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25 September 2018

Island Classic hit by avgas ban

The annual Island Classic has become the first victim of Motorcycling Australia’s (MA) ban on aviation gasoline, with Team UK refusing to convert its racebikes for a single meeting. Organisers are examining other options to ensure some form of a UK team will front the starter o

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25 September 2018

RECALL: HONDA AFRICA TWIN RECALLED DUE TO STAND FAULT

A recall has been issued for the Honda Africa Twin due to a fault with the stand retaining circlip. The issue is minor but needs to be addressed by your local Honda dealer. The following information was provided by Product Safety Australia Product description An accessory Ma

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25 September 2018

All-new ’Blade is a runner!

No V4, but it’s aiming to be top dog in the power stakes

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22 September 2018

Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 and Continental GT 650

AMCN is presently heading the San Francisco for the work launch of the all-new Royal Enfield Interceptor and Continental GT 650 models.

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19 September 2018

Race Across The Great Divide

New book chronicles Australia’s origins as a road racing powerhouse

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18 September 2018

Superbike or dreamlike?

Rewind 15 years and there was just one bike everyone wanted to see reach production – a road-going version of Honda’s all-conquering MotoGP RC211V. But the technical wizardry of a V5 engine for the road never materialised, despite patent drawings emerging of an RC211V with h

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16 September 2018

Greener Versys 1000 for 2019

Kawasaki is readying a cleaner, greener new Versys 1000 adventure-tourer for its 2019 model range. While the bike has yet to be shown, the first details have been betrayed by its emissions certification, which shows a commitment from Kawasaki to significantly reduce exhaust emiss

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14 September 2018

Hogging the limelight

Harley-Davidson might have been very open about future plans in its recent announcement but there are some future models it didn’t mention. Let’s peek inside the Milwaukee design studio

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13 September 2018

Ural Australia Test Ride Event

Ural Australia will be holding  their next Test Ride Event on Saturday 29th September at Uralla Showgrounds-King Street Uralla NSW Commencing at 8am  See and test ride the latest Ural models Hear the theory of sidecar riding Join us for breakfast from 8am

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11 September 2018

Longing for Loncin

Chinese firm Loncin is getting increasingly ambitious. It recently unveiled a decent-looking 300cc sportsbike, the GP300, and it has both 650cc single-cylinder and 500cc twin-cylinder ranges under development as well. Here’s the first glimpse of another new model, the LX300-6C

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10 September 2018

SUZUKI ADDS 250 V-STROM TO 2019 ADVENTURE LINEUP

Suzuki Australia is expanding its V-Strom adventure lineup with the introduction of the V-Strom 250 ABS. The smallest member of the V-Strom family will be powered by a 248cc parallel-twin engine which Suzuki claims has been optimised to maximise low-to-mid range torque. 10

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08 September 2018

Kevin Cass Racebike

In AMCN issue Vol68 No03, Peter Whitaker's Not Forgotten feature profiled one of Wollongong's favourite motorcycling sons, Kevin Cass Like many great characters of Australian motorcycle racing, Kevin’s story is interwoven with other great names of the era. Kevin’s Wollongong