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At Shannons Timed Online Summer Auction that wrapped up on 1 March, a sextet of Ducatis were amongst the top-selling motorcycles, with a restored Mike Hailwood Replica leading the way. A total of 33 motorcycles were consigned for this auction, covering everything from a 1963 Honda CB72 to a 2019 MV Agusta Brutale 800RR Lewis Hamilton Edition., as well as rarities like a 1928 Matchless LR2 race bike, 1988 Norton Commander rotary, 1978 Honda CD200 and three-wheelers from Innocenti and Moto Guzzi. The Ducatis on offer, from collectors in Queensland and New South Wales, included a 1973 750 GT, C1974 750 Sport and C1976 900 SS, all in project spec, as well as a 1983 Darmah 900 SD and a pair of 900 MHR (Mike Hailwood Replica) models. Of the…

Details for the 2022 version of Historic Winton, Australia’s longest-running and most popular all-historic motorsport spectacle, have been announced, with this year’s event scheduled for 28-29 May. Presented by the Austin Seven Club in association with the Historic Motorcycle Racing Association of Victoria (HMRAV), Historic Winton is held at Winton Motor Raceway, near Benalla in country Victoria. Across the two days, there will be 20 historic motorcycle and sidecar races across several categories, including Veteran, Class C, P3, P4, P5 and Unlimited. There’s also the Bill Luke Memorial Race and Ken Lucas Classic for P2 and P3 classes, as well as a special Harley v Indian hand-shift battle (depending on entry numbers). After limitations on attendees at last year’s event due to COVID-19, this year’s 45th Historic Winton reintroduces official…

Ducati Corse have signed a new deal with Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia that will keep the 25-year-old Italian with the factory Ducati MotoGP team until the end of 2024. After winning the 2018 Moto2 World Championship, Bagnaia made his MotoGP debut with Pramac Racing Team in 2019 and achieved a podium for the Ducati satellite squad in 2020 before moving up to the factory Ducati Lenovo Team last year on a two-year contract. The extension of Bagnaia’s original 2021-22 deal with Ducati Corse was predicted weeks before it was officially announced on 21 February and comes as a result of the Italian’s strong finish to the 2021 MotoGP season, when he won four of the last six races to claim runner-up in the championship behind Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. “Being a Ducati…

Collaborating with premium watchmakers is nothing new in the automotive world, as the likes of Land Rover, Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes-AMG, Bentley and Aston Martin have all lent their name and style to special edition timepieces. Amongst motorcycle manufacturers, it’s a bit rarer. Ducati teamed up with Tudor in the past and Honda has collaborated with Casio. Now, Triumph is getting in on the act, partnering with Swiss watchmaker Breitling. Why this collaboration and why now? According to Triumph, both they and Breitling are renowned for their precision, quality and style, while also being innovators in their respective fields. Breitling has played a pioneering role in the development of the modern chronograph, while Triumph claim to have made an indelible impact in the evolution of the motorcycle. In more tangible terms,…

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Ducati have presented the ultimate version of their 2022 Panigale in the form of the Panigale V4 SP2. Unveiled in March, the Panigale V4 SP2 (Sport Production 2) is designed for the track, taking the V4 base and adding some new parts, while taking others away. While the Panigale family are already the maximum expression of Ducati’s continuous exchange of information and technology from the world of racing to production bikes, the 2022 V4 SP2 represents what Ducati say is the peak in sportiness and the most significant step in the Panigale V4’s evolution since its introduction in 2018. TAKEAWAYS AND ADDITIONS In the SP2, the Panigale V4 features a final drive and dry clutch inherited from Ducati’s World Superbike programme, as well as more powerful brakes, lightweight carbon fibre wheels…

Harley-Davidson Australia & New Zealand announced the results of their Dealer of the Year awards on 4 March, and while there were winners across both countries, a New Zealand dealership took out the overall award for the second year running. Under criteria that include customer satisfaction, business reporting, marketing and events, commitment to training and performance in sales, service, parts, accessories and merchandise, ‘Road and Sport Harley-Davidson’ in Hamilton, NZ, was judged the Dealer of the Year for 2021, winning $20,000 to put towards their business. This is the second successive year in which Road and Sport have won the overall Dealer of the Year award, something which Barry and Shelley Sproule, who own and operate the family-run dealership, are extremely proud of. “We are thrilled to be recognised as…

Thirty years after he won the 1992 500cc World Championship, Wayne Rainey will ride the very same bike he took to that title when he makes his first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK this June. Although paralysed from the chest down since an accident at the 1993 Italian Grand Prix, Rainey will still be able to ride the 1992-spec YZR500, thanks to Yamaha, who have modified the bike by moving the rear brake and gear-shift controls to the handlebars. Three years ago, Rainey rode a modified YZF-R1 at the Sound of Engine Festival in Japan, so the upcoming Goodwood ride won’t be his first time on a bike since that career-ending accident, but the American says being reunited with his championship-winning machine will make this…

How do you improve on a classic? Ask Royal Enfield, as they have impressive form in making old things new again. Case in point being the Classic 350 presented here, which has been given some key changes for 2022 that make it more of a modern motorcycle without impacting its retro looks or the Royal Enfield ethos of simple, pure and accessible motorcycling. The Classic 350 has been a staple of Royal Enfield’s range for more than a decade, but its origins can be traced to before World War II. What was known as the Bullet 350 back then provided the template for today’s Classic 350. After WWII, the Bullet was modernised with the addition of a proper swingarm with hydraulic shocks – pretty radical stuff in the late 1940s.…

Indian’s immediate success on their return to American flat track racing in 2017 prompted the release of the FTR two years later. Now, their ongoing success in flat track has led to the creation of a new, limited-edition version of the FTR. Announced on 11 March, the ‘FTR Championship Edition’ celebrates Indian’s five straight manufacturers’ titles in the American Flat Track Championship – 2017 to 2021 – and applies features and finishes inspired by the FTR750 race bikes used by Indian’s modern-day Wrecking Crew. “Since the FTR’s debut in 2019, riders around the world have expressed their passion and enthusiasm for the FTR’s flat track-inspired design,” said Aaron Jax, Indian Motorcycle Vice President. “While the 2022 FTR lineup optimises the FTR’s on-road performance, the FTR Championship Edition reignites our flat…

Husqvarna Motorcycles have announced details of their 2022 Australian adventure ride event, with a new name, a new addition and an extra day of riding. Previously known as the ‘701 Enduro Trek,’ the Australian arrival of Husqvarna’s Norden 901 adventure bike has led to a rebranding of the multi-day ride event as the ‘Husky Trek’ for 2022. To be held in Queensland from Sunday, 14 August to Friday, 19 August, the ‘2022 Husky Trek: Queensland Country’ offers owners of Husqvarna’s 701 Enduro and Norden 901 the chance to explore an outstanding part of Australia with likeminded adventurers. Starting in the Bunya Mountains, an isolated section of the Great Dividing Range in south-east Queensland, the 2022 Husky Trek route heads north for a two-night stay at Gayndah, Queensland’s oldest town, with…

Yamaha has withdrawn from the motorcycle category of the annual Dakar Rally, announcing in late February that they would not be contesting the 2023 event, nor would they take part in the remaining rounds of this year’s FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. Yamaha is the only manufacturer to have participated in every running of the Dakar since it was first held in 1979, and while they were successful in the event’s early years, a Yamaha rider has not taken overall victory in the fortnight-long marathon for the past 25 years. That lack of success was most likely a leading factor in the decision to pull out of the rally, but another is financial, as the budget for the annual Dakar campaign came from Yamaha Motor Europe, not Yamaha head office…

The revitalised Gresini Racing squad made its mark at the opening round of the 2022 FIM MotoGP World Championship in Qatar, with victory to Enea Bastianini coming just over a year after team founder Fausto Gresini’s death from COVID-19 and breaking a winless streak in the premier class for the Italian outfit that stretches back to 2006. When Gresini Racing last won in MotoGP, the team was known as Fortuna Honda, running the RC211V as an independent squad. Marco Melandri and Toni Elias combined to deliver four wins for Gresini in 2006, for a team’s championship placing of fourth, only behind the full factory teams from Honda, Yamaha and Ducati. After Elias’s victory at the 2006 Portuguese GP, Gresini would not visit the top step of a MotoGP podium again…

1 ARGON MISSION MEN’S GLOVES Argon Moto / McLeod Accessories argonmoto.com The premium sports glove in the Argon range of riding wear, the Mission combines goat and kangaroo leather construction for strength and suppleness, with ‘digital leather’ palm inserts for optimal grip. Knox forearm sliders, knuckle and finger protection (the latter with air vents) are all standard, as is an Argon Advance tech fibre lining for additional protection. Polyester-lined sections, foam padding and Cordian panels in the thumb and fingers for flexibility are other features. Available in stealth (black), black/white, white/red and black/white/yellow colours and S-3XL sizes. $219.95 RRP/pair from good bike gear retailers. 2 ROYAL ENFIELD X SA1NT T-SHIRTS Royal Enfield store.royalenfield.com.au RE x SA1NT t-shirts are made from 170 GSM cotton, with a peached inner, ribbed crew neck…