Australian Motorcycle Expo Melbourne 2012

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At the very least I am expecting to see the full fleet of 2013 Multistrada 1200s, oodles of shiny Italian bike  pr0n. While I am still unsure what the purchase of Ducati by Audi completed earlier this year means for Ducati in Australia, (handled by independent NF Importers – part of the Fraser Motorcycles Group – since 1964) it could …

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Plexiglass screen – why bother

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Igave it a good try too, through 1500kms of all weather riding and it just didn’t do anything for me except impede my vision of the dash and make my bike look ugly. I reckon it looks naff.   Didn’t even make it to the next day when I got home, tubbed it and took it off. …

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Wagner Lewis Lightweight Pro Clutch

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Introducing the Wagner Lewis High Performance DUCATI Dry Clutch. Leif Lewis is the man behind the genius of this high performance clutch, and being some sort of mechanical luddite I’ll leave the tech speak up to them; The unique, patent-pending stabilizer plate in the Wagner Lewis Lightweight Pro Clutch is the key to a clutch that …

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The sexy Ducati Monster 1100 EVO

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It’s short wheelbase and moderate rider lean angle make it feel tight and aggressive. It has oodles of lush twin power that just makes you wanna wind it on. It has the wet multiplate clutch so no Ducati clickety clack which makes it feel more controllable and maybe reserved compared with the Hyper. That lean …

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