Satoshi Uchida, the previous Deputy Executive General Manager of Motorcycle Operations at Suzuki Motorcycles Operations in Japan, has just been...
From Britain to India The greatly anticipated and highly praised Triumph Trident 660 is coming to India! If you are...
An Indian rider has escaped serious injury when his scooter sparked a fireball as it was sanitised at a roadside coronavirus checkpoint. The health measure is one of many used to try to control the coronavirus infection rate in India which is almost 200,000 with more than 5500 deaths. Thankfully...
The $A31m cash sale of Norton Motorcycles to India’s TVS Motor Company marks India’s turning point towards becoming the next...
While it appears it is still legal to ride in Australia during the pandemic, Indian coronavirus cops police are donning...
Triumph Motorcycles has finally signed a deal with Bajaj Auto India to build small-capacity bikes in India after more than five years of negotiation. The British manufacturer announced the deal in 2017 but has only now formally commenced their “exciting, long term, non-equity partnership” in Pune, India. Triumph joins other...
If you think the cops are tough on noisy aftermarket exhausts here, try India where they hammer them flat by...
India looks set to move most of its motorcycle and scooter production and sales to electric with government incentives over...
Harley-Davidson plans to produce a sub-500cc motorcycle for the Asian market in collaboration with a local manufacturer within the next year. It wouldn’t be the smallest motorcycle they’ve ever made. That would be the 1970s 90cc monkey bike pictured above. The sub-500cc bike plan is included in the company’s ‘More...
It’s bad enough crashing into a car, but this Indian motorcyclist gets a double dose of bad luck when the...
Jawa Motorcycles have returned with such a vengeance in India, there could be pressure to export to other markets and...
Motorcycle sales might be in a two-year slump in Australia, but there is no cause for general panic about the global motorcycle industry just yet. (By the way, the top photo is from the fictional film “The Last Motorcycle on Earth“, and is not cause for panic! Watch the movie...
Contributed post for our Indian readers The demand for Two-wheelers in India is so huge that you have a number...
Most riders don’t use their horn, but is vital for travelling safely in Asia, writes travel writer Maria Visconti. (Click...
Just because you only pillion doesn’t mean you have to miss out on adventure riding in exotic locations such as the Himalayas, says Sydney professional travel writer Maria Visconti. “I have, for the last year, been riding in the Indian Himalayas. Spiti Valley (pictured above), Zanskar Valley, Gangotri where the...
Benelli is the latest motorcycle manufacturer to announce it will open a factory to assemble and build bikes in India,...
Google Maps has expanded its two-wheeler mode for motorcycles and scooters into Asia after launching in India in December 2017....
Norton Motorcycles has launched their new Dominator California (pictured above), signed a deal with India’s Kinetic Group to build 650cc motorcycles and plans on a scrambler and off-roader. Norton is one of many motorcycle manufacturers looking to do business in the world’s biggest motorcycle market. However, the latest move has...
Some of the best and strangest motorcycle videos come from India and now there is this YouTube video of a...
Royal Enfield has surprised everyone with a pair of 650 twins, rather than the expected 750cc Interceptor. The Interceptor INT...
Indian motorcycle company Bajaj Auto is reported to be setting its sights on Australia with the introduction of its Dominar 400 learner bike. The company is the world’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer, taking back the lead from fellow Indian company Royal Enfield. Bajaj Auto makes bikes from 100cc to 373cc and...
Learner-approved Triumph motorcycles are expected to come from India after the British company announced a deal with Bajaj Auto to...
Police have been known to hand out fines for noisy motorcycle exhausts, but in India you not only get a...
Nevermind Adventure welcomes riders to the free premiere screening of the movie “Rajasthan Rampage – 10 Days Motorcycling Through Deserts and Jungles of Central India”. The short movie was pulled together in partnership with Melbourne-based Adventure Machine and the Aussie Nevermind Adventure company which runs tours through India and Nepal. Nevermind...
Triumph Motorcycles is increasing assembly in India to keep pace with the rapidly growing local market, now the largest in the...
An Indian court has ordered Royal Enfield pay an engineer an undisclosed compensation payment after he complained of 40 defects in...
Harley-Davidson revenue has dropped 14% in the first quarter as a Bollywood actor has called for the company to be banned in India for selling cow leather products. The Milwaukee company blames the slide in sales on weak pricing for used motorcycles, a buildup of 2016 inventory at dealers and sluggish...
If you’ve ever wanted to ride to the Himalayas on the highest road in the world, now is the time...
Ducati has opened its largest showroom in Indonesia and announced plans to expand production at its Thai factory for the...
It didn’t take long for Ducati to quash Indian news reports that the Italian motorcycle manufacturer was considering building bikes in the sub-continent. Several Indian news sources reported that Ducati was looking for a partner to help them build small-capacity bikes just as BMW had done with TVS to build the...
We’ve heard of corporate retreats at beachside golf resorts, but it seems going for a ride with fellow business people...
It didn’t take long for the new Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure bike to replace the Bullet as the preferred machine on tours...
https://youtu.be/0XM4C97Ts-o World motorcycle traveller Jacob Laukaitis has compiled the above video of a 850km motorbike trip across three states in India with a complete stranger he met on Facebook during a motorcycle trip in the Balkans. We featured another video by Jacob last year after he spent several months riding...
Motorcycle tour company India Travelz has offered Motorbike Writer readers a special US$250 (about A$325) discount on their tours. Just...
Most motorcycle travellers don’t think of staying in luxury hotels, but there’s nothing wrong with spoiling yourself with a bit...
India has moved to make ABS mandatory for all motorcycles with an engine bigger than 125cc from April 2017 as a portent to similar moves around the world. As India is such a huge and important market with almost every major brand now either selling, assembling or building bikes in...
Indian Motorcycle could be assembled in India for the local market from 2018 under expansion plans by owner Polaris Industries....
Indian motorcycles may be assembled in India for the local market within the next three to five years, following in...
With the largest Ducati store opening in India, we have to wonder how long it will be before we start getting Ducati models assembled in the sub-continent. The Italian manufacturer Ducati has re-launched in the important market with their biggest store in the world and a full list of models....
Indian motorcycle company Royal Enfield has honoured the despatch riders of the war with a limited edition range of military...
This is the first glimpse of the joint-project 300cc motorcycle from BMW and Indian motorcycle company TVS Motors, and it...
Riding the highest roads in the world on some of the oldest motorbikes is surely on every rider’s bucket list. Aussie Russell Collins of Yak Trak tours has been ticking off those bucket lists for riders over the past two decades. Now Yak Trak motorcycle tours and MotorbikeWriter are giving...
Major motorcycle manufacturers are getting pretty serious about conquering the lucrative Indian market in 2014. The latest to step up...
The world’s second-largest motorcycle market is being besieged by brands. Latest to announce an assault on India is, ironically, Indian...
The growing middle class in India has attracted American icon Harley-Davidson, Italian stallions Ducati and now it’s the turn of British icon Triumph. The company has announced it will import bikes to the lucrative Indian market from November. Does this mean the rest of the world will soon be getting...
How does Harley Sprint, or Harley Hummer, or Harley Bobcat sound? Could these names from the American brand’s past re-emerge...
He’s India’s two-wheeled adventure traveller … sort of a “Bollywood Boorman”. Sundeep “Sunny” Gajjar is a witty and affable Indian...
Yamaha YZF-R15: The quality of bikes coming from India will change the way riders think. The new KTM Duke 390 and the Yamaha YZF-R15 look and feel as good as models made in their native Austria or Japan. The same goes for bikes made in Thailand and other South East...
The KTM 390 Duke street bike adds to their range of learner-approved motorcycles (LAMS). It was to arrive about now,...