The country music capital of Australia has gone Hog wild as thousands of Harleys thunder into Tamworth for the 24th...
We pulled into the Kum and Go gas station in Smalltown USA, tittering Iike schoolboys inside our helmets. Rusty old...
Have you ever lost luggage off the back of your bike? It’s a shattering feeling and we experienced it on only our second of 14 days on a Hobbit Odyssey motorcycle tour of New Zealand. We rode into smelly RotoVegas (how the locals refer to Rotorua), marvelling at the geysers...
The world’s largest motorcycle rally at Sturgis in the Black Hills of South Dakota last week was dominated by cruisers,...
Breakout is expected to continue as Harley-Davidson Australia’s top-selling bike after its latest upgrades, although it might be challenged by...
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...
Remember those cool images of flat track racers throwing heavy and powerful motorcycles sideways at 160km/h on the oval dirt/oil...
Malaysian Harley Owners Group members have gone to great heights to promote their local HOG chapter and first HOG Rally....
“It’s a stitch-up!” was Brett Humphries’ first reaction when he was called to say he was the winner of a Dyna Low Rider S. The Sunshine Coast resident was working at a remote West Australian mine when he was contacted by Harley-Davidson Australia and New Zealand HOG and events project manager Kim...
Harley-Davidson has announced its most diverse range of motorcycles yet, including an adventure bike (pictured above), streetfighters, electric bikes and...
These are the first pictures of the new Harley-Davidson Street 500 and Street 750. The new family of entry level...
Claims that millennials are not buying Harley-Davidson motorcycles, particularly in America, are not the case in Australia and New Zealand. Harley-Davidson Australia and New Zealand marketing boss Adam Wright says their average age of buyers has trended downward, especially since the introduction of the learner-approved Street 500 in 2015. In...
Welcome to 2014, a year in which motorcycles will become cheaper and more fun. I admit these are not exactly...
Americans bought almost as many new motorcycles last year as Australia has registered bikes on the road! Yet Australia has...
The most popular of the Harley-Davidson Touring range is the Street Glide Special and it is easy to see why with the new Milwaukee Eight engine adding to its attraction. The FLHXS Street Glide Special ($34,995 +ORC) features the famous batwing fairing, a slammed rear end and a very aggressive...
Who says Hogs don’t fly! Steve Mayer, owner of a Utah paragliding store, has strapped on some outrigger wheels to...
We wonder how Willlie G. – the man “born with gasoline in his veins” – is feeling today after Harley-Davidson...
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...
Hundreds of Wild Hogs will roar into Brisbane for the annual Harley Owners Group Queensland Rally from tomorrow until Sunday...
Harley-Davidson has launched two new Sportster variants – Iron 1200 and Forty-Eight Special – and applied for the trademark name...
Harley-Davidson has agreed to pay a $US12m ($A15.7m) fine over the fitment of aftermarket Screamin’ Eagle Street Performance Tuners which have been found to emit illegal amounts of pollution. Harley-Davidson Australia spokesman David Turney says they have not sold those tuners in Australia. Instead, they sell Screamin’ Eagle Pro Super Tuners, but only with...
Harley tourers became the best handling family a few years ago when the company introduced a stiffer frame. Now Swedish...
Australia will get the Harley-Davidson entry level Street 500 motorcycle from India. Harley-Davidson Australia marketing director Adam Wright has confirmed...
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...
If you think eight pairs of Harley gloves is too much to ask for underneath your Christmas tree, you haven’t...
Harley-Davidson’s big touring Ultra Limited isn’t limited by much at all now with its 107 Milwaukee Eight engine and upgraded...
Harley-Davidson has just added the 750cc Street Rod to their line-up. It’s the second new motorcycle since boss Matt Levatich announced last month that they would introduce 50 new models in the next five years including an electric bike. The Street Rod is a 750cc variant of the new learner-approved,...
Harley-Davidson Australia has decided to open up future national rallies to non-HOG Members and riders of all types of motorcycles,...
Good things come to those who wait, right? That seems to be the case with the coming Indian Chief range...
With its aggressive knuckles-to-the-wind riding position, 114-cube Milwaukee-Eight engine and sharpened steering, the Harley-Davidson Low Rider S really does mean business. And Harley-Davidson Australia will be hoping it means lost of business as did the original, short-lived 2016 Low Rider S with its 110-cube Screamin’ Eagle engine. That was a twin-shock Dyna....
Jeep is partnering with iconic American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson to sponsor events and rallies in the Europe, Mid-East and African...
This Harley-Davidson jacket must be the first in the world to be designed specifically for a particular bike and tested...
A Berlin economic development agency has sent a letter to Harley-Davidson suggesting they open a factory there to build motorcycles for the European market. The iconic American manufacturer has not yet responded to the offer, but has expressed its intention to move some manufacturing to Europe to avoid 31% tariffs....
Visitors to the Brisbane Moto Expo this weekend are in for a real surprise with more debut models on display...
Harley-Davidson has announced a better-than-expected leap in sales, income and profits for the first quarter of 2014. And what’s more,...
Environmental groups, 10 states and the District of Columbia are opposing President Trump waiving $US3m in pollution fines for Harley-Davidson. The American motorcycle manufacturer copped massive fines under the Obama administration fines for fitting 340,000 Screamin’ Eagle tuners that emit illegal amounts of pollution. Harley had agreed to buy back the tuners,...
Harley-Davidson sales are up 4.3% globally, but down 5.2% in the US in the past quarter because of uncertainty over,...
Queensland’s largest custom bike shop, Heavy Duty Motorcycles, has grown so quickly it has relocated for the second time in...
As Harley-Davidson is about to release its 2013 earnings figures, there have also been leaks of the power figures for the new Harley Street 500 and 750. Shares in the iconic American heavyweight motorcycle manufacturer have jumped 40%. However, it may have to re-brand itself as it will this year...
I’ve been testing a couple of bikes recently that got me thinking about being a supposedly rebel biker. Why are...
Not everyone can ride fast, but equally not everyone can ride slowly. Have you ever witnessed riders wobbling all over...
Harley-Davidson says customers do not have to return bikes to have a Screamin’ Eagle engine tuner removed after the company copped an emissions fine. The US Environmental Protection Agency last week fined Harley $12m ($A15.7m) for fitting aftermarket the tuners which have been found to emit illegal amounts of pollution. As part of a...
The Australian HOG Rally is set for a new era with an, as yet, unknown future format. The 24th annual...
Seventeen Australian and New Zealand Harley-Davidson dealers will take on the world in the Battle of the Kings custom motorcycle...
It took some time, but Harley-Davidson has suddenly come thundering into the 21st century, thanks to its Project Rushmore. The new Touring features hi-tech infotainment systems, wind-tunnel aerodynamics, LED and halogen headlights, linked brakes, hydraulic clutch and partial water cooling. It’s typical of Harley not to be the first with...
Harley-Davidson’s first all-new big V-Twin in 17 years, the Milwaukee Eight, is an absolute cracker that, together with the upgraded suspension in...
Despite slowing sales and a war of words with President Trump, Harley-Davidson riders still seem to love the brand, according...
Should the Yamaha Bolt youth-oriented cruiser have been made as a scrambler? READ MY BOLT REVIEW HERE If the Japanese brand wants to capture the young, custom market, maybe that’s what they should have done. The bike makes an excellent scrambler with the simple addition of MX bars, higher rear...
Alarm bells are ringing today among Harley-Davidson fans of a return to the dark days of AMF ownership as rumours...
Victory Charger is expected to be the name for the first electric motorcycle from Polaris. We recently tipped electric Indian...
Women’s-only riding courses and basic mechanics courses could encourage more women to take up riding, according to women riders. These are two suggestions from women riders I interviewed today in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The question arose a couple of days ago after I published a story about a Harley-Davidson...
Harley-Davidson has reinvented the Softail and unveiled its 2018 line-up including three different Milwaukee Eight engine capacities. The Dyna family...
It might not have the power and capacity of the late V-Rod family, but the new 750cc Harley-Davidson Street Rod...
Maybe your kids will grow up to be riders just like you if you have these Harley-Davidson posters hanging in their bedroom. In its latest innovative online marketing campaign, titled “Road of Imagination”, Harley-Davidson Australia is offering a chance to win these canvases autographed by the Aussie artists. The fantasy land campaign...
Harley riders, Tamworth residents, and even Jesus seem to love the 24th annual National HOG Rally. The record rally winds...
The sound of a Harley-Davidson may be music to some riders’ ears, but now some old Harley parts are actually...
This photo is the only time I saw any overt police presence the whole four days I was at the 24th annual National HOG Rally in Tamworth at the weekend. It is a single patrol car leading the Thunder Run of more than 1500 bikes through the streets of Tamworth...
The 2015 Harley-Davidson Road Glide unveiled at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota has a narrower shark nose with...
The first Harley-Davidson rally open to riders of all bikes will return to Wollongong again this year after organisers considered...
Changes to Australian helmet rules that allow European-approved models is allowing Harley-Davidson to bring in a wider choice of helmets for customers. Last year, the company added several retro-style open-face helmets made by Bell including a special limited-edition 100th anniversary in Australia model, says Harley-Davidson Australia & New Zealand Related...