Australian motorcycle fans will see the new Indian Roadmaster for the first time at Motorclassica in Melbourne on October 24-26....
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Millions of dollars is raised each year through the myriad charity motorcycle events that happen all over the world. We preview and review these events, as well as social rides, protests, club and shop rides,displays, shows and more. Readers are invited to send us information and photographs about their event and we will be happy to publish it. Just email the information to our founder at [email protected]
Motorcycle swap meets are a great place to gawk at old bikes, but also a great place to find that...
One hundred motorcycle and sidecar racers will be on show at the annual Historic Winton event on 22-23 May, 2021, at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria. The event was cancelled last year because of the pandemic and this year it has caused the organisers to cancel official vehicle displays. However,...
Veteran chopper builder Billy Lane has revived 100-year-old board track racing to the US for the TV series Sons of...
These are some of the 2014 model Harley-Davidsons we will be riding into the Rocky Mountains tomorrow. Expectations are high...
Rider tickets for the third annual 2016 Ellaspede Dust Hustle fun race event went on sale last week and sold out in record time. Ellaspede spokesman Hughan Seary says 30 tickets for the Clutchless Scooter & Postie category at $75 each sold out in three hours on June 6, but over...
The 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is entering an exciting stage, with eight winners in 14 races and four...
Hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists around the world are gearing up for the annual toy run season, delivering charity and...
Triumph Australia has announced the dates for the annual Rat Rally, while BMW Motorrad Australia has announced its 2016 dates for the GS and GS Enduro rallies. The annual Triumph Rat Rally will be held in Australia’s best mountain roads from March 11-13, based at Jindabyne Station Resort. Triumph claims...
If you plan an epic motorcycle tour, it might be worth attending the annual Touratech Australia Travel Event in Bright,...
The 2016 Triumph Bonnevilles will be on display at the 23rd annual International Island Classic events at Phillip Island Grand...
The 2017 Harley-Davidson Iron Run will return to Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand where the inaugural event was held last year. Meanwhile, thousands of riders and pillions are pouring into Paihia in the Bay of Islands in the far north of the country for the 2016 Iron...
‘Tis the season for Christmas Toy Runs with three major charity events this weekend in the far north and south...
The eight annual running of the successful The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride may be a little different with some rides announcing...
The 2022 Australian Touratech open day will be held at the company’s newly renovated Adventure Centre at Carboor, in Victoria’s beautiful and adventurous high country on May 28. In the past, the event has been held in Myrtleford or Bright, Victoria, and over the perevious two years it was cancelled...
A spectator yelled “go” and the InsureMyRide Le Minz 24-Hour Scooterthon got off to a false start today. It was...
The Ruptured Budgie Rally, considered one of the last of the old-school motorcycle rallies, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend...
People with an intellectual disability will get the opportunity to experience the thrill of a motorcycle or luxury car Dream Ride at the 2017 Soar & Roar Festival in Sydney. Riders and motorcycle clubs are invited to join the five Dream Rides which leave from various locations heading to event...
Celebrate Christmas in July with a motorcycle ride and you could win some of $1300 in prizes and help support...
There has always been a “rift” between motorcycle “rockers” and scooter riders. The conflict reached its famed zenith 50 years...
It is little wonder KTM is so dominant in the Dakar Rally. I toured the factory early last year and was privileged to go across the carpark at their Mattighofen factory to the motorsport workshop and view them working on the bikes that Marc Coma and others are riding in...
An actress, footballer, DJ and BMXer walk into a bar in Queenstown … no it’s not a joke, it’s the...
If adventure travel takes your fancy, the Adventure Travel Film Festival at Bright in Victoria will no doubt whet your...
Riders of all types of motorcycles are invited to head to Wollongong this weekend for the first Harley Days rally with plenty of live entertainment and great riding. Harley-Davidson Australia marketing manager Adam Wright says the rally is open to riders of any type of motorcycle. You don’t even need...
Amateur adventure riders are invited to compete for the first official Australian team to compete in the 2018 International BMW...
American Chopper is making a TV comeback as Orange County Choppers without Paul Teutel Jnr. After the dramatic falling out...
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...
An important collection of classic American motorcycles has joined an Australian speed-record-holding 1951 Vincent Black Lightning heading for auction in...
You better line up early next Saturday (August 19, 2017) for the annual Aldi motorcycle gear sale as it usually sells...
The Melbourne-based Toy Run For the Father Bob Maguire Foundation has been cancelled due the COVID restrictions of 50 people at outdoor events. It follows the recent announcement that COVID travel restrictions had forced the 43rd Melbourne Toy Run to operate as a virtual event. In NSW, the 43rd Newcastle Toy...
Sunday’s Freedom Ride to Parliament House in all states to protest against the world’s toughest anti-bikie laws looks like becoming...
Any club member – not just motorcycle clubs – could face extensive jail time for relatively minor offences under the...
The organiser of an anti-VLAD concert to raise money for the High Court fight against discriminatory VLAD Laws in Queensland has bravely decided to go ahead. An internet effort to raise money to guarantee the Freedom Family Fun Day and Concert failed to rewash its target, but organiser Grant Newson...
The organiser of an anti-VLAD meeting says he has encountered nothing but grief from hotels where he hoped to stage...
Aussie and Kiwi Harley-Davidson dealers will compete in the annual global Battle of the Kings custom bike competition for the second...
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...
With less than two weeks before the first National Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Week, the only official event is a NSW...
The inaugural adventure bike challenge was such a success, it will return for the 2017 Touratech Travel, Challenge and Expo...
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...
Riders who want to tick off a lap of Australia on their bucket list while raising funds for cancer research...
Motorcycle fans will get a dose of motorcycle-inspired art at the 2017 Sydney Motorcycle Show in November. Event organiser and...
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...
Harley-Davidson has called in 12 young Australian artists to paint some new open-face Harley helmets featuring the vintage, large-sized bar...
Riding motorcycles is keeping alcoholics sober says Association of Recovering Motorcyclists (ARM) NSW Chapter spokesman Warren Cartledge. “For me, riding...
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...
(UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11 WITH DISCOUNT PRICES) The Lions TT and Kyogle Motorcycle Festival on October 5-6 hopes to bring together elements of the...
Our hopes are pinned on NSW rider Toby Price to score the first victory by an Australian in the Dakar...
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...
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...
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...
After several Australian toy runs were cancelled, restricted or went “virtual” in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, it appears many will return to full strength this year. Organisers are now gearing up their toy runs as states begin to ease restrictions and come out of lockdown. After a tumultuous...
What started as a one-off rally for “triple tragics” has now turned into an annual event with the recent seventh...
The Australian division of the Women’s International Motorcycle Association (WIMA) has the honour this year of hosting the 2015 International Motorcycle...
British women have broken the world record for the largest female bike parade, set in 2014 by Australian women at the annual Babe Raid. And now the Aussies want it back! The 2014 Babe Raid set the record when 284 women rode to the coastal NSW town of Ballina. Record Setter...
Up to 1000 women will descend on Dubbo next weekend to reclaim their world record for the largest gathering of...
Registrations have opened for the Australian leg of the Women Riders World Relay 2019 with 150 signing up in the...
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 of female riders and the largest all-female motorcycle parade. 2WheelBabes Babe Raid organiser Debb Dagger said the records were “awesome” with 1002 women from as far as Western Australia and aged...
Two of Australia’s finest motorcycle speedway riders will duel for the U21 Speedway World Championship in the second stage of...
Aussies have a deep love affair with British bikes that stretches back almost 100 years and now they can express...
Defending champion Toby Price of the Hunter Valley has won stage two of the Dakar Rally dodging cattle in the dust of Paraguay to lead the rally overall as other Aussies also scored well. Queenslander Rod Faggotter is now 13th overall on his Yamaha, just 8:50 minutes behind while Todd...