IN PIT LANE | THE NUMBER ONE PLATE

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…

05 July 2024

SEGWAY SCOOTERS HEADING FOR AUSTRALIA

Australian commuters will have more choice when it comes to zero-emission urban transport when a trio of Segway scooters start rolling out in Australian dealerships this month.

04 July 2024

GREAT WALL SOUO S2000 ST TECH DETAILS

The new eight-cylinder Great Wall Souo S2000 ST and GL tourers will have 113kW engines and weigh as much as 461kg. This makes them around 20 percent more powerful and…

26 June 2024

YAMAHA JOINS AUTOMATIC REVOLUTION

Back in April we revealed that Yamaha was developing a semi-automatic transmission with a pushbutton shifter and computer controlled electro-mechanical clutch. Now it’s been officially announced and…

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Bike reviews

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…

26 June 2024

Cruiser

HARLEY-DAVIDSON ROAD GLIDE LIMITED

The Road Glide Limited is built for touring on the open road, not for poking around town, but to get out of town most of us need to crawl through…

21 June 2024

Sportsbike

2024 HONDA CBR600RR

Despite prolific success both on track and in showrooms, Honda pulled the plug on the CBR600RR in Europe in 2017. A maturing and fast-changing market allied to…

21 June 2024

Dirt

TRIUMPH TF 250-X

Triumph is embarking on one of its biggest challenges since John Bloor rescued the company from receivership in 1983. The launch of its first motocross racer is its first step…

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Features

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…

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,…

Features

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…

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…

Features

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…

Features

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…

BYE BYE ALEIX ESPARGARO

Beyond all the tears and hugging, there was something revealing about the retirement announcement from Aleix Espargaro at the Barcelona GP. It was about close margins. We’ve seen…

Interviews

DAVE MADDOCK ON AFTN

AMCN’s Matt O’Connell sat down for a chat with Dave Maddock, the man behind the Australian Flat Track Nationals. Well done on Australian Flat…

History

ROAD RACING ON HIGHWAY 1

Since the early 1950s the Pacific Highway has been the chief thoroughfare north out of Sydney, replacing the original route via the Wiseman’s Ferry punt that opened…

ARTHUR SISSIS

Arthur Sissis is showing some serious pace on the Stop & Seal YZF-R1. After a successful ASBK Round 3 at Queensland Raceway he penned this Revolving Racer…

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Products

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…