Can Electric Bikes Really Go Anywhere? The biggest concern I’ve heard repeatedly parroted from the anti-electric vehicle mob is “good... Read More
Harley’s Making Moves Harley-Davidson is going through some serious restructuring, and the company has had to make plenty of tough... Read More
Making Dreams Come True Anne Turner was able to get one of her bucket-list items checked off recently when her daughter put the word out that Anne wanted to sit on a Harley-Davidson. Anne is a 83-year-old living in England. She is terminally ill, and when the motorcycling community heard... Read More
Electric ADV The Harley-Davidson LiveWires that were used in Long Way Up were a long way from stock LiveWires, so... Read More
Winds of Change Hit the Harley Office This morning, Harley Davidson announced that they will be bringing Gina Goetter onto... Read More
Harley-Davidson will not have to pay $US3 million to retrofit or replace wood-burning household appliances with cleaner stoves to offset excess emissions. Yes, you heard right! That was part of a contentious US court ruling in 2016 when the American icon was fined $US12m for fitting aftermarket Screamin’ Eagle tuners which... Read More
It appears Harley-Davidson has axed its upcoming Bronx Streetfighter as part of a 30% reduction in its existing and future... Read More
Bike fan, Hollywood actor and “Long Way” collaborator Ewan McGregor gets to keep most of his impressive collection of motorcycles... Read More
New Harley-Davidson boss Jochen Zeitz has bought about $US2 ($A2.8) million of company shares just weeks after announcing a 30% cut in coming models and three months after buying $2.1m ($A2.9) in shares. It’s a huge vote of confidence in his austere “Hardwire” strategy for the company which also includes cutting... Read More
This image from the Chinese Patent Office shows a Qianjiang QJ350 motorcycle with a parallel twin engine stamped with the... Read More
Harley-Davidson is expected to pull out of some Asian and Latin American markets as part off a “Rewire” strategy to... Read More
Harley-Davidson will axe 30% of its existing and future models, while the introduction of the 2021 range and new models will be moved from September to early next year. Shiny new Harley-Davidson models for the year ahead usually start appearing on showroom floors across the world in September and October.... Read More
America’s two major motorcycle companies have reported a coronavirus-led flop in motorcycle sales for the second quarter. Harley-Davidson reported a... Read More
Harley-Davidson has filed a patent application for a variable valve timing (VVT) V-twin engine, possibly for the Sportster to improve... Read More
The latest Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor adventure, the Long Way Up, will be shown on Apple TV+ in the next few months. In the third and probably final “Long Way” series, the Brits ride Harley-Davidson electric LiveWire motorcycles from Tierra Del Fuego at the bottom of South America to... Read More
Harley-Davidson will shed 640 jobs this year for millions of dollars in savings as it streamlines the company to respond... Read More
Harley-Davidson and the Piaggio Group of motorcycle and scooter companies have announced massive loans to get back on their feet... Read More
Harley-Davidson’s electric LiveWire has arrived in Australia for testing ahead of its media launch in August and market release in early September. The Tesla Model 3 Australia Facebook Group has published the above photo of a LiveWire being charged in Australia. Harley-Davidson Australia/New Zealand marketing guru Keith Waddell confirms the... Read More
A Tennessee Harley-Davidson, Honda and Polaris dealer has got the sack over a Facebook post that said he was “sick... Read More
Triumph started in 1889 as a bicycle company and now they are returning to bicycles with an e-bike called the... Read More
When it comes to no-frills traditional touring the first bike that comes to mind is the Harley-Davidson Road King. That is partly because of the name: Road King by name, road king by nature. Apart from auxiliary riding lights, lockable panniers, cruise control, a windscreen and some crash protection, the... Read More
Indian Motorcycle has filed a trademark application for the name EFTR which suggests it is an Electric Flat Track Racer, with... Read More
A spark plug is a device that delivers electric current from the ignition to the combustion chamber of an engine to... Read More
If you are an avid motorcycle rider you know how important having the best motorcycle gloves are. If you are a new motorcycle rider you may not fully appreciate motorcycle gloves until you have your first long ride. Gloves are an essential piece of motorcycle gear. There are many benefits... Read More
Harley-Davidson has filed a patent for a self-balancing system that might help attract more customers to their big and heavy... Read More
Harley-Davidson has announced it now has access to a loan of up to $US350 million (about $A500 million) over the next... Read More
A replica of the first Harley-Davidson motorcycle ever made is being offered in a sale of historic motorcycles through Heroes Motors in Los Angeles. The genuine first Harley sits in a glass case in the Harley museum in Milwaukee and would cost millions. This replica of the 1905 model is... Read More
Speculation is rife that several Harley-Davidson models will be deleted for 2021 in the wake of the delay in launching... Read More
Harley-Davidson this week restarts production after a two-month closure over the pandemic with lower production rates for more “exclusivity”, the company... Read More
A 1960 Harley-Davidson FL Duo Glide that spent 37 years sitting in a shed in Queensland headlines Shannons’ Timed Online Classic sale later this month. The bike is one of seven motorcycles crossing the “virtual auction block” from 20 May to 3 June 2020. The highest bid lodged by close of bidding... Read More
Two senior Harley-Davidson executives, including new CEO and president Jochen Zeitz have bought up millions of dollars of company shares. The... Read More
Honda is adding Android Auto to its Goldwing infotainment system for music, phone calls and messaging with a software update next month. This follows Harley-Davidson... Read More
New Harley-Davidson boss Jochen Zeitz has delayed the release of the company’s first adventure bike, the Pan America, as well as the Bronx streetfighter until 2021. The water-cooled models were to be released in August 2020. We suspect they may be released about February or March 2021. That is based on Jochen’s “Rewire”... Read More
Harley-Davidson has donated a customised electric LiveWire motorcycle autographed by the Davidson family to be auctioned to raise funds for the... Read More
German-born Jochen Zeitz has been named as the new CEO and president of iconic American motorcycle company Harley-Davidson. Jochen was appointed interim... Read More
Harley-Davidson will expand “profitable iconic heritage bikes” while committing to branching out to adventure touring, the new Streetfighter range and electric motorcycles under their new Rewire strategy. German-born interim CEO Jochen Zeitz (pictured above with an electric Harley LiveWire) has spelt out his five-year Rewire vision in his first public statement... Read More
Following in the footsteps of Indian Motorcycle, Harley-Davidson has made cuts to costs that start with the CE and Board... Read More
Harley-Davidson is expected to have several variants of its new Bronx range later this year including a naked streetfighter, a street tracker and... Read More
The list of motorcycle factory closures due to the coronavirus pandemic is growing daily with MV Agusta and Indian Motorcycles finally joining. The MV factory on the shores of beautiful Lake Varese in Lombardy, an early epicentre of the virus in Italy, had been continuing with a reduced workforce. Now... Read More
A Swiss rider has just ridden a Harley-Davidson LiveWire 1723km across four nations in one day using Level 3 DC... Read More
A boardroom battle is brewing at Harley-Davidson as investors trying to wrestle control have suggested CEO and president Matt Levatich... Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has halted motorcycle manufacturing in the USA and Europe with BMW Motorrad the latest to temporarily stop assembly lines. BMW Motorrad has halted manufacturing at its Spandau factory n Berlin and G 310 production is now only hold after the TVR plant that makes them in India shut down... Read More
Harley-Davidson has joined several other motorcycle manufacturers in temporarily suspending production due to the pandemic threat. The company announced it... Read More
Harley-Davidson is the first motorcycle company to offer Android Auto which is similar to Apple CarPlay and allows riders to... Read More
Electric motorcycles could soon recharge to 75% capacity in as little as five minutes, according to Californian battery company, Enevate. Company spokesman Bill Blanning tells us they are “talking to motorcycle and scooter makers worldwide” about their Li-ion batteries that use silicon-dominant anodes. “We are not ready to disclose that just... Read More
BMW Motorrad will unveil their much-anticipated R 18 on 3 April 2020, but exactly what it will look like is... Read More
Harley-Davidson has registered two simple black-and-white lightning logos expected to be used for its upcoming electric motorcycles, scooters and bicycles.... Read More
Shortly after announcing a special American patriotic eagle paint job on the Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special, the company has now added another Yankee patriotic style. The latest is a special-edition two-tone paint option featuring a patriotic “Number One” in red, white and blue on the fuel tank. Cost of the eagle paint... Read More
Harley-Davidson boss Matt Levatich has just announced his is stepping down as the company experiences its biggest sales slide since... Read More
The BMW R 18 cruiser is yet to be fully unveiled, but these spy photos from Ride Apart show there will... Read More
As predicted last week, the Harley-Davidson FXST Softail Standard is confirmed to return mid-year after it was recently listed with the California Air Resources Board. One of the most popular Harley models ever sold in Australia will arrive at $A21,495 ($NZ22,750), ride away. This entry-level Softail will come in black only with a solo seat.... Read More
This image has been doing the rounds of the internet rumour mill for days suggesting Harley-Davidson is about planning to... Read More
Indian Motorcycle has always been diplomatic about their rivalry with Harley-Davidson, but a brazen new video showing their new Challenger and... Read More
Harley-Davidson‘s FXST Softail Standard, one of the most popular Harley models ever sold in Australia, now looks like making a comeback. The model name and FXST designation has been listed with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) documents which means it could be unveiled as soon as this August as a 2021... Read More
A special paint job with an eagle on the right side of the tank and fairing is now available for... Read More
Harley-Davidson has long been a great promoter of its brand and its latest video ads are no exception with an... Read More
A tiny diner in Massachusetts has scored a big victory against multinational Harley-Davidson for the right to feature a mural of the company’s famous bar-and-shield logo over their doorway. Three years ago Miss Worcester Diner owner Kim Kniskern asked local artist Tony Freitas to paint the HD logo in honour of their many... Read More
Harley-Davidson will return the Road Glide to its 2020 CVO range with a special Harley-branded Sena 30K Bluetooth unit that... Read More
Harley-Davidson is celebrating the 30th birthday of one of its most famous models, the Fat Boy, with a special 114-cube... Read More
Ewan McGregor admits he ran out of “juice” a couple of times on his Long Way Up trip on Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles and even hitched rides with cars by hanging on to the B pillar. The admissions came in an interview on the American Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. McGregor and... Read More