I’ve been testing a couple of bikes recently that got me thinking about being a supposedly rebel biker. Why are... 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 new Harley Softail Breakout started life as a Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) model. While that models cost $42,990 (plus on-road costs), the “standard” model comes in at a realistic $28,990. The best news is you can accessorise the standard model up to a CVO level, except, of course for the 110... Read More
The Victory Cross Roads soft bagger is set up to cross this wide brown land in comfort, style and safety.... Read More
If you don’t know that the new-generation Indian is coming later this year, then you’ve been living under a rock.... Read More
There is a swarm of bees heading our way this spring. Well, not exactly bees, but Suzuki Boulevard M109R Black Edition cruisers. They come in a stinging black and yellow paintscheme that makes them look like bees. I haven’t made my mind up yet if I love or loathe the... Read More
Versatility is the key word for the Harley-Davidson Dyna Switchback. It’s a tourer with hard panniers and a big windscreen,... Read More
Even before a full bike has been unveiled, Indian has sold 111 bikes in Australia. And as a reward, the... Read More
Harley is taking it up to Bell with their new range of custom-painted open-face helmets. Bell has returned to Australia after 18 years with a range of helmets including some very tasty Custom 500 open-face helmets, some painted by Roland Sands Designs in LA. Now Harley has struck back with some... Read More
The Harley Fat Boy has been a top seller for the company for several years but in the past couple... Read More
A futuristic dream for an iconic retro product has become a reality, albeit a very limited one. Piaggio unveiled a... Read More
The latest salvo in the price war between BMW and Triumph over adventure bikes has been fired by the Brits. When Triumph launched its 1200 Explorer against the venerable BMW R 1200 GS, the Germans dropped their prices and added some extras at no cost. Triumph struck back with free... Read More
(This is my 100th post!) Victory Motorcycles is celebrating its 15th birthday and you get the presents. The deals are... Read More
Have you ever noticed how much wind noise is generated by bulky Bluetooth systems hanging off the side of your... Read More
There are no frills, bells or whistles on a Harley Super Glide. This is a blank canvas for owners who want to customise their bike into something personal. Or its bare-bones ride for minimalists who eschew all those creature comforts that turn some bikes virtually into two-wheeled cars. Whatever your... Read More
More than any other motorcycle brand, Harley-Davidson is focusing on attracting that under-represented half of the population – women. Over... Read More
The world’s oldest Harley-Davidson dealership outside the US has won the third annual Harley custom bike challenge. Morgan and Wacker... Read More
The Harley 72 captures the youth and the nostalgia market at the same time. The Harley-Davidson XL 1200V Sportster Seventy-Two looks like it could have rolled out of any talented young designer’s workshop. Yet the Harley 72 also conjures fond memories of Peter Fonda’s Captain America chopper from the 1969 cult... Read More
A collection of nine classic Harleys and two other rare bikes is up for auction on July 21 with no... Read More
You’ll read about the 2014 Harley-Davidson range here first. Motorbikewriter has been invited to attend the international launch in Denver,... Read More
Not everyone can ride fast, but equally not everyone can ride slowly. Have you ever witnessed riders wobbling all over the place at slow speeds, or paddling their feet while trying to negotiate a carpark? It actually takes a bit of talent and training to ride slowly and it’s something... Read More
Harley riders love a bargain, so it seems as the FXDB Street Bob is one of its top sellers at the... Read More
Will Harley go to water when it releases its 2014 models in Denver, Colorado, in five weeks? Tough new European... Read More
If a Fat Boy went on a diet it would become a Harley Softail Slim. That’s what Harley has done with its Softail Slim, a stripped-down, old-school bike costing $26,995 which is almost $2000 less than the popular Fat Boy. It still has much of the Fatty look about it... Read More
In its 110th year Harley-Davidson’s stocks are rising and the future is looking bright, despite an imminent Indian attack. During... Read More
The 2014 Victory Motorcycles range has just been released in the US with some cheaper models and others adding more... Read More
Only one more day before the Indian Chief is unveiled and already I’m wondering what’s next! Although we don’t know what the Chief looks like yet, we have seen the long and low silhouette (pictured above) which shows a windscreen and no top box. When the Indian Chief is unveiled... Read More
The new Yamaha Bolt cruiser is expected to become the brand’s top-selling non-LAMS road bike with about 500 sales in... Read More
An experimental army Harley XA 750 from 1942 is among the rare bikes being auctioned at Shannons Sydney Spring Classic... Read More
Yamaha Australia has just announced the pricing on their new bobber-style Bolt cruiser. The base model will cost $11,999 and the R spec will be $12,499. These prices are close to our guesstimate. Read our review here. Meanwhile, here are some great photos by Lou Martin of the bike at... Read More
Does anyone remember the old Globe of Death where motorcycles would ride around inside a giant metal globe-shaped cage? It... Read More
How does Harley Sprint, or Harley Hummer, or Harley Bobcat sound? Could these names from the American brand’s past re-emerge... Read More
Most motorcycle riders should steer away from ethanol-blended fuels, at least in the long term, as it may not be suitable. Ethanol is a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of sugarcane or grain. In Australia, ethanol content in unleaded fuel is limited to 10% (E10) but some countries use... Read More
The growing middle class in India has attracted American icon Harley-Davidson, Italian stallions Ducati and now it’s the turn of... Read More
Harley-Davidson is not going totally water-cooled as the pundits predicted. Instead, they are going partially water cooled or “Twin Cooled”,... Read More
Harley-Davidson has axed the Road Glide for 2014. But I doubt it will be the last we see of the big frame-mounted fairing Touring model. While the Road Glide has an ugly “bull nose” that some refer to as a shark nose, I reckon it’s the best handling of the... Read More
Most of the changes to the 2014 Harley-Davidson are in the Touring line-up. This could be seen as a response... Read More
You can now get on the road on a new Harley-Davidson from less than $15,000 after prices have been slashed... Read More
Harley-Davidson’s stocks are looking good at the moment. The American icon has just been named the fourth most respected brand in the USA, beaten only by PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Hershey’s. The latest report in CoreBrand’s BrandPower Series focuses on 100 brands in its database of 1000 clients finding that brands... Read More
The earliest known Harley-Davidson Sportster in existence could be yours. The first-year model believed to be the 10th XL883 produced... Read More
Milwaukee is the home of the Harley-Davidson museum which opened on their 105th anniversary in 2008. It is one of... Read More
These are some of the 2014 model Harley-Davidsons we will be riding into the Rocky Mountains tomorrow. Expectations are high and so is the temperature with 90F degrees (about 32C) outside, so we will definitely be able to test the new Twin-Cooled engine’s cooler rider comfort levels. Australia’s motorcycle media... Read More
The memory of Evel Knievel will live on in a special tribute bike commissioned by the famous stuntman’s family. Ohio... Read More
First impressions of the 2014 Harley Touring bikes are great. Rode through heavy rain at high speed in the Colorado... Read More
Harley admits that customers had asked for an adjustable windscreen on the new Touring range, but they rejected the idea. Senior product engineer Abid Jeevraj says they believe they have achieved a better solution than an adjustable screen. He says they took prototype windscreens to a couple of university wind... Read More
Harley-Davidson has solved a raft of “first-world problems” with its new Touring range. It’s not as if they have discovered... Read More
Not only was Harley’s new Touring model range been developed in a wind tunnel, so was their new leather jacket.... Read More
Harley-Davidson is testing a 500cc V-twin motorcycle for learners and emerging markets such as India and China. Chief operating officer Matt Levatich today confirmed that he had ridden the bike, but would not say when it would be released. “It’s nimble, light, has a low seat and it will have... Read More
For those hoping for a revival of the Buell brand, think again. “Buell is done,” says Harley-Davidson boss Keith Wandell... Read More
“There is a love affair going on here,” says Harley ambassador Willie G. Davidson of the Harley 110th birthday celebrations.... Read More
Karen Davidson is treated like a rock star among Harley-Davidson fans. Everywhere she goes at the Harley 110th celebrations in Milwaukee, she is besieged by fans wanting autographs and pictures. It’s the same with her brother Bill and father, Willie G. But these days there are more and more women... Read More
Harley tourers became the best handling family a few years ago when the company introduced a stiffer frame. Now Swedish... Read More
Milwaukee is crawling with cops. But the more than 100,000 bikers who have gathered for the Harley-Davidson 110th anniversary celebrations... Read More
Harley street parade: Santa Claus, Batman and Catwoman were among the record 6000-plus riders who paraded through Milwaukee streets for the Harley-Davidson 110th birthday celebrations. Led off by Wisconsin State police, the parade was watched by many thousands more who filled the city sidewalks hours earlier, eating hot dogs and... Read More
If you want to ride a big bike in tight maneuvres like the police, there is no easy way. It... Read More
Harley is nothing if not observant. Over the past decade, several models have reflected custom bike show trends. There was... Read More
Have bikers gone soft and has the world gone soft on bikers? Rather than the tough image of born-be-wild bikers roaring through the countryside like Vikings on a bender, many bikers today are a born-to-be-mild gentrified bunch of professionals and self-made business people spreading joy and cash around provincial communities.... Read More
It took some time, but Harley-Davidson has suddenly come thundering into the 21st century, thanks to its Project Rushmore. The... Read More
There may have been a revolution in the Harley-Davidson Touring line-up, but the rest of the 2014 fleet has only... Read More
A lack of a permit didn’t stop thousands of bikers from parading into Washington on September 11 in support victims of 9/11. Organisers of the “2 Million Bikers to DC” ride were denied permits for a police escort through traffic because the parade was expected to be too big and... Read More