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WORDS: TUG MCCLUCHIN I have little time for The Bronze. I understand they have a job that contains some shitty responsibilities, though that fails to buoy any empathy for them. They see and deal with some pretty gruesome shit, but so do Ambos and Fire Fighters, and they don’t...

WORDS: BORIS MIHAILOVIC. From the day I first snicked a bike into gear, speed has enthralled me. The acceleration, coupled with your essential exposure to the elements, and the thrilling fact that bits of you are scant centimetres away from being ground into meat paste, became a...

WORDS AND IMAGES: COL WHELAN Never been much of an each-way or exotics bloke. When I bet, I prefer to put it all on the nose. Backing just a single horse for the win leaves me hating just one horse and jockey each time I lose. Like most of us I bet once a year and with the...

MY TOP TEN MOTORCYCLE CHOICESWORDS AND IMAGES: NICK EDARDS Valentino Rossi. ‘nuff said. Being asked to pick ten photos for a gallery of my stuff in AMM created a bit of a dilemma. How to find ten that were representative of my shooting and didn’t make me cringe. Yeah, I’m often...

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME ?WORDS AND IMAGES: BORIS MIHAILOVIC It’s fair to say marketing is marketing and truth is truth. And never the twain should meet. Obviously, any bike review worthy of itself must concern itself entirely with truth. Anything else is marketing, and grovelling at...

IS THIS THE WEAPON YOU’RE LOOKING FOR? I try not to read bike reviews. Life is too short to subject myself to the feckless word-salad so many offer these days. I am not alone in this. The industry is also pretty much over the tosh being served up by the mum-and dad concerns, the...

It’s usually best when you can only hear your engine, the wind, and the voices in your head.WORDS BY BORIS MIHAILOVIC Pillions are the most wretched of creatures. Male or female – I do not discriminate. But the simple fact of the matter is the vast majority of pillions are...

For riders eager to conquer the dirt in near-silence while keeping their budgets intact, Talaria’s latest innovation, the Sting MX5 Pro electric dirt bike, is set to revolutionize the scene. This cutting-edge machine combines powerful performance with affordability, offering an...

BY TUG MCCLUTCHIN – IMAGES BY SDPICS.COM Tug getting ready to begin a session. Which way does the track go and what’s the lap record? The very best bike racers in the world have coaches. Not only does raising their skill level improve their chance of winning, but it also...