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Touring

SUZUKI GSX-S1000GX

Before I get stuck into the new Suzuki GSX-S1000GX, let’s look at its predecessors. I’m a huge fan of the GSX-S1000 nakedbike and the…
Bike reviews

SUZUKI V-STROM 800

If there’s one thing Suzuki has become very good at in the last few years, it’s building unpretentious motorcycles which represent really good value for money. And while the V-Strom…
Retro

2024 BMW R 12 NINET

If it’s a retro vibe and an air-cooled swagger you want, the latest R 12 nineT might be the last bike you ever buy. Creating a retro motorcycle is a…
Cruiser

INDIAN SPORT CHIEF

The hulking, matt black, anti-social, licence-shredding Indian Sport Chief is the most recent player in that oversized hooligan bike sector perhaps started by the Yamaha V-Max back when Super Mario…
Road

2024 KTM 990 DUKE

Back in 2005, the 990 was the first Super Duke, but here we are some 19 years later and the so-called midsized Duke has reached the capacity of the original…
Adventure

ROYAL ENFIELD HIMALAYAN 450

Talk about an unexpected flashback! As I throw my leg over the latest Himalayan 450, Royal Enfield’s do-it-all adventure bike, I am instantly transported from outer Melbourne carpark to upper…
Road

DUCATI HYPERMOTARD 698 MONO

Many associate the Ducati brand with V-twins, but after the company released the first single-cylinder engined bike in three decades, it might be time to rethink. Sure, the configuration still…
Road

HUSQVARNA SVARTPILEN AND VITPILEN 401

We sent Youngy to Spain to sample the new Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen 401 models. Here is his take: Divide opinion, then multiply it by the power of how ever…
Touring

BMW M 1000 XR

Today, an M series BMW has fairings designed not so much to keep the wind and rain off its rider as to keep the front wheel somewhere near the ground…
Scooter

HONDA NAVI 2024 - MOBILITY MADE EASY

I’m sitting in the starter’s hands about to launch. I increase the revs but squeeze both brakes on hard so that the CVT transmission doesn’t lurch me forward. My first…
Adventure

TRIUMPH TIGER 900 RALLY PRO

These days it is not very often that I get the call up to ride a brand of motorcycle that I have not previously ridden, but that happened recently when…
Dirt

2024 YAMAHA WR450F

There’s a new 2024 Yamaha WR450F in town and AMCN sent two-time AORC E3 champ Geoff Braico to see if it lives up to Yamaha’s claims that…