#DiscoverTheRoute Seriously, COVID-19 has managed to bugger its way into all our lives and destroy everything that we hold dear;... Read More
Aussie-made Dakar Rally film, Dream Racer, has won the Best Feature Film Award in New York at the 2015 Motorcycle Film Festival (September 23-27,... Read More
Australian Toby Price has achieved a stunning and significant third place in the world’s most gruelling motorsports event, the Dakar Rally. The 27-year-old Hunter Valley rider is not only the top-placed rookie but also the equal highest-placed Aussie finisher in the event’s history after fellow rookie and privateer Andy Haydon... Read More
Imagine having a tyre that changes its tread pattern when you go from tar to dirt and back again. Well,... Read More
Is this tough, mud-spattered camo-painted off-roader the Honda Africa Twin? Honda rolled the bike out at the EICMA show in Milan... Read More
A record Dakar Rally altitude of 4300m claimed several high-profile riders in the third stage today including Australia’s Ben Grabham (KTM) and stage two winner Sam Sunderland (Honda). They were among about a dozen riders who incorrectly descended the high ridge line into a valley and then found they couldn’t... Read More
It is little wonder KTM is so dominant in the Dakar Rally. I toured the factory early last year and... Read More
Dakar motorcycle legends including Marc Coma and defending champion Cyril Despres star in a five-minute Red Bull YouTube video to... Read More
The Dakar Rally is not just a motorsport event, but the ultimate adventure. MotorbikeWriter usually steers clear of motorsport, but this rally is more than that. It is a torture test of man and machine across the driest desert in the world, some of the highest and most rugged mountains... Read More
It didn’t take accessories company Touratech long to outfit the new water-cooled BMW R 1200 GS. Their Touratech R 1200... Read More
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be inspired and you’ll drool at the exotic rally motorcycles in the new film Dream... Read More
Perhaps the ideal bike for Australia’s tough conditions was the brutish Honda Africa Twin, a robust, go-anywhere bike based on the four-time Dakar-winning NXR750R. Sadly, we never got the XRV650 or XRV750 V-twins in Australia and Honda retired the model in 2003. However, rumours now persist on the world wide... Read More
One of the best motorcycle videos made is “Dream Racer” about the Dakar Rally, seen in selected cinemas around the country and... Read More
Guy Basile, 50, has been a Dakar Rally “tragic” since he was a teen. “When I was young I even... Read More
Just what you need for the Dakar … an all-wheel-drive bike! Suzuki thought of the idea way back in the 1980s, Yamaha tried it a few years ago in the Dakar Rally, and KTM worked on the technology for a while, but all dismissed it as uncommercial folly. Several companies... Read More