The answer to what is the best position within a lane for motorcycle riders is not simple. Most instructors tell...
Riders heading to the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island have been warned that road conditions throughout south-eastern Australia have deteriorated...
Unless you work from home, you need to deal with the daily commute into the office. Unfortunately, commuting is expensive unless you are able to take advantage of a ride-sharing arrangement with colleagues. Running a car or hopping on a train every day will sap your bank account and leave...
A volunteer band of riders has formed MotoMedics Queensland to act as first responders to motorcycle accidents while the injured...
Do hospital staff have a prejudice against motorcycle riders because they are seen as careless risk-takers clogging up the health...
All across the northern hemisphere there are diehard motorcycle riders who will be out on the roads in winter come rain or shine, snow or sleet and nothing will keep them from their beloved bikes. Most of the time this is understandable but when the coldest, snowiest months of the...
https://youtu.be/zxheOM79cdc This video reminds riders to approach flooded roads with caution as flooding is expected to continue across four eastern states and...
A beautiful girl can dangerously distract a rider and shake him out of his state of mindfulness or total awareness,...
A tank slapper is when the handlebars wildly oscillate. They are also called speed wobbles or death wobbles and, as the latter name implies, they can be lethal. They are usually developed at high speed like in the video below It’s a good reason to always wear proper motorcycle protective...
https://youtu.be/xcPJ1dKpqos This video is yet another reason to avoid road rage. The rider takes the time to flick the finger and...
The trial of a 90km/h speed limit for trucks on a section of the Melbourne Monash Freeway starting today (August...
The general rule is to replace your motorcycle helmet every five years, but what if you drop it, sweat heavily or wear it every day? The biggest myth is that if your helmet falls off your bike when it’s parked, you should change your helmet. That’s probably put around by...
Some riders love motorcycles because it gives them a short escape from their partner, but riding as couples could have...
Although most of my motorcycle crashes occurred skylarking around on little trail bikes in grassy paddocks as a teen, there have been...
Surely how you hold the motorcycle throttle should be simple and straightforward, but it’s not. Everyone agrees you should have a relaxed grip and never use the throttle to hold on to the bike. “Throttling” the throttle will lead to jerky acceleration over bumps and after some time it will...
Some 1500 Aussie riders are now better prepared to help at a crash site thanks to the First Aid for...
This video from Florida is yet another great lesson in why motorcyclists should never take on drivers in a battle of road rage....
If you are riding in a situation of concern, do you cover your brakes – that is, do you hold your hand and foot over the brake levers? There are arguments for and against covering your brakes. In any reference in this article to covering your front brake, we are...
Voted Australia’s top stunt rider by his peers, young Dave McKenna has some tips for anyone wanting to start in...
Once again, shoddy roadworks has caused several motorcycle and cycle crashes and the authorities don’t seem to want to shoulder...
SMIDSY (sorry, mate, I didn’t see you) collisions occur, not because motorists don’t look, but because they don’t look twice and when they do they don’t perceive how close we are. That’s according to a Texas Tech University psychologist who says people think smaller objects are further away than they appear and conversely...
Injured rider Leigh Wilkins doesn’t remember, but apparently he helped his fellow riders at the scene of his own accident...
This video is proof that a competent and committed rider can make a cruiser turn sharp corners, even with a...
The most common injuries in motorcycle crashes are to the riders’ feet or legs, according to leading US public health institute the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). If you fall, you immediately put your hands out to protect yourself, yet hands and arms were actually much lower on...
The 1990s computer game Pokémon (pocket monster) is back, but this time it’s in the real world and it could...
Five-time world motorcycle champion Mick Doohan features in a series of Queensland Government videos teaching riders to recognise and exercise...
Motorcycle riders are the most safety conscious of all road users and the bigger the bike, the safer we become, busting the myths lapped up by lazy mainstream media that demonise riders. Police and politicians are often heard blaming riders – particularly those on big, high-powered motorcycles – for the...
https://youtu.be/ViSyN0T2-G4 Riders are mostly critical of other riders who weave in a dangerous fashion through the traffic, giving all riders...
This video of an American rider crashing into a load that had fallen off the back of a boat trailer...
Not many motorcyclists purposely go out for a ride at night, but it’s exhilarating and we should do it more often to brush up on our skills just in case we are caught out still riding after sunset. One of the joys of riding is isolating yourself in a bubble of mediation. These cocooning...
Next time it’s raining and the roads are wet, don’t stay inside watching the TV, get out and ride safely...
We may not like riding in the wet, but with weather being such an unpredictable mistress, you are bound to...
An online American rider training course introduced in 2014 on desktop is now available on an app for Apple and Android mobile phones, tablets and laptops. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation online Basic eCourse has been taken by more than 60,000 students in 39 countries, from Australia to Uruguay. The interactive...
Shoddy roadworks continue to trap motorcycle riders with one Queensland rider coming to grief in a detour through clay that...
Returned rider numbers are growing and so is their representation in road crash statistics, yet two specialised road safety courses...
Motorcyclists can learn a lot from the Australian cycling lobby which is a slick, professional outfit that has the attention of politicians and hijacked our Ride to Work Day several years ago. International Ride it Work Day is being celebrated on June 20, 2015, in 14 countries around the word, including the US, UK,...
There aren’t many riders that can say that they’ve never experienced at least a little rage when on the road, whether it...
It is more difficult to perform a u-turn from the stopped position than while moving because the bike wants to head straight...
How many of us have dropped a bike, run wide or simply messed up a tight, feet-up u-turn or resorted to paddling like a crippled duck? Small bikes are easy to u-turn, but the heavier and longer the bike, the more difficult it becomes. Some bikes also have a wide...
Why is stopping such a difficult thing to do correctly? After all, we do it all the time. One of...
There is nothing more unruly than a bunch of motorcyclists who park their bikes at different angles outside a cafe...
There are four good reasons to blip the throttle on your motorcycle: sound, spite, speed and, most importantly, safety. SOUND It’s almost mandatory to blip the throttle – not just a quick flick of the wrist, but several blips – whenever you ride through a tunnel so you can hear...
It’s one of those heart-in-the-mouth moments when the corner suddenly tightens up and you’re running out of cornering clearance and...
Most riders have experienced aggressive, inconsiderate, rude, uneducated, distracted, dangerous and plain incompetent drivers on the road, but there is...
While caravans may not represent much of an obstacle for motorcycle riders, they can still be among the worst-behaved motorists on the road. Have you ever been stuck behind a slow-moving caravan on a mountain road, but where there is a passing opportunity downhill, it speeds up preventing traffic from passing?...
Many riders take risks thinking “it couldn’t happen to me”, but those who have crashed have wiser heads and a...
There is usually a spike in road accidents at Easter as traffic volumes increase and riders have more time to...
No doubt police will be out in force this Easter, so it is important to alert other motorists of their presence by flashing your lights or waving an alert. Must Check out this article about Radar Detectors Under $100. Note that radar detectors are only legal in WA in Australia. The...
Riders who have taken the First Aid For Motorcyclists course have helped themselves and other injured riders with their newfound knowledge and...
You could win a set of all-seasons Oxford neck socks in our weekly motorcycle trivia quiz, but you better be quick....
Riders have been urged to wear all their gear and take a riding course in the wake of a “horror start to the year”, particularly in Victoria where the motorcyclist toll is 19. But the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries is also calling on all road users to “work together to...
Almost every rider will have experienced a tailgater following way too close. Why does this happen? It’s probably for the...
Getting back on the “steel horse” again after a serious crash is considered either brave, stupid or too difficult for...
If you love the thrills of motorcycling and the adventure of riding far and wide, it’s probably because you were born with it in your genes. The reason is all very scientific and explained in the long-titled paper “Population Migration and the Variation of Dopamine D4 Receptor (DRD4) Allele Frequencies...
The rider death toll on the Gold Coast hinterland has been steadily rising since the council-subsidised motorcycle roadcraft course was...
Riding a motorcycle actually burns calories, but there is much more you can do to be a fitter and better...
American and Australian racer Jake Dolan is like so many other bike racers – he doesn’t have a licence to ride a bike on the road! As our new performance bike road tester at Motorbike Writer we thought it a good idea he got his open licence so we sent him...
In the wake of several USA states legalising or decriminalising marijuana, the American Motorcycle Safety Foundation has introduced a marijuana...
You probably won’t have reached 300kmh (186mph), unless you’ve been to a track with a long straight, or ridden on the...
Water crossings are possibly the most fun you can have on an adventure or dual-sport motorcycle. They are a blast and I still enjoy it, even after countless water crossings. In all that time, I’ve only had two failures and only one of those resulted in a drowned bike. Yet,...