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OH, BAD(?) LUCK You do not have to have lots of horsepower to pull spectacular crashes. I once ran a rented Mobylette into a construction ditch in Tahiti after eating too much raw fish marinated in lime juice at Harry’s Bar. Sampling all those different rum cocktails might have...

New motorcycle prices go up, they go down. It can be hard to keep track of all the changes. Australian Motorcyclist Magazine supplies you with all the latest up to date prices from all the manufacturers currently in the country. Things like special deals, cashbacks, factory...

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SINGING THE PRAISES OF A BITZA WORDS LESTER MORRIS Ever heard of a motorcycle called the ‘Ever Onward’? Chances are you never have, and chances are you never will again, for it was an exceedingly strange machine which I rode during a trip to Melbourne in 1981. It was one of eight...

Jul. 22, 2024 On July 20, Kawasaki made history by conducting the world’s first public demonstration run of a hydrogen ICE (internal combustion engine) motorcycle by a mass-production motorcycle manufacturer. This landmark event took place at the renowned Suzuka Circuit....

RIDE THE LAND OF PARADISE Join the next Trip of a Lifetime with MOTORCYCLIST and Paradise Motorcycle Tours NZ. Our 2016 Hiamo South Island tour will run from 26 Jan to 6 Feb 2016 – 11 days of glorious roads and scenery that will knock your socks off. Everyone who came on the 2015...

SEE THE BIG LAKE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA This month we head to South Australia and the region where records fall – Lake Gairdner. Most of the year this is a huge inland lake, but when it dries out the salt hardens,creating a fairly fl at surface ideal for attempts at the world speed...

VISITING TOKYO? TAKE SOME TIME OUT FROM THE CITY AND VISIT A TOWN – BIKE TOWN, THAT IS Yes, you’re quite right. This is a Honda 250. Or was, anyway The heavily built-up area between JR Ueno Station and the adjacent district Showa Dori is even shown on maps as “Bike Town”. It has...

YOU’RE KIDDING! COMPILED BY THE BEAR No matter how you look at the Himalaya, the sight is overwhelming COME TO NEPAL Good news, says John Cayless from Asian Experience Motor Bike Tours: Nepal is open for business and encouraging tourists to return. The devastating earthquake...

AND THEY’RE ALL WINNERS WORDS/PHOTOS COLIN WHELAN Forty five clicks south of Too woomba slap in the middle of the beautiful Darling Downs and well off the New England Hwy, you’ll find Clifton, a town of just 1100 people but three pubs. Competition is fierce between them, and...