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Manufacturers are bringing out new, improved and updated motorbikes all the time. We preview whats coming, how much they will cost, their technical specifications, features and styling. We also road test bikes for their performance, technology, comfort, styling, handling, safety, value, practicality, ease of use and more. We sort though the good and the bad and recommend the bike that suits your riding style.
Brothers From Other Mothers? When you’re in the market to drop $15,000+ on a liter bike there is pretty much... Read More
BMW Motorrad Australia has recalled all its current 1250 models over missing or faded compliance plates and/or exhaust noise labels. We all know how police can be officious about noisy motorcycle exhausts. The last thing you would want when pulled over for any reason is to be found riding a... Read More
Why bother with the satisfaction of restoration when you can watch someone do it for you? There is nothing I... Read More
Can Electric Bikes Really Go Anywhere? The biggest concern I’ve heard repeatedly parroted from the anti-electric vehicle mob is “good... Read More
An Italian Adventure Machine Aprilia has a new adventure motorcycle in the works and it’s called the Tuareg, which is a name from the company’s history. The model hasn’t been officially announced yet, but the company is developing it. The bike was recently spotted testing. According to Motoblog.it, a person... Read More
How Royal Enfield Will Win Royal Enfield officially began production in its new facility in Argentina. Not long ago I... Read More
Harley’s Making Moves Harley-Davidson is going through some serious restructuring, and the company has had to make plenty of tough... Read More
I Think It’s Time for Me to Find a New Wife… With a name like Maurice Slaughter, you’d think he’s some kind of Harley riding, dealership owning badass; which he is just exactly that. Maurice celebrated 20 years with Bayside Harley- Davidson/Ducati in Portsmouth this year and has been wheeling... Read More
A Beautifully Crafted Machine Most folks know of Roland Sands and his company Roland Sands Design. Recently he and his... Read More
Making Dreams Come True Anne Turner was able to get one of her bucket-list items checked off recently when her... Read More
A Great Little Trail Bike We already knew the Honda CT125 Hunter Cub was going to be a great little motorcycle, but we didn’t know how good of a trail bike it would be. In the video below, the rider shows the world just how tough the little motorcycle actually... Read More
Electric ADV The Harley-Davidson LiveWires that were used in Long Way Up were a long way from stock LiveWires, so... Read More
Reimagining The R nineT For The Low-Low Look, the R nineT is a very classy looking bike… But do you... Read More
Ducati’s Official App Is Here to Stay Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is check my phone for news and updates on things I’m passionate about. Do you know who is really passionate? Ducati enthusiasts; I would know, my dad’s one of them. We check... Read More
The partnership between KTM and CFMoto has now created a large-displacement touring motorcycle. The bike is called the 1250TR-G. It... Read More
Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta seems intent on cracking the enormous Chinese motorcycle market. In 2019, they signed an agreement... Read More
Triumph Motorcycles Australia has issued a recall for 928 motorcycles over an issue with the front brakes. The affected vehicles may have experience the front brake pad detaching from the back plate, “resulting in reduced braking performance”, says the official recall notice issued through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.... Read More
Proving there is still life in the two-stroke engine is new British company, Langen Motorcycles. They will unveil a limited-edition,... Read More
IMG Licensing will now be the exclusive licensee for MV Agusta. After surveying the options available to it, MV Agusta... Read More
BMW Motorrad Days will move to Berlin in 2021, according to a recent announcement. Previously, the event was held in Munich. There were 18 successful BMW Motorrad Days held in Munich, so the move to Berlin is an important one. Berlin is “in the heart of Europe” as BMW puts... Read More
Triumph is holding a Bonneville Build off on it’s UK website. You can vote for the best build from a... Read More
Brisbane rider Daniele Milazzo grew up watching the Dakar Rally on SBS TV and always dreamt of owning one of... Read More
The latest blatant ripoff of motorcycle design by the Chinese is a Moto S450RR which looks very much like BMW’s S 1000 RR and even features a version of the famous Bavarian marque’s blue roundel logo. It is not the first nor the last ripoff of successful motorcycle and car... Read More
A collection of more than 20 classic BMW motorcycles, representing eight decades of the Bavarian machines, will hit the auction... Read More
Are you a William Shatner fan and a fan of Harley-Davidson’s new LiveWire electric motorcycle? Then you really should consider... Read More
Harley-Davidson will not have to pay $US3 million to retrofit or replace wood-burning household appliances with cleaner stoves to offset excess emissions. Yes, you heard right! That was part of a contentious US court ruling in 2016 when the American icon was fined $US12m for fitting aftermarket Screamin’ Eagle tuners which... Read More
BMW’s small-displacement G 310 R has been a real winner for the last couple of years, but now the company... Read More
Benelli has wanted to bring its adventure bike to the U.S. market for some time now. However, those plans were... Read More
The Ducati Scrambler 1100 will be heading to India. This will be the first Scrambler from the Italian company to enter the Indian market. For a time, only the Panigale V2 would meet the BS6 compliance for emissions. Ducati’s operations in India looked a little bleak. Now they appear to... Read More
Harley-Davidson will relaunch The Enthusiast magazine originally published from 1916 to 2008 to replace HOG Magazine as their official publication.... Read More
Honda recently teased a new Forza model. This one should be a higher-displacement machine that will sit alongside the Forza... Read More
Royal Enfield has a new production plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina. That facility will begin production this month, according to Hindustan Times. The company has also collaborated with the local distributor Grupo Simpa. Together these moves should help the company continue to expand globally. Royal Enfield has been seeing some... Read More
Suzuki has its 100-year anniversary coming up. The motorcycle company has a limited edition GSX-R1000R that it has created for the... Read More
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, has won the Australian Good Design Awards’ Automotive – Best Exterior category for their fun,... Read More
Kawasaki has filed a trademark for “Noslisu” for a range of three-wheeler bicycles, e-bikes and motorised leaning trikes. The filing with the European Union on August 31, 2020, suggests Kawasaki is following Yamaha and Honda in developing leaning three-wheelers. It also follows their latest patent application in the US in... Read More
One of the few changes for the 2021 Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure motorcycle is the ability to switch off the... Read More
If you’ve ever thought of turning your bike into stunt machine, MV Agusta has a good example of what might... Read More
Suzuki Motorcycle Australia has slashed $3000 off the price of its revived Katana and introduced two value accessory packs to help the model which has failed to make a showroom impact. While it’s a great bike to ride, the styling has divided opinions and the bike has failed to live... Read More
A sketch for an electric Husqvarna has emerged showing the company has plans for an electric naked street bike. It... Read More
BMW Motorrad looks like it may go ahead and produce an electric motorcycle that looks like a traditional Boxer-powered bike. In... Read More
Despite the Honda CBR-600RR only selling in the Australian and Asian markets, the Japanese company has updated the super sport bike for 2021. It seems a strange move from the manufacturer since the engine doesn’t meet stringent European and American emissions regulations and the fact that the super sport segment... Read More
Keeping your motorcycle chain clean, lubricated and tensioned is a messy business, but now BMW has developed a special chain... Read More
In what may seem a trivial issue of compliance, the reflector on the 2020 Triumph Tiger 900 could come loose... Read More
Is the Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT the Goldilocks of sport adventure tourers? You know, not too cold and not too hot, but just right on value, features, performance, handling, and comfort. It’s been around since 2002 as the DL1000 and now the proven and bulletproof engine has been upgraded to Euro... Read More
Ducati Australia has announced pricing and delivery for the updated Scrambler 1100 PRO and Sport PRO models. They arrive in September... Read More
The top-selling electric motorcycle company in the world, Zero Motorcycles, looks like it is heading off-road. The Californian company has... Read More
BMW Motorrad has issued two recalls in North America for leaks in brakes and real tanks for a variety of models. The recalls do not affect any bikes in Australia. The brake recall affects the following models: 2019 and 2020 BMW R 1250 GS 2019 and 2020 BMW R 1250... Read More
Triumph has issued a global recall over wiring issues for its 900cc Street Twin and Street Scrambler models. The issue... Read More
It is a certain bet that BMW will introduce more variants of the R 18 – their first cruiser in... Read More
Husqvarna Australia has once again sashed the prices of its Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401 single-cylinder motorbikes. When the handsome and well-built bikes were introduced in 2018, I said the $A10,495 pricetag would make them a hard sell. I was right. Last year they dropped the prices of both the... Read More
Old-school motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield is getting closer to releasing an electric model after building a couple of electric prototypes.... Read More
It appears Harley-Davidson has axed its upcoming Bronx Streetfighter as part of a 30% reduction in its existing and future... Read More
The new Suzuki GSX-R1000 is cheaper, with more standard features and available in the Team Suzuki ECSTAR MotoGP inspired Metallic Triton Blue colour scheme. It now costs $23,990 ride away which is a $1500 price reduction on last year’s model. Despite the price reduction, it now comes standard with the... Read More
The launch of the handsome CFMoto 700CL-X range has been delayed until early 2021, but it will arrive with a... Read More
The new Suzuki V-Strom 1050 range has arrived in Australia in two variants, four colour schemes and two accessories packs.... Read More
Yamaha has been developing electric vehicles for several years, but is now stepping up its electric program with a compact portable motor and an electric motocrosser. The motor range is called an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (IPMSM) with varying outputs from 35kw to 200kw. They say they can be... Read More
While throttle and bottle don’t usually mix, Indian Motorcycle and Jack Daniels have formed a close relationship that has yielded... Read More
BMW Motorrad returns to the cruiser category with the R 18, but will they soon add a Dragster version like... Read More
Patent drawings reveal BMW plans to bring back its C1 scooter, but with a detachable roof, seat belts, car-like crumple zones and an electric motor. The German manufacturer filed a patent for an electric C1-style scooter with a detachable roof in 2017. Now, more details are available that show it... Read More