The global motorcycle sales slump has forced Harley-Davidson to close one factory, while Royal Enfield sales cool and Indian Motorcycle...
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Yamaha Square Root is the unfortunate name for the company’s latest concept motorcycle. But that’s what you get when you...
A Victorian couple on a dream riding holiday through Europe are now fighting for their lives after being crushed by a tractor trailer on the Stevio Pass in northern Italy last month. Richard Hogg, 65, and wife Lorna, 62, have only recently started breathing on their own as they recover...
A 27-year-old male rider from Jimboomba, south of Brisbane, has died in a collision with a car allegedly turning across his...
Four drivers have been taken for mandatory testing after a motorcycle rider died in a truck collision on the M4...
It comes as no surprise that the Ducati Panigale V4 1409 won the vote for the most beautiful bike of the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, making it five years in a row for the Italian company. Of course Italians will always vote for their own bike at their show, but...
As motorcycle theft continues to be the one area of vehicle theft to rise, a tougher penalty system for offenders...
“A lot of business people ride bikes,” says Travis Windsor. That’s why he’s started Australia’s first motorcycle chamber of commerce....
Aprilia is the first manufacturer to issue an official safety recall in Australia over a Brembo brake failure that also affects some other European models. Australian company PS Importers issued the safety recall through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on certain 2015 to 2017 RSV4 1000 and Tuono 1100 (pictured...
With an increase in desire for travel, efficiency comes a blow-out to an entirely different corner of the market –...
Boutique French motorcycle company Avinton is trying to find a distributor in Australia. Botelho Bruno, export director of Avinton...
Can you identify this scooter thief from the inset image of the man while riding in the back of a taxi? Sunshine Coast detectives want to speak to him about the theft of a Suzuki UK110 scooter from outside a surf club at Coolum last week. Just after 4pm last Saturday...
Electric bicycles in the snow, bikes made in Thailand and Europe, lower prices, higher costs, tariff wars and removable batteries...
(Contributed article for our North American college readers) College is already expensive and stressful as it is, so deciding how...
Motorcycle branches of the Shooters & Fishers Party are being planned across the nation in an effort to be more relevant to riders. The first is the Shooters & Fishers Party NSW Motorcycle Branch which has formulated several policies and will back candidate Peter Johnson for the NSW Upper House...
(CONTRIBUTED POST) It’s no secret that riding motorcycles still has that rebellious edge style depicted in the Easy Rider film....
Motorcycle rider David McDowell has been refused entry to Centrelink in Maryborough because his motorcycle helmet was considered a weapon....
(Sponsored post) Bikes and cars both have their benefits. Not that cars are any less useful, this article focuses more on promoting motorcycles. We have discussed why you should prefer to get a motorcycle instead of a car. Car is more useful when it’s snowing or raining; otherwise, bikes have...
Electricity and Water Don’t Mix Do you own a 2020 Zero SR/F or SR/S? If you do, and your bike...
For some, motorcycling is a religion and for others it seems motorcycles and religion are intrinsically linked. There are many...
Indian Motorcycle Australia will sell their bikes through six more dealerships owned by Motorcycle Holdings Ltd who operate TeamMoto dealerships. Last month the company surprised its customers when it announced it would close its four company-owned dealerships in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Sources told us it was part of a...
Contributed article on poker runs (Image source: Pexels) Poker runs are a growing craze in the motorcycle community, as they...
A GoFundMe page has started for the family of Brian Carter, a father of four who died when his motorcycle...
A County Court appeal has been lodged after a Victorian Magistrate last month upheld a $150 fine against a motorcycle rider for wearing a helmet camera. Law firm Maurice Blackburn is acting on behalf of Max Lichtenbaum, who was fined $289 and lost three demerit points after being pulled over by...
As NSW and Queensland accept lane filtering as a traffic-jam buster, other states are idling over the issue and an...
Organisers of the Save of the Oxley rally to halt the reduction of speed limits on the famed motorcycle route...
Queensland Police will target motorcycle speeds after a spike in rider and pillion deaths in the first five months of the year, despite the reduction in traffic during the pandemic lockdown. They have vowed to increase their presence and revert to their mobile speed camera program which had been temporarily...
Scenery and challenging roads are the most important attractions for riders when they travel, road safety and road quality are our biggest...
Speed cameras in tunnels account for three of the top six sites in Queensland and NSW for speed camera offences....
More than $3.2m has been paid for some rare racing bikes, Ducatis, Harleys and a couple of Indians owned by Hollywood legend and motorcycle fanatic Steve McQueen. The Bonhams auction at Bally’s Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas included one of the best collections of historic Ducatis in the world...
Sikh riders who want an exemption from wearing a helmet on religious grounds may soon have a “Tough Turban” option...
A Major Nameplate Returns There have been rumblings of BSA returning to the motorbike world for quite some time, but...
The father of a young rider who was rammed from behind by a driver who had previously tried to block him from legally lane filtering says road rage against riders is on the rise. Daniel Lee of Brisbane says his 23-year-old son, Lucas, was “rammed up the butt” by the...
Queensland Police are appealing for witnesses or dashcam vision after an allegedly stolen motorcycle crashed in Miles last Saturday (29...
If you’re looking for a kit to trick out your Enfield, look no further. Bad Winners (terrific name) is a...
Triumph Motorcycles has set dates in mid-September for Guy Martin to attempt a world land speed record for motorcycles and possibly break the 400mph (643km/h) barrier. The Larrikin TT racer and TV presenter will pilot the Triumph Infor Rocket Streamliner on the famous Bonneville salt flats in an attempt to beat the current 376.8mph...
COVID-19 Strikes Again Not that long ago, I reported on the fact that the Tokyo motorcycle show was canceled, but...
A 43-year-old male driver has been bailed in a Sydney court today over the death of a motorcycle pillion and...
While a motorcycle festival in France has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s biggest motorcycle rally in the USA will go ahead next week despite almost 1000 Americans dying every day. Wheels and Waves Even a week ago, the Wheels & Waves event at the Biarritz Lighthouse...
Our memes about the threat of coronavirus (above and below) have gone viral and been cited by several websites. They...
Queensland Police are appealing for witnesses who saw a Suzuki GSX1400 (similar to the photo above) after a passing motorist...
Happy 120th, Royal Enfield! With the company’s celebrations, the Indian multinational motorcycle manufacturers have given us an exclusive range of top-quality, limited edition helmets. 12 helmets have been created for the occasion – one for each decade of work that Royal Enfield has been giving the masses beautiful bikes to...
The company that makes Indian and Victory motorcycles is also shaking up the UTV world. UTV stands for Utility Task...
If you’ve ever wondered who would win a race between a robot and MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi, well wonder no...
Billy “The Mayor” Vickery of Regents Park, Logan City, turned 93 last November and is still riding hard, admitting he doesn’t always stick to the speed limit. He could be the oldest rider in Australia, but you wouldn’t know it when Billy whips by, throttle pinned on his Honda CB400...
There is a growing number of avid historic motorcycle collectors in Australia searching the world for collectables because of our...
Indian motorcycle company TVS Motor Company, which makes the G 310 R and G 310 GS for BMW, seems to...
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums riding out there from MotorBikeWriter. To celebrate, we have asked author and mother Leigh Hutton* to tell us what it means to be a motorbiking mother. Mother’s Day can generally be defined as a day of the year on which mothers are particularly...
Harley-Davidson will expand “profitable iconic heritage bikes” while committing to branching out to adventure touring, the new Streetfighter range and...
If the ailing motorcycle industry around the world can answer the simple question of why do novice motorcycle riders stop...
A major road safety summit has suggested speed limits on Australia’s unsealed country road network be reduced from 100km/h to 80km/h. The suggestion came at a Victorian Road Trauma Summit convened last week, but has been a hobby horse of Victorian Assistant Police Commissioner Doug Fryer for several years as this 2017...
Riders have been urged to continue protesting and making submissions to governments to halt the further erosion of freedoms and...
What are your legal rights when your motorcycle is recalled for a safety issue? Motorcycle recalls happen frequently as faults...
Your precious motorcycle was a little safer last year with motorcycle theft down 532 or -6% to 8208. It’s still way too high and more than double the rate of car thefts as a proportion of owners. Owners in Western Australia should be particularly concerned as thefts were up 237 or...
How long will it be before air-pollution Nazis around the world follow the lead of the Paris mayor who wants...
Will Harley go to water when it releases its 2014 models in Denver, Colorado, in five weeks? Tough new European...
Auckland will trial smart signs at intersections that alert drivers to the presence of riders as part of a four-stage motorcycle safety strategy for New Zealand’s largest city that could have wider applications. The smart signs will consist of flashing studs in the road and electronic message signs at selected...
The Lambo of Two Wheels If Lamborghini ever made a motorcycle, you can be it would be a pretty extreme...
What greater gift to give the love of your life this Valentine’s Day than to take them for a ride...
Talk of a takeover of Harley-Davidson by private equity firm has hit the share markets for the second time this year, sparking a share spike and some concern among owners. Harley shares leapt almost 20% on July 1 2016 and 7.3% on September 22 as traders reacted to unsubstantiated talk of...