The new KTM 1190 Adventure follows its biggest competitor, BMW’s R 1200 GS, into a more road-focused market. Both are... Read More
Prices have been announced for BMW’s four new bikes arriving in early 2014. The R nineT Roadster, a 40-year tribute... Read More
One ride and you’ll understand why the 2016 Kawasaki Ninja 300 is the most popular learner-approved motorcycle of the past few years. It is a thoroughly refined, agile, forgiving, smooth, attractive and well-built package that will not only suit many learners, but also a wide variety of rider heights and abilities.... Read More
The 2017 Harley-Davidson Street 500 is a little bit more secure with a Smart Security System and safer anti-lock brakes... Read More
From November 2019, all new motorcycle models sold in Australia will either have anti-lock braking systems (ABS) or combined braking... Read More
The 2017 range of Royal Enfield have launched in the UK with dual-channel ABS, a rear disc instead of drum brake and a “Redditch” selection of three bright new colours. There is a stony silence from Australia distributors Urban Moto Imports (UMI) about the likelihood of these coming to Australia.... Read More
The fast-growing adventure motorcycle segment is becoming crowded with models. Aprilia wades in with the Caponord (Italian for north cape),... Read More
The biggest and most powerful scooter – Aprilia SRV 850 – blurs the lines between bike and scooter. For a... Read More
Have motorcycles become too hi-tech in their quest to become safer? While I applaud the addition of ABS and traction control, I’m also wary that these devices allow us to ride faster so that when we do crash, we do so at much higher speeds than before. The latest advance... Read More
Automatic brakes that sense an imminent crash and activate an emergency stop have been endorsed in all new cars from... Read More
The leading manufacturer of ABS equipment for motorcycles, Bosch, has unveiled their smallest, lightest and most effective unit yet as... Read More
BMW Motorrad is making their bikes even safer with a new cornering ABS function. ABS Pro is a refinement of Race ABS introduced in 2009 and will initially only be available on new HP4 models. It will also be available as a retrofit factory accessory on the HP4 and may... Read More
2014 BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE PREVIEW BMW has finally broken cover with images and details of the new partially-water-cooled R 1200 GS Adventure.... Read More
Take the new BMW scooters for a test ride and you could end up forgetting you are on a scooter.... Read More
BMW has been busy with the paintpot for next year’s models and is introducing a new Sport variant of the K 1600 GT. Australia will get all the new colour schemes, although most are 50 shades of grey only not as sexy: platinum, mineral silver, magnesium and granite grey. More... Read More
Bosch is working on safety systems such as a blind spot alert and a hill hold control as the German company... Read More
Car stability control experts Bosch have won Australian road safety awards for the motorcycle versions of their anti-lock braking system... Read More
Italian-based motorcade braking systems manufacturer Brembo Brakes has announced it will set up a new factory in Chennai, India. The third Indian plant is expected to mainly make low-budget ByBre (by Brembo) brakes for mass-produced low-capacity bikes. ByBre has more than 50% market share in the two-wheeler segment. The opening... Read More
There is nothing cruisy about the Ducati Diavel. Despite some thinking that this would be the Italian bike manufacturer’s first... Read More
The Ducati Panigale is one hot bike. Not just because it’s Italy’s most powerful production bike, Ducati’s fastest yet and... Read More
Let’s not get too excited, but the Queensland Government is thinking about lifting speed limits on some roads to 130km/h. We say that because they are also considering lowering the speed limits on some roads and with the current quality of roads in the Sunshine State after a pounding from... Read More
A real-world study into the effects of ABS in motorcycle crashes has been completed with the help of Australian riders. There... Read More
Future riders will have bikes that connect with their mobile phone, the internet and even activate the engine immobiliser and... Read More
The Australian Motorcycle Council is calling on authorities to slow down the testing and introduction of autonomous vehicles and to abandon plans for mandatory ABS and traction control. AMC representative Guy Stanford says authorities seem to keen to progress toward autonomous vehicles without considering the impact on motorcyclists, pedestrians and... Read More
Harley-Davidson has axed the Road Glide for 2014. But I doubt it will be the last we see of the... Read More
Harley-Davidson is recalling more than a quarter of a million motorcycles worldwide over an issue with antilock brakes in 2008-11... Read More
Honda has added another automatic model to its fleet in the new CTX700 range. While most cars are sold with automatic gearboxes and some models don’t even offer a manual version, cars are transport, while motorcycles are so much more. Are riders really ready for auto motorcycles? Auto is a... Read More
Honda Australia has confirmed we will get the new CB650 motorcycles that debuted at the recent Milan Motorcycle Show. However, the... Read More
Honda Motorcycles look like being the first to introduce emergency braking that automatically stops a motorcycle if it detects an... Read More
You could be looking at the next top-selling motorcycle. Honda has announced it will make a CBR300RR to take on the runaway best-selling Kawasaki Ninja 300. Honda Australia spokesman Glyn Griffiths says they expect the CBR300R to arrive in early in the second quarter of 2014. The mini-Fireblade was launched... Read More
Ever wondered why people drive right out in front of you and cause a collision?
They call it “SMIDSY” or... Read More
SMIDSY (sorry, mate, I didn’t see you) collisions occur, not because motorists don’t look, but because they don’t look twice and... Read More
We may not like riding in the wet, but with weather being such an unpredictable mistress, you are bound to get caught in the rain at some stage. Some enjoy riding in the rain and say it sharpens their skills. While it may be dangerous, the odds of a more... Read More
Next time it’s raining and the roads are wet, don’t stay inside watching the TV, get out and ride safely... Read More
A VicRoads brochure has given the wrong impression of ABS (anti-lock brake systems) and even offered advice that riders fit... Read More
Europe is mandating ABS on motorcycles and it is being considered in Australia but only now is a survey seeking to find out if ABS is safe in the real world. British road safety researcher Elaine Hardy is seeking riders around the globe who have been involved in a crash... Read More
Despite its much-lauded safety benefits, ABS may not be your saviour in a motorcycle crash because many riders don’t have... Read More
Naked bikes are enjoying a boom in sales and now Kawasaki Australia has dropped the price of its “super naked”... Read More
The Kawasaki Versys-X 300 (pictured above) will be the first production motorcycle to use the new Bosch 10 ABS unit which is their smallest, lightest and most effective yet. It will be followed by the 2018 Suzuki GSX-S125 ABS. Kawasaki Motors Australia has not yet confirmed whether we will be getting the... Read More
Australia’s top-selling bike, the Kawasaki Ninja 300, is now available in new colours and a special edition. The Kawasaki Ninja... Read More
The Kawasaki Ninja 300 is a game-changer in the small sportsbike stakes. Now you can look like Casey Stoner, but... Read More
Australia’s most popular-selling bike, the Kawasaki Ninja 300, has been recalled for brake and stalling problems. (Read my review here.) The worldwide safety recall over brakes states that a “foreign particle” may become trapped in the inlet or outlet valve causing the anti-lock brake system (ABS) to fail. While riders... Read More
The 2016 Kawasaki Versys 650L ABS comes in a bright new matte orange paint and the price has increased $200... Read More
Every motorcycle should come with an alcohol interlock, ABS and other electronic rider aids, while riders should be “lit up... Read More
India has moved to make ABS mandatory for all motorcycles with an engine bigger than 125cc from April 2017 as a portent to similar moves around the world. As India is such a huge and important market with almost every major brand now either selling, assembling or building bikes in... Read More
ABS could reduce motorcycle fatalities and severe injury crashes by more than one-third, according to a report by VicRoads and the... Read More
German automotive technology company Continental AG plans to be the first with a motorcycle emergency brake-assist system that applies extra... Read More
The Italian marque will make their bikes safer this year with the introduction of ABS on Australian 2014 models. The new models to get the anti-lock braking system will include the coming Dragster which is rumoured to be turbo-charged. MV Agusta has reported that it will offer a Bosch 9MP... Read More
Anti-lock brakes are a must-have for learner riders, but they are too big for small bikes, too expensive and too... Read More
The American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 43 complaints of ABS failure on models built from 2008 to... Read More
More than 16 months after the Royal Enfield range was launched in Europe with dual-channel ABS, Australian fans can finally buy the Continental GT, Bullet 500 and Classic 500 range with these upgraded brakes. Royal Enfield Australia distributors Urban Moto Imports (UMI) have ket a lid on prices. In the... Read More
Australia is planning to follow Europe in making anti-lock brakes (ABS) mandatory on all new motorcycles over 125cc and either... Read More
There are some bikes that scream and demand attention. And then there are those that quietly go about their business... Read More
Suzuki has added a touring addition of its 1462cc-powered M90 Boulevard. For an extra $2000, the C90T comes with hard leather-look bags, rider floorboards, touring windscreen and a blacked-out engine, instruments, handlebars, pipes and wheels. Cost is $17,490 plus on-roads. Despite the touring accoutrements, it’s still a stripped-down boulevard cruiser... Read More
The handsome new Suzuki V-Strom DL1000 will feature traction control, slipper clutch and ABS, but not electronic suspension like many... Read More
Brakes have come a long way from when I first started riding with many new bikes now fitted with sophisticated... Read More
Harley-Davidson has added traction control to its 2019 Trikes and may soon have to add the safety feature to its motorcycles. The US National Transportation Safety Board has voted unanimously to recommend to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to introduce traction control and ABS to all motorcycles. ABS has... Read More
This page is not all about me. I also invite you to review your own bike. In coming months I... Read More
Triumph has voluntarily recalled Street Triple and Daytona motorcycles to check for faults in the ABS modulator. The recall involves... Read More
Triumph has fine-tined its Tiger 1050 from adventure to sports. The more sporty version has 50mm lower suspension and therefore a lower seat height, sportier suspension, a 14kg diet program and extra features such as switchable ABS and their first automated indicators. The Triumph Tiger Sport arrives at the highly competitive... Read More