July 2021

Australian Motorcyclist

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Blink And You’ll Miss It
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED ISSUE #100, but did you see the blatant mistake I left in there? No? You better go back and have a look. Page 77 and I won’t say anymore than that. As I write this, I’m about to head off for this year’s BMW GS Safari, heading from
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Editor Stuart Woodbury Contributing Editor J Peter Thoeming Sales Manager Ralph Leavsey-Moase ralph@ausmotorcyclist.com.au Designer Blair Pagan Photographers Nick Wood Creative, Half Light Photographic Contributors Robert Lovas, Boris Mihailovic, Chr
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Up She Goes
We’ve held off as long as we could, but we’ve had to put the price of Australian Motorcyclist up. The increases in production, materials and distribution have resulted in the rise. Think of it this way – it’s not even half a cup of coffee each month;
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Independent
Harley-Davidson has announced the launch of LiveWire as an all-electric independent motorcycle brand. “LiveWire is more than a motorcycle. LiveWire plans to redefine electric, delivering the best experience for the urban rider, with personality and s
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Go Juice
Australian motorists and the environment will be beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s plans to support the operations of fuel refineries in Geelong and Brisbane, including improvements in fuel quality standards, according to the Federal Chamber
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Speeding Up
With the perfect combination of character, style and genuine sports performance, the new Triumph Speed Twin is significantly updated for 2021 with higher performance, better handling, enhanced technology and even more premium custom style and detaili
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Family Event
CFMOTO has unveiled its all-new 800MT adventure family at the 2021 Beijing motorcycle show. It is expected to arrive on our shores later this year, and will include two separate models – the 800MT Sport and the up-spec 800MT Touring. At the heart of
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Oam
Toby Price has received a Medal of the Order of Australia honour today at Government House in Brisbane. Toby was awarded the medal in an intimate ceremony by Queensland Governor, His Excellency the Honourable, Paul de Jersey AC. Toby received his OAM
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Yamaha Mt Range
THERE ARE TWO SIMPLE factors that have made Yamaha’s MT range of bikes so popular – one is value for money: pricing is excellent for what you get. The other and most important factor is that the entire MT range is mega fun to ride. Putting a smile on
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It’s On Again!
Book your spot now! PARADISEMOTORCYCLETOURS.CO.NZ INFO@PARADISEMOTORCYCLETOURS.CO.NZ PH: +64 274 765 035 WE’RE DESPERATE TO RIDE…SOMEWHERE, and there is no better place than the South Island of New Zealand. With the amazing treats that Spring pops up
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The Good Ship Wunderlich (et Al)
ONE OF THE SWEETEST sounds you can hear while barreling down a rough Outback gravel track is a loud, metallic ‘clang’. It means that you did the right thing by fitting that aluminium sump guard, which in turn suggests you selected your other accessor
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Wellshot Hotel
RATED 4 OUT OF 5 HELMETS Wellshot Hotel South side, Landsborough Hwy Ilfracombe, QLD (07) 4658 2106 wellshothotel.com.au ILFRACOMBE – 80 KILOMETRES west of Barcaldine and just 20 minutes east of Longreach is a place where, if you’re interested in thi
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Ballina To Kyogle And Back
The ideal base for riding the Northern Rivers forests, Ballina has a variety of accommodation and eating/drinking options, as well as pleasant cafés. It is a bit like the more sane and sensible alternative to Byron Bay. And it’s a lot cheaper, too. B
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A Gripping Affair
TYRES CAN BE AN interesting subject – riders usually will have a preferred brand they’ll only ever ride on, or you might have some who will only go for the latest and greatest. Then, you have those who have only ridden on one brand/model of tyre for
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Power Is Knowledge
GREG MAGUIRE IS THE perfect example of the self-made Australian entrepreneur. Considered “small, but tough, resourceful and quite” at school, he boxed at the Armidale Police Boys Club and once lifted 150kg over his head in a clean and jerk. He left s
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The Best Of Morocco
Book your spot. Now! EDELWEISS BIKE TRAVEL SPORTPLATZWEG 14 6414 MIEMING / AUSTRIA PH: +43 5264 5690 EDELWEISSBIKE.COM EDELWEISS BIKE TRAVEL IS keen to get an Australian Motorcyclist magazine readers tour on the go and boy have they started strong. R
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Rip It Up! TURBO DUCATI DIAVEL
TO TURBO OR NOT to turbo. That is a question not many people ask. Let us be thankful that some do. Some people, (not many, mind you), simply do not find a Ducati Diavel’s prodigous torque enough for every occasion. Blake loved his Diavel but it wasn’
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You Must Apologise
THE BHUTANESE ARE A very polite people. Incredibly polite, and extremely courteous, especially when it comes to dealing with foreign tourists. It’s considered rude to point a finger in public for example, so they will indicate a direction or a person
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Schmokin’ Good
THE EARLY MORNING SUN creates long shadows in the fields as two hot air balloons drift in the breeze above Cobbitty, and the traffic is surprisingly light along the Northern Road and through the Blue Mountains. The air has that freshness of a May mor
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Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor
YOU KNOW HOW THE first days of a romance go? Equal parts excitement and showering your new love interest with every conceivable gift and an exceptional amount of totally dedicated time! There is usually no holding back even though on reflection it mi
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What Say You?
WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, the letters are among the most keenly read parts of the magazine. Please try and keep letters down to no more than 300 words. Then you can read many, not just a couple. We do reserve the right to cut them and, unless you ide
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Lady Luck Smiles
I HAD A BIT OF luck the other day. Almost wrote ‘stroke of luck’, but that would have been misleading. I didn’t have a stroke, I had a heart attack. Come to think of it, that amounted to two bits of luck in this case. First, I didn’t have it while I
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Subscribe This Month And Win
Valued at $153, the Triton backpack is robust, multifunctional and of course waterproof, with 20 litres of storage space. Made from Polyester, it guarantees wear resistance, elasticity and protection from all-weather conditions. The padded harness sy
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New Bike Prices
www.aprilia.com.au Shiver 900 ABS $15,190 Dorsoduro 900 ABS $15,790 Tuono V4 1100 RR $22,490 Tuono V4 1100 Factory $27,190 RSV4 1100 Factory $33,990 SR MT 125 $3390 Scarabeo 200 ie $5190 www.benelli.com.au *All Benelli prices are ride away TnT 135 $3
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What The World Needs
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS world needs? No, not peace. As if that’s ever gonna be a thing. Everyone to take climate change seriously? You new here? Maybe when Canberra has a surf beach that will happen. No, what the world really needs is more crazy motorcycl
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON LIVEWIRE Feel The Power Flow
WE GOT OUR HANDS back on the Harley-Davidson Livewire, having previously ridden it at the Aussie launch. It was a good chance to do our own type of riding on it and give it a workout in real world conditions without being told which setting we could
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TIGER RESCUE Part 2
WELL, IT’S FINALLY ON the road. And it’s a better bike than I expected, to be honest. Last issue you saw the bike half pulled apart in my quest to resurrect this unloved Triumph Tiger 955. Whether I have succeeded in my quest to get an adventure bike

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