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GLOBE TROTTER - KTM 390 ADVENTURE

Not unseasonal firestorms, biblical sandstorms, nor pandemaniacal shitstorms could put a stop to KTM going about its business. So in solidarity, and against the overwhelming tide of fleeing international…
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WHEN LESS IS MORE - KTM 790 ADVENTURE

If you hit the adventure forums online you’ll find an abundance of die-hard fans who still consider the 950/990 Adventure the last of the truly rally-inspired, hardcore,…
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SCREAMING BLUE - YAMAHA YZF-R6

Over the years, the Supersport category has produced some incredible machines, predominantly dominated by racebikes with lights and mirrors, so it’s no wonder that the manufacturers target on-track performance…
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THREE PRONGED ATTACK

Yamaha’s Niken has caused quite a stir since it appeared on the market earlier this year. A leaning three-wheeler, with a performance motor, for grown-ups, for real?…
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QUARTER PIPE: 2020 YAMAHA WR250F

If you need more power in the bush than the 2020 Yamaha WR250F cranks out, I’ll eat my nylons. Importantly, how this power is metered out is…
Used bike

THE OLD GUARD: SUZUKI SV650S

Back in 1999, Suzuki released the first of the hugely popular SV650 series. The SV was considered to be a smaller version of the firm’s TL1000S model, although…
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BIG RED: INDIAN CHIEFTAIN LIMITED

Straight up mates, big-arse baggers just ain’t my bag. Nothing against bags. I bloody love bags. I’ve got loads. But to me, like so many things American, baggers just…
Cruiser

ROCKET SCIENCE

In an otherwise conservative world of low-capacity efficiency, Triumph says ‘hold my beer’ and delivers an all-new stump-pulling, tyre-shredding, 2458cc musclebike redesigned from the ground up.
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HAZARD OF DUKES - 2020 KTM SUPER DUKE R

I’ve been a convert of KTM’s two-wheeled General Lee since the original Super Duke appeared back in 2003. The all-sliding, all-drifting, front-wheel lofting devils have had me wheeling my…
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CROSS ROADS - 2019 MOTO MORINI MILANO

Not long ago, Italy’s small but historic Moto Morini brand was in the bankruptcy courts, as yet another victim of the 2008 GFC crash. But since October 2018, it…
Pre-2000

PORKY PINES - AJS E95 PORCUPINE REPLICA

I was strolling through the paddock at a small club event and did a double-take; what the hell was an E95 Porcupine doing there? Only four of these AJS…
Used bike

FIVE TO FOUR

With all the talk a decade ago around the crossplane crankshaft YZF-R1, it almost seemed like the conventional inline-fours were going to be left to the history books. There’s…