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DUCATI MULTISTRADA DVT TEST

Ducati discovers true refinement without losing its mojo Ducati’s Multistrada made its mark in 2010. Released in 2003, previous models were a hard-nosed, uncompromising, love child of a motard and a sports-tourer. They competed with […]

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Adventures in Paradise

It’s day four of the BMW Safari in Tasmania, a couple of hours into a spirited 400km round trip from Hobart that weaves its way through the Southwest National Park to Strathgordon and Lake Gordon Dam. I’m riding for the first […]

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Bob’s Your Uncle

If I had one reservation about the Fat Bob, it’s how such an impossibly cool-looking motorcycle will ride, steer, handle and stop. It’s not as if Harley always gets the balance right. I love Bob’s low stance accentuated by […]

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Honda CBF1000

This bike has nothing to fear but a Bandit Smart and well styled, with a terrific engine and an equally good gearbox, the CBF is a bike we’ve been waiting for. But lurking by the […]

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Aprilia SL750 Shiver

Fast track The Aprilia boogie, with a lighter beat Its looks might make you think, but there is nothing unusual about the design of the Aprilia Shiver. Upside-down forks, multi-faceted headlight, trellis frame, exhausts under […]