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             SAM MACLACHLAN



                                                                                                                              EDITORIAL
                                                                                                                         Editor: Sam Maclachlan
                                                                                                                        Deputy Editor: Kel Buckley
                      Shock tactics                                                                                    News Editor: Hamish Cooper
                                                                                                                         Sub Editor: Phil Branagan
                                                                                                                        Staff Journalist: Pete Vorst
                                                                                                                       Founding Editor: George Lynn
             I KNOW, I know, they don’t make brmmm-brmmm noises, so                                                             DESIGN
             we shouldn’t accept them. I get that. But electric-powered                                                 Art Director: Paul Andrews
                                                                                                                          Designer: Joe Ferrara
             vehicles are a thing, and the two-wheeled versions of such                                               Sir Alan Cathcart, Michael Scott,
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             contraptions are becoming more and more viable as proper                                                Ben Purvis, Colin Young, Mat Oxley,
             modes of transport and recreation. There’s also a whole                                              Gold & Goose, Gordon Ritchie, Paul Young,
                                                                                                                    Peter Whitaker, Tim Munro, Don Cox
                                                                                                                          AND NOT FORGETTING
             generation of future travellers coming online who think                                               Dean Mellor, Darryl Flack, Neil Spalding,
             they are great…                                                                                            Simon O’Leary, Peter Baker,
                                                                                                                        Josh Evans & Phillip Tooth
                Ask most late-teens what car they lust after and they won’t                                                  PRODUCTION
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                            say Ferrari, they will say Tesla. It’s a shock. But this                                Advertising Co-ordinator: Yang Zhou
                                 is what changing generational aspirations look                                         Head of Sales: Dale Johnson
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                                    like, and while I can’t see my kids wanting a                                      dale.johnson@amcn.com.au
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      I love it, yet                  BST Hypertek (the cover bike) when asked                                      National Sales Manager: Mark Evans
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                                        just yet, there’s a solid chance they will
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                                                                                                                     Qld Sales Manager: Todd Anderson
    it doesn’t go                        own such a two-wheeler in their lifetime.                                      todd@motormedia.com.au
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                                          By the time they get a motorcycle
        brmmm-                            licence, my oldest in five year’s time,                                          Publisher: Jim Flynn
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   brmmm. It is                           to choose from. How does an electric                                    Accounts: accounts@citrusmedia.com.au
                                          there’s a chance there will be a selection
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                                          I bought my first e-mountain bike recently,                                     E: amcn@amcn.com.au
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                          fun and the novelty hasn’t worn off in three months. I                                       PO Box ¦¥¦, Hornsby, NSW, ¦¥ž‹
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                Will an electric motorcycle turn me on like a petrol bike                                       All motorcycle prices listed are recommended retail only
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