Transmoto

THOR doesn’t do quiet season launches, and MX-27 is no exception. Splashy new Sportmode graphics headline the range this year – think Damascus, Vanish and Punk’d colourways loud enough to be seen from the other side of the track – but underneath them sits a reworked chassis built around fewer seams and more stretch than ever. Here’s what’s new across the collection…

It sounds like we weren’t the only ones to do a double-take in June, when Ducati Australia revealed that their all-new 2027 Desmo450 EDS – the first enduro model the 100-year-old Italian manufacturer has ever produced – would hit Australian dealers late this year … at a Ride Away price tag of just $17,725!

Huh? Less than $18K? Ride Away price? Are you sure...

Kay de Wolf joined the Husqvarna Factory Racing program as a 13-year-old and has climbed all the way to an MX2 World Championship – and now, along with team operator Nestaan, he’s committed to the outfit for years to come.

While plenty of factory teams spend the mid-season stretch fielding phones and fending off silly-season rumours, Husqvarna has ...

Before there was an Transmoto 8-Hour anywhere else in Australia, there was Batemans Bay. Back in 2011, this patch of land in Buckenbowra hosted the very first Transmoto event ever run – and for 10 years straight, it was where the whole teams-based endurance format cut its teeth. Then, after 2020, the 12-Hour went quiet. This October, it’s back, on the same original property ...

Given that these guys have had such cruel luck with injuries over the past couple of seasons, how cool was it to see CDR Yamaha’s Jed Beaton and Aaron Tanti cement first and second places in this year’s ProMX title chase?! As we flagged earlier this week in our