Australian Motorcycle News

Australian Motorcycle News covers all things motorcycling from around the world, featuring new-model releases as well as comprehensive bike comparisons and race reports in every issue.

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Australian Motorcycle News

PI IN NEW RACE • Authorities are scrambling to find a MotoGP replacement

Will it be lights, camera, action?

BIGGEST THREAT TO MOTORCYCLING • Illegal e-bikes are undermining the industry

Kawasaki hydrogen bike gets bulkier still • Patent shows vast, four-tank version in pursuit of usable range

Hero Vida Ubex production electric bike emerges • Showroom version of EICMA concept leaks in design registration

DUCATI GETS SMART (AGAIN) • Another tribute to his epic 1972 Imola win

BSA returns to Australia • Dealer network and three models on sale by the middle of this year

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

ACCESS. • YOUR SAY

QUIZ. • MENTAL TWISTIES

THREE TIMES AND NEW TIMES • A season opener that looked like a formality on paper became something far wilder at Phillip Island

NEWS

AUSSIE GRIT

NEWS

BAYLISSTIC BREAK THROUGH • Fresh faces, shifting skies and a long-awaited podium for Oli

YOUNG GUNS FIRE AT THE ISLAND • Fresh faces and fierce battles. PI didn’t just open season 2026 – it reset it

OLLY STEALS THE SHOW • What winning by 0.001sec looks like

King Kiwi swoops

NEW ORDER IN THE FIRE • Aprilia lit up Thailand, Ducati faltered in the heat and Marquez found himself under intense scrutiny

BEZZECCHI BLITZES IT • Ducati’s 88-podium streak came to a stunning end in the Thailand heat

EUROPE HERE WE COME! • Aussie stars are set to light up European tracks, even as the UK Premiership remains in flux

Farewell PHILLIP ISLAND • As MotoGP leaves Phillip Island after decades of tradition, we unpack the politics, planning and power plays behind Australia’s biggest racing shake-up in a generation

HAMMER’S REALITY CHECK

GORDO’S IN MOURNING

RIDING THE Sheene MACHINE • What does it feel like to ride a $2 million piece of motorcycle racing history? To ride the very bike that Barry Sheene used to win the 500cc world championship 50 years ago? Stuart Barker had no idea, until he turned up at Cadwell Park and got the surprise of his life…

RESTORING THE SHEENE MACHINE

WHOLE SHOT

“A PHONE MAN, NOT A FAX MAN” • 33 years ago, Dep Ed Hamish Cooper got roped into running errands for Bazza on the very first Ducati Monster…

THE MONSTER RIDES AGAIN • 30-plus years on, Ducati’s game-changing naked icon is back and still turning heads

ICE FIGHTS BACK! • Electric bicycles are getting all the publicity (most of it bad) while Honda quietly sells a machine that competes on price yet can do so much more than anything that has pedals…

WHAT’S IN A NAME? • Hard to pronounce, easy to fall for, and the right bike at just the right time for Moto Morini…

JEFF LEISK 3.0 BRINGING BSA BACK TO AUSTRALIA • After a career defined by results and relationships, Jeff Leisk is back at the beginning again, setting up to become the official Australian BSA importer with a dealer-first plan, a small family team and aiming for a mid-year delivery

ASHES TO ASPHALT THE GRAMPIANS RIDE AGAIN • Twelve months ago, this was the last place you’d want to be riding. But as the green shoots signal revival, it’s time to ride the ranges again

WONDER WOMAN’S SUPER LEGACY • Fast, fearless and unflinching, Peggy Hyde rewrote the rules for women on two wheels

What a Hyde! Day history was made • We relive the moment macho men realised Peggy was better than them

STROOTH!

TARZY!

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