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MEGA RIDE DAYS 30+ YEARS OF ACTION

Dean Mellor — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:43:38 +0000

MEGA Ride Days celebrated 30 years of operation late last year. We headed to SMSP for a taste of the on-track action. MEGA Ride Days celebrates 30 years?! For many of us, non-competitive ride days held [...]

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PROFILE — SAVIC MOTORCYCLES

Nigel Paterson — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 14:27:46 +0000

AUSSIE ELECTRIC Savic Motorcycles is expecting to deliver 230 new electric motorcycles to customers in 2024, the start of a process of building a brand that will tap into the technologies of the future. Savic [...]

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Never mind the Isle of Man – Cessnock’s Postie Grand Prix

Nigel Paterson — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:55:12 +0000

Around-the-houses racing has been almost killed off by the Nanny State, but the Postie Bike Grand Prix still happens… BY NIGEL PATERSON A multi-bike pile-up just seconds into the main race, the defending champion [...]

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Celebrating AV’s Motorcycle Paramedics

Nigel Paterson — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:05:27 +0000

Ambulance Victoria (AV) is showcasing its highly trained Motorcycle Unit in recognition of World Motorcycle Day on 21 June. Specialist Resources Manager Joshua Tait said Motorcycle Paramedics are an important response capability that allows paramedics [...]

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Dog on Tour

Nigel Paterson — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:19:05 +0000

Below is an article coming in issue #165 of Australian Road Rider… but with the GoRUFFLY Around the World Fundraiser starting we decided to post it early. World Adventure Link Interesting times on tour with a [...]

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Moto Guzzi Factory Racers – Alan Cathcart

Nigel Paterson — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:02:31 +0000

Younger readers may not know Moto Guzzi was a very successful manufacturer of racing motorcycles, winning numerous Grand Prix titles and building one of the most amazing machines ever, a 500cc V8 four-stroke. The legendary [...]

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Review of Suzuki’s V-Strom 1050XT

Brendan Alder — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:34:39 +0000

Belting along Australia’s backroads requires a touring bike that is comfortable and capable — and Suzuki has delivered just that with the 2020 V-Strom 1050XT.
We rode the new V-Strom on good bitumen, crappy backroads, hard-packed gravel and even some looser, sandy firetrails and through all this it performed well. [...]

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Suzuki’s Street Sports

Brendan Alder — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 03:17:55 +0000

Designed for street sports riding, the GSX-S1000F is affordable… but is it capable?
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Suspension upgrades for older bikes

Nigel Paterson — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:54:29 +0000

Get your bike handling again… You don’t have to put up with a poorly-handling motorcycle due to sacked-out suspension – there are options which don’t have to run into thousands of dollars yet can bring [...]

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Suspension Feature: New Suspenders for the Old Girl

Nigel Paterson — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 21:43:34 +0000

The editor splashed his cash on his FJR1300, because she’s worth it… Words & photos by: NIGEL PATERSON I’ve written about my preference for multiple cheaper motorcycles in my garage to one higher-priced bike, but [...]

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