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IT STARTED snowing last night not too far from my place. I live down on the coast but it’s only a 40-minute ride to the top of the escarpment where the white stuff was falling, and when I woke up this morning I could tell that the seasons had most de

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WHILE PULSE and Origin electric models will bring Can-Am back into the motorcycle market in 2024, it’s developing a two-wheeler that rewrites design normality. Patent application documents show detailed images of a radical hub-steered front suspensio

THE NEXT model in Royal Enfield’s 650cc twin-cylinder range is expected to be a retro-styled scrambler, and now it appears to have a name: the term ‘Interceptor Bear 650’ is subject to trademark filings in both Australia and New Zealand. Spy pictures

Loncin’s luxury Voge brand is working on the RR660, which is a 660cc four which revs to 13,000rpm and is expected to make more than 75kW (102hp), driving through a six-speed transmission fitted with a two-way quickshifter. Electronics will include tr

Australian electric bike manufacturer Fonz has picked up the Promoting Sustainability gong in the 2023 Telstra Best of Business Awards. Just over 40 bucks will buy you live streaming of all 11 days of this year’s Isle of Man TT’s qualifying and racin

IT MIGHT sound unlikely, but BMW has filed a patent application for a motorcycle seat that incorporates an electroluminescent layer just below a transparent or translucent surface, allowing it to take on a red glow when the seat heater is turned on.

This is Honda’s all-weather scooter – the Cabina. Despite being a dead cert to attract the opposite sex with its curvy roofline and windscreen wiper, the Cabina never made it Down Under. The roofed runabout was only available in Japan and could be ha

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MY FIRST motorcycle was an air-cooled Honda single and, despite this new CB125F rolling off the production line some 46 years after my XR75 did, the engine character is unmistakably similar. Sure, the 125 has more poke than the 75, but the easy and l

There are a few single-cylinder entry-level machines on the market, but when it comes to the price of entry, it’s hard to go past the CB125F at $2999 plus on-road costs – that’s around $3500 ride away depending on where you live. Having said that, so

THE FIRST TIME I took Bob out to the drags he was absolutely stock. Losing my drag-strip virginity to him, I ran Bob down the quarter-mile eight times that evening and, despite not having a previous interest in drags, I was hooked – it was fun with a

IF YOU’RE A die-hard, rusted-on Harley-Davidson fan, then you’re probably more inclined to go down the tuning route to get more go from your American-made power cruiser. But if you’re not, there are other options out there which are worth looking at.

JARNO SA ARINEN was a member of a great generation of Finnish talent, which made such an impact in the 1970s. Others included Teppi Länsivuori, Penti Korhonen, Eero Hyvärinen and Pekka Nurmi. Like his countrymen, Saarinen started racing bikes on froz

There are a lot of rental and tour companies offering their services in Ha Giang, and you’ll find a lot of questionable looking bikes up there too. We went with Rentabike Vietnam, which is based in Hanoi and run by Danny Pearce – a Brit who has been

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Fox Sports, Kayo & Video Pass Check website and local guides With a full complement of riders expected to back on the grid at Le Mans, including Marquez and Bastianini, it’s going to be a ripper. Can Miller get it done on the Kato? Fox Sports, Kayo C

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APRILIA’S RECENT resurgence in MotoGP takes me back to its heyday in the late 1990s when Valentino Rossi started his climb to multiple world championships on its 125cc and 250cc two-strokes. Back then I got the chance to undertake extended back-to-ba

ONE BAD race might be a fluke. One bad season a setback. But when the problems persist into the next, it’s beginning to look like Game Over for 2021’s dominant champion Fabio Quartararo and the once-exemplary Yamaha inline four. At least for this sea

THERE IS something different about British tracks, and I don’t know what it is. I don’t know if it’s all the walls or the history; you just feel something special about them. I’m racing in my second year of BSB Junior Superstock for Affinity Sports A

CAMERON DUNKER backed up his maiden Supersport win at Sydney Motorsport Park with more success, taking his GTR MotoStars Yamaha YZF-R6 to victory in Race 1 and second place in Race 2. With another packed field of 24 riders and strong depth of talent,

TROY HERFOSS (Penrite Honda) has silenced doubters by dominating the third round of the 2023 Australian Superbike Championship at Queensland Raceway to close the points gap to Josh Waters and the McMartin Racing Ducati V4 R. Herfoss started the weeke

STARTING FROM seventh on the grid in the R3 Cup, Marcos Hamod latched on to the front group of six. Every braking zone was a battleground with multiple overtaking manoeuvres, but Hamod held on for his breakthrough victory with Henry Snell and Brandon

BODIE PAIGE has taken a clean sweep of victories as well as pole position to complete a perfect weekend in the second round of the Oceania Junior Cup. He fought back from a bad start in Race 1, dropping as low as seventh at one stage but at the line

WHAT EXACTLY ARE the hallmarks of a champion? Putting disappointment – even embarrassment – swiftly to one side? Maintaining cool and recovering from adversity in a short space of time? Perhaps it’s showing supreme racecraft in high-stakes situations

STANDINGS AFTER 3 OF 7 ROUNDS J Waters 160, T Herfoss 142, C Halliday 115, G Allerton 115, M Jones 104 STANDINGS AFTER 3 OF 6 ROUNDS O Simpson 119, T Lynch 116, C Dunker 109, J Passfield 92, T Bramich 86 STANDINGS AFTER 3 OF 6 ROUNDS B Demmery 187, B

TWO CORNERS IN, Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha) tagged Marquez, sending both riders down midpack, before Marco Bezzecchi (VR46 Ducati) ran over Morbidelli’s YZR-M1 bringing out the red flags. Miraculously, all riders made the 11-lap restart

SAM LOWES (Marc VDS Kalex) turned the intermediate class event into a procession, as he eased to his 10th win in the class – his first since suffering a serious left shoulder injury last August. after the Englishman claimed pole position by 0.5sec on

WIN ONCE, and they start flowing. Ivan Ortola (MTA KTM) was the latest rider to prove this maxim as he held off rookie sensation David Alonso (Aspar GASGAS) and Jaume Masia (Leopard Honda) in a thrilling nine-rider fight to take his second grand prix

NOW WITH 11 wins from 12 race starts in 2023, Alvaro Bautista (Aruba Ducati) makes it look so easy. His margins of victory in Barcelona were almost at his 2019 levels, but of course it is a complete package deal of bike, team and rider – and the Span

HUMBERTO Maier (Yamaha MS Racing/AD78 Latin America Team) scored pole position, but was soon relegated to the back of the grid for irresponsible riding. He would climb back up to take fourth place in a remarkable show of determination. Out front, Jef

WITH NICOLO Bulega (Aruba Ducati) on pole and then in the lead of Race 1, it looked like another Ducati V-twin metronome of a race result. However, Marcel Schroetter (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) chased and almost caught Bulega at the flag, finishing jus

KTM PLACED a lot of value on Dani Pedrosa’s wildcard appearance as it provided him with the chance to ride with other riders, something that isn’t always possible when testing alone. “I always ride alone and with the aerodynamics we are testing ridin

MARC MARQUEZ revealed he could be risking his career by returning to competition too early after he surprisingly opted to sit out the Spanish GP due to injury. The eight-time champ revealed three separate teams of doctors advised him to sit out this

ADDING HIS Stage 4 win in Sonora to his consistency at Dakar and Abu Dhabi, Queenslander Toby Price (KTM) extended his lead in the 2023 FIM World Rally Raid Championship ahead of Luciano Benavides (Husqvarna) and Adrien Van Beveran (Honda). With Arge

GLENN IRWIN has taken his Beer Monster Ducati V4 R to the top of the British Superbike standings after a strong showing at Oulton Park’s second round, winning the third race of the weekend, placing second in Race 2 and third in the sprint. “It’s been

THE 52ND running of Kamfari took place on Sunday 30 April on the Cox Peninsula, about an hour South of Darwin, NT. Three-time Kamfari champion Chris Warwick got the holeshot but lost the front-end of his Sherco at the end of the straight, handing Ant

DEAN FERRIS banked a dominant performance at Round 4 of the ProMX Championship in Maitland, NSW, with the Brisbane Motorcycles Yamaha rider winning all three MX1 races. Ferris now leads by nine points over Boost Mobile Honda Racing rider Jed Beaton (