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2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 Review

The YZF-R3 has borrowed some of the technology from its bigger R6 and R1 siblings to help create a perfect combination between rideability and excitement. When Yamaha introduced the R1…
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World launch : Avon TrailRider adventure tyre

TrailRider range is testimony of how important the adventure touring sector is these days and also of how high in the rankings Australia is in terms of importance within that…
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Two LAMS-Approved Motorcycles. One Bush Adventure

will reward you with a thousandfold more-thrills-per-kilometre than what you’ll experience on your usual Sunday tarmac blast. Your clutch and throttle control will also get a proper workout. To experience…
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Earn Your Stripes Triumph Tiger 800 XRx

Softcore doesn’t sound like what any red-blooded adventurer would want to be called. Especially not us burly, surly Aussie adventure-bike blokes ’n’ birds, which is probably why Triumph sell more…
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Tracers of Love | Yamaha's MT-09 Tracer

My surprise announcement to Mary that we’d be spending two days touring the gorgeous Hunter Valley region and staying in romantic accommodation was met with a loving smile. It was…
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AMCN Long-Termer KTM RC390 Gets Ready To Rumble

Our hope and aim in sending our favourite little repli-racer off for an attitude adjustment is to transform it into a real-racer, with the track manners to match its Moto3…
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Torque About Town Yamaha MT-09 ABS

the consensus was that this is a great value-for-money bike with lots of low-down grunt to satisfy the inner hooligan. The main drawback though, was its jerky ride-by-wire fuelling. If…
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H2R Lights Up Phillip Island

We managed to borrow one of the first privately owned H2Rs in Australia from Kawasaki nut and proprietor of SA Motorcycles, Evan Byles, for a proper race-pace shakedown around the…
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Noise, Speed, Power Kawasaki H2 vs H2R

Even sitting in pitlane at Qatar’s Losail circuit, the Kawasaki H2 looks fast. But thumb the jet fighter-style start switch and the impression deepens. As the supercharged engine roars to…
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Cool Custom Yamaha C-Spec GT95

As an adult and a custom-bike builder, Chisholm has been given the opportunity to become reassociated with the Yamaha brand and channel his creative juices into the newly released Bolt…
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Hidden Dragon Triumph Tiger 800 XCx

utilising many of the skills and practices learned through its brilliant three-cylinder streetbike range. And seeing as there was never much wrong with the old one, Triumph could be forgiven…
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Quickspin Harley-Davidson LiveWire

Perched atop the single seat, the rider is faced with the same working environment as a petrol-powered bike. Given Harley-Davidson’s heritage, the last thing it’s going to do is invent…