Australian Road Rider

WORDS AND PICS: STEVE AND LIZ KEALY There’s no road between South and Central America, only the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama. The biking overlander’s go-to route is aboard the century-old steel sailing ship, Stahlratte, bikes lashed on deck

STORY: BRIAN RIX Ever wondered what it’s like, hammer down, the needle spinning past 130mph — not kph — MPH — when the handlebars start that dreaded shimmy from side to side and you know damn well it’s going to end in the mother of all tank slappers?

STORY: NIGEL CROWLEY I'm willing to bet that most reviews you read of the new Speed Triple will harp on about the model's 24-year history and sales of close to 80,000 units. Oh bugger, now I've done it! Anyway, that's all well and good, and very nice

WORDS: NIGEL CROWLEY I'm not Tom Cruise and this isn't a GPz900, but that doesn't make the above headline any less relevant, and given how riding this thing is pretty much like being strapped to a jet engine anyway, it seems more than appropriate. To

“I loved that the thing could be worn off the bike without me looking like a Dakar reject” From MACNA, one of Europe’s leading apparel brands, comes the Eighty One jacket. Kinda cool in its look and stylish enough to wear off the bike as well as on-

STORY AND PHOTOS: IAN LLOYD NEUBAUER I don't consider myself a hardcore adventure rider. I don't camp, I can't pull apart an engine and I don't carry spare tyres. But on the few occasions I've come up with an idea and invited others to tag along, th

Dear Greg, I have been a long-time reader and subscriber to ARR and I very much look forward to receiving my magazine. I enjoy all the content of the mag, especially bike tests, touring and letters. I would like to put forward my claim to being the o

WORDS: GREG LEECH You have to hand it to BMW. The Bavarian mob have been damned good at identifying market niches and then splitting them again to give us motorcycles we were far from sure we needed. That’s a long-winded way to introduce the latest i

WORDS AND PICS: CRAIG JACKSON I am sitting in a stone hut, 1.8m x 0.9m. It is steaming hot and an old bloke is stoking a fire to heat it from the small room outside. I am at 3200m and the small room has four other sweaty people in it. It is getting

Head into Pesaro on the Adriatic coast of Italy and you’ll see how influential Italian manufacturer Benelli was, with 1000 of the townsfolk employed there at one stage. Benelli’s history is tied to one family who built and operated out of Pesaro from

The FXDR 114 is the 10th Harley-Davidson based on the Softail platform introduced in 2018 and the latest in a line of 100 motorcycles the company plans to introduce by 2027. According to Brad Richards, Harley-Davidson vice-president of Styling and De

STORY: RODERICK EIME She sits astride the burly motorcycle like it was made for her. With custom-made, personalised gloves, scarf and a dainty bow in her tied-back hair, Dorothy “Dot” Smith smiles like all her birthdays have come at once. Her svelte

Who’d have thought it; the second biggest-selling road bike (behind the venerable ‘postie’) in Australia during 2016 was the Harley-Davidson XG500, a LAMS-approved cruiser that looks every bit the part. Interestingly, the next best-selling bike was t

The Icebreaker Helix long-sleeve jacket is a good alternative to a traditional mid-layer soft shell. Although not the cheapest option out there, it is incredibly versatile and most importantly warm. The perfect final layer needs to be: • Light • Brea