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BAUTISTA REIGNS SUPREME AT THE ISLAND

The 2023 WorldSBK season got underway at its traditional starting point of Phillip Island, after a two-day test at the same venue. It all ended a short European winter of…

MotoGP

TEAM BUILDING - APRILIA RACING

Not that you’d have known if from the long faces in the Aprilia Racing box as the 2022 season drew to a close. But this year…

Features

DISCUSSING DATA - REPSOL HONDA'S MARCO BARBIANI

The RC213V’s carbon brakes make a shrill sound as the factory Honda comes to a stop in the Misano circuit pitlane. Waiting for it is one of…

History

AUSSIE LEGENDS KEN & BARRY HORNER

Australian motorcycling has something very special in its midst. It’s fueled by a mixture of determination and devotedness and unfortunately, too many of us won’t appreciate the…

PIRELLI DIABLO ROSSO IV CORSA TRACK LAUNCH

Excuse me, but my bag hasn’t arrived,” I say to the fellow at Denpasar Airport’s lost baggage counter. “Fill out this form,” he replies before…

Interviews

CHAMP CHAT - PECCO BAGNAIA

According to some, it’s still up for discussion just who was the world’s fastest rider in 2022. A glance at the MotoGP World Championship table sees…

Road

2022 BENELLI LEONCINO 800 | TEST

Meet the all-new Leoncino 800 and 800 Trail. Benelli’s retro-styled Leoncino 500 has gathered a loyal following since its 2017 introduction. Both the 500 and its more off-road biased 500…

DUCATI GP22 | MOTOGP TEST RIDE

MotoGP’s pitlane commentator Simon Crafar bagged half a dozen laps on Pecco Bagnaia’s Ducati Desmosedici GP22 around the Misano Circuit.

ASBK

MIKE JONES LEADS ASBK CHAMPIONSHIP

Mike Jones takes a 38-point lead into the final round of the 2022 Mi-Bike Insurance Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) after a consistent performance at the penultimate round of the championship…

History

THE MAKING OF CIRCUS LIFE IN THE 1950s

Don Cox tells us about the making of Circus Life, a publication about Australian motorcycle racers in Europe in the 1950s. Leaning out of a racing sidecar outfit, left shoulder…

Opinion

HARRISON WATTS | WORLD AT MY FEET

Harrison Watts gives us an insight into the 14 year olds’ racing life. Right now I’m still coming down from winning MiniGP! There was a lot of…