Riders of Brisbane hinterland’s motorcycling Mecca that is Mt Glorious should be aware of upcoming roadworks that could delay their...
Australia’s most renowned freestyle motocross stunt king, Robbie Maddison will headline The Freestyle Kings show coming to the NSW Central...
I cannot understand why it hasn’t happened sooner, but BMW Motorrad is only now applying for a patent of a design for a seat that can be adjusted for width as well as height. As far as I’m concerned, the riding comfort of a motorcycle is one of the most...
Just as well our borders are now open with Western Australia opening next month as Ducati Australia has announced a...
BMW Motorrad Australia is offering more GS off-road training courses this year. So far they have reased pricing, dates and...
A vast majority of riders who live in or have visited Hobart would like to see free footpath bike parking as is practised in Melbourne. According to preliminary results from an ongoing online survey, 85.5% have called for free footpath parking. All Australian riders are being urged to complete the...
Great news! The Queensland/NSW border reopens at 1am on Saturday 15 January 2022, opening some of the best riding in...
While we are seeing prices rising on most new motorcycles arriving in Australia because of high demand and supply chain...
There is no doubt the handsome new liquid-cooled Harley-Davidson Sportster S is a revolutionary model for the traditional heavy motorcycle company. But it’s a Sportster in name only. Harley had registered the name Bronx which was suspected to be the new family name, but they obviously want to keep the...
Ducati Australia has recorded the biggest rise in sales for the company worldwide in 2021 with a 50% increase. Ducati...
A surge in off-road motorcycle sales has pushed Australian motorcycle and OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) sales last year by a...
A common trait among riders new and experienced is to forget to switch off their indicators. I’ve had many riders tell me they never forget, but that is rubbish. I see it all the time and it’s dangerous as it indicates to drivers that you are turning when you may...
The biggest improvement you can make to just about any motorcycle is to update the original suspension. Most motorcycles are...
Riders around the world will be invited to watch the unveiling of the 2022 Harley-Davidson models at a virtual event...
There were official 46 safety recalls of motorcycles in Australia in 2021, the highest number monitored since 2009 and significantly more than the previous high of 37 in 2018. There were only 28 motorcycle recalls in Australia last year, one more than the previous year which was the lowest number...
Aprilia’s first learner-approved adventure motorcycle, the Tuareg 660 L, will arrive in Australian showrooms by July in three colour schemes....
Italian electric motorcycle company Energica is about to open its first showroom in Australia which means the bikes will be...
For the first time, Australia will host a round of the world supercross championship in 2022 after the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) announced Australian company SX Global would take over the running of the series. SX Global, whose president is former V8 Supercars boss Tony Cochrane, will develop and...
Can-Am which makes three-wheeler “roadster” Spyder and Ryker motorcycles has been aiming its product and promotions toward women over the...
Although Savic Motorcycles is yet to launch its electric Savic C-Series motorcycle, it has announced a range of three “colours”...
Who would have thought a couple of years ago when we first started seeing those strange electric Postie trikes on our footpaths that they would replace the iconic red Honda Postie bike? Well, now it’s official. Australia Post representatives have told a parliamentary inquiry into road safety that they are...
Twenty pairs of motorcycle gloves have been rated for safety and protection in the latest round of testing by the...
Motorcycle companies are aware that they don’t just sell motorcycles and hope you come back for servicing. These days they...
Over more than 40 years, BMW Motorrad in Australia has offered riding safaris for road, dirt and extreme off-road situations. Last year, the GS Safari headed to Far North Queensland while the more extreme Enduro Safari headed west from Longreach. In 2022, both five-day safaris return to Tasmania for the...
Australia with its 10 deserts and 70% arid landscape must surely be the new homeland for Ducati’s latest new model,...
Australian smart-helmet manufacturer Forcite is today launching a public equity crowdfunding campaign through Equitise to build more varieties of their...
The Australian Touratech open day is back after a two-year hiatus during the pandemic. It will be held next weekend (18 December 2021) at Touratech Australia’s newly renovated Adventure Centre at Carboor, in Victoria’s beautiful and adventurous high country. In the past, the event has been held in Myrtleford or...
The award-winning Australian MotoCAP website has issued safety and comfort ratings including vital waterproof abilities for two jackets and eight...
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, has reached the modest milestone of selling 100 of its electric multi-purpose NKD electric...
Every group of riders has someone who is slower than the others which can be embarrassing if it’s you …l unless you have a good excuse! When I ride with other motorcycle journos on a press launch for a new model, I’m usually the last in because I’m slower than...
This 2021/22 summer will be a wet one in the eastern states of Australia due to the La Nina weather...
The Australian Motorcycle Council is asking riders to help them work out a rating system for helmet comfort via an...
Australian importer Mojo Motorcycles has released the second model in the CFMOTO 700CL-X family with the addition of the Sport which is much more than just a name change and an extra $1000. The Heritage was the first model in the new family to be released a few months ago...
KTM Australia has issued its 11th and 12th recalls so far this year, this time for a range of GasGas...
The award-winning Australian MotoCAP website has updated its safety ratings on jackets and pants and made significant changes to how...
With international borders slowly opening up, riders are preparing to head overseas for motorcycle tours. Of all the countries I have visited and ridden in, perhaps Italy is the best for riders for so many reasons. Apart from the food, the scenery, the history and the culture, the people love...
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has announced that a La Nina weather event has begun which means cooler and wetter...
Helmet attachments such as cameras and Bluetooth devices do not increase the risk of head or neck injury to the...
KTM has added a limited-edition EVO model to its 1290 Super Duke R range with a host of new electronics. The wild naked R and EVO bikes arrive in Australia and New Zealand in February 2022 in the familiar blue and orange livery plus a new silver and orange. Pricing...
As Aussie Toby Price goes for his third Dakar Rally title in January 2022, book stores across the country will...
Aussie race fans will be able to cheer on their MotoGP star, Jack Miller, in the final round of the...
Smart helmets with head-up display and other hi-tech features rank as the most exciting piece of kit riders are keen to try in 2022, according to a new UK survey. The Bikesure survey found that riders are keen to invest in new technologies to improve their safety while riding. Top...
As some jurisdictions are now replacing dangerous wire rope barriers, Victoria is forging ahead with 190km of the flexible barriers...
Ride Vision, the first aftermarket hi-tech collision avoidance and warning system, is now available to Australian riders of any type...
Commuter challenges where private vehicles compete with public transport are run in Australian cities from time to time, usually as PR for the virtues of cycling to work. However, we riders know that motorcycles and scooters are really the most efficient way to commute. This has again been proven by...
Black Dog Ride Australia (BDRA) is seeking the views of riders to determine its future direction after a couple of...
The fifth annual Australian Ride Your Motorcycle Week returns this year urging riders to get back on their bikes after...
Harley-Davidson Australia has recalled their 2003-05 Sportster XL883R and XL1200R models over an issue with the front brakes. It is their first recall notice issued for 2021. The official government notice says the brake light may remain illuminated when the front brakes are not applied. “If this occurs the traffic...
Three years after lampooning the Labor Party’s policy on electric vehicles, Scomo’s about-face Future Fuels strategy has been hailed as...
The award-winning Australian MotoCAP website has now published testing and issued safety and comfort ratings for 373 items of motorcycle...
Many Australian toy runs were either cancelled, scaled ack or held virtually last year due to the pandemic restrictions. The oldest, longest continually running and perhaps the biggest toy run, Bikers for Kids Newcastle Toy Run in Newcastle, was restricted to just 50 motorcycles. This year the 44th running of...
A total of 35 motorcycles, including a number of rare and collectible US models as well as some great British...
Queensland Police are hosting a Helmets and Hoods Motorcycle Expo at willowbank raceway, west of Brisbane, on Thursday November 18...
Despite the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb permanently banning motorcycle from competing, Ducati continues to honour the event it has won seven times with the release of yet another Pikes Peak variant of its Multistrada. The famous Colorado hillclimb went ahead last year without motorcycles after the death of four-time winner...
BMW Motorrad Australia has announced the updated range of K 1600 tourers will arrive in Australia early next year with...
Hollywood actor Tom Hardy trades his personal Triumph Thruxton R is back on a Ducati for the second instalment of...
Yamaha Australia has recalled their 2020 – 2021 Bolt cruiser (xvs950) due to an issue with oil leaking from the crankcase. The official government notice blames the manufacturing issue for the leak in the engine crankcase. It says “oil may leak on to the road and come in contact with...
Oliver Bayliss, the 18-year-old son of Australia’s three-time World Superbike champion Troy, will follow in his father’s tyre tracks to...
KTM Australia has recalled all LC4-powered 690 models from 2018 to 2020 over a clutch issue. Owners have been asked...
Triumph Australia has announced pricing for eight new Bonneville/Scrambler models with hand-painted “gold lining” or pinstriping. The new Bonneville Gold Line Edition bikes highlight the skills of Triumph’s paint shop, presumably in Thailand where they are made. Each bike will cost $1300 more than standard model. That means that when...