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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 […]

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Traffic Muncher

Traffic Muncher Honda’s SH300i scooter: a sports bike in a commuter body? Once upon a time, scooters knew their place in society. They were never bigger than 150cc and were strictly confined to the congested […]

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KTM SM T

Maverick The mission: turn a KTM Supermoto into a tourer. Did it work? What do you get when you cross a sheep with a kangaroo? A “woolly jumper”, right? But what do you get when […]

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Yamaha XTZ660 Ténéré

Freedom Machine It’s late, but it’s here now The name “Ténéré” has been synonymous with off-road adventures ever since the original dual-sport machine was first launched in the early 1980s. Developed from Yamaha’s Dakar race-winning […]