A YouTube video showing the police interception of a Brisbane motorcycle rider has caused a social media frenzy with some...
It’s a big call for the new 110-cube Screamin’ Eagle Slim S model to top Harley-Davidson sales given the success...
http://youtu.be/VMDbEhayoUk It’s Christmas Eve and the last day in our 12 Days of Harley Christmas series and what has Santa put under the tree? Only the most sought-after Harley of them all! The FXSB Softail Breakout. Read my review here. Then click here and check out all the other gifts...
In our continuing series of the 12 Days of Christmas we have picked 10 items from the 102nd Harley-Davidson Genuine...
We’re working backwards on the 12th Day of Christmas carol with gifts from the 102nd Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts &...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VMDbEhayoUk%3Fautoplay%3D1 With just two days before Santa revs up his Harley sleigh, we are down to two gifts in our 12 Days of Christmas series. I asked Harley for some suggestions of products from their impressive 900-page-plus 102nd Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts & Accessories catalogue. Check out all the previous...
If you want your Silent Night to go boom, Harley-Davidson now has a range of Boom! Box accessories. We’ve picked...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VMDbEhayoUk%3Fautoplay%3D1 Santa is getting closer and closer on his Harley sled. And he’s bringing plenty of Christmas gifts bearing the...
If you think eight pairs of Harley gloves is too much to ask for underneath your Christmas tree, you haven’t done much riding. You could always do with more riding gloves. Just read my reasoning in my story on this very subject here. So, to continue our 12 Days of...
The motorcycle world has changed in 2013 … For the better! Sports bikes are no longer the big sellers they...
These are some of the 2014 model Harley-Davidsons we will be riding into the Rocky Mountains tomorrow. Expectations are high...
The year goes by so quickly … it’s already time to join the Harley “Book Club”. Your free 102nd Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts & Accessories catalogue is now waiting at your dealership. About 22,000 copies have been printed off for Australia and New Aealand and they are all likely to...
Most of the changes to the 2014 Harley-Davidson are in the Touring line-up. This could be seen as a response...
Despite the numerous changes to the 2014 Harley-Davidson Street Glide, there are two that stand out the most. Well,...
The Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic is unusual for a couple of reasons – Harley asked riders some questions and found the answers blowing in the wind. Sorry about being a bit cryptic, but Harley asked its riders what they wanted and some of the resulting updates were developed in a couple...
Welcome to 2014, a year in which motorcycles will become cheaper and more fun. I admit these are not exactly...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNQIc9DMSnQ&sns=em Put simply, the Harley-Davidson Road Glide has the best aerodynamics of any touring bike I have ever ridden. The...
The 2015 Harley-Davidson Road Glide unveiled at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota has a narrower shark nose with dual LED Dual Reflector Daymaker headlights making it more streamlined and sleeker. The Road Glide was dropped from the line-up last year when the Project Rushmore Touring bikes were launched,...
Harley-Davidson could be having a quiet year, model-wise, in 2016 after a few hectic years of new models. In 2013,...
For the first time Harley-Davidson has squeezed its 110-cube Twin Cam, normally reserved for CVO models, into a Fat Boy...
Despite the crashing value of the Australian dollar, Harley-Davidson Australia has again kept a lid on 2016 price rises. Twelve models have received no price increase at all for 2016, including the entire Dyna range and the Road King, even though it has been upgraded to hard bags. Across the...
I felt a bit like Captain America riding around on the military-painted Harley-Davidson Softail Slim S with its massive 110-cube Screamin’...
I used to joke that the Harley-Davidson Sportster Iron 883 came with iron suspension, but a new rear shock softens...
Maybe the good people at Harley-Davidson should rename the Street Bob Special as the Road Bob. This limited-edition Dyna is only available in select markets including Australia and New Zealand and it seems the HD customisation department in Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, may have been trying to give the Street Bob...
The 2017 Harley-Davidson Street 500 is a little bit more secure with a Smart Security System and safer anti-lock brakes...
Harley-Davidson is introducing a new 114-cube engine they call the Milwaukee Eight to its 2017 CVO Touring range and we’ll be...
The Harley-Davidson Road King just gets better and better every year and the new 107 cubic-inch (1745cc) Milwaukee Eight engine gives it another quantum leap forward. The Road King has long been my favourite Harley. It has the best chassis, it converts to a cruiser with the quick-release screen and...
The most popular of the Harley-Davidson Touring range is the Street Glide Special and it is easy to see why...
The new Harley-Davidson 750cc Street Rod should appeal to younger and more aggressive riders with its macho stance, budget price...
The internet is alive with rumours that the new 2017 Harley-Davidson range will feature 107 cubic inch (1753cc) engines, going one cube better than Victory Motorcycles. The Harley-Davidson international launch will be held in the first week of September around Seattle and Motorbike Writer will be there. We expect we...
Breakout is expected to continue as Harley-Davidson Australia’s top-selling bike after its latest upgrades, although it might be challenged by...
Good news for fans of the former Harley-Davidson Dyna Fat Bob: Now that it’s a Softail, it handles better and...
Forget what you know about Softails. The 2018 models combine the Softail and Dyna families with an all-new frame to create a totally different breed. They are no longer “Soft”. They are hard-charging cruisers for the modern era. They feature a much stiffer frame, LED headlights, hidden and tidy wiring,...
Harley-Davidson’s 2019 electric motorcycle may not be called a Livewire, flat tracker demo races could be staged in Australia, the...
Harley-Davidson has unveiled the new Softail FXDR 114 with a light weight aluminium swingarm, upside-down forks and chamfered exhaust for...
I was glad I was aboard a 2019 Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special when we hit appalling weather and narrowly avoided a tornado in the Midwest of the US of A. The big tourer is as sure-footed as anything else on the road. And it needed to be. I was on the...
The Harley-Davidson Street 500 is a blank canvas with plenty of scope for customisation and personalisation. READ MY REVIEW It is...
An actress, footballer, DJ and BMXer walk into a bar in Queenstown … no it’s not a joke, it’s the...
A new advertising campaign in the US is trying to shake off the Harley stereotypes of leather vests and bandanas. Some people have been critical of the iconic brand for fostering an outlaw motorcycle club image, but new bikes such as the Iron, 72 and now the new Street family...
Adelaide Harley-Davidson Bike Works will represent Australia in an international Battle of the Kings custom bike build-off. The Adelaide Harley...
Akrapovic is a name that is synonymous with sports bikes. But now the Slovenian exhaust manufacturer has revealed a series...
Riders of all types of motorcycles are invited to head to Wollongong this weekend for the first Harley Days rally with plenty of live entertainment and great riding. Harley-Davidson Australia marketing manager Adam Wright says the rally is open to riders of any type of motorcycle. You don’t even need...
America’s top motorcycle travel company, EagleRider, is celebrating its first year in Australia with plans to expand its stores and...
The Queensland anti-bikie laws are apparently popular with the public. Some 48% agree with them and about 20% say the...
Aussie and Kiwi Harley-Davidson dealers will compete in the annual global Battle of the Kings custom bike competition for the second year in a row. Last year, Adelaide Harley-Davidson Bike Works represented the countries with a 2018 Roadster they turned into a track racer, complete with mini fairing. Some 26 Australian and New Zealand...
That’s a difficult question to answer because Harley-Davidson CVO (Custom Vehicle Operations) motorcycles are built in limited numbers. I may...
Auckland in New Zealand’s North Island is about to double its Harley-Davidson dealerships when a new store is opened in...
Seventeen Australian and New Zealand Harley-Davidson dealers will take on the world in the Battle of the Kings custom motorcycle build-off for the first time since its launch in 2015. MotorbikeWriter.com has been invited to be one of the judges in the Australian leg of the competition to find a...
Claims that millennials are not buying Harley-Davidson motorcycles, particularly in America, are not the case in Australia and New Zealand....
Americans bought almost as many new motorcycles last year as Australia has registered bikes on the road! Yet Australia has...
Every year about this time Harley-Davidson Australia has a run-out sale where you can bag a bargain from their current model stock to clear the showrooms for their new arrivals in October. The 2017 models will be unveiled in Seattle in the first week of September and we will be there...
The big electric motorcycle battle is looming this year between Harley-Davidson with its expensive LiveWire and Zero Motorcycles who are...
A limited edition of 1000 Bell Custom 500 helmets has been produced to honour 100 years of Harley-Davidson in Australia, but...
Learners have never had such a wide and exciting choice of motorcycles with the latest being the Benelli BN 302. The bike has been officially released in Australia and New Zealand at the highly competitive price of $5590 plus on-road costs and comes in four colour options and two frame colours....
A Berlin economic development agency has sent a letter to Harley-Davidson suggesting they open a factory there to build motorcycles...
Harley-Davidson has released the Boom! Audio Stage II motorcycle audio suite of speakers to put the rock in your roll....
It’s been another great year for new motorcycle models and 2016 will be even bigger, pointing to a worldwide resurgence in our favourite pastime. In 2015, we welcomed more hi-tech additions that make riding faster and safer at the same time, plus stayed in touch with our past thanks to...
Harley is nothing if not observant. Over the past decade, several models have reflected custom bike show trends. There was...
Harley-Davidson is serious about developing 100 new models in the next 10 years and is not just grabbing headlines, says...
In a near half century of riding, Bill Davidson, great grandson of Harley-Davidson founder William A. Davidson, has had only one minor motorcycle crash on the road. The company vice-president was in Australia last week for the 100th anniversary of the iconic brand in Australia. The celebrations included a 2300km ride from...