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Bunya Mountains Ride Guide

This month’s RTB Ride Guide sees our sweet Harley 883 taken for a burn through the hills to the magnificent Bunya Mountains in South East Queensland. A very achievable single day trip or push things out to a one-night stay at one of the regions many cabins and homestays. Visit www.bunyamountains.com.au for accommodation options.

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The 2016 Honda Grom What’s the most fun you can have with or without your pants on?  If you’re a fan of travelling on two wheels, a different four letter word could well spring to mind: Grom.   With ‘beginner’ bikes so often sitting at 500 or 600cc these days - part of a seemingly unstoppable trend of making bikes bigger and more powerful - it’s been with equal amounts of surprise and relief that we’ve seen the ‘small street’ sector exploding of late. Thanks to a recent round of 250 and 300cc offerings from almost every major manufacturer, there’s...

2016 Indian Scout Review It’s probably fair to say that no motorcycle company has a more storied a history than Indian. One of the very first motorbike manufacturers, the company’s zenith came way back in the 1910s, when it was the largest manufacturer in the world. After disappearing into obscurity for decades, Indian is back – this time with American ATV & snowmobile giant Polaris at the helm. An unlikely pairing at first glance, however under new management Indian are now producing such magnificent machines that their Milwaukee cousins must be getting worried. Their latest offering is the Indian Scout,...

Many of you will be familiar with the ball-tearing BMW S1000RR unveiled back in 2009 to compete in the Superbike World Championship. With the beast weighing in at less than 200kg and being propelled by a massive 193hp, it made quite the statement (seemingly that statement was a drill sergeant screaming ‘POWER!!’ directly into your ear).   So it was with some disappointment that when BMW decided to do a sports-naked version of the S1000RR – the S1000R – they decided to knock the power down from 193 to an comparatively thrifty 160hp. Enthusiasts were left slightly deflated. Would this...