Honda Australia has issued an official recall for their 2020 Fireblade CBR1000RR sportsbike over an issue with the suspension that...
A new patent filing from Honda seems to suggest a return to the 1970s twist-and-go Hondamatic transmission like on Prince’s...
Honda has filed a patent in Japan for a new 850cc parallel-twin engine to replace the current NC750 range and possibly also go into a smaller Africa Twin. In Australia, there is only the NC750X, but there are several other 70cc models overseas. The new model will not only have a...
Honda’s blitz on motorcycle patent applications continues with the latest a telescopic side stand. Instead of a solid, sprung stand...
The pandemic has forced the cancellation of the 47th Tokyo Motorcycle Show, so motorcycle manufacturers have chosen to virtually launch...
A Good Samaritan act, shortened and cancelled stages and incorrect roadblocks hampered Toby Price in his valiant efforts to win his third Dakar Rally. Despite all the hurdles, Toby finished on the podium today as the best KTM rider after a strong third place in the 429km 12th and final stage. ...
Toby Price has staged a last-ditch attack on American Ricky Brabec’s lead in the penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally but failed to...
Aussie Toby Price and two other riders stopped to help fallen rider Paulo Goncalves (pictured above) yesterday (12 January 2020) in the Dakar...
Aussie Toby Price lost 16 valuable minutes when his rear tyre came off in the sand dunes on stage six of the first Dakar Rally to be held in Saudi Arabia. The stage was won by American and Honda factory team rider Ricky Brabec who moves further ahead in outright first as the competitors reach a...
After leading on the first day and dropping back to ninth, Aussie Toby Price has scored his second stage win in the Dakar Rally and...
An error in the roadbook has forced officials in the 2020 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia to amend the finishing results after a...
Honda will join several other motorcycle companies in integrating your smartphone with your bike and car so you can access all sorts of tech and apps while on the go. Honda calls its system Smartphone As Brain. Integrating apps Like other systems such as Apple Carplay, the smartphone shows some of...
No, Honda hasn’t just released a six-cylinder CBX update, but a CB4X at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. That’s...
Honda Motorcycles Australia has recalled 1400 CFR450L dual-sport bikes over an issue with the horn dropping off! The official recall...
Future Honda electric motorcycles and scooters might feature an alarm to warn pedestrians unaware of the approaching quiet vehicle. Japanese company has secured a patent through the Indian patent office for the device. Honda’s compact alarm device fits under the seat with speakers on the front of the bike. It features...
Honda continues its blitzkrieg of patent applications with a head-display windscreen that is also touch sensitive. The patent illustrations show...
Several motorcycles have electronic suspension that adjusts to the terrain, but Honda has applied for a patent on suspension that...
This video of former Top Gear and now Grand Tour presenter James May reassembling a Honda Z50 “monkey bike” over 30 minutes is not a mechanic’s guide to reassembling a motorcycle. It’s actually quite an entertaining ramble through the motorcycle fanatic’s philosophy of motorcycles, riding and keeping your tools tidy. ...
Honda has been granted a patent for a leaning trike possibly powered by the Goldwing six-cylinder engine, a V-twin or...
Honda has filed patent drawings for a retro bike that looks a little like its 1980s six-cylinder CBX with a...
Honda has issued a YouTube video teasing a new model called the Neo Sports Cafe to be unveiled on November 6, 2017, a day before the EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan. https://youtu.be/2hjieIdbrGA Although there is little to see in the video, it seems the bike will be a modern version...
A recent fatal Sydney car crash has prompted Honda Australia Motorcycle to make an unprecedented third plea for Goldwing owners...
The 25th anniversary Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade has been confirmed for Australia to join the Fireblade SP and SP2. It was...
Honda’s NC700SA “new concept” commuter has grown some highway legs, as well as more manners and grunt. It’s now the NC750SA and costs $8799 (plus on-road costs) which is just $309 more than the previous model. For that you get an extra 75cc of engine capacity with more power and...
More power and torque, a more aggressive riding position and a racier windscreen has added $900 to the price of...
Mechanical troubles sunk the hopes of Honda today, handing a likely 1-2 win to KTM, their 13 consecutive victory in...
Falls by both leading contenders was the highlight of the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally today. Three-time titleholder Marc Coma (KTM) fell early, but did no damage or injury and won the gruelling 605km dunes stage to strengthen his overall lead. Joan Barreda Bort (Honda) was not so lucky,...
A few kilometres in sand or bulldust (fesh fesh) is enough to test any rider, but 688km was a true...
KTM is moving closer to a record 13th consecutive Dakar Rally win after three-time winner Marc Coma clinched the ninth...
Five-time Dakar Rally winner Cyril Despres finally put his new Yamaha on the top step today as Aussies also had their best finishing results. Rain slightly shortened stage eight to a still-lengthy 499km, but the riders had to avoid the world’s largest salt pans. Despres started third and soon reined...
The Dakar Rally entered Bolivia today, the 28th country to be visited by the famous rally since it started in...
At the half-way point of the 2o14 Dakar Rally with a well-deserved rest day there has already been a death...
The world’s most gruelling and dangerous motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, has again been marred by the death of a competitor. Belgian rider Eric Palante, 55, died on the fifth stage of the rally, but the cause of his death is not yet known. It was his 11th rally and...
Dangerously high temperatures forced Dakar Rally organisers to cut short the fifth stage of the motorcycle leg today. Three-time rally...
Rain delayed the start of the Dakar Rally today, washed away some Aussie hopes and dampened the Frenchman Cyril Despres’...
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...
Ben Grabham scored his highest finishing position in the Dakar Rally today with a sixth place, putting him in the...
They call day one of the Dakar Rally a shakedown, but the competitors certainly attacked it with vigour. Eventual leader...
The January sales are when manufacturers/importers want to kickstart their sales figures and get rid of stock they didn’t sell at Christmas time. Other times during the year to buy a bike are in June when companies try to clear stock before the end of the financial year and Christmas...
There is a growing number of avid historic motorcycle collectors in Australia searching the world for collectables because of our...
The world’s second-largest motorcycle market is being besieged by brands. Latest to announce an assault on India is, ironically, Indian...
Years before Honda thought about stripping off its Gold Wing to make the brawny F6B and the naughty naked Valkyrie, Terry Bloomfield had the same idea. About five years ago he paid $5000 to an Adelaide school teacher for a 1984 GL1200 but immediately ran into red tape. “I had...
Honda has released Fireblade models in special livery before, but never a one-off special edition with so many performance as...
Honda Australia has confirmed we will get the new CB650 motorcycles that debuted at the recent Milan Motorcycle Show. However, the...
The Valkyrie is riding back! The trimmed-down Honda GoldWing was a big hit back in Australia until it was phased out in 2005. But there has always been hope of it returning. Remember the Rhune limited edition bike? Then this year Honda came back with an F6B which was a...
Honda doesn’t seem content following the herd. Consequently the CTX1300 was unveiled at the Milan motorcycle show. It’s a cross...
Honda has been busy lately with leaked photos of a CTX crossover cruiser/tourer powered by an ST1300 V4, a six-speed...
You could be looking at the next top-selling motorcycle. Honda has announced it will make a CBR300RR to take on the runaway best-selling Kawasaki Ninja 300. Honda Australia spokesman Glyn Griffiths says they expect the CBR300R to arrive in early in the second quarter of 2014. The mini-Fireblade was launched...
Winter put a dampener on road bike and cruiser sales which had been scorching hot at the start of the...
There are few bikes that get me going more than a Dakar Rally bike. I’m no off-roader, but these things...
Honda Goldwing has shed some weight, but gained some street cred. The new F6B (flat six bagger) is a menacing-looking stripped-down Wing with no top box, sporty windscreen and without some of the Goldwing’s creature features such as cruise control, reverse gear, GPS and an airbag. That also means it...
Indian Motorcycles are the key to growth success for Polaris Industries. The American snowmobile and off-road vehicle company bought Indian...
Remember when a Japanese litre sportsbike was nudging $20,000? Thanks to a strong dollar and stiffer competition, prices are down...
Several car companies have, for many years, been working on technology where cars and bikes “talk to each other” to prevent accidents. Such technology has the potential to prevent SMIDSY (sorry, mate, I didn’t see you) accidents. Now Honda has demonstrated the technology in Detroit, as well as technology that...
A Dutch bike collector has decided to sell almost 100 of his historic bikes, most of which are Hondas. Entrepreneur...
How did you get to work today? Was it a drag, or was it fun? If you’d like more fun...
Perhaps the ideal bike for Australia’s tough conditions was the brutish Honda Africa Twin, a robust, go-anywhere bike based on the four-time Dakar-winning NXR750R. Sadly, we never got the XRV650 or XRV750 V-twins in Australia and Honda retired the model in 2003. However, rumours now persist on the world wide...
Honda has added another automatic model to its fleet in the new CTX700 range. While most cars are sold with...
This is a new section of Motorbike Writer where you get to plug your motorcycle event. It doesn’t matter if...
The KTM 390 Duke street bike adds to their range of learner-approved motorcycles (LAMS). It was to arrive about now, but KTM has announced it is coming in August, costing $6495, which is $500 cheaper than the price they announced just a few months back. More importantly, it’s only $300...