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REMEMBER WHEN YOU could watch WorldSBK on free-to-air television? I gotta admit, when the series first disappeared from free-to-air several years ago, I stopped watching it, getting all my WorldSBK and WorldSSP info from AMCN. With some of my weekend

AS WE PREDICTED last issue, Honda debuted its retrosports Hawk at the Osaka and Tokyo motorcycle shows but is coy about revealing its full specifications. This a big deal for Honda, which is basically creating a sub-brand around the Hawk that include

ROYAL ENFIELD HAS turned the Himalayan into an inspiring-looking flat-tracker it calls the Scram 411. Mechanically, the Scram is pure Himalayan, with an identical frame and the same 17.88kW, 411cc, air-cooled single. However, some clever tweaks inclu

What are the top models underpinning sales here? Our new YZF-R7 has gone straight into top spot in the super-sports category for us while in the MX category YZ250F and YZ450F continue to sell well as do their enduro counterparts WR250F and WR450F. Fu

ALL MAJOR MOTORCYCLE manufacturers are prototyping projects that embrace a carbon-neutral future while adding rider aids. Yamaha has just revealed two projects that cover electric power and reduce rider fatigue in demanding conditions. Like several o

Dean, I’ve never written to you or anyone else, but it’s time. What’s happened to free-to-air coverage of MotoGP? I’m feeling pretty gutted, I’m on the pension and can’t afford Pay TV. For years I’ve gotten up in the middle of the night to watch the

So Fred is a student of Asian architecture. Who knew? He picked out this wheelie shot and has made five changes to it. Name them, email them to us and get yourself into an AMCN neck sock! WIN! AN AMCN NECK SOCK EMAIL YOUR ANSWERS AND ADDRESS TO AMCN@

In 1972, Kawasaki re-wrote the rules for sportsbikes by bringing racebike double-overhead cam performance to the masses. The cult following for Kawasaki’s Z900 began and it’s still alive and kicking today, 50 years later. And much like in 1972, when

Sitting in the media briefing before riding the new MT-10, two points become apparent. One, the MT range, from MT-125 to MT-10, has been a huge success for Yamaha, with nearly 50 percent of all sales coming from MTs. In fact, with 420,000 MTs produce

Although the 2022 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship does not start with a big bang locally at Phillip Island again this year, it will end there with a cracking Aussie finale, most probably a single week after the penultimate rounds at Mandalika.

A GRID OF 23 full-time riders and seven WorldSSP Challenge riders (who do not go to the three flyaway rounds) will have a very different look, feel and sound compared to any previous year. The first-ever WorldSSP season had the usual 600cc fours and

A FORM OF SANITY has broken out in a class that badly needed an overhaul after its first five early wild-child years. Hence ‘only’ 30 permanent entries, which means no split qualifying and hopefully not too many over-eager kids taking too many risks.

It’s hard to believe that 62-year-old Italian entrepreneur and diehard biker Genesio Bevilacqua’s story is for real – but please be assured, it is. The record books say that his privately owned Team Althea racing equipe completed an unlikely double-u

In the summer of 1966, Sports Illustrated magazine sent journalist Bob Ottum to spend some time with Giacomo Agostini, multiple motorcycle world champion, part-time movie star and full-time Italian heartthrob. At the end of his visit Ottum surmised A

“The Daytona 200 taught me everything I needed to know about racing,” is high praise from Freddie Spencer, as he took a look back at the famous American race. “Managing a motorcycle. Looking after a tyre. Understanding how a race was developing. I ha

DUCATI’S INTRODUCTION OF the 900 Supersport in 1989 gave a respectful nod to the Bologna-based company’s highly regarded bevel-drive classics of the 70s and early 80s of the same name. That link got the new aircooled traditional-style sportsbike off

ON THE SPUR of the moment I decided to phone an old friend. He answered straight away: “Hey, I haven’t heard from you for a while. We’ve just got to Tocumwal.” “Tocumwal?” I replied. “What the hell are you doing in Tocumwal?” “On our way back home fr

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BUILD IT AND they will come. Never mind that the track surface was coming apart or the grandstands were empty for much of the weekend, MotoGP finally made its long-awaited return to Indonesia. And the trials and tribulations over the three days were

NO ONE COULD accuse Marc Marquez of not trying in Indonesia. As his Honda struggled with the revised tyre allocation, the Catalan adopted a cavalier approach that was reminiscent of his earlier days in the class (think 2015). He went all-in, with fou

AS GOOD AS Miguel Oliveira’s ride was, it could be argued Darryn Binder was the stand-out performer in Indonesia. The rookie only had his first taste of fully-wet conditions aboard a MotoGP machine on the sighting lap. Understandably, he felt his way

TWO PODIUMS IN the opening two rounds of the American Flat Track series sees Australian Max Whale (Red Bull KTM) sitting third overall in the Singles standings, as Indian’s factory riders have overcome restrictions to lead the Super Twins ladder. Aft

THE 2022 ASIA Talent Cup was back in action at Mandalika in support of MotoGP, with three Aussies taking to the grid. In Race 1 Malaysia’s Hakim Danish took victory while Marianos Nikolis was the best placed Aussie in seventh. Cameron Swain just miss

TED COLLINS WAS unbeatable at round one of the Pirelli Motul Victorian Road Racing Championship at Broadford over 19-20 March. He won all his Superbike races on his Yamaha YZF-R1 to lead the championship by 15 points. It’s been a challenging couple o

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Tell us about your experience and role within YRD? YRD is all about helping to make it affordable for riders to be on track. We work closely with John (Redding), but specifically I look after the technical side of things. If somebody has a question a