The best cure for the coronavirus seems to be hopping on a motorcycle and hitting the starter button. Despite early... Read More
Motorcycle sales in the first quarter of this year were understandably down, but only by 2.5% compared with countries such... Read More
Retired and honoured motorcycle industry veteran Stuart Strickland has delivered blunt criticism of the industry and the dictators who make motorcycle businesses “unsaleable”. His comments are part of an exclusive, wide-ranging and quite blunt critique of the local and global motorcycle industry as it faces a sales slump, threats from... Read More
Riders have been warned about fake motorcycle parts after New Delhi Police arrested four people selling the counterfeit products with... Read More
The RACQ has thrown its support behind the second annual Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Week starting today (October 22-26, 2018) and... Read More
Australia’s first Dakar Rally winner and newly crowned Cross Country Rallies World Champion Toby Price is urging riders to get their bikes out of the garage for Ride to Work Week. Toby is the ambassador for the second national Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Week from October 22-26, 2018, organised by the... Read More
Australian motorcycle, ATV and scooter sales have been in a continual slump since the start of 2017 with sales up... Read More
Riders should expect a host of discount offers in the New Year after Australian motorcycle, scooter and ATV sales continued... Read More
The Harley-Davidson Breakout has claimed the top-selling spot for the first time as the Australian motorcycle industry continues its first prolonged slump since the GFC. Usually the top-selling bike in Australia is a postie bike, peewee, trail bike or cheap learner, not a large motorcycle costing more than $30,000. However,... Read More
How many times have you had to defend motorcycling when a non-rider has attacked them as dangerous, noisy and smelly?... Read More
For the first time, the Australia motorcycle industry has united to launch a National Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Week in... Read More
Motorcycle sales appear to be recovering after a very shaky start to the year with Harley-Davidson continuing to lead the road bike category. Sales were down 6.7% in the first quarter but, thanks to a slight recovery in the second quarter, they are now down 4.1% in the first half,... Read More
Independent motorcycle mechanics seem to be dying out at a rapid rate. Is it because motorcycle manufacturers are withholding servicing... Read More
Novice riders could soon have a wider choice of motorcycles such as the Street Rod (above) under the Learner-Approved Scheme (LAMS) if... Read More
Half a million fake and counterfeit vehicle parts seized in a raid in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week may have been destined for Australia. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries and Nationwide Research Group have consequently warned motorists to be on the lookout for fake parts. It follows... Read More
Riders will be able to import a new motorcycle or other vehicle from 2018 without having to deal with a dealer... Read More
Europe is mandating ABS on motorcycles and it is being considered in Australia but only now is a survey seeking... Read More
The Thai-made Honda NSS300 Forza Scooter has been recalled over a brake fluid leak issue. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission safety recall notice says that due to a manufacturing defect, one of the securing nuts on the rear brake hose flange may not be tightened to the correct specification. “If the... Read More
Mini or pocket motorcycles are fun and cute, but they are a potential danger and usually illegal to use anywhere... Read More
Harley-Davidson overtook Honda as the top-selling road bike company in Australia in 2015, thanks largely to strong sales of the... Read More
The next time someone says motorcycle riders are outcasts and not contributing to the economy, tell them to read this story. In fact, motorcycle riders are vital contributors to the economy, according to a new UK report and Australian industry figures. A UK Motorcycle Industry Association report has revealed some... Read More
Riders will gain some benefits from two recent automotive industry agreements. The first is an agreement between the Federal Chamber... Read More
The Federal Government needs to resolve the issue of states having different interpretations of helmet laws, says an industry spokesman.... Read More
Learners or “down-sizers” continue to dominate the motorcycle sales figures, according to the the third-quarter results released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. The top-selling bike was again the Honda CT110, followed by the Ninja 300. But the gap is narrowing to Honda’s CBR500R which increased sales 44.2% to 1502... Read More
Motorcycle riders have been warned to avoid buying cheap motorcycle accessories, consumables and rider gear over the internet as they... Read More
Powersports manufacturer Polaris has called for an independent audit of ATV, motorcycle and scooter sales so consumers have a more... Read More
Australian motorcycle riders love their road bikes. Road bike sales rose marginally by 0.3% to 43,724, representing 39% of all the 113,289 new motorcycles, ATVs and scooters sold in 2013. Around 34% bought an off-road bike with sales of 39,013 (3.1%), almost 19% bought an ATV (21,072, -10.6%) and around... Read More