Australian Road Rider

THE NO.1 MAGAZINE FOR TOURING Australian Road Rider is the only Australian magazine to address the technical aspects of riding and celebrate the pure enjoyment of touring. At Australian Road Rider we know that there’s nothing like the pleasure of hitting the open road and exploring our glorious country.

Australian Road Rider

ONLINE AT ROADRIDER.COM.AU • New bikes announced too late to squeeze into the issue…

DIFFERENT ROUTES, SAME DESTINATION?

HONDA’S NEW HORNET

DUCATI GOES MUSCULAR

SUZUKI’S PARALLEL TWIN FUTURE • The parallel twin looks like being the future — here are two new models…

KAWASAKI’S LAMS SUPERMOTO

BRITISH BIKE BONANZA • Visit the UK with your editor…

FASTER TRIPLES AND CHROME COLLECTION

OUT OF AFRICA • Born of the Africa Twin, Honda’s new touring bike is built for long rides…

COMPETITION • We considered comparison touring bikes with similar performance and pricing.

HONDA NT1100

HIMALAYAS BY HIMALAYAN • The editor gets to ride some of the highest roads in the world…

LONG-DISTANCE GSX • Suzuki takes the Universal Japanese Motorcycle to a whole new level

COMPETITION • For comparison purposes, we’ve looked at other long-distance bikes with 17-inch wheels in a similar price bracket.

2022 SUZUKI GSX-S1000GT

THE ACCURSED MOUNTAINS • She almost killed him, but he came to love her anyway…

DIY

A HARLEY SPORTS TOURER? • The Motor Co now builds the Pan America adventure tourer; is the Low Rider ST really a sports-tourer?

COMPETITION

2022 HARLEYDAVIDSON FXLRST LOW RIDER ST

FIGHTING FIT AT 50 • 50 years since the first Z900, we ride the latest version…

COMPETITION

WHAT WE’D DO IF WE OWNED IT

2022 KAWASAKI Z900 50TH ANNIVERSARY MODEL

ADDED TECH • Modern technology will improve your ride… won’t it?

PAT’S VIETNAM VESPAS • Vietnam loves its Vespas…

GOING ELECTRIC

AROUND DUNGOG • Accessible, relaxed and surrounded by stunning scenery, Dungog’s a great ride…

ANIMAL KINGDOM

GIMME LATITUDE

ANDY BAGS THE NEW TIGER

MOD COMMS • Motorcycle communicators do a whole lot more than let you be heard…

MID-SEASON, ALL-PURPOSE ROAD GLOVE

MOTUL ROAD CHAIN PACK

MICHELIN’S SPORT, TOURING AND COMMUTING SOLUTION

GRAND TURISMO

THE BIMOTA COLLECTOR

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INNOVATION ON HOLD?