Australian Motorcycle News

Australian Motorcycle News covers all things motorcycling from around the world, featuring new-model releases as well as comprehensive bike comparisons and race reports in every issue.

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Australian Motorcycle News

BMW REVS UP ITS NEXT-GEN SUPERBIKE • Lightweight swingarm uses a radical rheocasting process it has patented

NOW HERE’S A GOPRO HELMET! • Built in camera and rear-facing microphones monitor blind spots

SUZUKI LOCKS IN SV-7GX • Midleweight crossover here from January 2027

ZXMOTO 820X revised for production

HARLEY RMCR DESIGNS REVEALED • Cafe racer concept looks like it’s heading for the world’s showrooms

Oz approvals confirm 440cc Sprint 2027 model • New entry-level H-D will take on a crowded local marketplace

Moto Guzzi opens $80m factory revamp

“The quality of the track looks unbelievable… I'm proud to be Australian and going to the Adelaide GP” • Senna Agius gives his first impression of Australia’s new MotoGP circuit. Will he race there in the top class?

ACCESS. YOUR SAY

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • You would think riding BSA’s new motorcycles from Sydney’s amazing Q Station Manly resort to another iconic resort on the Hawkesbury River would be a stroll in the park. But some say NSW’s former longest-running quarantine station site is haunted. Spot the five changes Fred’s made to this image, email answers (and postal address!) and you could win a coveted AMCN neck sock.

THE PARAGON OF ARAGON • Marc Marquez executes his third double of the season – but it didn’t come easy

ARE BAGGERS BALONEY? • Peter Bom is a reluctant convert to bagger racing but thinks there is a better long-term option for fans

ANOTHER THREE STEPS CLOSER • Nicolo Bulega finished another Ducati demolition job and how has one hand grasping the crown

AUSSIE GRIT

ONE DOWN, ONE UP AGAIN

INTENSITY IS BACK AGAIN

NEWS BRIEFS

DUNLOP’S THREE-PEAT • More classic wins gives TT star six Mountain course victories this year

DOUBLE TROUBLE • Cameron Dunker tightened his grip on the Pro 450 title with a Wodonga double, while local gun Jed Fyffe was untouchable in Junior Lites

AUSSIES SHOCK THE WORLD • Written off before a wheel had turned, an injury-hit Australian squad stunned the speedway world in Warsaw to claim its first World Cup crown in 24 years

SPORTSWAGON • You don’t have to give up sportsbike handling and performance just because you want to go touring

CITY LIMITS • Adelaide’s new 15-turn MotoGP city-centre circuit plan has been released, with the 4.13km layout set to blast riders down Brabham Straight at speeds over 340km/h

HAMMER’S REALITY CHECK

NEIL’S INSIDE LINE

BIG. SINGLE. ATTITUDE. • More than half a century after BSA disappeared from our showrooms, one of motorcycling’s most famous names is back. Nigel Paterson rides the Gold Star 650, Scrambler 650 and Bantam 350 to discover whether there’s substance behind the revived badge

POSTER CHILD • With looks to make you weak at the knees and 239hp to finish the job, Chad discovers there’s much more to the new V4 R than crazy numbers!

FLEA CIRCUS • We’ve watched the radical Flying Flea take shape since its 2024 unveiling. Now Alan Cathcart gets the full story – and becomes one of the first to discover whether it can actually fly

guy MARTIN UNLEASHED • After 20 years of answering the same old questions, Guy Martin reckoned there was nothing left to ask him. Challenge accepted…

NOTHING TO PROVE • One of Australia’s brightest young road racers of the early 2000s, Russell Holland spent years chasing one goal all the way to the WSBK championship. But his toughest battle came long after the chequered flag

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