Australian motorcycle fans will see the new Indian Roadmaster for the first time at Motorclassica in Melbourne on October 24-26.... Read More
What’s on/clubs
What’s on around Australia and the world, charity events, rides, competitions, giveaways, TV shows, auctions, podcasts and more. We also invite motorcycle clubs, groups and organisations to tell us about themselves and their events and charity work.
Motorcycle swap meets are a great place to gawk at old bikes, but also a great place to find that... Read More
Veteran chopper builder Billy Lane has revived 100-year-old board track racing to the US for the TV series Sons of Speed. The series will be shown on Australia’s Discovery Turbo channel Sunday June 23 and 30, 2019, at 8.30pm. There are not a lot of motorcycle shows on TV, so... Read More
These are some of the 2014 model Harley-Davidsons we will be riding into the Rocky Mountains tomorrow. Expectations are high... Read More
Rider tickets for the third annual 2016 Ellaspede Dust Hustle fun race event went on sale last week and sold... Read More
The 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is entering an exciting stage, with eight winners in 14 races and four more races to go, including the Australian MotoGP later this month (October 21-23, 2016). In this, the 68th FIM Road Racing World Championship, Jorge Lorenzo is currently the defending champion, he... Read More
Hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists around the world are gearing up for the annual toy run season, delivering charity and... Read More
Triumph Australia has announced the dates for the annual Rat Rally, while BMW Motorrad Australia has announced its 2016 dates... Read More
If you plan an epic motorcycle tour, it might be worth attending the annual Touratech Australia Travel Event in Bright, Victoria, next year to get some expert tips on riding, gear, bike accessories and basic bike mechanics and maintenance. The 2016 Touratech Travel Event will be held from March 18-20 at... Read More
The 2016 Triumph Bonnevilles will be on display at the 23rd annual International Island Classic events at Phillip Island Grand... Read More
The 2017 Harley-Davidson Iron Run will return to Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand where the inaugural event... Read More
‘Tis the season for Christmas Toy Runs with three major charity events this weekend in the far north and south of the nation. There is the 24rd Tabelands Toy Run on Saturday and on Sunday the Toy Run for Father Bob in Melbourne and the 39th Townsville Toy Run. The latter also has a GoFundme... Read More
The eight annual running of the successful The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride may be a little different with some rides announcing... Read More
A spectator yelled “go” and the InsureMyRide Le Minz 24-Hour Scooterthon got off to a false start today. It was... Read More
The Ruptured Budgie Rally, considered one of the last of the old-school motorcycle rallies, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend (May 18-20, 2018). Although it is run by the Moto Guzzi Club of Queensland (MGCQ), the rally is held in NSW and attracts riders of all types of motorcycles from... Read More
People with an intellectual disability will get the opportunity to experience the thrill of a motorcycle or luxury car Dream... Read More
Celebrate Christmas in July with a motorcycle ride and you could win some of $1300 in prizes and help support... Read More
There has always been a “rift” between motorcycle “rockers” and scooter riders. The conflict reached its famed zenith 50 years ago when rockers and mods clashed at the British seaside town of Brighton on the bank holiday weekend of May 18-19, 1964. Motorcycle riders were known as rockers because of... Read More
The 59 Club is the one of the oldest continuous motorcycle clubs in the world with branches in the UK... Read More
It is little wonder KTM is so dominant in the Dakar Rally. I toured the factory early last year and... Read More
An actress, footballer, DJ and BMXer walk into a bar in Queenstown … no it’s not a joke, it’s the annual Harley-Davidson Iron Run open motorcycle rally. The idea of an annual rally open to riders of all bikes started in Queenstown in 2015 and last year it moved to... Read More
If adventure travel takes your fancy, the Adventure Travel Film Festival at Bright in Victoria will no doubt whet your... Read More
Riders of all types of motorcycles are invited to head to Wollongong this weekend for the first Harley Days rally... Read More
Free event insurance is being offered to riders and other motoring enthusiasts organising a group ride, motoring show, swap meet, poker run, rally or other motor-oriented event. The Australian Motorcyclist Association and the Australian Motorists Association have developed a joint program to offer the free insurance to registered members –... Read More
Amateur adventure riders are invited to compete for the first official Australian team to compete in the 2018 International BMW... Read More
American Chopper is making a TV comeback as Orange County Choppers without Paul Teutel Jnr. After the dramatic falling out... Read More
Arguably the most popular TV show about motorcycles, American Chopper, is returning to the Discovery Channel in May 2018. The show that featured Paul Teutul Snr and Paul Jnr building custom choppers at Orange Country Choppers started in 2002. It ran for 10 years with audiences peaking at 3.4 million... Read More
An important collection of classic American motorcycles has joined an Australian speed-record-holding 1951 Vincent Black Lightning heading for auction in... Read More
You better line up early next Saturday (August 19, 2017) for the annual Aldi motorcycle gear sale as it usually sells... Read More
Sunday’s Freedom Ride to Parliament House in all states to protest against the world’s toughest anti-bikie laws looks like becoming the biggest motorcycle rally in Australia’s history. It won’t be the biggest single protest in Australia’s history. That record belongs to the 1970 mortoriums against the Vietnam War with 200,000... Read More
Any club member – not just motorcycle clubs – could face extensive jail time for relatively minor offences under the... Read More
The organiser of an anti-VLAD concert to raise money for the High Court fight against discriminatory VLAD Laws in Queensland... Read More
The organiser of an anti-VLAD meeting says he has encountered nothing but grief from hotels where he hoped to stage the event on June 25. The meeting will update the public on the effect of the VLAD Act hastily introduced last year as part of the State Government’s so-called “war... Read More
Aussie and Kiwi Harley-Davidson dealers will compete in the annual global Battle of the Kings custom bike competition for the second... Read More
Now that the MotoGP has wrapped up for another year, we take a light-hearted look at just how much of an insurance risk... Read More
We riders reckon motorcycles are a work of art and this Gold Coast artist agrees with her “Cruising Chrome” exhibition. Artist Sonia Farrell, whose exhibition is on display at Creative Hearts Art Gallery in Australia Fair, says she is inspired by motorcycles. “The way light bounces off burnished chrome and beautiful... Read More
With less than two weeks before the first National Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Week, the only official event is a NSW... Read More
The inaugural adventure bike challenge was such a success, it will return for the 2017 Touratech Travel, Challenge and Expo... Read More
A British motorcycle collector is selling his 30-year collection of 30 unrestored Ariels to fund his other passion for the German World War II Kettenkrad (pictured). Clive Pearson, 68, wants to locate and restore a German Kettenkrad war motorcycle (pictured above) which he has restored in the past. The motorbike... Read More
Riders who want to tick off a lap of Australia on their bucket list while raising funds for cancer research... Read More
Motorcycle fans will get a dose of motorcycle-inspired art at the 2017 Sydney Motorcycle Show in November. Event organiser and... Read More
Motorcycles have long been the inspiration for musicians and artists and now artist and motorcycle racing fan Paul Tinson has turned his passion into his art by using motorcycle parts to make guitar sculptures. The Brisbane artist is giving old motorcycle parts new life with his musical collection on display at... Read More
Harley-Davidson has called in 12 young Australian artists to paint some new open-face Harley helmets featuring the vintage, large-sized bar... Read More
Riding motorcycles is keeping alcoholics sober says Association of Recovering Motorcyclists (ARM) NSW Chapter spokesman Warren Cartledge. “For me, riding... Read More
Hopefully Aussie Cameron Donald will receive some of the kudos he deserves when an eight-part TV series, TT Legends, screens in Australia this year. You can see a trailer of the series here and it will be shown on YouTube in weekly installments from next Wednesday, even before it screens... Read More
(UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11 WITH DISCOUNT PRICES) The Lions TT and Kyogle Motorcycle Festival on October 5-6 hopes to bring together elements of the... Read More
Our hopes are pinned on NSW rider Toby Price to score the first victory by an Australian in the Dakar... Read More
How would you like to ride a Rocket that once belonged to James Bond? Well, it was actually a 1969 BSA Rocket III motorcycle Aussie James Bond star George Lazenby used to commute to shooting his one and only Bond flick, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, at Pinewood Studios in... Read More
https://youtu.be/cwDcZeZ5Cyk Australian fashion model Laura Csortan, an off-road novice, gets expert riding lessons on the Sahara dunes from four-time Dakar... Read More
https://youtu.be/cwDcZeZ5Cyk Australian fashion model Laura Csortan, an off-road novice, gets expert riding lessons on the Sahara dunes from four-time Dakar... Read More
What started as a one-off rally for “triple tragics” has now turned into an annual event with the recent seventh Aussie Triples Rally on the northern NSW coast. Organiser Col McAndrew says he and wife Nancy have had a passion for older Triumphs for a long while. “We regularly attend... Read More
The Australian division of the Women’s International Motorcycle Association (WIMA) has the honour this year of hosting the 2015 International Motorcycle... Read More
British women have broken the world record for the largest female bike parade, set in 2014 by Australian women at... Read More
Up to 1000 women will descend on Dubbo next weekend to reclaim their world record for the largest gathering of female riders and set a record for the largest all-female motorcycle parade. The 2WheelBabes Babe Raid set the original record in 2014 when 284 women rode to the coastal NSW... Read More
Registrations have opened for the Australian leg of the Women Riders World Relay 2019 with 150 signing up in the... Read More
More than 1000 Aussie women riders have smashed two world records in one hit at the Dubbo Babe Raid this weekend for the largest gathering... Read More
Two of Australia’s finest motorcycle speedway riders will duel for the U21 Speedway World Championship in the second stage of the finals on September 16, 2016, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Max Fricke, 20, is one of the best in the business, winning the Australian under-21 championship crown in 2013, 2014 and 2015... Read More
Defending champion Toby Price of the Hunter Valley has won stage two of the Dakar Rally dodging cattle in the... Read More
Australia has backed its tried-and-true racers to win back the International Challenge from the UK at the 24th International Island Classic at Phillip... Read More
The Australian leg of the Women Riders World Relay 2019 has the most riders of any nation taking part, says Aussie relay ambassador Christi Hartwig (pictured above). She says even though registrations have not officially opened for the relay which will pass through Australia in August/September, they already have 3500... Read More