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what’s he blabbing on about now? I love tinkering away in the garage on motorcycles. I have my CBR900RR race bike, but also a mate and I are building a 1989 Period 6 Yamaha FZR1000. Whenever the postman arrives with new bits and pieces I’ve ordered I just can’t wait to fit them...

BEARS ON A ROLL The café at the eastern base of Cherry Tree Hill, on the Castlereagh Highway in NSW, is open again. There have been a few attempts to make a go of what should be an excellent location, so let’s hope that things go better this time – and let’s also hope that these...

STILL YOUNGYamaha turns 60 Yamaha is 60 and to celebrate Yamaha Motor Australia has organised a travelling roadshow truck complete with vintage model display. The first event took place at Chris Watson Motorcycles in Cessnock, NSW and both the 60th anniversary display truck and...

MV AGUSTA’S 800 LAUNCH WE RIDE THE NEW TRIPLES FROM MV. BELLISSIMO!WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS TIM MUNRO MV Agusta has gone through a couple of hands in Australia over the past few years, now that it is in the hands of Urban Moto Imports, the company that produces, “Motorcycle...

TAKE THE FASTEST AND MAKE IT COMFORTABLE WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS MARK DADSWELL Stuart is wearing a Shoei Hornet ADV helmet, BMW Streetguard suit, Dririder Rapid gloves and Sidi Vertigo boots. “THIS IS THE NEW BMW S 1000 XR IN A NUTSHELL – A SPORTS BIKE WITH A PROPER UPRIGHT...

EXPERIENCE PURE NIRVANA 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....

BRIDGESTONE BATTLAX T30 EVOGREAT, BECOMES AMAZING! WORDS STUART WOODBURY You may remember that some time ago we fitted a set of Bridge stone’s T30 sport touring tyres to a Honda VFR800X Cross runner. Well, those tyres have fared extremely well, getting around 13,000km and being...

YOU KNOW IT’S GOT TO BE GOOD WHEN…WORDS STUART WOODBURY PHOTOS TIM MUNRO When you’ve won numerous championships around the world. Not only do you know that the base package has to be a good thing, but Aprilia’s RSV4 has been given some minor improvements over last year’s model as...

THE WILD WEST (OF MONGOLIA) WELCOME TO A TRULY WILD RIDEWORDS/PHOTOS ROBERT CRICK “ Finding one’s way in this terrain was a challenge even for our Mongolian guide and support team ” Western Mongolia is stark and remote, mostly bare of trees,with a mix of open steppe, hills and...

1. Don’t Fall Off the Motorcycle.2. Don’t Get Eaten by a Bear. FLEX, BEND AND TWIST YOUR FRAME DOES WHAT!? WORDS/PHOTOS MARK MCVEIGH – CEO motoDNA FLEXIBLE CHASSIS, RIDERS AND MOTOGP ENGINEERS Behind the scenes, MotoGP Engineers are continually refining and modifying their state...