AMCN’S THERMOMETER

NEW YAMAHA MT-07 FOR 2025 • Vastly improved tech, upgraded chassis, semi-auto option

CFMoto 675NK revealed • New naked triple emerges in type-approvals

700MT is reinvented • Style update, chassis and tech for adventure twin

SUPER ADVENTURE GETS AUTO GEARBOX • Most powerful bike in its class is also the most powerful motorcycle to get a self-shifting trans

Triumph Tiger Sport 800 • New 2025 update aims for the Goldilocks zone

BAGNAIA IS BACK BABY! • Vital points keep his title defence hopes high

OG REIGNS IN THE RAIN

RECORD TO NEW KING

DOWN TO THE WIRE • Bagnaia makes another epic comeback to deny Martin a match point

VIETTI’S COMEBACK

AWESOME ALONSO

LONG WAY TO THE TOP • It's time to celebrate a famous 40-year quest for world dominance

AUSTRALIA’S DESERT RACING KINGS TACKLE BAJA CLASSIC

BIMOTA WOWS FIRST TIME OUT • Could this be the start of a new era for WorldSBK?

Bayliss on a Triumph!

R9 Yamahammer

CHEERS TO 10 YEARS! • Tight finishes, overpowered bikes and disqualifications were just some of the highlights from this year’s hotly contested GP

DRANE DOMINATES DOUBLE-HEADER • AFTN moves up a notch as internationals return to race at home

STARS ALIGN

CLARKE’S CLEAN SWEEP • … and three-year Supersport lap record tumbles

TRELOAR SETS NEW STANDARD OF WINS

ACCESS.YOUR SAY

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Another MotoGP win. Another Ducati white-wash, most recently down to eighth place. Is MotoGP becoming a joke or is the joke on us after doctoring up this image of team boss Gigi Dall’Igna and the boys at the Thailand round? Spot the five changes made, email us your answers (and your postal address!) and you could win a neck sock.

DREAM RIDE • Triumph now produces a race version of their sporty new Daytona 660 – so of course we decided to race it in front of 50,000 fans

RACE COMPETITION

DESERT FOX • The Bear 650 is Royal Enfield’s latest 650cc twin but the scrambler’s strongest suit is not what you expect

“YOUR ASS IS GRASS” • The race that inspired Royal Enfield’s scrambler

DUSTY RIVALS

COLOUR OPTIONS

BOY RACER • Before you can walk, you must crawl. Is the RS 457 step one to becoming a track star?

THE COMPETITION

SHIFTING The FUTURE • Yamaha’s new MT-09 Y-AMT has arrived, and it’s packed with so much tech your left hand will wonder why it’s out of a job

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN MOTORCYCLES

ZEN AND THE ART TURNS 50 • Selling over five million copies in 27 languages, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance remains the most influential motorcycling book ever

FROM PLANE TO HAWK

DANCING ON THE TIP OF A FLAME

ROMANTICISM VS CLASSICISM

"THE BIGGEST MISTAKE IN MY LIFE" • A four-year ban for a drug offence should have ended Andrea Iannone’s career. But this...