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ROARING FORTIES: R 1250 GS – 40 YEARS GS EDITION

Nineteen eighty was the year of hairspray and perms worn by macho male rock bands who thought spandex was okay. The Jam were singing about going underground,…
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BALANCE OF POWER: KTM 890 DUKE R

TEST: PETE VORST PHOTOGRAPH INCITE IMAGES I rode KTM’s 790 Duke in Spain on the launch of Metzeler’s M9 RR round black things earlier this year and,…
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ROCKIN' ROLLER: BMW R 18 FIRST EDITION

   Test David Watt    Photography Incite Images In November 2019, BMW released details of its biggest…
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THE UPRISING: DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4 S

Test Adam Child Photography Ducati Ducati’s new Multistrada V4 for 2021 is completely different from the now discontinued V-twin Multistrada 1260 – it’s a…
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SUPER MODEL: MV AGUSTA BRUTALE RUSH

The Brutale Rush is a limited-edition run of 300 units of the already highly acclaimed MV Brutale 1000RR. And when your base bike is already…
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STREETBIKE NAMED DESIRE: APRILIA RS660

Test  Adam Child Photography Milagro You gotta question why this hasn’t been done before. A fun, light usable sportsbike, which isn’t too…
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ELECTRONIC MEANS: YAMAHA YZF-R1

Words Adam Child    Photography Gary Bailey Fifteen years ago, electronic rider aids had the sophistication of…
Pre-2000

HOW THEY ROLLED: 1996 AUSTRALIAN SAFARI IN AN OUTFIT

Words Peter Whitaker Photography Ric Williams/Bushdriver Magazine Ayers House, Adelaide’s upmarket exhibition venue, was packed. Top European motorsport correspondents mingled with the local press for the media launch of the…
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PERFECT STORM: DUCATI SUPERLEGGERA V4

WORDS ADAM CHILD  PHOTOGRAPHY MILAGRO The Superleggera is actually lighter than the WorldSBK bike and its huge bi-plane wings create more downforce than even Ducati’s…
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CUT SNAKE: DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4S

   Words Adam Child      Photography Joe Dick Ducati’s V4 Streetfighter can boast the sort of numbers that would have put…
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2020 KAWASAKI Z900 vs YAMAHA MT09

2020 KAWASAKI Z900 vs YAMAHA MT09: For so many years, if you wanted a reasonably priced nakedbike, you often found yourself with an ill-handling, under-braked and largely…
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LIKE A NINJA: KAWASAKI NINJA 1000 SX

We test the new 2020 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX sports tourer. I got my motorcycle licence back in the early ’90s, when it seemed that everything except Harleys had a…