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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…

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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…

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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…

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2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 & 800 range

The adventure bike market has evolved and grown exponentially during the last decade, so it’s serious business for the brands involved. They’re the dual-cab utes of the motorcycle world;…

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Ducati Scrambler Mach 2.0

I have a bit of a connection with Ducati’s Scrambler. Back when I was working on the AMCN news desk, I followed the model’s progress from the very first…

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Moto Guzzi California 1998-2012

Whether your favourite Italian/American is Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, or Sly, or Coppola (The Fonz is my Numero Uno), you could do a lot worse than include a…

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CURTISS ZEUS E-CRUISER

Almost every entrant in the fast-growing street-legal EV market has been a visual compromise. Okay, the Isle of Man TT-winning MotoCzysz E-racer was fine art, but in…

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Benelli TRK502

Adventure bikes have enjoyed a stronghold on the Australian marketplace in recent years; BMW, Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda and many more all have a firm grip on the increasingly…

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ABUS Norton NRS588 TT Racer

Twenty six years on, the magic of it still thrills the spirit – especially in the memory of those privileged to have witnessed it personally. The closest,…