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

BMW’S BIG, BAD RETRO IS A GOER • R 20 Concept is the biggest boxer yet packed into a small chassis

VARIABLE-VALVE TIMING FOR 2025 KTMS • New 1390 Rally busted alongside 1490 Super Adventure prototype

RETRO FOUR-POT COULD REACH OZ

SEMI AUTOS FOR CFMOTOS

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

HOT & NOT • AMCN’S THERMOMETER

DUCATI REVIVES SLED, CAFE RACER • Factory custom concepts update missing variants

CFMOTO’S 500cc INLINE-FOUR

THE YEAR WAS…2014

STONE • From Bad Max to Mad Max, Australia’s first biker flick Stone turns 50

ACCESS.

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

YOUNG GUN • Meet the fourth, but certainly not the last, model in Royal Enfield’s growing 650cc twins platform

BOBBING ALONG

NINE YARDS • The middleweight segment is becoming increasingly competitive across all genres. BMW throws its newest hat in the mid-capacity adventure ring

THE LINE-UP

MEGA MARKET

TECHNICAL SOAP BOX

ORIGIN OF SPECIES • On paper these two learner-approved sporties look almost identical but just how different are Japanese and Chinese motorcycles these days?

DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR

SECOND OPINION

PHEASANT WOOD

FIRST RIDE SCREAMER REBORN • Seven years after pulling the plug on the CBR600RR, Honda has rolled it out kicking and screaming and meeting all the current regulations

HONDA CBR600RR RACING

SCREAMING MATCH

WHOLE SHOT

PATON MAKER • By the time you read this, there’s every chance Michael Dunlop has surpassed his late uncle Joey to be the Isle of Man TT’s most successful ever rider. And a good handful of those wins are thanks to this very bike

AGAINST ALL ODDS

WHIZ BANG! • As electric motorcycle sales stumble attention is increasingly turning towards green combustion engine technology

DOES THE COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVE A FUTURE?

EVENTS. • YOUR SOCIAL LISTINGS

06 THINGS YOU NEED

BUYER’S GUIDE.A-Z OF NEW BIKE PRICES

STROOTH!

REVOLVING RACER.

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IN PIT LANE.

REDEMPTION! • Bagnaia nails latest turnaround in a late-race boilover

OGURA TO THE FORE

NEXT-LEVEL ALONSO

PEERLESS PECCO • Even a grid penalty can’t stop dominant Bagnaia restoring title chase at home

ROBERTS HOLDS ON!

AWESOME ALONSO

DUNLOP EQUALS JOEY’S 26 WINS

HICKY WINS IN PITLANE!

THRONE THE CROWES!

THE AUSSIES

BRIEFS

SILLY SEASON IS ON STEROIDS! • Paddock waits for cards to fall as three riders fight for one seat

MILLER LOOKING FOR A JOB

KELSO SIGNS MOTO3 DEAL FOR 2025

PLAISTED & RUSSO ON TOP • Young guns cement points lead in closely-fought series

AUSSIES IN ESBK

HERFOSS WINS A DRENCHED ROAD AMERICA BAGGERS

ECU BAN FURORE

DOC MARTIN • Clinical effort earns threepeat for Vaculik at Czech GP

THREE AUSSIES GET SECOND CHANCE

CLARKE’S REDEMPTION

MONSON LEGACY RAISES $35K

DAVE MADDOCK • An industry stalwart and the brains behind the newest race category to gain Australian championship status

REAR VIEW. • FROM THE ARCHIVES