Russian investment has apparently saved the MV Agusta business from going under, but there are no details yet on what it... Read More
It seems ridiculous that there could be any advantages to riders in developing a riderless motorcycle, yet there are several... Read More
Plenty of Action for 2021 The Devin MCN Festival will return in 2021. It will be held in May on the 15th and 16th in the East of England Arena. This will be one killer event, and it’s cool to see one being offered in the wake of COVID-19. While... Read More
Misuse of mobile phones in cars is not the only driver distraction as car manufacturers are shovelling more and more... Read More
Riders have been asked to stay away from bushfires in Queensland and northern NSW this weekend for their own sake... Read More
A pothole repair program being carried out throughout NSW, and possibly other states, could be a danger to riders, says the NSW Motorcycle Council president Steve Pearce. His warning follows recent reports from riders of crashes in potholes fixed by a new process that leaves ball-bearing-sized gravel on the surface.... Read More
A 70-year-old female driver has been charged over hitting a NSW police motorcyclist who had stopped to pull over another car.... Read More
The Man Who Made Beautiful Wheels Italian wheelmaker Marchesini has made some of the most amazing motorcycle wheels in the... Read More
Riders should be aware of truck blind spots, the possibility that drivers are on stimulants and that trucks may be unroadworthy, says a university expert. Dr. Christopher Walker, a regulation and policy expert from UNSW Arts & Social Sciences, says Australia needs to put pressure on the trucking industry to... Read More
EV and Squeaky Clean CAKE has a very minimalist approach when it comes to electric bikes and EV transportation. Their... Read More
A Tennessee Harley-Davidson, Honda and Polaris dealer has got the sack over a Facebook post that said he was “sick... Read More
Michael Carusi has created this KTM 500 SX-F derived flat-track monstrosity. As you can see from the photos taken by Andrew Jones with Machines That Dream, it’s awesome. You don’t typically find flat-track motorcycles being built from highly-capable offroad wheelie machines, but alas, here we are. Michael Carusi took the... Read More
An army veteran rider who claims he was assaulted by police at a March 2018 charity ride now faces a... Read More
An online survey about motorcycle safety targets Victorian riders, but also allows input from interstate riders who travel the many... Read More
Hollywood actor Tom Hardy trades his personal Triumph Thruxton R for a Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle in the upcoming Spiderman spinoff movie, Venom, coming to Australian cinemas on October 4. Even though he rides, it looks like he does very little riding in Venom unlike fellow Tom (Tom Cruise) who... Read More
If you were allowed to buy just one more motorcycle to last you for the rest of your life would... Read More
Australia’s first motorcycle GP world champion Wayne Gardner says he will fly home from Spain to personally deliver a petition to... Read More
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... Read More
The organiser of the annual Blessing of the Bikes (pictured) before the annual Phillip Island MotoGP plans a campaign he... Read More
A California BMW dealership has started using virtual reality to help sell motorcycles to people who don’t yet have a... Read More
Highway road shoulders look inviting for motorcyclists when the traffic is heavy, but is it legal and are they a safety trap for riders? Some say it is actually safer than filtering between lanes of traffic as there are fewer instances of drivers suddenly pulling on to the road shudders... Read More
Stunt rider Jamie Baker (JB) has revealed his highly modified Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 freestyle stunt machine aptly named “Carnage”.... Read More
We just had to share this video of a rude bear on a Ducati Scrambler on a highway somewhere in... Read More
The body of a 42-year-old man has been found up to 12 hours after he went missing on a country road in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane yesterday. Queensland Police say the rider died “following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash” on Lowood Minden Road at Coolana. “Preliminary information indicates the... Read More
Polaris, which owns and produces Indian motorcycles, has introduced a range of cost-cutting measures including the boss, Scott Wine (above),... Read More
Beautiful Craftsmanship When we think of custom motorcycles, we think of welding, new parts and components, and high-performance, generally. But... Read More
Commuting is easier and safer in Perth than any other Australian city, while Sydney is the worst, according to a German traffic study. While lane filtering now allows riders to dodge the worst of the daily commute, riders still face commuting costs of fuel and parking, traffic crashes and road... Read More
How would you like to earn credit points toward your degree by learning to ride a motorcycle in a special... Read More
Despite criticism from motoring organisations and a motorcycle cop being hit by a driver, NSW has extended its rule to... Read More
A 33-year-old male rider has died in Townsville Hospital after a collision with Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill’s Commodore yesterday (30 January 2020). Queensland Police say their preliminary investigations indicate the car was turning right into Alfred Street when it collided with the Suzuki motorcycle travelling south along Nathan Street. Witnesses,... Read More
A United Nations road safety report has recommended roadside hazards be removed as they are a proven cause of serious... Read More
A Victorian rider knocked off his BMW by a swinging trailer door is selling his Indian Chief Vintage to donate... Read More
There would be little chance of outrunning the British motorcycle police now that they have a Ducati Panigale V4 on their fleet. However, the 211 horsepower (157kW) beast won’t be used in patrol or pursuit duties. Instead, Ducati UK has donated it to the police-led BikeSafe motorcycle project which delivers theoretical and... Read More
Retired and honoured motorcycle industry veteran Stuart Strickland has delivered blunt criticism of the industry and the dictators who make... Read More
Now that budget online motorcycle insurer Insure My Ride* has closed, Swann Motorcycle Insurance is ramping up its motorcycle insurance... Read More
A US Ducati dealership has grabbed international publicity with its audacious crowd funding campaign to buy the Italian motorcycle manufacturer for $1.6 billion. The publicity-seeking campaign follows the report in April that Volkswagen was looking for buyers for Ducati to help pay off its multi-billion-dollar costs of the 2015 emissions... Read More
Yamaha has officially started the process of getting naming rights for their future electric scooter model. Rights have been filed... Read More
Harley-Davidson is the latest motorcycle company to express an interest in buying Ducati and is expected to make a bid... Read More
The Rs 660 Finally Shows up to the Party If you’ve you’re a fan of Italian motorcycles but are intimidated or have no use for a literbike, the Aprilia brand has pretty off-limits with producing mid-displacement motorcycles – especially ones with that of a sport-bike form. Sure, you have the... Read More
Stolen motorcycles and scooters are now taking longer to recover, according to the latest National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council... Read More
Most riders believe motorcycling is under siege by governments that want to legislate us out of existence under a thin... Read More
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... Read More
Two-stroke engines were phased out by tough pollution laws and fuel economy targets, but they could be making a comeback with KTM,... Read More
Freedom-loving motorcycle riders appear evenly divided about the planned coronavirus tracing app with slightly more than half saying they would... Read More
Harley-Davidson is expected to pull out of some Asian and Latin American markets as part off a “Rewire” strategy to streamline operations to meet a global drop in demand. Reporting on its second-quarter results, CEO John Zeitz announced a five-part Rewire strategy, of which pulling out some markets was a... Read More
Indian Motorcycle has trademarked the name Raven which could be a whole new model or simply a black version of... Read More
This is the first weekend that all states and territories have eased travel restrictions and we expect a lot of... Read More
An electric commuter/off-road motorcycle, a concept electric BMW and the new Yamaha Ténéré 700 adventure bike have been honoured with international iF Design Awards. They are among hundreds of awards announced this year for products and concepts from baby prams to an automated toilet cleaner. The iF Design Award is... Read More
The son of Australia’s three-time World Superbke champion, Troy Bayliss, will contest the entire 2021 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) aboard... Read More
Many riders clock massive miles/kilometres on their odometer and we want to reward the well-travelled for their efforts with a... Read More
Indian Motorcycle Australia has announced two new dealerships in Queensland to replace the company dealership in Brisbane. The opulent two-storey Fortitude Valley dealership will close on 24 July 2020. Existing dealerships It will be replaced by joining two existing multi-brand dealerships. One will be a TeamMoto dealership in Moss St,... Read More
Debate over a “ludicrous” ban on helmet cameras in the South Australian Parliament last week was adjourned along party lines.... Read More
The news just gets worse and worse for riders who enjoy a fruity exhaust note as the noise crackdown intensifies... Read More
In 15 years, Brits will no longer be able to buy fossil-fuelled vehicles, only those that run on hydrogen or electricity … or whatever other fuel source is available in 2035. While motorcycles are at this stage excluded from the timeframe, they will not be exempt in the long run.... Read More
It didn’t take long for Ducati to quash Indian news reports that the Italian motorcycle manufacturer was considering building bikes in... Read More
While wire rope barriers continue to be rolled out in Australia despite growing anger from riders, Irish authorities have admitted... Read More
Autonomous vehicles have several positive outcomes for riders including greater safety, improved riding experience and attracting new riders, and should be included in rider training curricula, an American conference has found. The recent “Intelligent Transportation Systems and Automated Vehicle Applications Impacts on Motorcycle Safety” hosted by the Motorcycle Industry Council... Read More
A disturbingly realistic film project about motorcycles being banned in a future world of autonomous vehicles will go ahead despite... Read More
Some of the best and strangest motorcycle videos come from India and now there is this YouTube video of a... Read More
Big Brother could be watching where you ride and how you ride with new technology being offered free in the UK. Every rider with a phone, GPS, action camera and/or data logger on their bike is already at risk of having stored information used against them as evidence. Now a... Read More