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Ducati’s Multistrada Enduro

Flying over the European Alps towards my island destination of Sardinia and staring down at the vast semi-wilderness with boyish awe seemed a fitting way to approach the world launch…
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2004-2011 SUZUKI DL650 V-STROM

Suzuki’s middleweight V-Strom dual-sport could well be the motorcycle equivalent of the Swiss army knife. Suzuki’s dual-sport (or adventure touring) model, the DL1000 V-Strom, arrived in 2002, a competent and…
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2016 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT

Are you bored of sharp scenery? Yearning to make the bella-vista a blur? Even when they’re touring, KTM are ready to race. How can a motorcycle be soft and approachable,…
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Honda’s Africa Twin

The all-new CRF1000L Africa Twin was one of the most eagerly anticipated new models of 2016. This is partly due to the legendary status of the original Africa Twin, and…
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Bike Test – Suzuki DR-Z400SM

One of Suzuki’s most dependable and fun-loving bikes turns ten this year, and what better birthday bling to give than the gift of gold? The Suzuki DR-Z400SM. In the often ill-defined…
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Martin’s Martek

If you’ve been reading AMCN for a while, you might have seen and read the odd bit about my Martek a few times in the nearly six years since I…
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Quickspin on Yamaha XSR900

Another day, another variation of Yamaha’s MT range. By rights we should all be getting a little sick of these models by now, but in reality nothing could be further…
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TWO-UP TOURING ON BMW S1000XR

Riding a motorcycle along the famous Great Ocean Road in Victoria is nothing new – tens of thousands do it every year.And while not all of them do…
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Triumph Tiger 800XcX

An uncaged tiger that won’t bite Triumph keeps rolling them out and the Tiger keeps getting better. With two styles in the series, the XR and the XC as the…
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Melbourne to Sydney on KTM RC390

He isn’t a God because he can’t make a European Cypress of a plank of a seat any more comfortable than a well a pine tree. My bolt from the…
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Braaap Urban

These days it’s an Australian entrepreneurial motorcycle manufacturing phenomenon, but Braaap was born out of founder Brad Smith’s simple desire to kickstart mini motocross Superlite MX racing in Australia. To…
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Believe The Hype? Australian Launch – 2016 Suzuki SV650 LAMS

Suzuki may not be synonymous with V-Twins in the minds of the many, but they should be. Some of the finest metal ever to come out of Hamamatsu has thumped…