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THERE HAS BEEN plenty of talk throughout the year about the lack of overtaking in MotoGP. The culprit, as has been widely reported, is that the grip on Michelin’s front tyre drops off as it gets too hot, which can happen when it’s in the slipstream o

OUTGUNNED IN THE practical streetfighter stakes by such rivals as Yamaha’s MT-10 and BMW’s S 1000 R, Honda is planning to fight back using elements of its Fireblade Superbike platform – and hopefully reintroduce it to the Aussie market – for the 2024

AFTER RELEASING its updated 2023 S 1000 RR superbike, which closes the gap to the homologation special M 1000 RR, BMW has uprated the ‘M’ model with some of the most radical street-legal aero yet seen. It’s also unveiled the M 1000 R, a streetfighter

REMEMBER WHEN 150KW (200hp) seemed like a crazy amount of power for a streetbike? Or when the original Yamaha YZF-R1 seemed insane with its combination of 110kW (147hp) in a 192kg package? Well Ducati is out to recalibrate your perceptions by packing

THE WORLD’S WORST-kept secret is official. Honda’s new CB750 Hornet, which combines two legendary names into one bike, is about to be joined by a new XL750 Transalp. This patent image confirms worldwide speculation and marks that bike’s appearance fo

The number of starts Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro has achieved in a long Grand Prix career that encompasses 215 MotoGP starts, 61 in the 250cc and 23 in the 125cc classes. US road-safety regulators are investigating the recent deaths of two motorcyclist

THE PROCESS OF rebuilding the Norton brand under the ownership of India’s TVS concern has taken another step with the introduction of the updated 961 Commando SP and CR models. While TVS has made a handful of Commando 961 Classic models to fulfil out

I’ve been burning around on the CFMoto 700CL-X Sport lately. My introduction to it was during AMCN’s 2021 MOTY (AMCN Vol 71 No 12), before I did a session at the racetrack on it earlier in the year (AMCN Vol 71 No 22). While it wasn’t the most polish

“A once in a lifetime chance to come up with something truly exceptional,” said president of Piaggio Roberto Colaninno a decade ago when the firm was figuring out the landmark bike that would celebrate Moto Guzzi’s 100th birthday. And while Guzzi was

The Arc Vector was unveiled to the public at EICMA back in 2018, dazzling the motorcycling world with its dramatic hub-centre steering and 436km of claimed range taking just 40 minutes to recharge. Though most thought the Arc was an impressive concep

It is pretty crazy to think that we’ve been dirt-track racing in Australia since 1925 but over the last 30 years it hasn’t been possible to purchase a dedicated machine for the discipline. The only ones you see are custom builds or modified motocross

It was with a mixture of bravery and stupidity, mostly stupidly, that I ignored the golden rule of dirtbike riding. With not much more than the clothes on my back, I headed deep into the Gardens of Stone National Park on KTM’s 2022 1290 Super Adventu

Forget about the products of the legendary Down Under riders’ factory like Troy Bayliss, Jeff Leisk or Toby Price – it’s the sport of speedway that’s held by many to be Australia’s finest gift to motorcycling. Speedway has a rich history, with numero

When Valentino Rossi retired at the end of last year, he had been racing motorcycles for 31 years. But what about Jeremy McWilliams, who’s been racing on and off for 35 years and is still going strong? The 58-year-old Northern Irishman is a gnarly ol

Rd20 6 Nov, Ricardo Tormo Valencia, ES Rd11 12-13 Nov, Mandalika, ID Rd12 19-20 Nov, Phillip Island, AU Rd6 18-20 Nov, Phillip Island, Vic Rd7 25-27 Nov, The Bend, SA Rd8 29 Oct, Valencia, ES Rd6 2-4 Dec, The Bend, SA 1 Nov, Valencia, ES Rd8 5-6 Nov,

Oxley Riders Bail Up Poker Run, The Top Pub, Uralla, NSW. Registration from 6pm Friday; stands up 10.30am Saturday. $800 Winning Hand; $200 People’s Choice. Street parade before the run, live music Saturday night. Proceeds to Epilepsy Foundation. For

Tissot $1125 (03) 8844 3300 tissotwatches.com/en-au The limited-edition Tissot T Race MotoGP watch has a fixed production of just 8000 pieces, with each one numbered and featuring the MotoGP logo engraved on the stainless body. The T Race is water-re

PRIOR TO SUNDAY, 1085 days had passed since MotoGP last faced off on Phillip Island. And with each passing lap everyone in attendance was reminded how much they had missed it. This was an Australian classic from first lap to last as the entire field

NOT EVEN A long-lap penalty could stop Alonso Lopez (Speed Up Boscoscuro) at a blustery Phillip Island as he sped to a second victory in four races. The Spaniard and his Boscoscuro chassis were untouchable, able to utilise Dunlop’s hard front tyre op

JOSH WATERS AND the Boost Mobile with K-Tech team have pulled off a stunning clean sweep – as well as a new lap record – in the Superbike support class at the Phillip Island MotoGP round. Wayne Maxwell, currently second in the ASBK championship, had

THE BLU CRU Oceania Junior Cup made its debut as a support class at the Phillip Island MotoGP event, running as a full round of the 2022 championship with Hudson Thompson emerging as the round winner. Ryan Larkin had taken pole position by almost 0.4

THE CHANCES OF one party may be close to zero. But this topsy-turvy championship battle will go to the final race after Francesco Bagnaia (Lenovo Ducati) failed to wrap it up in Malaysia by the smallest of margins, despite expertly withstanding inces

DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY want to win the Moto2 World Championship? For the second race in succession, the leader of the standings crashed out of a potentially decisive position, handing the initiative back to their rival. Here, it was pole sitter Ai Ogur

PHILLIP ISLAND’S TURN 4 hairpin has been renamed ‘Miller Corner’ in a ceremony on Saturday that celebrated home hero Jack Miller’s recent achievements. An almost sheepish Miller, who is now out of title contention, stated he felt he wasn’t “worthy” o

MOTOGP RIDERS COULD well indicate whether they feel a session or race should be red flagged by pressing a button on their handlebar in the future. According to Luca Marini, conditions in Australia on Friday were “on the limit” due to high winds. And

BRADLEY RAY HAS been crowned the 2022 British Superbike champion after the Rich Energy OMG Racing Yamaha rider outperformed his rivals during the Showdown rounds. The 2022 title is the first for both Ray and the OMG Racing team. “It’s been unbelievab

IT’S BACK – THE seventh staging of the Australian Postie Bike Grand Prix will hit the streets of the Cessnock CBD in the Hunter Valley on Sunday 6 November. The last time the event was run was back in 2019 when Brody Nowland and Josh Pickering made i

CARTER THOMPSON HAS scored his maiden victory in the Asia Talent Cup, winning Race 1 one at the Sepang International Circuit by 0.195sec after a thrilling last-corner battle with Japanese riders Rei Wakamatsu and Gun Mie. Fellow Aussies Marianos Niko

THE WEATHER GODS smiled on Symmons Plains despite a deluge on the eastern seaboard to provide a spectacular end to the Tasmanian road racing season on 9 October. And with several riders just having returned from the Victorian state title at Phillip I

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