Lightning Motorcycles, the mastermind behind the ‘Strike’ superbike (a purported contender for the ‘fastest production motorcycle in the world’) is now...
Damon Motorcycles has given us a progress report on the state of their production plant, which is set for a...
An electric motorcycle brand is taking our clean emission future so seriously that theve partnered up with a company that punts out paper-based fairings. Yup, paper – and the result is water-repellent and fire-resistant, too. I love technology. According to MCN, electric bike brand CAKE has joined forces with PaperShell...
Electric motorcycle brand RGNT is coasting on the successes of their first bird, the No. 1, by introducing a new...
Energica’s done it again. On top of phasing out of MotoE to pursue greater heights of electric success, the Italian...
A week after Canadian Powersports company Can-Am announced a range of four electric two-wheelers, the company has confirmed they will be available in Australia. “I can confirm that they will be available in your part of the world,” Can-Am, Global Consumer PR Brian Manning told me. “We are (not) disclosing...
In a potential embarrassment for the New Zealand Army, the Kiwi-made UBCO electric utility motorcycle could stop in its tracks. The...
Australian Electric Motor Co (AEMC) will become the first all-electric motorcycle dealership in the country when it opens its doors...
Although Savic Motorcycles is yet to launch its electric Savic C-Series motorcycle, it has announced a range of three “colours” and other options. Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle company was to deliver the first batch of 50 bikes to customers by last December. However, company founder and designer Denis Savic...
Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, has been delayed more than 18 months by the coronavirus pandemic and...
New Zealand electric bike company UBCO appears to be the first in the world to offer potential buyers a virtual...
Motorcycles are not included in a NSW Government incentive package that includes a $3000 rebate to lure motorists into electric vehicles. NSW is the only state so far to offer any incentives at all for electric vehicles, while overseas motorists are being enticed with free tolls and parking, cash rebates,...
Sustainability, efficiency, recyclability. The moto industry has been making great strides in creating high-efficiency, low-emission vehicles. Popular favorites today involve...
I attended the international media launch for the LiveWire in Portland, Oregon, in July 2019, and it has taken almost...
Triumph Motorcycles has revealed a sketch of what their electric motorcycle will look like – and it looks very sporty indeed. The British company has been working for a couple of years with the British F1 team Williams after receiving millions in government funding to produce electric motorcycles. Triumph has...
As LA start-up X Mobility Motors is set to release a range of electric-powered mobility devices including motorcycles, an international...
From Green Packet The company Green Packet wants to change the way people get around in Southeast Asia with its...
You Have to Love Those Fat Tires Volcon is an electric motorcycle startup that comes out of Texas. It’s a company interested in electric off-road vehicles and the latest bike it has is called the Grunt. The Grunt is a fat tire electric trail bike that should come out in...
A 10-Year Partnership California’s Zero Motorcycles has signed a 10-year partnership deal with Polaris. This partnership is part of Polaris’...
Hero MotoCorp is working on a new electric motorcycle platform called the e.US. That stands for Electric Ultra Sport and...
An automotive group is calling for a”fairer” distance-based user-pays road tax system and incentives to encourage more people to take up electric vehicles. The Motor Trades Association of Queensland call supports the Queensland-based Motorcycle Advocacy Group Facebook group who last month called for rego to be scrapped and a user-pays tracking...
Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, is on track for their first customer delivery this year after coronavirus...
Harley-Davidson has registered two simple black-and-white lightning logos expected to be used for its upcoming electric motorcycles, scooters and bicycles....
(Contributed post) First released to the market in 1967, the Pursang motocross motorcycle went out of production in 1984 and quickly gained mythological status. The Spanish bike, famously ridden by Peter Fonda in Easy Rider, was revered by motocross fans across the world. However, it remained boxed in history until the...
Start-ups making electric motorcycles and scooters are leaving behind the giants of traditional motorcycle manufacturing, according to American motorcycle industry...
Damon Hypersport electric motorcycle has launched with some impressive 200 figures: 200Nm of torque, 200mph top speed and 200 miles...
As we move into the 2020s, we look back on a decade of ups and downs, new niches, new technologies, changing trends and uncertain futures. Seven motorcycles trends of the 2010s 1 Sales slump The decade started in a sales slump after the GFC, but began to recover before sliding...
Imagine riding home from work on your electric motorbike, then plugging it into the mains where it then helps charge...
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have been spotted riding their specially equipped Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles in Ecuador on their Long Way...
Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, has launched today in Wollongong at the Australian Motorcycle Festival with orders accepted for for first 49 bikes. The updated prototype revealed today is a far cry from the one unveiled a year ago, thanks to feedback from the public, according to founder...
If range anxiety is the biggest hurdle for electric motorcycles, Italian company Energica, who supplies the bikes for MotoE, may...
Harley-Davidson boss Matt Levatich (above) has called on motorcycle journalists to help the industry’s future by not just explaining the...
In a major advance for electric vehicles, in particular motorcycles, a Texas company has produced the Hunstable Electric Turbine (HET) motor that is quieter, cooler, cheaper, smaller yet has double the torque output. HET claims Linear Labs’ HET motor is named after founders CEO Brad Hunstable and his father and CTO...
Curtiss Motorcycles is now taking orders for the wild Zeus electric motorcycle with radial “V8” batteries and has released plans for...
Some bright spark at Yamaha has filed patent designs that seem to indicate they are planning an electric sports bike...
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Savic Motorcycles, will launch their electric Cafe Racer prototype at the Melbourne Moto Expo on Friday (November 23, 2018). Melbourne rider Dennis Savic, 26, spent more than 650 hours designing and building the prototype. The three Cafe Racer production versions will be made in Melbourne and...
Electric motorcycles are accelerating into our future with innovative motorcycle designer Erik Buell joining a new electric motorcycle company and...
Zero Motorcycles continues to improve the range of its electric bikes, now claiming a maximum of 360km, up 40km from...
Since batteries and electric motors can take just about any shape, designers are free to create all sorts of strange vehicles, even this board tracker from European company Avionics. They have unveiled their electric board-tracker-style moped made of wood and steel with orders from September, but no prices announced yet....
The biggest electric motorcycle company, Zero of California, has pulled out of Australia and Asia, citing unfavourable exchange rates and...
Zero Motorcycles has announced their 2017 models will have increased range up to 200 miles (320km), seemingly kicking down one of...
Future motorcycles could run on all types of fuels, including electricity, after US government defence contracts have yielded two prototype hybrid motorcycles. The bikes are the Logos Silent Hawk and LSA Autonomy Nightmare whose engines can run on either spark or compression ignition, which means they can be fuelled by...
This Spanish-made solar scooter docks in a solar charging station and switches on and off via an iPhone app that also controls...
Electric bikes have received a jolt from Zero Motorcycles with the addition of two new models and an optional Super...
Electric motorcycles charged from mains power are starting to make inroads into mainstream production, but an African university is already ahead of the pack with solar power. Three students from the University of Nairobi have built a system they call Ecotran, which captures the sun’s energy, stores it in batteries,...
Classic-styled Indian Motorcycles could soon have car-style LCD infotainment screens instead of traditional grandfather-clock-styled dials. Steve Menneto, vice president of...
Yamaha has committed to producing two electric motorcycles next year, but Australians will have to wait for some time longer....
Electric motorcycles have just taken a step closer to reality in Australia with a new importer for Californian Zero electric motorcycles. While BMW will not import its C-Evolution electric scooter because they don’t believe it’s a good fit for the country, the Australia importers of MV Agusta have just been...