Australian Road Rider

WORDS: GEOFF SEDDON PHOTOS: HALF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY AND BEN GALLI What a charming little bike. I’ve been hanging for a ride on the relaunched V7 Guzzi for years but the planets never aligned, so I was especially chuffed to have one for a fortnight to

STORY: RODERICK EIMEIMAGES: RODERICK EIME, LUIS MAS, MIGUEL ANGEL MEANA, SERGEY KAMENEV, MARIA ELENA GIOKA, MAX CUCCHI/ BACKROAD DIARIES “It seems like I’m the only member of the family who has inherited my father’s love of motorcycles and that pass

WORDS: RODERICK EIMEPHOTOS: RODERICK EIME, DEB DICKSONSMITH, NONTHAPUN (MAM) CHONKEEREE, MUDGEE REGION TOURISM A midsummer ride in NSW’s Central West was always going to be risky weather-wise, but the Sky Gods cut us some slack. The plan was hatched

Here’s one for the, "umm… okay…" file. It seems members of the Indian army have set a new world record — with 58 men riding on a single motorcycle. Must have been a bit light-on for skirmishes and battles on the sub-continent that day. The stunt was

The exclusive European helmet brand Hedon recently launched its first full-face model in Australia. It’s called the Heroine — and like most Hedon lids it features bespoke retro styling with a modern construction and uses exotic materials throughout.

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STORY: GUY ALLEN PHOTOS: SPENCER LEECH Next time you stroll up to a Fireblade — or if you’re lucky throw a leg over — spare a thought for the “father” of the series, Tadao Baba. The project leader on the first ’Blade, and many subsequent models, come

WORDS: MICK MATHESON PHOTOS: ANNE BAKER & MM Baby Bear, as Goldilocks so convincingly proved, got it just right. Not too hot, not too cold. Not too high, not too low. Not too hard, not too soft. Just right. This is Baby Bear’s Multistrada. The smalle

Here’s a quote for ya. Take this in… “Seventy per cent were real fans who wanted to be there to see the jump. Twenty per cent wanted to come and if there was an accident, they wanted to see it. But they didn’t want to see me get killed. Then there’s

Colours: Indian Motorcycle Red, Thunder Black, Bronze Smoke, Star Silver Smoke, Thunder Black Smoke SCOUT UPDATED FOR 2018 From $19,495 ride away Scout has had some strong updates for 2018. It will now come as standard with a pillion seat on the rear

Talk about automotive achievement. Imagine wandering into your shed to muck about with a few motorcycle bits, and coming out a few months later with something that wins a national championship and goes on to set a heap of world records in the bargain

STORY AND PHOTOS: MICK MCDONALD The plane descended into Cape Town on a beautiful clear late-winter afternoon and we were greeted with superb views of the iconic Table Mountain and the city. Later we were to join Charley Boorman for his first tour si

STORY: BILL McKINNONPHOTOS: BILL McKINNON AND LEE ATKINSON Ok, folks, forget the argument about whether or not Donald Trump is mad, bad, an alien from Planet Idiot — or all three. Ignore the #MeToo brouhaha as well. The karma fairies will take care

STORY: BRIAN RIX PICS: SHIRLEY HARDY-RIX, ARCHIVE “Are they going to take my leg off?” As Tyson Clark was shunted between doctors and specialists, that thought crossed his mind many times. Then thoughts changed to how many of his mates would be happ

SHOEI reckons its J-Cruise is not your average open-face lid. There’s a bunch of fancy stuff, like the large, smooth-operating and distortion-free CJ-2 shield (complete with an industry-first integrated air dam), a built-in internal sun shield, advan

STORY: NIGEL CROWLEY PICS: JEFF CROW I was going to start this article with a couple of paragraphs of facts and figures showing how well Polaris as a company and Indian as a brand have done in the last 12 months or so. However, after she’d cast a sh

Something a little different for you this month, folks. Three books. No, we haven’t gone all intelligencer on you. We just figured you lot could read. Hope we didn’t overestimate. “Fact is, Mr Smith set the bar for those of us who make a quid from