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

THE FIGHT BEGINS! • 15 bikes have already made their case for AMCN’s biggest award. But with some major new metal still to come, the fight is far from settled

HONDA MID SPORT CONCEPT HERALDS HORNET CBR750R • Weird fashion brand tie-in hides a potentially significant new bike

NEW NINJAS TO RIP! • Updated Ninja H2 revealed, revised Ninja 650 planned

Updated Suzuki SV650 for 2027

CFMOTO 500SR GETS E-CLUTCH AND RIDE-BY-WIRE • Tech-lift for Chinese-market inline four boosts chances of exports

BRIEFS. • YOUR QUICK FIX

ACCESS. • YOUR SAY

QUIZ. • MENTAL TWISTIES

MARC IS MIGHTY AGAIN • Was this the weekend in which the 2026 fight for the end of the 1000cc era suddenly died?

ACOSTA LA VISTA • Pedro finally waves goodbye to MotoGP’s most unwanted record – and on KTM’s home turf

FAST FORWARD • MotoGP’s new 850s were supposed to slow things down. Think again.

CHANGE IS GOOD… • … or is it? Peter Bom, writing exclusively for AMCN, tackles the elephant in the room

RED REIGN • Bulega takes the crown, Lecuona takes the lot and Ducati turns Cremona into a three-race parade of red

AUSSIE GRIT

ALCOBA MAKES KAWA HISTORY

THOMPSON BLOWS UP RACE TWO

NEWS BRIEFS

AUSSIES IN FRAME FOR ISDE UPSET • As the Six Day turns 100, defending World Trophy Team Italy heads to Portugal as odds-on favourite. But conditions could prove ideal for Australia

LAMBERT LIFTS OFF! • Three riders entered the last round with everything on the line. The Brit emerged as the new world champ

ISLAND LEGEND • From farmer to custodian of one of the world’s great racetracks, Fergus Cameron helped transform PI into a motorcycling mecca

FINAL FLING • Who’ll raise a glass to victory as MotoGP’s finest line up for one last Island showdown?

Changing LANES • For Jack Miller, the MotoGP dream is ending. For Senna Agius, it’s about to begin. And Remy Gardner knows better than either what happens when the dream doesn’t go to plan

THE ISLAND THAT REFUSED TO DIE! • For almost a century, Phillip Island has been built, broken, abandoned and reborn. As MotoGP prepares to farewell one of the world’s great circuits, AMCN tracks the extraordinary story of the island that simply refused to disappear

WIN IT OR BIN IT • Wayne Gardner helped bring Grand Prix racing to Phillip Island, then won its first two 500cc GPs against extraordinary odds. He tells Alan Cathcart how it all happened

GO GINGER! • Ginger Molloy beat the world’s best, made history for Bultaco and chased Giacomo Agostini all the way to second in the 1970 500cc world championship. Don Cox pays tribute to a racing great and one of the Continental Circus’s true characters

“THE MEMORIES I HAVE, I WILL TAKE TO MY GRAVE” • For more than three decades, Pino’s Trattoria has fed, sheltered and befriended the MotoGP paddock at Phillip Island. Now, with the Island preparing for its final GP, Rosa Scarlato reflects on the riders, friendships and memories that made Pino’s part of the story

“I’m really hanging out to see the Joe Rascal Ducati perform under lights” • After stress testing the Desmo450 MX in the Finke Desert Race, Ducati Team Principal Brett Metcalfe prepares for the 2026 Australian Supercross Championship

STROOTH!

TARZY!

IN PIT LANE.

TOP GEAR. • COOL STUFF

EVENTS. • YOUR SOCIAL LISTINGS

GASSIT. • RETURN OF THE KING