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AUSTRALIA MOTOR CYCLE NEWS

THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF 2020 • AMCN HAS BEEN breaking motorcycle news since 1951, covering major developments in new models, industry politics and a complete wrap of sport. This year was one of the most challenging. Here’s some of the highlights, as told by our correspondents from Australia and around the world

CRYSTAL BALL • News editor Hamish Cooper and AMCN industry analyst Ben Purvis look at the year ahead

Ninja gets the chop on rivals

ELEC-SPEC SUSPENSION FOR Z H2 SE

BMW OPTS OUT OF NAKED POWER RACE

PANIGALE V4 SP FASTER AND CHEAPER THAN V4 R

Mid-size trend continues for 2021 • Last issue we brought you a swag of Euro5-compliant models for 2021. The big reveal continues with a theme coming through that bigger isn’t necessarily better, as BEN PURVIS and HAMISH COOPER explain

Briefs YOUR QUICK FIX

“LIKE REPLACING GOLD WITH BRONZE”

Mental Twisties

Did you know?

Hot & Not • AMCN’S THERMOMETER

LAMBO DIAVEL

BMW’S USES C WORD

SHANNONS STUNNER

SUPER-FAST DEAL

The ups and downs of Harley-D • H-D looks on track to ride this period out. Just

Trouble in India

Black flag for V&H

The year was... 001994

PICS OF THE ISSUE

The Power of Dreams • Veteran motorcycle scribe Lester Morris recalls the very first Honda to be sold Down Under

RJAYS gloves! • Win a pair of Cobra II Long gloves valued at $99.95!

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reader rides YOUR BIKES • If it’s a paddock basher, a for-lifer or a brand-spankin’ shiny new one, we wanna see your bike!

mental twisties NAME THAT BIKE • How is your eye for bits of bikes? If you can name the motorcycles to which these parts are attached, we’d say it’s pretty good. In fact, if you can out-do Fred, he’ll cough up an AMCN neck sock to re-gift to Aunty Beryl in the in-laws’ Secret Santa.

THE UPRISING • This is high-speed adventure touring on a superbike scale

AT A GLANCE

THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE IS CLEVER AND SIMPLE TO USE

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE • Three variants are headed our way

OUT IN THE GRAVEL • Off the blacktop on the new Multistrada

THE SWITCHABLE BITS • Same names, this is what they do

SPECS

TROPHY FIGHT • Eleven of 2020’s most accomplished motorcycles in the year’s most coveted race. This is AMCN’s Motorcycle of the Year

HOW WE DID THIS? • A ‘special’ year meant we needed a special way to decide our 2020 Motorcycle of the Year. Here’s how we did it

TESTING CRITERIA

IF AMCN TESTED THE BIKE IN 2020, IT WAS ELIGIBLE

THE JUDGES • The entirely motley crew charged with 2020’s MOTY judging

MID-SIZED MARVEL • This bike establishes a middleweight-twin line in the sand that no other manufacturer has yet

BERLIN BOMBER • BMW returns to the cruiser market with a huge boxer; on looks alone it’s onto a winner

TWIN PEAKS • Practical, refined and tech savvy. This sub-$20k tourer offers hard-to-beat value for money

PRIZE FIGHTER • If your default buy has always been ‘Superbike’ Ducati’s Streetfighter may change your mind

STUN GUN • Blurring the line between Sunday scratcher and full-blown factory-supported WorldSBK racer

AFRICA CALLING • Fancy saddling up and chasing new horizons? Honda has the bike for you

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