Motorcycle Reviews and Motorcycle Tests | MCNews.com.au https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/motorcycle-reviews/bike-reviews/ Motorcycle News, Sport and Reviews Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:46:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.mcnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Icon-32x32.png Motorcycle Reviews and Motorcycle Tests | MCNews.com.au https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/motorcycle-reviews/bike-reviews/ 32 32 Honda CRF300 Rally Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-crf300l-rally-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-crf300l-rally-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:45:37 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=490081 Honda CRF300 Rally Review Little red Elmo. The all-road postie bike. I tried to come up with a nickname that encapsulated my impressions of the ‘Rally’. In the end I settled on Red Robin. We do have robins in Australia, if you didn’t know. Scarlet, Flame, Red Breasted, Red Capped, Pink, and Yellow-breasted robins. You […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-crf300l-rally-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Review | LAMS Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/royal-enfield-guerrilla-450-review-lams-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/royal-enfield-guerrilla-450-review-lams-motorcycle-test/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:43:02 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=503607 Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450 Review If you’ve been considering the Royal Enfield lineup – especially the smaller-capacity models and wishing for a boost in performance – the new Guerrilla 450 has arrived to meet those expectations. Previously, those seeking more power had to look to the 650 twins, but now the Sherpa single-cylinder engine – […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/royal-enfield-guerrilla-450-review-lams-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 BMW S 1000 RR M Sport at Phillip Island with CSS https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-s-1000-rr-m-sport-at-phillip-island-with-css/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-s-1000-rr-m-sport-at-phillip-island-with-css/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:29:41 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=498412 BMW S 1000 RR M Sport Phillip Island Ride Days I’ve just spent the most amazing couple of day’s putting myself and the M Sport through our respective paces at Phillip Island. I’m sitting here still buzzing a day later as I try to gather my thoughts into something resembling a coherent stream of words. […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-s-1000-rr-m-sport-at-phillip-island-with-css/feed/ 0 Zero Motorcycles SR/S Review | Electric Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/zero-motorcycles-sr-s-review-electric-motorcycle-test-zero/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/zero-motorcycles-sr-s-review-electric-motorcycle-test-zero/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2024 01:50:56 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=501590 Zero SR/S Review Test by Wayne Vickers I’m pleased to say that despite my range anxiety being on overdrive following my Livewire experience a couple of years ago, this time, the manufacturer’s range claims seem pretty legit. While the Zero SR/S won’t handle my unusually long, mostly highway 230 km return commute on one charge, […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/video-review-an-820-km-day-out-on-the-updated-tiger-1200-rally-pro/feed/ 1 Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen 401 Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/husqvarna-svartpilen-and-vitpilen-401-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/husqvarna-svartpilen-and-vitpilen-401-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:15:56 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=494377 Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen 401 Review Test by Rennie Scaysbrook For a company that seems to be updating its model line-up every six months, it seems odd we’re talking about six full years since the KTM-endowed Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 models received any significant changes. Released in 2018 as a modern take on […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/husqvarna-svartpilen-and-vitpilen-401-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 2025 Honda CRF450R Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-honda-crf450r-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-honda-crf450r-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 05:06:00 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=497361 2025 Honda CRF450R Review Motorcycle Test by Guy Streeter Looking back at the last couple of years, without doubt it is Honda that is back at the top in motocross. The Honda CRF450R has had some great success in Australian Supercross and Motocross and even bigger success on the World stage. Most recently, of course, […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-honda-crf450r-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 2024 Yamaha MT-09 SP Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-yamaha-mt-09-sp-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-yamaha-mt-09-sp-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:31:38 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=494374 2024 Yamaha MT-09 SP Review Motorcycle Test A couple of months back, I got some seat-time on the heavily-revised Yamaha MT-09, a bike that’s been in production for 10 years. I feel old saying that. I loved it so much that I requested a long-term loaner from Yamaha as the new Scaysbrook household runabout, but […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-yamaha-mt-09-sp-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 2025 Ducati Panigale V4 S Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-panigale-v4-s-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-panigale-v4-s-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:13:04 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=496776 2025 Ducati Panigale V4 S Review Stereotypes exist usually because they are true. The same goes for reputations. Take the Ducati Panigale V4 range, for example. Often the fastest bike in a straight line in whatever race it lines up in, it is also true that the Panigale has historically been one of the biggest […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2025-ducati-panigale-v4-s-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 4 2024 Triumph Tiger 1200 Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-triumph-tiger-1200-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-triumph-tiger-1200-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:16:12 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=492613 2024 Triumph Tiger 1200 Review When MCNews.com.au was lucky enough to attend the awesome 2022 Aussie launch of the massively redesigned Tiger 1200 Rally variants almost two years ago exactly, I came away impressed by just how cohesive a package the Hinckley crew had brought to the market. I said at the time, after an […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-triumph-tiger-1200-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 BMW R12 nineT HL and R12 HL Review – Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-r12-ninet-hl-and-r12-hl-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/bmw-r12-ninet-hl-and-r12-hl-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:43:17 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=489031 BMW R12 nineT HL and R12 HL Review A two for one today. Two R12s that share a lot, but differ in important ways. First the R12 nine T. Lets just call it the nineT. Geez they make it hard to follow along with their model naming don’t they… When the original R nineT was […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-kawasaki-klr650-s-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 6 2024 Kawasaki Vulcan S Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-kawasaki-vulcan-s-lams-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2024-kawasaki-vulcan-s-lams-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:22:58 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=483696 2024 Kawasaki Vulcan S Review Test by Kris Hodgson. Images by Linda Read The Vulcan S harks back from 2015 as a LAMS-legal cruiser in the Kawasaki range. It does away with the more traditional styling seen originally on the Vulcan 750, and later 400, 500, and larger models, while offering one of the few […]

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