Australian Road Rider

There are three sports-tourers tested in this issue, which I would normally try to avoid. Australian Road Rider readers are a diverse bunch and I like to try to offer bikes from different categories in each issue, but sometimes there are not a lot of

Honda’s roadster naked, the Hornet, is back in 2023, this time powered by a new 270-degree 755cc parallel twin. The new CB750 Hornet will offer 90hp and 75Nm while pushing just 190kg of weight around — a great formula for good performance. Australian

Winning the MotoGP rider, team and manufacturer titles, enjoying huge sales world-wide and announcing faster, more muscular models for 2023, Ducati is more successful than ever. Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnia is the company’s second MotoGP champion, 15 lon

Triumph has announced a new generation of Street Triple models, with updates and improvements in performance and handling coming from its involvement in Moto2, and for 2023 only, 10 Chrome Collection models. The new Street Triple 765 range — R, RS an

When you’re young you go where your parents take you. In your teens there’s the ubiquitous right-ofpassage pub crawl, then on bikes the smart ones ride between cafes, not hangovers. For many of us travel then becomes riding between towns, then cities

Already in stores is the new Kawasaki KLX230SM, a Supermoto commuter that Australian Road Rider believes would make a superb first bike for those just starting to take to the road. Priced at just $7494 (plus dealer delivery, insurance and government

Featuring a brand-new 776cc parallel twin engine in a new chassis and featuring the longest suspension travel and ground clearance of any V-Strom, the new DL800DE is the most important new model for Suzuki in many years. There’s a dirt-friendly 21-in

I’d left the freeway behind and was riding a ridgeback road, valleys falling away either side as the twisting road swung left and right as it followed the ancient hill down from its peak. The NT1100 was in its element, fast touring on country roads —

Type: SOHC liquid-cooled 4-stroke 8-valve Parallel Twin with 270° crank Capacity: 1084cc Compression ratio: 10.1:1 Engine management: PGM-FI electronic fuel injection Claimed maximum power: 75kW at 7500rpm Claimed maximum torque: 104Nm at 6250rpm Fue

I saw the big Tata truck about the same moment I saw Dean swerving to avoid the 10-ton mobile Bollywood display. A head-on collision would have been disastrous, but Dean deftly avoided tragedy with some skilful riding. I was behind Dean at the time a

Avast, phenomenal mountain range in Albania’s north, the Accursed Mountains, draw their name from the legend of a woman and her two children who fled from the Ottoman Turk invasion in the 14th century. The more they walked, the higher the mountains r

It was late in the day on a lazy Sunday afternoon. The shadows were growing as the GSX-S descended the Oxley Highway, taking me down the great divide. Despite breakfast being 350km earlier, I was fresh and focussed to take on the unrelenting turns do

Type: Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC, 4-valve, In-Line 4-cylinder Capacity: 999cc Power: 150HP, 152PS, 112kW Torque: 106Nm @ 9250rpm Bore x stroke: 73.4 × 59mm Compression ratio: 12.2:1 Fuel system: Fuel injection Ignition: Digital Type: 6-speed Final

Carving through a sweeping right-hander at nearly double the posted recommended speed is fun on just about any motorcycle, but doing it on a Harley is usually accompanied by an underlying feeling of pushing the boundaries. Yes, some of our sportsbike

Type: Milwaukee-Eight 117. Pushrodoperated, overhead valves with hydraulic, self-adjusting lifters; four valves per cylinder Capacity: 1923cc Compression ratio: 10.2:1 Engine management: Electronic Sequential Port Fuel Injection (ESPFI) Claimed maxim

The Z900 was flying through the traffic. Its compact build, light weight and litre-class performance was seeing off the tradies with unrealistic expectations of their expensive utes, the delivery drivers desperate to make a contract with Uber, Amazon

I use my Apple iPhone 12 Pro to control my GoPro, garage door and cameras. It plays music, podcasts, and often provides directions. It warns me about police traps and tells me the speed limit, and now Apple is promoting how the new iPhone 14 will wor

With anything from snow to mid-20s weather possible and in one of the most remote places in the world, for my recent Himalayan tour I wanted versatile, protective and comfortable gear. Australian Road Rider decided on the Klim Latitude jacket and pan

The Australian Road Rider crew visit Dungog quite frequently; it’s one of the towns on some of our testing loops — relatively close to home, yet offering some challenging roads and good scenery. The roads around Dungog are a bit rough and ready. The

On a suburban street on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City is the Saigon Scooter Centre, the only 100 per cent foreignowned scooter shop in Vietnam and a treasure trove of machines, parts and memorabilia. Saigon, of course, is what the city was called

The sign said “Beware of bears, stay in your car”. That’s fine if you have a car but on Big Red!? We were riding through a national park in Canada. Beautiful day to be on the bike, cruising along and about to cross a bridge over a stream. Cars are ba

The crew at Andy Strapz has released a soft pannier frame set for the 2022 Tiger 1200s. Although the frame set accommodates most ‘throw-over’ bags and all Andy Strapz Pannier systems, the Avduro Panniers are recommended. Designed to support throw-ove

Michelin’s new Road 6 and Road 6 GT tyres are the latest variants on a product run that started with the impressive Pilot Road tyre in 2002. Around this time, general-purpose road tyres started to gain sporting performance. Previously, the focus was

Motorcycle communicators have come a long way since the early units of a decade ago, with the 50 series the pinnacle of Sena’s maturing capable and versatile units. They do a lot more than communicate between riders these days though: integration wit

A fortnight out from our muchawaited return to Phillip Island, feelings of excited anticipation were mixed with apprehension and foreboding. Given my recent medical history, the reality of riding more than 2500km over five days, including two 600km-p

Recently, Australian Road Rider’s editor met the owner of a Bimota DB4, pictured here at Jerry’s, the popular Wollombi cafe and service station. Gerald has owned the DB4 for a while and it turns out he’s a bit of a collector, owning three Bimotas. “T

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