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LACHLAN STANFORD’S FE501

08/08/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

We throw a leg over Lachy Stanford’s AORC Factory Husqvarna FE501 race bike STORY SHANE BOOTH PHOTOGRAPHY MATT BERNARD Big-bore enduro bikes are no longer the huge, heavy beasts they once were. In the past, […]

KIRK GIBBS’ KTM 450SX-F

13/07/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

We spin some laps on Kirk Gibbs’ Factory KTM 450SX-F Story Shane Booth| Photography Matt Bernard Riding factory race bikes are one of the coolest parts of being involved in the motorcycle media. We recently had the […]

BIKE TEST: 2018 HUSQVARNA TE250I and TE300I

13/07/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

Goodbye premix, goodbye jetting. TPI is here. We head to Canada to ride the 2018 TE250I and TE300I Story Damien Ashenhurst| Photography Husqvarna As the morbidly obese woman rumbled down the Boeing 777’s isle, the hostess flanking […]

BIKE TEST: 2017 HONDA CRF450RX

06/07/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

RED DEVIL STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY DAMIEN ASHENHURST Honda is back in the bush with a dedicated racer — and it’s red hot. See what we did there? Red hot? Yeah, right-oh, let’s move on […]

BIKE TEST: NATHAN CRAWFORD’S MEGA BULK FUELS MONSTER ENERGY KX450F

30/06/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

We ride the Mega Bulk Fuels Monster Energy Kawasaki of Nathan Crawford Story Shane Booth| Photography Matt Bernard Where do you start with such a trick looking motorcycle? Cosmetically the bike is trick. Takt graphics are busy from […]

BIKE TEST: 2017 Honda CRF450R

26/06/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

The all-new Honda CRF450R is the most anticipated new model of 2017. We spent a day cutting laps on it at The Ranch motocross track to see what it was all about Story Shane Booth| Photography Damien […]

SHERCO FACTORY EDITION LAUNCH

16/06/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

SHERCO FACTORY EDITION LAUNCH STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY DAMIEN ASHENHURST AND MATT BERNARD We were lucky enough to be invited to the Sherco Factory Edition Launch at Mt Kembla in Wollongong, NSW. For the full […]

BIKE TEST: 2017 Husqvarna TC125

26/05/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

The Husky 125 received a major overhaul in 2016 so no big changes were expected for this year. It didn’t go unaltered, though — a few updates and the all-new WP AER fork just sweetened […]

BIKE TEST: SWM RS 500 R

23/05/2017 matt bernard Comments Off

STORY MATT BERNARD PHOTOGRAPHY SHANE BOOTH What you see here is essentially a 2010 Husqvarna TE510. Speedy Working Motors, SWM, kicked into life in the early 1970’s, building lightweight competitive enduro bikes for racing until […]