Australian Motorcycle News — January 30, 2018

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Bathurst legends

Iwouldliketosay

awarmandsincere

thankyou to AMCN

and Hamish Cooper for

puttingtogether the

recentBathurstEaster

special. As a continuous

AMCNreaderofnearly

4 0years,nostoryhas

resonatedandtouched

memore.

Likemanyofyour

readers, and even after

4 0yearsofriding,Istill

eat, sleepandbreathe

anything motorcycling

andracing,andrelived

the many fond memories

Ihave of our pilgrimages

toBathurstfor theEaster

Races through your

story.Itbroughttears

tomyeyes;itwassuch

aspecialtimeinmy

life. Readingthenames

of Chivas, Cole, Neil,

Pretty,Phillis, Clarke,

Hiscock,plus Ajayand

company, many of whom

have now passedaway,

got me quite emotional.

These were myheroes

andidols, andwatching

themrace atBathurst

was somethingtruly

exciting and special and

havingdone so makes

mefeelveryprivileged.

Thank you for the

stroll down memory

lane, and for those of us

thatwerethere,ittruly

wasaMagicMountain!

HowardSmith

Upper Colo, NSW

G’day Howard, the

two-part Bathurst

feature was certainly

a big hit with AMCN

readers. Researching the

feature uncovered some

great pics, including this

beauty of the late Ajay

Johnson. Chris

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Shiverandshake
Just wantedtoletyouknow
you’ve given me quite the
dilemma. Ihadmy mind
madeupaboutbuying
aStreet Triple R until I
readAMCNVol67 No 12
andsawthereviewonthe
Aprilia Shiver900,which
soundslikeagreatbikeas
well.Thenlookingafew
pagesfurther in I saw an
advertisementfortheMV
Agusta Brutale 800...
I’mlookingfor a mid-
capacity naked with
acomfortableriding
positionfor commuting
and also the odd Sunday
ride. Researching
online is suggesting all
three are similar,with
changeable riding modes
and switchable ABSand
traction control.
Prices vary slightly,

whichisn’tamassive

thingas I’drather payabit

more if I know I’m getting

somethingbetter.

This is without

considerationforthe

Monster 820, whichalso

looksawesome.

So mydilemma is this:

So, whichnakedbikeshould

Ichoose?

BrendanButler

Via email

G’day Brendan, this is an

easy one to resolve. You

say to yourself, “Bugger it,

I’m only going to live once,”

and then you go out and

purchase all of them. You

can thank me later. Chris

CleverKiwis

Great articles on

Bathurst.Learning that

Rodger Freeth(right) and

McIntoshreducedthe

Suzuki’scapacity100cc

bythesimpleexpedient of

switching pistons enhances

myamazement at Kiwis’

ingenuity in allthings

mechanical.

As always. Agoodwide-

ranging read.

Fitz

Viaemail

G’day Fitz, you’re dead

right about those Kiwis.

They’re certainly a clever

lot over there, and now they

even beat us at cricket.

Thankfully we’ve still got

it over them in motorcycle

racing! Chris

Let me hear it

Ienjoyedthearticleonthe

Radial4(Vol67 No 12).A

radial plane engine is one