Australian Motorcyclist

I RECENTLY HAD THE joyous pleasure to get away on a holiday with my better half. It is a rare delight for me to actually have the time to properly get away from the monthly routine of putting together this wonderful publication, but a holiday is exac

There’s eight beers on tap in the bar which also has TAB and Keno without it taking over the place, and there’re meals seven days. The rear beer-garden backs onto the river and the day before I got there water was high enough to cast for cod from the

RATED 4 OUT OF 5 HELMETS 147 High St, Hillston NSW 2675 02 6967 1172 THIS FIRST APPEARED IN print in Paterson’s collection, “Old Bush Songs” in 1905 and it’s gotta be one of Anon’s best works. But not everyone who cut out from Roto Station headed acr

EVER SINCE I SAW the product information about the release of the Indian Challenger some time ago, I’ve been hanging out to get on one and really see what it’s like. On paper it certainly sounds like a great bagger/tourer, so thanks to the good folk

If you notice a spike in CFMOTO 800MT Touring motorcycles doing the rounds in Far North Queensland, the answer lies with Cape York Motorcycle Adventures. The legendary motorcycle adventure tour company has recently purchased 15 of the all-new 800MT T

TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND is well and truly back, so now is the time to start planning your motorcycle holiday to the land of the long white cloud and who better to plan that with than, Paradise Motorcycle Tours. You may remember we ran a couple of reade

AN AGED ENGINEER PASSED on the basic elements of this story. He was grizzled and sunburnt and old when he told me, half a century ago, so it would not be unreasonable to assume that he has ridden that great slide rule to the sky. That’s a shame, beca

THE FIRST TIME I rode this road was before it was a road, really. Back in the early ‘80s it was a wheel track on the mountain in places where the locals were the only users with their utes. It got better wherever it served log trucks, admittedly. I w

THE LOADED DOG RALLY NO.32 rocked the Tarago Showgrounds over the weekend of the 13th to the 15th of May. Jordan, the organiser, and his hardworking family pulled out all the stops to make this rally a top shelf event. No bands, no strippers, and no

ROYAL ENFIELD HAS CONCLUDED season two of its Busted Knuckles Build Off-one of the most celebrated custom competitions. Royal Enfield dealerships across Australia & New Zealand were asked to transform a custom motorcycle of their choosing, from any o

WHEN I FIRST SAW pictures of this multi-talented Taiwanese scooter, I thought: terrific, you’ll be able to keep going when the tar ends, and explore gravel roads. How wrong I was. The Kymco DT X360 is quite a bit more competent than that. How did I f

MY HUSBAND STEVE WAS facing a landmark birthday in August and wanted to celebrate on a motorcycle. He discovered IMTBike.com while researching tours online. IMTBike is based in Madrid, with additional offices in Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga and Lisbon —

IT’S BEEN A WHILE since I’d ridden the Conti GT version of the super popular Royal Enfield 650. I personally love the Interceptor version and while Ralph bought the Chrome version, I couldn’t exactly go and copy him and buy the same, now could I! How

macnaridinggear.com.au The first we’ve seen of a heated glove with a short cuff. Macna offers you the Era RTX electric heated gloves (just one of many heated gloves Macna offer), which are made from a Softshell, Synthetic nubuck and Goat leather oute

THERE ARE THREE THINGS CRUCIAL TO a motorcyclist’s ongoing happiness – lawyers, oil, and tyres. A man should never skimp on any of them. Always hire the best lawyer, always use the best oil, and always buy the best tyres – and price should never be a

SEPT 10 – 24 2022 LOCATION: PORTUGAL / SPAIN TOTAL DISTANCE: 2850KM Book: imtbike.com/tours/portugal/amm-land-of-vineyards Contact: info@imtbike.com Ph: +34 91 633 72 22 Web: imtbike.com IN ASSOCIATION WITH IMTBIKE this is our only readers tour for 2

I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT THE TV show was – it was one of those near-identical British comedies that the ABC loves so much, but there was an old bat who would say, whenever she was invited to take a drink, “Just the one!” and would then polish off the bo

FIFTEEN YEARS INTO LAST century, Husqvarna introduced their first sidecar models. They manufactured these hacks for over two decades before discontinuing the three-wheelers. Here is the exceptional story of the Weapons factory in Huskvarna making uni

MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN having conversations about when the classic bike market will hit the top and start to dive. It’s a scene I’ve been following closely for a number of years and I have spoken with the experts at a number of auction houses. The gen

WE KNOW THIS IS an overseas event but if you had the chance to zip off over to London and sample some of the finest motorcycles (and cars) running around, we bet you wouldn’t hesitate to dust off your Sunday best. So, while just about most of us will

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

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. We do reserve the right to cut them and, you do need to provide a name and at least your state, if

IT’S DOUBTFUL I’LL EVER mount a challenge for the Dakar. I’m far too old, and to be perfectly honest, far too scared to fire a giant dirt bike along moonscapes at 180km/h. I am very much in awe of people who do. I look at them like I look at the Moto

GO ON, GIVE IT A TRY. NOW IS THE TIME TO TRAVEL, MIGHT AS WELL TRY TAKING THE BIKE TOO! ■

I RECENTLY HAD THE joyous pleasure to get away on a holiday with my better half. It is a rare delight for me to actually have the time to properly get away from the monthly routine of putting together this wonderful publication, but a holiday is exac

If you notice a spike in CFMOTO 800MT Touring motorcycles doing the rounds in Far North Queensland, the answer lies with Cape York Motorcycle Adventures. The legendary motorcycle adventure tour company has recently purchased 15 of the all-new 800MT T

EVER SINCE I SAW the product information about the release of the Indian Challenger some time ago, I’ve been hanging out to get on one and really see what it’s like. On paper it certainly sounds like a great bagger/tourer, so thanks to the good folk

ROYAL ENFIELD HAS CONCLUDED season two of its Busted Knuckles Build Off-one of the most celebrated custom competitions. Royal Enfield dealerships across Australia & New Zealand were asked to transform a custom motorcycle of their choosing, from any o

AN AGED ENGINEER PASSED on the basic elements of this story. He was grizzled and sunburnt and old when he told me, half a century ago, so it would not be unreasonable to assume that he has ridden that great slide rule to the sky. That’s a shame, beca

RATED 4 OUT OF 5 HELMETS 147 High St, Hillston NSW 2675 02 6967 1172 THIS FIRST APPEARED IN print in Paterson’s collection, “Old Bush Songs” in 1905 and it’s gotta be one of Anon’s best works. But not everyone who cut out from Roto Station headed acr

There’s eight beers on tap in the bar which also has TAB and Keno without it taking over the place, and there’re meals seven days. The rear beer-garden backs onto the river and the day before I got there water was high enough to cast for cod from the

TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND is well and truly back, so now is the time to start planning your motorcycle holiday to the land of the long white cloud and who better to plan that with than, Paradise Motorcycle Tours. You may remember we ran a couple of reade

THE FIRST TIME I rode this road was before it was a road, really. Back in the early ‘80s it was a wheel track on the mountain in places where the locals were the only users with their utes. It got better wherever it served log trucks, admittedly. I w

WHEN I FIRST SAW pictures of this multi-talented Taiwanese scooter, I thought: terrific, you’ll be able to keep going when the tar ends, and explore gravel roads. How wrong I was. The Kymco DT X360 is quite a bit more competent than that. How did I f

THE LOADED DOG RALLY NO.32 rocked the Tarago Showgrounds over the weekend of the 13th to the 15th of May. Jordan, the organiser, and his hardworking family pulled out all the stops to make this rally a top shelf event. No bands, no strippers, and no

MY HUSBAND STEVE WAS facing a landmark birthday in August and wanted to celebrate on a motorcycle. He discovered IMTBike.com while researching tours online. IMTBike is based in Madrid, with additional offices in Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga and Lisbon —

IT’S BEEN A WHILE since I’d ridden the Conti GT version of the super popular Royal Enfield 650. I personally love the Interceptor version and while Ralph bought the Chrome version, I couldn’t exactly go and copy him and buy the same, now could I! How

THERE ARE THREE THINGS CRUCIAL TO a motorcyclist’s ongoing happiness – lawyers, oil, and tyres. A man should never skimp on any of them. Always hire the best lawyer, always use the best oil, and always buy the best tyres – and price should never be a

macnaridinggear.com.au The first we’ve seen of a heated glove with a short cuff. Macna offers you the Era RTX electric heated gloves (just one of many heated gloves Macna offer), which are made from a Softshell, Synthetic nubuck and Goat leather oute

SEPT 10 – 24 2022 LOCATION: PORTUGAL / SPAIN TOTAL DISTANCE: 2850KM Book: imtbike.com/tours/portugal/amm-land-of-vineyards Contact: info@imtbike.com Ph: +34 91 633 72 22 Web: imtbike.com IN ASSOCIATION WITH IMTBIKE this is our only readers tour for 2

I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT THE TV show was – it was one of those near-identical British comedies that the ABC loves so much, but there was an old bat who would say, whenever she was invited to take a drink, “Just the one!” and would then polish off the bo

FIFTEEN YEARS INTO LAST century, Husqvarna introduced their first sidecar models. They manufactured these hacks for over two decades before discontinuing the three-wheelers. Here is the exceptional story of the Weapons factory in Huskvarna making uni

MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN having conversations about when the classic bike market will hit the top and start to dive. It’s a scene I’ve been following closely for a number of years and I have spoken with the experts at a number of auction houses. The gen

WE KNOW THIS IS an overseas event but if you had the chance to zip off over to London and sample some of the finest motorcycles (and cars) running around, we bet you wouldn’t hesitate to dust off your Sunday best. So, while just about most of us will

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. We do reserve the right to cut them and, you do need to provide a name and at least your state, if

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

IT’S DOUBTFUL I’LL EVER mount a challenge for the Dakar. I’m far too old, and to be perfectly honest, far too scared to fire a giant dirt bike along moonscapes at 180km/h. I am very much in awe of people who do. I look at them like I look at the Moto

GO ON, GIVE IT A TRY. NOW IS THE TIME TO TRAVEL, MIGHT AS WELL TRY TAKING THE BIKE TOO! ■