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...
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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]
The Australian leg of the Women Riders World Relay 2019 has the most riders of any nation taking part, says...
Aussie riders will be out in force on the Australia Day holiday (26 January), enjoying our great climate, roads and freedom. Another reason to celebrate is our rich motorcycling history and you can do that by visiting the ‘The Motorcycle: Design, Art, Desire’ exhibit at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art...
Over more than 40 years, BMW Motorrad in Australia has offered riding safaris for road, dirt and extreme off-road situations....
A 2Wheelbabes Babe Raid rally this weekend (September 5-8) in Ballina will attempt to set a record for the number...
Riders from throughout NSW are welcome to attend the next back on Your Bike free road safety workshop in Armidale on Saturday, 12 March. The key words “free” and “safety” should appeal to many riders and it doesn’t matter where you come from as it’s a great ride out to...
Riders can celebrate the 15th annual Bras n Bikes Breast Cancer Fundraiser Ride with a round of barefoot bowls at...
A pair of highly-desirable British Brough Superior motorcycles from the early 1930s are the highlight of the Shannons Melbourne Summer...
Four historic motorcycle sidecar outfits that were a barn find and three legendary Brough Superiors are being auctioned at the H&H Classics Donington sale on November 16, 2016. Recently a pair of creaking barn doors swung open to reveal a jackpot. There were four motorbikes with sidecars from the 1920s...
The baton in the Women Riders World Relay arrived for the Australian leg yesterday with about 58 women riding out of Perth. Among them...
Organisers of an inaugural charity baton ride around Victoria for mental health issues among returned soldiers and emergency workers hope...
The second annual Troy Bayliss Classic and the Baylisstic Scramble Teams Challenge in January at Taree looks like being another who’s who of motorcycling greats. Organisers have confirmed 2004 World Supersport Champion Karl Muggeridge (left) and three-time Qatar Superbike Champion Alex Cudlin will join the rider line-up for the Motul...
A stellar line-up of riders including Troy Bayliss, Chris Vermeulen, Jason Crump, Garry McCoy and Stephen Gall is expected for...
One of the best motorcycle videos made is “Dream Racer” about the Dakar Rally, seen in selected cinemas around the country and...
One of the world’s best collections of historic Ducatis is going under the hammer in Las Vegas in January. Two dozen of the best racing, sports and road models from the Silverman Museum Racing will be auctioned by Bonhams. Most of the collection is built around competition models such as a...
Lovingly restored and preserved vintage Japanese motorcycles will be on show this Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Brisbane. The Vintage...
A total of 35 motorcycles, including a number of rare and collectible US models as well as some great British...
Henry Crew, 23, is heading to Australia on his bid to become the youngest person to ride around the world – all in the name of mental health. The Brit is undertaking the epic ride to challenge himself, while speaking out about his own experiences with depression and anxiety and...
This weekend is shaping up as the biggest for Christmas Toy Runs with motorcycle clubs and organisations dressing up for fun...
The biggest motorcycle show on the eastern seaboard of Australia, the Laverda Concours, returns for its 28th year on Sunday, July...
The biggest motorcycle show in Australia and possibly the Southern Hemisphere, the Laverda Concours, returns for its 27th year on July 19, 2015. Based on last year’s entrant numbers, event manager Bryan Horn expects about 180 machines vying for the 60-odd trophies and $2000 prize for Best in Show this...
Even the pandemic can’t stop world motorcycle travel author Heather Ellis. The Aussie rider will share her inspirational travel experiences...
Biker sisters are a competitive lot with Australian, British and now American women vying for world records at all-female motorcycle...
Have bikers gone soft and has the world gone soft on bikers? Rather than the tough image of born-be-wild bikers roaring through the countryside like Vikings on a bender, many bikers today are a born-to-be-mild gentrified bunch of professionals and self-made business people spreading joy and cash around provincial communities....
Bikers for Autism Australia hopes to raise money this Sunday (August 30, 2015) for a Sunshine Coast family doing it...
This is a new section of Motorbike Writer where you get to plug your motorcycle event. It doesn’t matter if...
Welcome to 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] The first is one of those charity “ride through a bar” events that everyone seems to do...
(Contributed post on poker runs for our North American readers. Photo – WLRN) Poker and motorcycles might not seem like...
A lack of a permit didn’t stop thousands of bikers from parading into Washington on September 11 in support victims...
You don’t have to ride to the Red Centre to support mental health – a one-day Black Dog Ride has been organised for Sunday, March 23. The annual Black Dog Ride consists of an epic ride by hundreds of riders from each capital city to Alice Springs to raise awareness...
For those who can’t do the epic Black Dog Ride to the Red Centre in August, the Black Dog 1...
Black Dog Ride Australia (BDRA) annual 1 Dayer charity rides for mental health issues are back in 2022, as well...
If you’d like to support the annual Black Dog Ride but can’t afford a week off work for the epic ride, then try the one-day ride in March. Last year nearly 7000 Black Dog Riders nationwide hit the highways on one single day to raise awareness of depression and suicide...
A record 7000 riders in 34 locations around Australia raised $236,000 in the annual Black Dog Ride 1 Dayer on March 20, 2016,...
Sixty-five Australians have started the first international Black Dog Ride in the USA. They are riding 7000km from New York to...
Two black dogs were the stars of the annual Black Dog Ride that left from Brisbane this morning. Mandy and Scrambles are live mascots for the more than 80 riders who left from Rocker Classic Motorcycles at Nundah, heading for Bundaberg and eventually Alice Springs to raise awareness for mental...
The annual Black Dog Ride 1 Dayer rides for mental health awareness are coming up on March 19, 2017, with one...
The annual Black Dog Ride will head to Tassie instead of the Red Centre for the first time in eight...
This year’s fifth annual Black Dog Ride will be a ripper! It starts in Bateau Bay, NSW, on July 26 and finishes at Bondi Beach on August 26 after lapping the continent! It’s the biggest ride yet and so far 58 riders have committed to the full 14,500km, 32-day ride...
Riders will return to the Red Centre in 2020 to celebrate 10 years since the establishment of the first Black Dog...
Motorcycle riders have raised more than $352,000 for Lifeline and Mental Health First Aid in this year’s Black Dog Ride...
After a break from tradition in 2014 when riders lapped the continent (watch the tragic and emotional video documentary), the 2015 Black Dog Ride return to the Red Centre with more than 500 riders leaving this weekend on the state ride legs. However, instead of finishing at Alice Springs as it did for...
After the 2020 Black Dog Ride was cancelled due to the pandemic for the first time in its 11-year history,...
Black Dog Ride Australia (BDRA) is seeking the views of riders to determine its future direction after a couple of...
A World Superbikes tour, a visit to the Top End and heaps more One Dayer events are scheduled for the 2018 Black Dog Ride agenda. All rides raise funds and awareness for mental health issues. Black Dog Ride’s new CEO David Peach says “awareness is the best catalyst for promoting...
The annual Black Dog Ride has passed the $1 million mark in funds raised for mental health support services in...
The annual Black Dog Ride is on in August with riders leaving from all around Australia and converging on Alice...
Motorcycle Blanket Runs are about to start as the weather gets cooler and homeless people become vulnerable to disease and death. We are interested in publishing details about your motorcycle club’s Blanket Run. Just send details and photos to us via email. The first on the calendar is the annual...
Toowoomba motorcyclists will ride for the homeless on Sunday, May 22, 2016, for the annual Huggie Bear Memorial Blanket Run....
Blind Aussie rider Ben Felten is this weekend going for the Guinness World Record of 265.33km/h (164.87mph) for a blind...
Blokes will be invited to take part in the Babe Raid rally at Dubbo in November when male and female motorcyclists are set to break up to 16 world records. Organiser Debb Geerts of 2WheelBabes says this is the final chance for Australian riders to set the records as she...
BMW Motorrad Australia is offering more GS off-road training courses this year. So far they have reased pricing, dates and...
Hardcore fans of German off-road riding have been hanging out for this one — the announcement of the 2022 BMW...
2014 will be an epic year for the BMW Safari which celebrates its 20th anniversary. There will be three Australian safaris highlighted by the challenging eight-day GS Safari-Enduro from Darwin to Cairns from July 13 to 21. While it is called an Enduro, that refers to the length, not the degree...
BMW Motorrad Australia is extending its safari program this year by adding shorter two- to four-day GS Tours, including a...
BMW Motorrad Australia has launched ticket sales for the 2018 GS Safari Enduro in Tasmania from 11-16 October. The company...
When the going gets tough, the tough get going to the BMW GS Safari-Enduro. The first enduro version of the popular GS Safari was held last year in the cold and wet Victorian high country. Owing to its popularity, it is returning in July, but in the hot and dry...
Riders can take their bike to the track and also test ride the BMW S 1000 RR and other BMW...
BMW Motorrad Australia has expanded its 2016 Off-Road Training Program with three additional course dates to cater for growing demand. The three...
It’s hard enough getting a road test from your local motorcycle dealer, but a test where you take an adventure bike off-road on to dirt is virtually impossible. That is, unless you want to buy a BMW! In the past couple of years, BMW Motorrad Australia has offered paid off-road...