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2022 CFMOTO 300SR: QUICK SPIN

The lairy colour scheme of the 2022 CFMoto 300SR may not be your bag, but it’s hard to argue the value the updated LAMS-approved sportsbike represents When I…
Bike reviews

LAMS ADVENTURE: HIT SINGLES

The subject of LAMS approval is seldom the topic of discussion when you’re standing at the bar talking about adventure bikes. The same names are guaranteed to crop up…
Bike reviews

ADVENTURE BIKE SHOOT-OUT

It’s amazing how much organisation goes into an adventure bike test like this one, so it’s lucky for me that AMCN journo Pete Vorst is so good at, well, organising…
Pre-2000

CAGIVA ELEFANT IN THE ROOM!

Edi Orioli’s January 1990 Paris-Dakar win on the Lucky Explorer Cagiva Elefant 900ie began a huge 12 months for Ducati and its owner Cagiva. By…
Adventure

2022 DUCATI DESERTX: DESERT ROSE

The 2022 Ducati DesertX is a welcome throwback to the early 1990s and the golden era of the infamous Paris-Dakar Rally, an event dominated by gargantuan twin-cylinder dune busters.
Sportsbike

SALT TWOSTROKE 300

Righto, let’s set the scene before we add the Salt. In the last couple of years, there have been a few bikes that get called ‘Australian made’. One comes…
Bike reviews

2022 GASGAS SM 700

To most of us, the name GasGas evokes images of nerveless trials stars bouncing seatless machines from rock to rock, defying sense and gravity, and generally existing on…
Pre-2000

VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING

Phil Irving was adamant: “V-twins: the only practical alternative to the single,” he wrote as the heading of one of the popular columns he wrote in the…
Bike reviews

2022 TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T120

The motorcycling world is full to the brim with retro offerings these days. Even if it’s not your thing, it’s hard not to notice that every manufacturer…
Cruiser

2022 HARLEY-DAVIDSON NIGHTSTER

Unable to meet ever tightening emissions regulations, the long-toothed air-cooled Sportster was dropped from the Harley-Davidson range, leaving a huge hole in the brand’s line up. But…
Bike reviews

2022 BMW S 1000 R RACE

If you’re in the market for a big-bore supernaked, you’re spoilt for choice. You have twins, triples and fours from Japanese and European manufacturers, and no one makes a…
Bike reviews

2022 BMW CE 04 - TAKING CHARGE

Electric two-wheelers have been the coming thing for the past decade, but love them or hate them – and there are plenty of people on both sides of…