Happy B’day to BikeReview.com.au! We Turn Five Today!

On this day in 2015 we went live. Wow, what a ride it has been, in that time alone we have reviewed over 200 motorcycles! Last month we had 86,800 Unique Visitors, 156,441 Visits and 1,136,252 Page Views… Amazing. And it’s thanks to you, our valuable readers!

Check out Jeff’s very first BikeReview Editorial here…

We’ve also had 4,106,146 YouTube views of our bike reviews and those total an incredible 170,836 Hours of watch time! We’re super proud of the entire team of amazing and talented contributors, our supportive advertisers, our web developer Si and our big family, the Aussie motorcycle industry.
To celebrate, we’ve put a gallery together of some fun moments over the past five great years!

Sydney Motorcycle Show 2015

Avon 3D Ultra Sport tyres

Andrew Pitt

2013/10/19 – mgp – Round16 – Phillip Island – MotoGP – Bryan Staring – Gresini Honda – FTR 1000 – Action

World Superbike and Superstock 1000

DriRider Classic 2.0 Ladies Jeans

2016 Yamaha Tenere XTZ660

RIP Richard Collins, a great mate and a brilliant technical, MotoGP, WorldSBK and bike review scribe…

2016 KTM 1190 Adventure R

2017 BMW R nineT Urban GS

The GPz is big and long and quite heavy. It’s chassis is sporty but not on par with the Hondas. The top end power makes up for it.

Honda CX650T

The CX500 truly is a great handling bike. The engine is also a cracker, although a little peaky. The big surprise to me was how good the EFI was. The bike had a nicer throttle than most modern machines.

Classic Turbo Comparo: CX500T v CX650T v GPz750T v XJ650T

2017 International Festival of Speed

2017 International Festival of Speed – Steve Parrish

2017 International Festival of Speed – Pierfrancesco Chili

2017 International Festival of Speed – Giacomo Agostini signing autographs

2017 International Festival of Speed – Kevin Magee

2017 BMW R nineT Scrambler

2017 BMW R nineT Scrambler

Editor Jeff on the ex factory RSW250 GP bike. Jeff has a long history racing Aprilia motorcycles himself…

Peter Galvin having a crack on the Aprilia RSW250.

Warming up the Aprilia RSW250 GP machine at Eastern Creek

Jeff on a 300hp turbocharged Diavel.

Custom S&R Pro Turbo Ducati Diavel – “There ain’t no substitute for cubes!”

A quick introduction to the bike before setting off

2017 KTM 1290 Super Duke R

The RbW system is fantastic, offering smooth power and transitions onto and off throttle.

Josh Waters, 2017 YMI Superbike Champion – Round 7 – Phillip Island – Image by Andrew Gosling, TBG

2017 SWM 650 SuperDual

Handling is great, particularly on the smooth stuff, and despite being a sensible scoot the NMAX will still put a smile on your face.

Ducati’s 2018 Scrambler Desert Sled is the off-road orientated version

2018 Benelli TRK 502

Smoke is good.

The Yamaha TMax 530 SX is a great option, and well worth considering, and test riding!

2018 BMW S 1000 XR

The S 1000 XR is well capable of embarrasing some sportsbike riders at a track day.

The S 1000 XR leaves little to be desired as far as power and technology.

2018 BMW S 1000 XR

Yamaha Bolt C-Spec ‘Cafe’

2019 BMW F 850 GS

2019 BMW F 850 GS – Testing included a huge variety of different conditions and some really challenging sections

The 2019 F 850 GS offers an agile and light feeling package

Testing included a grass track section and Enduro loop

2015 Aprilia RSV4 RR

DriRider Atomic Hoodie

Jeff found the limits of the front-end and prefers a single front wheel.

The Yamaha Tracer 900 is the latest generation of the brand’s sports touring triple

And now for something completely different. Track testing cruiser tyres. The Metzeler CRUISETEC is no ordinary cruiser tyre though…

The GT is the touring version with a big screen and panniers.

The Featherlight clutch cable is available for the Continental GT and the Interceptor models.

2020 Kawasaki KLX230R

The 2020 YZF-R1M is an incredible motorcycle, absolutely on rails.

Rodney Faggotter will return to Dakar as a privateer, allowing him to have a proper go at finishing top 10!

my eyeballs are pushed back into my skull with proper falling-off-a-cliff acceleration

1985 RG500, Jeff Ware.

RJAYS Stealth III Suit

FONZ NKD

The mini ape hangars are just spot on for this kind of fun.

The silence of the bike is the first thing that takes some time to get used to. There is a neat electric whine though, quite turbine-like.

Jeff testing the Yamaha Super Tenere.

A good all-around ride whether commuting or having fun up on the local twisties, the 750 works.

Max Biaggi’s Grand Prix experience and heritage shone through in the setup of his Alitalia Racing RSV4 Factory.

The instantly power and toque delivery from the LiveWire is what appealed to us the most!

The brand comes after Harley-Davidson released their all electric motorcycle

The new Panigale V4 S comes in at $40,890 Ride Away. The changes have made the bike one of the best road going sportsbikes we have every reviewed, particularly over fast, bumpy Aussie roads that would normally be completely unsuitable on a superbike – especially a Ducati!

Remy will be the return of the famous Gardner surname for the first time in 30 years.

The 752S is the largest Benelli to come out of China. Benelli S.p.A and Indian Group DSK continue to sell larger capacity Benelli models in the Indian market, including the 899 and 1131.