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

PRODUCTION HONDA V3R DESIGN LEAKED • Showbike prototype will reach our showrooms almost unchanged

NEXT-GEN S 1000 RR, M 1000 RR NEARLY GOOD TO GO • All-new BMW superbike spotted on test ahead of official launch

CFMoto V4SR-RR honed in Italian wind tunnel

CB1000GT FOR OZ • Sports-tourer has Fireblade engine along with high-tech and touring comfort

ZXMoto starts to ‘boxer’ clever • New twin fired up for expected ADV bike!

Harley Deadwood launched for Sturgis • Not for export, though. Grrr

“The Race One crash really did hinder the whole weekend. But we bounced back pretty well” • Tough-as-teak Tayla Relph calmly debriefs another hard-fought weekend on the WorldWCR calendar

AIR YOUR THOUGHTS OR VENT YOUR SPLEEN

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

MARC OF THE YEAR! • Has there ever been a victory as inevitable as this one? Well, not since last year’s German Grand Prix

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN KINGS • Peter Bom, writing exclusively for AMCN, analyses the advantage Aprilia’s RS GP holds right now

RECORD RUN ENDS • Sooner or later, the all-time consecutive victory run of Nicolo Bulega had to end

AUSSIE GRIT

DOUBLE DON TOM

FEAR AND LOATHING

NEWS BRIEFS

RESULTS

YOUNG GUN FIRES • A reserve rider upset the stars in Sweden, while Mildura’s Blake Schlein became world champ in SGP4!

DOUBLE FOR DUNKER • Cameron Dunker made the perfect start to season 2026 with back-to-back wins

MACCA’S MAIDEN WIN • Perennial big bore champion Korey McMahon takes his first outright Pro Enduro victory to keep the 2026 championship alive

TRIUMPH THE RULE OF 3 • One brand-new model, three heavily revised favourites and a clear plan for every rider. Someone over at Triumph has clearly been paying attention…

YESTERDAY’S TOMORROW • Royal Enfield’s latest arrivals reflect two aspects of the brand’s success. The Bullet 650 celebrates the legacy that built the brand, while the Guerrilla 450 Apex represents the modern thinking driving its future

Still SCREAMING! • What the ZX-10R lacks in electronic tricks it more than makes up for with a glorious inline four, razor-sharp handling and a chassis honed by years at the pointy end of WSBK

GODSPEED, BARRY • Barry Sheene’s courageous final victory at Goodwood, the men who saved his Norton and what it feels like to ride one of racing’s most evocative machines

MY MARC OF MADNESS • Endless pre-tests, suffocating nerves and one unforgettable reward: riding the ultimate racing motorcycle

ZERO TO HERO

A CENTURY IN THE RED • Nearly 120,000 Ducatisti from 94 countries descended on Misano to celebrate Ducati’s centenary – but the real story was found in the people, the bikes and the sense of belonging that comes with both

“YOU’RE NEVER A FAILURE AS LONG AS YOU TRY TO GET UP” • Evel Knievel biographer Stuart Barker spent the last 25 years thinking he’d lost a major interview with the daredevil. But a recent clear-out revealed the whole exchange transcribed into a notebook. What you are about to read has never been published before…

TWO ROADS. ONE DREAM. • One is building a name in Europe. The other is knocking on MotoGP’s door. Together, Archie McDonald and Senna Agius reveal what life is really like for Australia’s next generation of Dream Chasers…

SHIFT HAPPENS • Once a dirty word among riders, ‘automatic’ is becoming one of motorcycling’s hottest battlegrounds as the gearbox undergoes its biggest shake-up in a century – and this...