QUICK SPIN | CFMOTO 450NK

RIDE INTO SPRING WITH ROYAL ENFIELD

Saturday 14 September is your chance to ride into Spring at Royal Enfield dealerships around the country. The Royal Enfield Ride into Spring Open Day will take place at participating…

23 August 2024

ASBK FINALE TICKETS ON SALE NOW

ASBK finale tickets are now on sale for the event to be held at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park (The Bend) in South Australia from 8-10 November. In addition to the…

22 August 2024

CAN-AM IS BACK ON TWO WHEELS

Can-Am is back on two wheels with the Pulse and Origin models revealed in full and pre-orders now being taken for the electric bikes. News of Can-Am’s…

16 August 2024

2025 KTM 450 SMR UNVEILED

The covers have come off the 2025 KTM 450 SMR, which the Austrian manufacturer describes as ‘a benchmark in the world of supermoto’. Using the recently…

15 August 2024

YAMAHA PATENTS E-SUPERBIKE

In a show of confidence for electric bikes, Yamaha patents an e-superbike as can be seen in the attached drawings. If you were paying attention to the talk from the…

07 August 2024

ROYAL ENFIELD BEAR SPOTTED

A new Royal Enfield Bear spotted in woods? Not quite, but more than a year ago Royal Enfield applied for rights to the name ‘Interceptor 650 Bear’…

07 August 2024

SPIED! 2025 BMW R 1300 RT

The 2025 BMW R 1300 RT has been spied in testing. The clean-sheet design of the R 1300 GS means that the rest of BMW’s 1254cc boxer…

01 August 2024

MT-O9 SEMI-AUTO, ANYONE?

The low-cost Yamaha MT-09 semi-auto system adds just 3kg to overall weight. Yamaha has announced its MT-09 will be the first of a range of bikes fitted with its new…

31 July 2024

IT'S OFFICIAL! CFMOTO 675SR-R

New details on the CFMoto 675SR-R have emerged. It’s been a year since CFMoto surprised the world by demonstrating a prototype three-cylinder sportsbike and…

31 July 2024

HYDROGEN KAWASAKI DEMONSTRATED

Kawasaki wheeled out its unique prototype hydrogen-powered bike in front of the Suzuka 8 Hours crowd demonstrating that it’s a viable possibility for eco-friendly bikes of the future. Built as…

31 July 2024

MOTOGP DERIVED TECH FOR NEW DUCATI PANIGALE V4

The new Ducati Panigale V4 loses its iconic single-sided swingarm and adopts MotoGP-derived aero and electronics. Swapping the V-twin for a V4 in Ducati’s range-topping superbike seemed risky in 2018…

10 July 2024

BMW R 1300 GS ADVENTURE

It’s asset to assume the R 1300 GS Adventure will sell like hotcakes. Over successive generations the Adventure version of BMW’s boxer GS models have increasingly established themselves as standalone…

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Bike reviews

29 August 2024

QUICK SPIN | CFMOTO 450NK

While exploring my local backroads on the new CFMoto 450NK, I can’t help but be reminded of Hyosung and the waves the Korean brand was making in…

27 August 2024

DUCATI SCRAMBLER FULL POWER

The Ducati Scrambler Full Power was playing mind games with me with me. You know what it’s like when you have a bike in your garage and you find it…

22 August 2024

TESTED | BMW R 12 NINET

What do you get when you cross one of motorcycling’s most iconic engines with some very convincing retro-cool styling? The BMW R 12 nineT, that’s what… Every now and then,…

15 August 2024

DUCATI PANIGALE V2 BAYLISS

This is the Ducati Panigale V2 Bayliss. In 2001 Troy Bayliss rode the wheels off a 996R to win his first of three WorldSBK titles and then continued on to…

13 August 2024

KAWASAKI ELIMINATOR SE

There’s no doubt the Kawasaki Eliminator has a big job ahead of it; the LAMS sales battleground is more competitive than ever with new riders able to select from a…

07 August 2024

FIRST RIDE | ROYAL ENFIELD GUERRILLA 450

Heading down to an underground carpark at dawn in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Barcelona, I see a row of shiny new Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 roadsters, and the…

01 August 2024

1390 SUPER DUKE R: THE BEAST

The Super Duke R is the big daddy of KTM’s Duke crew, all 1350cc of it. Born as a hypernaked rather than a converted superbike, it is as intimidating as…

31 July 2024

TRACK TEST! KTM RC 8C

We ride the track-only KTM RC 8C to get an insight into the tech that will be on offer when the Austrian manufacturer returns to the pure sportsbike segment with…

31 July 2024

SUZUKI GSX-S1000GX & YAMAHA TRACER 9 GT+

Thanks to Suzuki and Yamaha, affordable sports-touring goes high-tech with the GSX-S1000GX & Tracer 9 GT+. Remember when sports-tourers were more sports than tour? Bikes from the 90s like the…

05 July 2024

2024 KAWASAKI NINJA ZX-4RR

Back in the 90s when 400cc four-cylinder sportsbikes were the thing, I was busy avoiding homework and school detention. Then when I got my licence in 2002 I was too…

04 July 2024

Adventure

BEN GRABHAM ON THE CFMOTO 450MT

Who better to test the new CFMoto 450MT than four-time King of the Desert Finke Desert Race winner Ben Grabham?

30 June 2024

Road

HARLEY-DAVIDSON X500 - ON THE LAM

It’s no secret that the Harley-Davidson X500 is based on the same platform as the Benelli Leoncino 500 and is built for H-D in China by Benelli’s parent comapny QJ…

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Features

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS ON BIKES

With automatic transmissions gaining popularity in the motorcycle world, AMCN’s Ben Purvis asks, is the manual transmission heading for extinction? History shows that when an easier way of performing a…

REVOLVING RACER | DECLAN VAN ROSMALEN

Declan Van Rosmalen set aside some time between his busy race schedule to pen this Revolving Racer column for AMCN… I’ve just completed an amazing week in…

REMY GARDNER EXCLUSIVE

A previous stint in MotoGP for Aussie Remy Gardner had a brutal ending. But, as the former Moto2 world champion is gradually getting the hang of the Superbike World Championship,…

A COUPLE OF BOBS

A couple of Bobs had a couple of crashes that helped shape political and music history. BOB HAWKE Born in 1924, Neil Hawke was the first-born son of Ellie, a…

IN PIT LANE | THE NUMBER ONE PLATE

The Number One plate, according to Mick Doohan, is nothing more than a target for the other riders: “When you’re on the bike, you can’t even see…

Interviews

GRID TALK | JAYDEN MARTIN

In Grid Talk this fortnight, young West Aussie Jayden Martin and his dad Grant talk about the road to the British championship and where he’d like to…

Opinion

EURO INVASION OF SUZUKA?

Is there a Euro invasion of Suzuka on the way? It certainly looks like it after this year’s race, and victory for a non-Japanese manufacturer might not be far away,…

TOP 10 BIKE COUNTRIES

This list of the top 10 bike countries was inspired by Rough Guides Ltd, a British publisher of print and digital guide books founded in 1982. If you’ve not seen…

Interviews

KYM BOLTO

The first two years of the South Australian Junior Cup were incredibly successful, Kym Bolto, but I hear there’s some disappointing news for 2024? Numbers have taken a downturn for…

Opinion

ANGUS GRENFELL

Angus Grenfell took time out to pen this column for AMCN… SCORCHING ACROSS the finish line at the iconic Portimao circuit to secure my first FIM JuniorGP World…

DIGITAL GURU? WE WANT YOU!

JOB AD: AMCN is looking for a Digital Guru Position: Digital Guru Location: Remote/On-site Type: Full-time Are you a digital wizard with a passion for motorcycles? Do you…

IS THE ELECTRIC DREAM SHORTING OUT?

Do riders dream of electric bikes? Looking at the latest sales figures from around the world the answer appears to be a resounding ‘no’ as battery-powered motorcycle registrations drop in…

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Products

IXON AIRBAG FOR ANY JACKET

The Ixon airbag has been designed so that it can be worn under any set of race leathers or jacket. Its official model name is the IX-AIRBAG…

IXON VORTEX 3 LEATHER SUIT

Leather race suits are not something you replace every day so I was stoked when I picked up this new Ixon Vortex 3 the other day and tried it on…

Products

NEW GEAR | IXON, FIVE & GOPRO

Over the past few months we have been running this new gear from Ixon, Five & GoPro in all kinds of conditions on all kinds of bikes.

Reviews

TESTED | BELL RACE STAR DLX FLEX

When it comes to time spent with my head inside this Bell Race Star DLX Flex, the old adage ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ certainly rings true. I can…

TOP GEAR MAY 2024

Check out this selection of Top Gear for May 2024 that the AMCN team has thrown together. There are things for your feet, your body, your head…

TOP GEAR APRIL 2024

Check out this selection of new products and top gear that the AMCN team has compiled for April 2024… PUT THE BOOT IN The Gaerne G.Dune…

BEAUT STUFF FOR YOU & YOUR BIKE

Check out this selection of beaut stuff the AMCN team has thrown together. There are things for your feet, your head, your phone and your bike… BOOT…

TOP GEAR MARCH 2024

Check out this selection of beaut stuff that the AMCN team has compiled for Top Gear March 2024. There’s gear for your hands, your head and your bike……

TOP GEAR FEBRUARY 2024

Check out this selection of beaut stuff that the AMCN team has compiled for Top Gear February 2024. There’s gear for your bike, your feet, your…

TOP GEAR JANUARY 2024

Check out this selection of beaut stuff that the AMCN team has compiled for Top Gear January 2024. There’s gear for your feet, your head and your…

KRIEGA R30 BACKPACK TEST

A good backpack is hard to find and when you do find a good one, it’s hard to part with. Thankfully, the Kriega R30 backpack is well…