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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.
This is a new section of Motorbike Writer where you get to plug your motorcycle event. It doesn’t matter if...
This is a new section of Motorbike Writer where you get to plug your motorcycle event. It doesn’t matter if it’s for profit, charity or just a laugh. Send the details to [email protected] Riders can enjoy the Alpine region of NSW and Victoria this spring and win one of two...
This is a new section of Motorbike Writer where you get to plug your motorcycle event. It doesn’t matter if...
This is a new section of Motorbike Writer where you get to plug your motorcycle event. It doesn’t matter if...
This is a new section of Motorbike Writer where you get to plug your motorcycle event. It doesn’t matter if it’s for profit, charity or just a laugh. Send the details to [email protected] Every good ride starts with a good coffee. Now you can start your ride with a Merlo...
V8 Supercars superstar Craig Lowndes is passionate about motorcycles and animals. So is it any wonder he leapt at the...
Celebrate Christmas in July with a motorcycle ride and you could win some of $1300 in prizes and help support...
Don’t got to Gatton for the annual Historic Motorcycle Club of Queensland Gatton Swap meet in October. If you do, you’ll be in the wrong place because the venue has been changed to Laidley Showgrounds since a large aquatic centre is being built at the Gatton Showgrounds. However, Judith Holzigal ...
You can ride with 2003 World Supersport champion Chris Vermeulen this Saturday. MotoLife at Caloundra is hosting a Bang on...
The Laverda Concours is on again today, August 18, despite heavy fog and overnight rain. It was postponed last month...
Three-time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss will pass on his expert advice to young racers at the second annual Big Day Out. The motoDNA program at Broadford track in rural Victoria on Monday, September 16, aims to benefit junior Australian road racers by teaching on-track development with off-track review and...
Wet weather kept a lid on numbers for the Bang on a Beanie ride with 2003 World Supersport champion Chris...
You can road test any BMW GS model, but it will cost you. The second annual GS Experience is on...
“Get your pinks out and ride.” That’s the catch-cry for October and the Pink Ribbon Rides around the country that raise money for breast cancer awareness. There are many rides in capital cities and provincial centres and we can’t hope to cover them all. If you know of a ride...
It’s not only birds that migrate south for the winter. In the US, bikes head to Florida, which means that...
The annual Black Dog Ride is on in August with riders leaving from all around Australia and converging on Alice...
Custom bikes and pinstriping will be features of the annual Greazefest Kustom Kulture Festival at Rocklea Showgrounds, Brisbane, on August 2-4. The weekend festival is a homage to all things ‘50s, from vintage bikes to hot rods, rockabilly music, fashion and tattoos. There will be a hot rod and custom...
A stellar line-up of riders including Troy Bayliss, Chris Vermeulen, Jason Crump, Garry McCoy and Stephen Gall is expected for...
The Brisbane Motorcycle Expo scheduled for February has unfortunately been cancelled. This comes after three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss...
An experimental army Harley XA 750 from 1942 is among the rare bikes being auctioned at Shannons Sydney Spring Classic Auction on October 21. The bike is expected to fetch up to $22,000, but it is not the most valuable. That honour goes to an unrestored 1914 Model 10F V-Twin...
The annual Black Dog Ride has passed the $1 million mark in funds raised for mental health support services in...
One of the best motorcycle videos made is “Dream Racer” about the Dakar Rally, seen in selected cinemas around the country and...
If life is a drag, try motorcycle drag racing. The Australian Dragbike School has now been accredited by ANDRA to license motorcycle racers at all levels up to and including Group One. “This is a great vote of confidence from ANDRA for the Australian Dragbike School,” says school spokesman and...
Does anyone remember the old Globe of Death where motorcycles would ride around inside a giant metal globe-shaped cage? It...
Two black dogs were the stars of the annual Black Dog Ride that left from Brisbane this morning. Mandy and...
Under bright blue Queensland winter skies, thousands turned out today (August 18) for the annual Laverda Concours, the biggest bike show in Queensland. While exhibit numbers were down from 170 last year to 144 this year, organisers estimated crowds were up at the Cleveland Showgrounds event. A strong showing of...
The earliest known Harley-Davidson Sportster in existence could be yours. The first-year model believed to be the 10th XL883 produced...
These are some of the 2014 model Harley-Davidsons we will be riding into the Rocky Mountains tomorrow. Expectations are high...
The best movie yet made about the gruelling Dakar Rally is about to hit selected cinemas around Australia. Dream Racer is an action-packed and emotion-charged romp through the South American dunes with Australian rider Christophe Barrier-Varju. Read my review of the movie here. Cinema tickets go on sale this Friday...
First impressions of the 2014 Harley Touring bikes are great. Rode through heavy rain at high speed in the Colorado...
A Dutch bike collector has decided to sell almost 100 of his historic bikes, most of which are Hondas. Entrepreneur...
James Bond movies are usually associated with exotic cars, but motorcycles have also featured. Victoria’s Motorclassica will showcase one of each in the Royal Exhibition Building from October 25-27. Bond’s 1969 Aston Martin DBS Vantage from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and his 1997 BMW R1200C motorcycle from Tomorrow Never...
“There is a love affair going on here,” says Harley ambassador Willie G. Davidson of the Harley 110th birthday celebrations....
Milwaukee is crawling with cops. But the more than 100,000 bikers who have gathered for the Harley-Davidson 110th anniversary celebrations...
Harley street parade: Santa Claus, Batman and Catwoman were among the record 6000-plus riders who paraded through Milwaukee streets for the Harley-Davidson 110th birthday celebrations. Led off by Wisconsin State police, the parade was watched by many thousands more who filled the city sidewalks hours earlier, eating hot dogs and...
If you want to ride a big bike in tight maneuvres like the police, there is no easy way. It...
Have bikers gone soft and has the world gone soft on bikers? Rather than the tough image of born-be-wild bikers...
Ride the Snowies and you can also help kids with cancer. Yes, it’s almost time for the annual Snowy Ride with registrations now open. Click here to register. The ride, sponsored by Honda Australia, has helped the Steven Walter Children’s Cancer Foundation raise around $5 million for childhood cancer research...
Former MotoGP racer Chris Vermeulen gave some first-hand riding tips to those attending the BMW GS experience demo ride on...
Meet three-time World Superbike champion and MotoGP winner Troy Bayliss this Saturday. He will be on hand to sign autographs...
A lack of a permit didn’t stop thousands of bikers from parading into Washington on September 11 in support victims of 9/11. Organisers of the “2 Million Bikers to DC” ride were denied permits for a police escort through traffic because the parade was expected to be too big and...
Motorcycles will be on the agenda when the first of three MAN eXpos starts in Brisbane next month. Billed as...
Motorcycle riders have raised more than $352,000 for Lifeline and Mental Health First Aid in this year’s Black Dog Ride...
The annual Cannonball Charity Ride is heading overseas next year. Events manager Katie Warfield says their first overseas ride in January is off to Cambodia. Later in the year they head to Utah, USA. “We are raising money for a few different charities – still raising funds for HeartKids, but...
You can have a great ride, catch some trout and support the Royal Rehabilitation Hospital spinal unit by attending the...
Charley Boorman has just announced he will be at the Sydney Motorcycle and Scooter Show in November. The star of...
Gentleman, start your engines! The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is on this Sunday (September 29) in more than 100 cities worldwide, including five major cities in Australia, in aid of Prostate Cancer research. Sponsored by Gentlemen Jack twice-mellowed Jack Daniel’s bourbon, it should be a great way to enjoy some time...
All signs point to the annual Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting at Dayboro starting today (September 26) until Sunday. The meetings...
Words: Mal Jarrett (formerly of PS Importers that imports Triumph) Pictures: Beth Jarrett Each year for one week in June,...
Hundreds of riders got their “dapper” on today (September 29) for the second annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. The ride is held in more than 100 cities worldwide, including five major cities in Australia, in aid of Prostate Cancer research. I attended the Melbourne ride this morning and can report several...
Old and new motorcycles will be on display side by side at the fourth annual RACV Motorclassica in Melbourne next...
If the Compass Expeditions tour I did earlier this year in the outback with Charley Boorman is anything to go...
Brisbane women riders will set out on their own to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer this month. While most other cities around Australia and the world organise Pink Ribbon Rides in October, the Brisbane Pink Riders will again join Girl Torque on the Sunshine Coast for their annual...
If adventure travel takes your fancy, the Adventure Travel Film Festival at Bright in Victoria will no doubt whet your...
Bike riders usually don’t talk politics or even ask other riders what they do for a living. Most of the...
American Chopper is making a TV comeback as Orange County Choppers without Paul Teutel Jnr. After the dramatic falling out between Paul Snr and Jnr and the ratings flop led to the axing of the decade-long motorcycle custom series last year, few would have believed a comeback was possible. In...
A petition is being prepared for the informal meeting of recreational motorbike riders against police harassment at Canungra this Saturday...
An online petition has been started against the Queensland Government’s proposed legislation that discriminates against people riding motorcycles. The petition...
The so-called “motorcycle freedom” petition has clicked over 1000 signatures since it was posted on Change.org eight hours ago. Congratulations to all those who have so far signed. Please pass it on to all your friends and associates who value their freedom to associate with whomever they want and to...