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Tougher emissions laws are forcing motorcycle companies to rethink the future of the bike with Honda considering a return to...
On Any Sunday The Next Chapter should be the best news in motorcycling for years, but I’m a little concerned. Dana Brown, son of famous documentary director Bruce Brown who created the ultimate motorcycle film On Any Sunday, has produced the sequel. Dana has also produced the brilliant Baja...
A return to motorcycle racing at Bathurst has moved a step closer with the NSW Government pledging $15m for a...
Police have warned riders to be wary of wet roads after a long dry spell in the wake of a...
Plans to ride from Russia to the USA across the Bering Strait in an amphibious KTM inflatable “bikeboat” have gone up in flames in a test crossing of the English Channel. The venture was started by Frenchman Francis Lamotte who has converted his KTM 690 into an amphibious bike. Australian...
After going bankrupt in December 2014, German motorcycle manufacturer Horex has relaunched, unveiling their new and more powerful VR6 motorbike at...
Riders have been invited to attend the funeral cortege and celebration of the life and works of well-respected and loved...
We have just heard that well-known and loved motorcycle traveller Charley Boorman has broken his leg in a collision with a car while attending the media launch of the new Triumph Explorer in Portugal. By all reports, the Triumph ambassador has had surgery in hospital and is doing OK. Details are a bit vague at the...
Rick’s Garage and Diner at Palmwoods on the Sunshine Coast hinterland is like a magnet for motorcyclists all over South East...
A 63-year-old Victorian man has died in a crash on a dirt road while out riding in a group southwest...
A driver who “t-boned” a rider in a SMIDSY (Sorry Mate I didn’t See You) crash has sent an apology via a personal Facebook message. The crash happened on 5 December 2019 when Andrew Anson, 32, of Narooma, NSW, was riding his 2009 Hyosung 250GTR down a hill behind a...
Yamaha has the ignominious honour of issuing the most vehicle safety recalls through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in...
Adelaide Harley-Davidson Bike Works will represent Australia in an international Battle of the Kings custom bike build-off. The Adelaide Harley...
BMW has been busy with the paintpot for next year’s models and is introducing a new Sport variant of the K 1600 GT. Australia will get all the new colour schemes, although most are 50 shades of grey only not as sexy: platinum, mineral silver, magnesium and granite grey. More...
Technology dominated motorcycle news this year with jet thrusters to prevent low-siders, sidecars with a drone launching pad, plus self-riding,...
Another Queensland Police and Transport and Main Roads (TMR) blitz on motorcycles is expected in the next couple of weeks,...
A man believed to be in his 30s has died when his motorcycle crashed into trees on Mandalong Rd in the Lake Macquarie region of NSW about 6.15pm yesterday (2 March 2020). NSW Police believe the rider was travelling south on the gravel road when his bike left the roadway...
Sandra Moran has been riding bikes all her life, so when she lost her son, Jaie, to suicide it seemed...
Ducati Australia has recalled Panigale V4, V4 S and V4 S Speciale bikes twice in the past week over oil...
The latest safety recalls involve the saddlebags on Harley-Davidson touring bikes and the KTM1290 Super Duke R naked bike over a fuel line issue. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS ON RECALLS The Harley recall says the bags could fall off because of a lack of tension in the spring mount. Touring models...
With the tickle of summer heat come waves of enthusiasts to the International Classic Motorcycle Show – and the Bonham...
Riders are now being discriminated against by at least one Sunshine Coast service station with signs demanding they pre-pay for...
Unpredictable English weather, clouds of blue smoke, the heavy scent of two-stroke fuel and rainbow oil spots on the road provided some authenticity to the second annual Mods V Rockers ride in Brisbane on Sunday (May 17, 2015). SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE The ride is one of many around...
Women who ride motorcycles are sexier, feel happier and are more confident that women who don’t ride. That’s the results...
Moto Guzzi Australia has recalled the V85 TT adventure model over two faults in the company’s first recall in more...
A Remarkable Racer Takes His Bow Tony Serra managed to secure his sixth club level class championship at Willow Springs on November 26th. With this win, he will end his racing career that spans seven decades. He is 81 years old. Serra’s career started in 1964 with the Association of...
Australian riders can celebrate American Independence Day with a sale of Victory and Indian bikes and gear starting today (Saturday, July...
Australia isn’t the only country that is vilifying riders with (or without) anti-association and consorting laws. Californian police have been...
A global recall on Italian Brembo brakes has the potential to affect a host of premium models just as two major Brembo recalls did in 2018. The problem can cause a “catastrophic brake failure”, the notice says. It has been caused by the use of too much nickel in the...
Bruce Brown, director of perhaps the greatest motorcycle film of all time, On Any Sunday, has died of natural causes,...
Malaysian Harley Owners Group members have gone to great heights to promote their local HOG chapter and first HOG Rally....
A rider representative group fears that a Victorian Road Toll Increase Inquiry (RTII) report will vilify riders with inaccurate representations of the danger of riding. This follows recent police media reports in most states that point out the increase in rider deaths this year but have so far failed to...
Indian Motorcycles in the US has issued a safety recall on the Indian Chief. However, it has nothing to do...
The Brisbane Motorcycle Expo scheduled for February has unfortunately been cancelled. This comes after three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss...
As March is the end of the Japanese fiscal year, we can expect discounts from the four Japanese motorcycle companies, starting with Suzuki’s finance 0% offers. Their Finance’s 0%pa comparison rate finance deal is available on a big selection of motorcycles including models from Suzuki’s learner approved, V-Strom adventure touring, classically...
The leading manufacturer of ABS equipment for motorcycles, Bosch, has unveiled their smallest, lightest and most effective unit yet as...
The future of flying motorcycles is still up in the air after a French company, Lazareth, unveiled their jet-powered motorcycle...
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...
Suzuki Australia has issued a safety recall notice over an issue with the fuel tank breather hose on the Suzuki...
Henry Crew, 22, only got his motorcycle licence three-and-a-half years ago but is now well into his bid to become...
Police in two states have seized 11 stolen motorbikes under investigations into motor vehicle theft and rebirthing as motorbike theft runs rampant across the nation. Two of the bikes were seized in Deer Park, north-west Melbourne, and nine in Western Sydney after a police pursuit of an unlicensed rider. In...
Motorcycles may soon be coming to the rescue of crash victims and broken-down vehicles on tollways around Australia to keep...
Aussie MotoGP rider Jack Miller, 25, has signed with the official Ducati Team for the 2021 MotoGP World Championship. The...
Imagine how fast acceleration would be and how much lighter a motorcycle would be without a heavy flywheel. That’s the idea of American inventor Randy Moore of RK Transportation who has developed a lightweight electric flywheel for four-stroke motorcycles. Instead of a normal heavy metal flywheel, the engine would have...
The Ducati Scrambler 1100 will be heading to India. This will be the first Scrambler from the Italian company to...
There has officially been a recall announcement made by Ducati North America on two of the XDiavel trim levels because...
Aussie Toby Price’s dream of a second Dakar Rally win seems shattered after losing 49 minutes in the Argentinian dunes and river beds on stage 10. Toby was lost with five other leading riders, which totally changes the complexion of the rally. He now shuffles down the order to fifth...
Indian Motorcycle has reported rapid growth of 42% outside of North America in the first quarter of 2018. While its...
Witnesses to a hit-and-run involving a truck and a motorcyclist aged 22 in Logan Village, Queensland, at 8pm on 15...
Yamaha Motor Australia has issued a second recall notice in a matter of days on the learner-approved 2019 YZF-R3A in what is now its 11th recall since 2015. Both new issues revolve around separate causes for a break in the front brake hose. The first recall on Friday, issued through the...
Toby Price has dropped further off the lead after the marathon 534km 10th stage of the Dakar Rally was substantially shortened for safety reasons...
So far, only 10 charges have been laid under Queensland’s Vicious Lawless Associates Disestablishment (VLAD) Act and various amendments to...
Motorists will be rewarded with cash gift vouchers for seeing motorcyclists in a novel twist to the Joe Rider road safety campaign. Orange Ulysses Branch has won a $4100 Community Road Safety Grant from the NSW Government to run the campaign throughout February. Branch president Lester Davis says he hopes the...
Motorcycling changed dramatically in 2016, mainly for the good, and we predict more substantial and positive changes in 2017, but...
Prince William loves his Ducati 1198S, but his reign over two wheels may be the last for the Royal Family...
Concern for the safety of all motorists, including motorcyclists, has been expressed in the wake of a fatal truck flip over wire rope barriers near Melbourne this morning (4 November 2019). The truck hit the wire rope barriers (WRBs) on the Princes Freeway at Werribee South about 3.20am, flipped over...
The world’s fastest electric bike can be yours for a $10,000 deposit. Lightning Motorcycles is taking deposits now on their...
Queensland Police will target motorcycle speeds after a spike in rider and pillion deaths in the first five months of...
Lowering the speed limits on the Oxley Highway as proposed by the NSW Roads and Maritime Services would lead to a potentially dangerous rise in rider stress levels, according to a submission to a Senate inquiry. Long-time motorcycle rider and flight instructor Peter Callil made his scientific submission to the Senate...