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AUSSIE LAUNCH // 2019 MOTO GUZZI V85TT

It’s not often a manufacturer underestimates its own machine, but with the new V85TT, I reckon Moto Guzzi is aiming a little low with its claims the bike…
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TWIN PEAKS - AFRICA TWIN 30TH ANNIVERSARY

I was glad I didn’t have an audience when I tried to reverse the bike out of my shed. Puffin’ and blowin’ to get the thing to roll backwards…
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KTM 790 Adventure - When Less is More

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, adventure bikes that…
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2020 Suzuki Katana launches 8 August

This is not 1981 and Suzuki’s newest Katana will neither be the styling trailblazer or the sales success the legendary GSX1100 was almost 40 years ago. But nor does Suzuki…
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HUSQVARNA ENDURO RACING TEAM DELIVERS KYOGLE AORC VICTORIES

A dominant Daniel Sanders won rounds five and six of the 2019 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) with the Husqvarna Enduro Racing Team at Kyogle in New South Wales on 20-21…
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2019 Indian Motorcycle 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…
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WORLD LAUNCH - 2019 803cc Ducati Scrambler Icon & Desert Sled

Thunder cracks overhead and the lightning stabs at the steamy landscape. As I head up a greasy dirt road along a gloomy river valley the fight goes out of me.
Road

Living With Triumph Street Twin

It turns out that riding Triumph’s Street Twin in street boots rather than riding boots can lead to certain orthopaedic setbacks. I have a bruise on my left big toe. I…
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SECONDHAND - 1996 HONDA CBR600F

Honda’s current CBR600RR can trace its roots back to 1987, when the mid-capacity Honda was sold with the model designation CBR600F – or Hurricane in the US. That first generation…
Pre-2000

TD1: Yamaha’s first boy racer

In the annals of advertising history there exists a famous old print ad, usually the domain of long defunct journals like People, Australasian Post and other pot boilers. The headline…
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AUSSIE LAUNCH - 2019 YAMAHA YZF-R3

Considering I looked past it thinking it was probably the lead rider’s YZF-R6 when I lobbed at the Aussie launch of Yamaha’s updated YZF-R3, it’s fair to say the Japanese…
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World launch 2019 MOTO GUZZI V85TT

Moto Guzzi produced one of the big hits of last November’s EICMA Milan Show in the shape of its retro-themed V85TT adventure tourer. The production version of the Concept 85…