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Adventure

The key to adventure

“Dalgety pub is only half an hour down the road, or do you reckon we can make it?” I asked travelling buddy Andy, hopeful he’d concede that…
Bike reviews

Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L 30th Anniversary Adventure Sports

It was Friday arvo and the Adventure Sport and I were heading off for Kelly Country. To avoid long-weekend traffic, we skirted the eastern edge of Melbourne to the…
Bike reviews

BMW R 1200 RT 2005-2009

Prior to the release of the R 1200 RT in 2005, BMW’s RT-series touring bikes had represented the gold standard for the category in terms of the model’s…
Bike reviews

2018 MV Agusta Turismo Veloce Lusso 800 SCS

By its own admission, MV Agusta has ridden a bumpy road in recent times. The past few years have seen its fair share of struggles. But rather…
Bike reviews

Royal Enfield Lock Stock

Ever since Royal Enfield unveiled its two all-new retro-styled parallel twins – the Interceptor and Continental GT models – at the 75th EICMA Milan Show in November last year,…
Bike reviews

First thoughts Scrambler 1100 Sport

AMCN is presently testing Ducati’s new Scrambler 1100 which has just been released in Australia. We are testing the top-of-the-range Sport model which is equipped…
Bike reviews

2018 KTM 790 Duke

I feel extra qualified to test the new KTM 790 Duke, simply because the Duke name and I go way back. I attended the world launch of the very…
Touring

KTM 1290 Super Duke GT

The last time I rode the Snowy Mountains Highway, it was cold, wet and miserable, and with winter fast approaching there was a chance I’d be suffering the same…
Bike reviews

BMW K1600GT Spezial

I have been blessed with a neighbour who always seems to need to prune his front hedge whenever I’m tinkering in my garage, or arrive home on the latest…
Bike reviews

Rupert’s Ride Harley-Davidson 883 Tracker – Mule Motorcycles

The fact that San Diego’s Mule Motorcycles nearly exclusively produce performance trackers, means it knows exactly what it’s doing. And not just trumped-up backyard jobs. Every single…
Bike reviews

Honda Africa Twin CRF1000L 30th Anniversary Adventure Sports

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…
Road

Benelli TRK502

The Benelli was well overdue for its first service. Up until it came into my possession, it had been around Tasmania as a packhorse for a photographer who…