Western Australia will be the first state in Australia to replace some of its wires rope barriers after a fatal... Read More
Virtual Reality has been used for R&D purposes by Yamaha for motorcycle development for quite some time. A large issue... Read More
There should be a lot of interest among Aussie race fans for an auction of memorabilia belonging to beloved Brit and adopted Aussie Barry Sheene. The two-time Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion and all-round larrikin was well loved in his adopted country where he died in 2003 from throat cancer. Now... Read More
Gone, But Never to Be Forgotten It’s with my greatest condolences to inform our readers that one of the original... Read More
Order an Aprilia RSV4 Straight to Your Doorstep Knock knock – Who’s there? It’s the second wave of the COVID-19... Read More
The chads over at Bikes and Beards are back with another video overview of cheap amazon bikes. Funny enough, I say “cheap Amazon bikes”, but this one happens to be the most expensive model available on the site emptying your wallet with a $2000 cost-to-own. That’s still really cheap in... Read More
Motorcycle theft fell a surprising 2.7% to 9021 in the past financial year (2019/20) while overall Australian motor vehicle theft... Read More
Triumph Motorcycles Australia has issued a recall for 217 2019 and 2020 Street Scrambler and Street Twin models over a... Read More
Father’s Day is a great time to share your passion for riding with your grandfather, father or son. According to recent research, more than one in three motorcyclists got into riding because of their friends or family. The new research survey was conducted by YouGov and commissioned by ING who... Read More
Trail bike riders are being asked to complete a survey so the volunteer NSW Recreational Trail Bike Riders can develop... Read More
For years riders have been standing on the footpegs to stretch our legs or go over an obstruction oblivious to... Read More
(Contributor post) The daily lives of people have always been heavily influenced by the technologies that are currently available to them. Whether it’s in the way that people are so heavily reliant on their smartphones to get them through the day, or in how people use vehicles to move from... Read More
(File photo of a ute and motorcycle crash) A female rider in her late 30s has died in a collision... Read More
Those riders still exercising their right to ride before what could be the inevitable lockdown are acting as responsibly as... Read More
Triumph Motorcycle will move more of its production from Hinckley in the UK to Thailand in a bid to target rapidly growing Asian markets. In 2002, Triumph opened its first factory in Thailand where it now has three facilities making about 80% of last year’s total of 60,131 bikes. There are... Read More
Two riders have died in separate accidents on the Central Coast of NSW and in far west Queensland yesterday (23... Read More
In response to rider concerns about the safety of white line bumps, Transport for NSW conducted tests with a range... Read More
We already knew the Ducati Superleggera v4 would be super light and super powerful and now we can see it’s super sexy and super exclusive! The 159kW (214hp) Superleggera V4, unveiled overnight, is wrapped in exposed carbon-fibre and other exotic materials with a Desmosedici GP19-inspired livery. It will be limited to... Read More
(Contributed Post for our Northern hemisphere readers) There is no way to sugarcoat it – winter can be very tough... Read More
Former TT racer and all-round larrikin daredevil Guy Martin will attempt the failed Steve McQueen jump from the 1963 film,... Read More
The MV Agusta Rush 1000 has been unveiled just days after the company revealed their 2020 range led by the sexy new Superveloce 800 and the return of the Brutale 1000RR. But don’t get too excited. The Rush 1000 is basically a limited-edition version of the Brutale 1000 RR, so expect it... Read More
Is it time for Australia’s speeding fine system to be overhauled so the rich don’t get away with comparatively light... Read More
Years of rigid speed enforcement have created a herd mentality that could be just as dangerous as having high-speed lunatics... Read More
(Sponsored post for our North American readers) Buying a motorbike is an investment, so you want to get the best motorcycle for you! “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair…” The Eagles knew what they were talking about. Motorcycles are a symbol of freedom, of masculinity, and of dreams... Read More
A motorcyclist has died after his bike left the road and hit a pile of rubble near Walgett in central... Read More
Chicken strips can be one of the biggest causes of embarrassment for riders and may even be a safety risk.... Read More
Let’s face it, not every apartment is motorcycle friendly, and some seem to forget that motorcycles even exist. Motorcycle awareness is an issue that needs to be addressed over time, but for now, our best bet is finding apartments that have motorcycle friendly amenities. The more successful that these facilities... Read More
Yamaha will release its much-anticipated Ténéré 700 adventure motorcycle late this year in Australia and we tip the price will... Read More
Electric motorcycles are coming on a wave of hype about range of more than 300km, but are the claims a... Read More
By Victoria Chase: freelance writer and digital marketer* Sometimes a superbike comes along, and you can’t imagine how anything that comes after could ever possibly be better. These bikes are amazing feats of engineering with a whole bucketload of passion thrown in. It’s always difficult to narrow down the list... Read More
Contributed post Being a first-time motorcyclist is not as simple as hopping on a bike and riding off into the... Read More
A massive dust storm over the next couple of days and heatwave conditions across NSW and Queensland are expected to... Read More
A pre-election promise to halt the rollout of wire rope barriers (WRBs) in Victoria falls short of advocating against their use. The promise has been made by the Victorian Liberal Nationals ahead of this month’s State election. They are not advocating against their use. “The Liberal Nationals support properly placed and... Read More
Brisbane Forensic Crash Unit is appealing for anyone who may have seen a yellow Triumph Daytona motorcycle or a white... Read More
Honda will unveil an electric version of its Riding Assist self-balancing motorcycle at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2018... Read More
Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in the sixth Mission Impossible movie, this time riding a BMW R nineT Scrambler through Paris before t-boning a car. The 56-year-old actor insists he does all his own stunts and seems to be riding the bike the wrong way around the Arc... Read More
The rumour mill is buzzing again with tips that Honda will replace the Fireblade superbike in 2019 with a V4... Read More
Several rare bikes including A matching-numbers 1939 Indian Four, a Harley-Davidson racer replica and an unrestored 1988 BMW R65 with... Read More
Indian Motorcycle is expected to break into new markets after the appointment of the Swedish designer responsible for the hip BMW R nineT and sporty S 1000 RR. Ola Stenegärd has been BMW’s head of vehicle design for 15 years and has now joined Indian Motorcycle as their director of product... Read More
This Indian video shows a lucky rider narrowly avoiding a crash after slipping in a line of oil and possibly... Read More
The second annual Fred Hollows Ride to Bourke to raise money for vital sight-restoration surgery has been moved from the... Read More
Harley-Davidson has finally issued a statement in the ongoing trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s dubious claims that America is disadvantaged by import duties. It started when Trump complained about India’s import duties affecting Harley and escalated when Trump threatened to raise import duties on steel and aluminium, prompting... Read More
Royal Enfield has never officially imported its Thunderbird “cruiser” into Australia, but could the new Thunderbird X models be the... Read More
Adventure riding, electric motorcycles and India will come to the aid of the ailing motorcycle industry in the next few... Read More
Since the 1970s, Japanese motorcycles have dominated the market, but times are tough and the four companies are changing their outlook for the future. Even though Yamaha Motor had record profits and strong sales growth last year, Yamaha President Yoshihiro Hidaka says he is “pessimistic” about the future. All motorcycle... Read More
There was supposed to have been an electric motorbike revolution by now, with every second rider on a green machine.... Read More
Blipping the throttle while the clutch is in may make 2016-18 Triumph Thruxton and Thruxton R engines stall. Triumph has... Read More
Autonomous vehicles have been dealt a blow recently with a lane-splitting rider deciding to sue GM for a crash involving one of their self-driving cars. This comes as a Tesla Model S also recently crashed into a parked fire engine in Los Angeles while the car was on Tesla’s Autopilot... Read More
Hardly a week goes by without an email from some new company making an electric motorcycle, but this one caught... Read More
Roundabouts are just as dangerous for riders as intersections says Austroads which has called for riders to be considered a... Read More
Blame for an autonomous car crashing into a motorcycle has been placed on the lane-splitting rider, despite the fact that it is legal in California. It’s not the first crash involving an autonomous vehicle and not the first where a motorcycle was not detected by autonomous vehicle sensors. It also... Read More
Motorcyclists have had a bad name for too many years and it’s time for riders to actively be good ambassadors... Read More
A “dictatorship” has cut the speed on 44km of the Oxley Highway from 100km/h to 80km/h with no negotiation, says... Read More
A former police who threw an object at a rider causing him to crash has been placed on a six-month good behaviour bond with no conviction recorded. The incident occurred when NSW Senior Constable Brett Rossiter (pictured above) was performing random breath tests in Narwee, Sydney, on November 6, 2015.... Read More
