Australian Motorcycle News

BIKES THAT can steer themselves and not fall over? It appears the technology is closer than we might think, at least according to Japanese manufacturers Honda and Yamaha it is. Yamaha’s Advanced Motorcycle Stabilization Assist System (AMSAS) consists

Editor Dean Mellor Deputy Editor Kel Buckley Sub Editor Mark Fattore Road Test Editor Pete Vorst News Editor Hamish Cooper Founding Editor George Lynn Art Director Brendon Wise Sir Alan Cathcart, Michael Scott, Ben Purvis, Mat Oxley, Neil Morrison, A

MELBOURNE-BASED start-up Savic Motorcycles has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance the production of the first 100 units of its C-Series electric café racer, recently tested by AMCN (Vol 72 No 18). The crowdfunding campaign is being done

INDIAN IS about to launch an ‘Elite’ version of its liquid-cooled Pursuit tourer with documents confirming its existence emerging in both Europe and Australia. It was first named in approval filings in Australia a few weeks ago and has now been appro

Honda Riding Assist program has been operating for six years. The latest development is a self-balancing Goldwing. This model has been the subject of a wide range of patent applications related to a next-generation version to be released within the n

TWO VERSIONS of Moto Guzzi’s innovative, all-new V100 Mandello arrive in Australia late next month, priced from $28,290 (ride away), marking the start of the Italian heritage brand’s second century of operation. The first model to use Moto Guzzi’s ne

MODEL 2022-2023 Triumph T120 and T120 Black IMPORTER PS Importers NUMBER OF AFFECTED MOTORCYCLES 129 ISSUE Due to a manufacturing defect, the front brake disc may have been fitted incorrectly and could detach from the front wheel assembly. This is ve

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Engine 292.4cc single Power 21.4kW Torque 25.3Nm Weight 165kg wet $6290 (ride away) Engine 199.5cc single Power 19kW Torque 19.5Nm Weight 150.3kg wet $5470 (ride away) Engine 124cc single Power 10.8kW Torque 11.5Nm Weight 133kg wet $5440 (ride away)

$28,490 (plus on-road costs) $33,330 (ride away) $32,290 (plus on-road costs) $32,115 (ride away) ■

Engine 799cc parallel-twin Power 67kW (91hp) @ 9250rpm Torque 75Nm @ 8000rpm Seat height 825mm Fuel capacity 19 litres Weight 231kg (wet, claimed) $16,490 (ride away) Engine 853cc parallel-twin Power 66kW (89hp) @ 8000rpm Torque 86Nm @ 6250rpm Seat h

THE DIABLO Supercorsa V4 range suits a variety of sportsbikes, all 17-inch and ZR rated. There are two SP fronts, in 110 and 120 widths, and eight rears from 140 to 200, with prices ranging from $299.95 to $499.95. The three SC compounds also straddl

How many phone calls have you had from BSA? [laughs] We are constantly being approached, but at the end of the day we’ve got to make decisions based on what makes sense for business at that time and also for the dealer network, what the market’s capa

AFTER HARLEY-DAVIDSON finally went racing properly in 1917, the Indian and H-D rivalry blazed into life over the next four decades, then remained dormant for several more after Indian’s corporate demise first time around in 1953. Until now, hostiliti

Rd3 16 Apr, Austin, US Rd4 30 Apr, Jerez, ES Rd5 14 May, Le Mans, FR Rd6 11 Jun, Mugello, IT Rd7 18 Jun, Sachsenring, DE Rd8 25 Jun, Assen, NL Rd9 9 Jul, Sokol, KZ Rd10 6 Aug, Silverstone, GB Rd11 20 Aug, Spielberg, AT Rd12 3 Sep, Barcelona, ES Rd13

Fox Sports, Kayo & Video Pass Check website and local guides The MotoGP caravan heads to the notoriously bumpy Circuit of the Americas layout in Texas, with a double long-lap penalty already awaiting track specialist Marc Marquez… Fox Sports Check we

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Crystal Bike Wash is an Australian-made product from Crystal Paints in Brisbane, Queensland. There are three formulas – Road, Adventure and Dirt – all available in a 2.5-litre drum for the very reasonable price of $29. All three are biodegradable, bu

THE BEDSIDE phone rang at 6.30am. I sleepily picked it up and the voice on the other end of the blower said: “Barry Sheene here, I’m a phone man, not a fax man; that’s why I’m calling.” A few days earlier I’d faxed Barry Sheene MBE, two-time world 50

THE REASON why we’re riding 300s is all about budget. I’d love to race a 600, I really would, but we don’t have the budget to do that. It is good fun though. This year, a lot of the more experienced riders have stepped up to Supersport, so the group

FREDDIE SPENCER’S stewards panel has been especially busy this season, flinging out sanctions like a sinking ship’s captain jettisoning unpopular passengers. It’s hard not to imagine them feeling proud when, two races in, they’ve found reason to appl

THIS SCRAP CARRIED the same intensity and level of action as its inaugural running. Binder encapsulated this, rising from 15th to fifth at the first corner before picking off two more names by the end of lap one. Morbidelli signalled his intentions e

TATSUKI SUZUKI (Leopard Honda) won out in a battle of attrition in the opening race of the day when a staggering nine of the 28 entries fell. Pre-race expectations fell on polesitter Ayumu Sasaki, but it was his compatriot who assumed control once ea

AS IF MARC Marquez’s absence wasn’t bad enough, Joan Mir had the weekend from hell in Argentina, struggling to feel competitive all weekend on a low-grip track. The Majorcan qualified 18th and last before highsiding out on the first lap. The two-time

IN THE lead-in to the Easter weekend’s Australian Speedway Sidecar Championship, a number of big names from the eastern states headed west early to get some experience on the Pinjar Park track – and for a number of them it was the first visit. Reigni

TWO BIG NAME signings to league teams in the UK for 2023 are Emil Sayfutdinov at Ipswich and Nicki Pedersen at Peterborough – for both it is more than a decade since they raced in a UK league but they could not have had more different returns when th

TT STAR Ian Hutchinson, forced to sit out this year's Isle of Man TT after suffering a stroke, is crediting Aussie BSB racer Jason O’Halloran with saving his life. The 16-time TT winner was cycling in Spain in February with O’Halloran when the medica

THE LONG-awaited 30th running of the Condo 750 was run over 1-2 April with Jacob Smith (Husqvarna) using his Dakar experience to lead the field on the opening day. With clean air, Smith set the pace and kept Lachlan Manwaring (KTM) and Toby Hederics

IN THE 1980s, there’s no doubt the Wynn’s Sydney to Darwin Safari had a profound impact on Australia’s off-road racing enthusiasts. By that time, the BP-sponsored Sunraysia Desert Rally had come and gone, and the Broken Hill-based AMCO 1000 proved a