Bike Tests
ROARING FORTIES: R 1250 GS – 40 YEARS GS EDITION
To celebrate 40 years of the dominant GS, BMW has thrown a heap of upgrades at the R 1250 GS and we spent a week getting to know it
BALANCE OF POWER: KTM 890 DUKE R
You may think you need the biggest baddest nakedbike to get your adrenaline hit, but KTM’s 890 Duke R will convince you otherwise
ROCKIN' ROLLER: BMW R 18 FIRST EDITION
The much anticipated BMW R 18 touches down in Australia. How does it stack up on Aussie roads?
THE UPRISING: DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4 S
This is high-speed adventure touring on a superbike scale
SUPER MODEL: MV AGUSTA BRUTALE RUSH
Hugely powerful, ultra rare and just exquisite, MV Agusta’s limited-edition Brutale 1000 Rush is all that
STREETBIKE NAMED DESIRE: APRILIA RS660
Aprilia has created a new segment with it’s all-new RS660 parallel-twin. And it just might be the most usable sportsbike ever built for the road
ELECTRONIC MEANS: YAMAHA YZF-R1
Electronic rider aids are far smarter than us, we head to the track to try and simplify things and find out how to trim the tech to best suit your needs
THE MEN WHO MADE MOTOCROSS
Looking back, it seems rather apt that the world’s most isolated city played host to the world’s first cross-country enduro
THE SUMMER OF HIGHSIDES: THE YEAR THAT MADE RAINEY AND DOOHAN
The 1990 world championship ushered in the Rainey/Doohan era, just as the 500s seemed on the verge of collapse, with talk of replacing them with four-strokes
HOW THEY ROLLED: 1996 AUSTRALIAN SAFARI IN AN OUTFIT
Twenty four years ago, two blokes went and did something no one had ever successfully done before, or since
PERFECT STORM: DUCATI SUPERLEGGERA V4
Ducati’s Superleggera V4 is lighter than Scott Redding’s factory World Superbike and capable of more downforce than Jack Miller’s MotoGP machine. Oh, and you can ride it around to your mate’s house
HISTORY MAKER: CECIL SANDFORD
Cecil Sandford, 93, was MV Agusta’s first world title winner and is now motorcycling’s oldest surviving world champion