Proving there is still life in the two-stroke engine is new British company, Langen Motorcycles. They will unveil a limited-edition,... Read More
The latest blatant ripoff of motorcycle design by the Chinese is a Moto S450RR which looks very much like BMW’s... Read More
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, has won the Australian Good Design Awards’ Automotive – Best Exterior category for their fun, electric, dual-sport Grom-sized NKD minibike. The Sydney-based company which also produces electric scooters were among 800 entries in the awards. Fonzarelli founder Michelle Nazzari says the NKD, launched in October... Read More
A sketch for an electric Husqvarna has emerged showing the company has plans for an electric naked street bike. It... 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
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
The launch of the handsome CFMoto 700CL-X range has been delayed until early 2021, but it will arrive with a... Read More
Brough Superior has tested its $A185,000, 180 horsepower turbo AMB 001 track toy that comes with plenty of carbonfibre and... Read More
Alabama motorcycle company Confederate has changed its controversial name to Combat Motors in the wake of the global Black Lives Matter movement. Back in 2017, the company considered changing its name after the race riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one person was killed and 26 injured when a car slammed... Read More
Some 10,000km after taking possession of a CFMoto 650MT and then fitting it with Shinko 705 Adventure Touring tyres, industry... Read More
The modern Brough Superior motorcycles are superior by name and superior by build and nature. They are now being imported... Read More
When he started his motorcycle wrecking parts business under his house in 1971, Fred Drake probably never dreamed he would one day be selling $100k+ Brough Superiors to well-heeled riders. Fred, 70, is now the first Australian distributor for the venerable British-now-French marque in more than 80 years. He has... Read More
A civilian version of the new CFMoto CF1250J police bike with a modified KTM LC8 engine is coming and it... Read More
Norton Motorcycles will continue to be British made and the new owner, India’s TVS Motor Company, promises to go ahead... Read More
If you think coronavirus is scary, how about the Italian Vyrus Alyen 988 with its origami bikini fairing and tailpiece with a host of winglets? It’s a rather unfortunate name for an Italian bespoke motorcycle company given the horrendous impact of the coronavirus on that country. But Vyrus has been... Read More
Chinese motorcycle manufacturer CFMoto will introduce its first fully faired sports model to Australia in May, the 300SR. It is powered... Read More
Since 2018, MV Agusta has been working on reviving the Cagiva name, but with an electric motor, and now new... Read More
Dutch company Icon Motorcycles plans to hand-make new-age Triton motorcycles with Norton featherbed frames and modern Triumph 900cc engines. Original Triton The original 1960-70s Tritons were not factory models but private builds where enthusiasts mated the lithe-handling Norton featherbed frame with Triumph Bonneville engines. Now Dutch company Icon Motorcycles plans... Read More
The expected revival of the traditional British motorcycle brand, BSA, seems to have stalled more than three years after the... Read More
Husqvarna Australia has confirmed they will import the production version of the Norden 901 Concept model unveiled at the EICMA... Read More
Just days after Norton Motorcycles sought crowd funding of £1 million ($1.89m) to fulfil orders for the V4 and Atlas models, it has unveiled a new supercharged 127kW Superlight SS. It’s a carbon model version of their Superlight model which is based on the upcoming 650cc twin-cylinder Atlas platform. While it... Read More
Motorcycle industry stalwart Dale Schmidtchen has been reviewing the CFMoto 650MT for some time now, but recently switched to the... Read More
Brough Superior has revealed an expensive turbo track toy called the AMB 001 which has plenty of carbonfibre and Aston Martin wings. The collaboration between... Read More
CFMoto celebrated its 30th anniversary in Milan last night (4 November 2019) by announcing the introduction of the sexy new 700CL-X. Australian director Michael Poynton says it will arrive in late 2020. “They will be offering this new model as three different variants – Sports, Heritage, Adventure,” he says. Sports... Read More
Former Ulysses Club magazine editor and long-time bike tester Ian Parks (above) takes a 1965 Velocette Venom for a spin. Velocette... Read More
The CFMoto 300NK is the cheapest 300cc learner bike in Australia at just $4990 ride away, but how does it... Read More
CFMOTO Australia has added the third 650cc model to the range, called the 650GT ABS which is a “grand tourer”. It will cost just $8490 ride away and joins the naked 650NK at $6490 and the 650MT at $7490 including a free set of panniers valued at $650 until the end... Read More
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CFMoto continue to offer some of the cheapest learner bikes in Australia with the 300NK arriving next month at just... Read More
Norton Motorcycles has followed the success of its Commando Street with a limited “Street” edition of the Dominator with upright bars and a hand-painted tank. Only 50 bikes will be made costing £21,950. Australian Norton importer James Mutton of Brisbane Motorcycles says the bikes are only available on order. “The factory does... Read More
It is a rare delight to ride a classic motorcycle, so there was no hesitation when Ray Schriever offered me... Read More
Motorcycle industry stalwart Dale Schmidtchen has now been in the saddle of his 2019 CFMoto 650 MT ABS for 2500km, so... Read More
Husqvarna Australia is about to offer some massive discounts on the 401 and 701 Svartpilen and Vitpilen motorcycles. And by “massive” we mean a massive $3000 to $7000, depending on the model! The official announcement has not yet been made, but we have seen the ride-away prices announced to the... Read More
When motorcycle industry stalwart Dale Schmidtchen needed an attractive, utilitarian motorcycle at a good price, his research led him to... Read More
CFMoto could soon be expanding its engine sizes with a 700cc liquid-cooled parallel twin engine and KTM’s first-generation 990cc LC8... Read More
DAB Motors lets you completely customise your new bike from enduro to motard to scrambler even before taking delivery, with the promise it’s street legal. Meet the LM-S developed by engineer Simon Dabadie who established his company in the Basque region in 2017. Henry Ford once said of his Model T... Read More
The Hartford Classic 250 rides into Australia on a nostalgic wave of small-capacity neo-classic motorcycles appealing to hip young among... Read More
Norton Motorcycles has unveiled a limited-edition Commando 961 Cafe Racer MKII to mark its collaboration with Swiss watchmaker Breitling. The... Read More
Husqvarna Motorcycles now have an aftermarket automatic Rekluse X clutch option to upgrade their Vitpilen 401 and Svartpilen 401. It’s a similar system as supplied by American clutch company Rekluse for the MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800 SCS. In Australia, the Rekluse X clutch costs $1812.75 which does not include... Read More
A British notice that Norton will be struck off the Register of Companies and dissolved is no cause for alarm,... Read More
Norton Motorcycles is expected to improve reliability and spare parts availability as well as delivering important new models this year... Read More
Over the past five years, the Norton Commando 961 Mk II range has only had a minor upgrade to the ECU and ABS as required by law. While other brands have progressed with hi-tech rider aids such as traction control, engine modes and more, the Norton has retained its simplicity.... Read More
Jawa Motorcycles have returned with such a vengeance in India, there could be pressure to export to other markets and... Read More
Customers who have put in orders for the two new hand-built Norton Atlas 650cc models are set for a long wait for delivery.... Read More
Just a week after Norton launched the 650cc Atlas Nomad cafe racer and Ranger scrambler, they have added the Superlight road-legal racer. While the Nomad will sell for £9995 (about $A17,700, $US12,750) and the Ranger for £11,995 ($A21,250, $US15,300), the Norton Superlight will sell for about £19,950 ($A35,350, $US25,500). That’s a lot... Read More
Jawa Motorcycles are back with a retro vengeance with the unveiling of three new Classic Legends models in India. Unfortunately,... Read More
Norton has unveiled a surprise with not one, but two Atlas 650cc models – the cafe racer Nomad and the... Read More
Husqvarna Motorcycles has unveiled the production Svartpilen 701 flat tracker as well as the Vitpilen 701 Aero retro sports bike concept and the EE 5 electric minicycle at EICMA in Milan. Svartpilen 701 Husky calls the Svartpilen 701 a “street explorer”, but it is inspired by flat-trackers which are all... Read More
Over the past few years we have seen old motorcycle brands return to the market and more to come including... Read More
A video Tweet has emerged of old Norton scramblers with the words “to be continued” at the end, hinting that the... Read More
British small-scale motorcycle manufacturer CCM may export its Spitfire range of single-cylinder machines to Australia along with other countries. CCM started as Clews Competition Machines 47 years ago and has had multiple international successes in motocross, flat-track, trials, supermoto, and road racing competition. In recent years they have produced limited-edition... Read More
The famed Italian motorcycle name Mondial will return to the market in 2019, not as the original F.B. Mondial, but... Read More
The Husqvarna Vitpilen 701 (“white arrow” in Swedish) will make you rethink what you believe about single-cylinder motorcycles. Yes the... Read More
Resurrected British motorcycle brand Levis has unveiled their prototype V6 Cafe Racer with an engine that sounds “like three Harleys all firing together”. The first pre-production model will be at Salon Prive at Blenheim Palace, UK on August 30–September 1 and when it finally hits the market, possibly next year,... Read More
Scrambler fever is everywhere and now British manufacturer Norton also has it with plans for a Norton Atlas 650cc scrambler... Read More
Flat track fun fun is coming to Australia with French brand YCF launching a new range called Sunday Motors. YCF... Read More
Czech Replica motorcycle company Jawa has unveiled this 350 Special retro race replica, its second bike since it was taken over by Indian tractor company Mahindra a year ago. Mahindra also bought legendary British brand BSA last year and has hinted it will return to the international market this year... Read More
More old motorcycle names are about to return to the market with Indian company Mahindra starting production of Jawa and... Read More
American motorcycle company Curtiss Motorcycle is back in business, replacing Confederate Motorcycles, releasing a new Warhawk model, the last with... Read More
Norton Motorcycles UK has announced the change of its Australian distributors from NF Importers Pty Ltd to Brisbane Motorcycles based in Queensland. Brisbane Motorcycles managing director James Mutton says they have been retailing the bikes for some time from their Caboolture store and immediately will take over warranties, servicing and spares.... Read More