Arguably Australia’s greatest off-road motorcycle rally rider, Toby Price, has finally been honoured in the annual Australia Day Awards. The... Read More
While two-time Dakar Rally winner Toby Price sadly crashed out of this year’s event, three Aussie rookies proudly flew the... Read More
The son of Australia’s three-time World Superbke champion, Troy Bayliss, will contest the entire 2021 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) aboard the DesmoSport Ducati V4 R. Oli started racing in the Australian Supersport series in 2017 at the age of 13 and the following year was alongside his dad who raced... Read More
While it was very nice of MotoGP to put out droves of content for free, nothing quite compares to the... Read More
Have you ever dreamed about riding on a beautiful motorcycle like a pro? And would you ever like to take... Read More
The 2020 MotoGP Championship will finally go ahead with between 13 and 17 races from July 19 in Spain, at the Jerez – Ángel Nieto Circuit. The official calendar has now been released by FIM and Dorna Sports. The first event on March 8 in Qatar for the MotoGP class... Read More
Aussie MotoGP rider Jack Miller, 25, has signed with the official Ducati Team for the 2021 MotoGP World Championship. The... Read More
Travel bans are set to throw international motorsport such as MotoGP, World Superbkes and the Isle of Man TT into... Read More
As we celebrate Australia Day weekend and Toby Price’s podium finish in last week’s Dakar Rally, let’s also celebrate three Aussie riders in an equally tough African rally. Three Australians competed in the gruelling 14-day 2020 Africa ECO Race from France to Senegal. The event is probably closer to the original Dakar Rally when... Read More
A Good Samaritan act, shortened and cancelled stages and incorrect roadblocks hampered Toby Price in his valiant efforts to win his... Read More
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... Read More
Toby Price has dropped further off the lead after the marathon 534km 10th stage of the Dakar Rally was substantially shortened for safety reasons following several crashes. Organisers said their rescue helicopters were all deployed for fallen riders and with strong winds picking up, they decided on a shortened stage. The Aussie title defender and... Read More
Aussie Toby Price has whittled a little off the lead of American Ricky Brabec with a strong second place in the... Read More
Aussie Toby Price lost 16 valuable minutes when his rear tyre came off in the sand dunes on stage six of the first Dakar... Read More
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 moved up to second outright. The title holder is chasing his third Dakar victory and KTM’s record 19th consecutive win. He finished the gruelling 453km special stage of rock and... Read More
The Honda factory team is shaping to be the biggest threat to Aussie Toby Price scoring his third Dakar Rally win and the 19th... Read More
An error in the roadbook has forced officials in the 2020 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia to amend the finishing results after a... Read More
Tough navigation, rocky terrain and a super marathon second stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia dropped two-time winner and current title holder Toby Price down the order. He finished 15th on the day and is now ninth overall, but still happy with his performance. Super marathon A super marathon stage lasts two... Read More
Double Dakar Rally champion Toby Price has missed out on the prestigious Don Award which has gone to tennis player Ash Barty.... Read More
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Motorcycle racing has taken a step close to returning to Bathurst’s Mt Panorama with the unveiling of plans for a second circuit. Motorcycle racing at Bathurst finished in the late ’80s. Since then, the touring cars and now Supercars have heavily modified the track to a stage where is now unsafe for... Read More
Riders and lovers of classic motorcycles should save the 2020 Australia Day long weekend for the 27th running of the... Read More
A collection of motorcycles gathered over 40 years by motorcycle manufacturer and Grand Prix boss Giancarlo Morbidelli is being offered... Read More
Australian motorcycle journalist Rennie Scaysbrook may forever hold the record for the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in Colorado after the committee decided to suspend the motorcycle category next year. Their decision follows the death of four-time winner Carlin Dunne last month on the last turn while riding the Ducati Streetfighter V4 prototype. He was... Read More
Australian motorcycle journalist Rennie Scaysbrook has posted a video of his record run at the recent Pikes Peak International Hillclimb... Read More
“Life without danger is just no life at all” says a new motorcycle documentary featuring racers Freddie Spencer, Colin Edwards,... Read More
Veteran American racer Carlin Dunne has died in a crash only metres from the finish of the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, riding the Ducati V4 Streetfighter prototype. There have only been six deaths in the event’s history, but organisers seriously considered dropping motorcycles after the two crashes in 2014-15. Instead, they... Read More
Jack Miller (Sponsored post) If you’re a fan of motorsports, you know the name Jack Miller. He’s making waves on... Read More
Gold Coast racer Anthony West, 37, has parked his motorcycle racing career over a seven-year doping dispute with the FIM... Read More
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Harley-Davidson is pouring sponsorship dollars into the Formula 1 electric category ahead of the release of their first electric motorcycle,... Read More
Veteran racer of 70 years Ken Lucas has been honoured with an Order of Australia Medal for his services to... Read More
Aussie Toby Price (pictured above winning the 2018 Morocco rally) will be heading to the dunes of Saudi Arabia next January to defend his Dakar Rally title when the famed event moves from South America to the Middle East. Dakar organiser ASO has signed a five-year deal from 2020 with the... Read More
Contributed post (Photo by Rotatingmass, License) February-April time is the traditional start to a number of racing series around the world, as... Read More
Motorcycle racing has received a major boost at two Aussie tracks with a big cash injection into a second circuit... Read More
Our petition to get recognition for double Dakar Rally champion Toby Price is now approaching 15,000 signatures. Click here to sign the petition Toby has now been put forward to the Australia Sport Hall of Fame Selection Committee and Board for consideration or The Don award named after Don Bradman. Toby’s manager Matty Macalpine says... Read More
We have launched a petition to show community support for two-time Dakar Rally champion Toby Price to receive a state... Read More
One of the best ways to celebrate the Australia Day weekend is with three days of classic racing at the... Read More
As if the Dakar Rally isn’t tough enough, Australian rider James Ferguson (pictured above) is taking it on solo and unassisted and is closing in on the top 10 in his Original by Motul category. Meanwhile, click here for the latest on Toby Price, now leading the field. James and... Read More
Consistency is the key to Australian rider Toby Price’s fourth Dakar Rally, now sitting in third place after four stages... Read More
Bureaucrats and neighbours have halted racing at Brisbane’s historic Lakeside Park circuit where the likes of world champions Wayne Gardner... Read More
Plans for an Australian TT-style event on the Oxley Highway or Sunshine Coast hinterland have hit a stalemate after nearly five years, but the promoters have not yet given up hope. However, Inside Line Events International founder David Rollins says “ There is always Plan B. Stay tuned.” He originally... Read More
If the motorcycle industry is to survive it needs to encourage the next generation of riders and one of the... Read More
World-class motorcycle racing, but not MotoGP, could be accommodated at a proposed race track on the way down to Victoria’s... Read More
There is little more invigorating than riding your bike on tracks and territories that you haven’t experienced before, and if you want to ride your bike in a safe and controlled environment without the threat of speed cameras or other hazards dampening your speed, then a track day may just... Read More
The historic Lakeside Park circuit where the likes of world champions Wayne Gardner and Mick Doohan once raced will see... Read More
Motorcycle tracks have been closing down around suburban areas for years, but one motorsport precinct near Ipswich is not only... Read More
Beach motorcycle racing, as depicted in The World’s Fastest Indian, will return to South Australia’s Sellicks Beach state on February 18-19, 2017. The Levis Motorcycle Club will host a field of 110 motorcycles manufactured before 1963. There will be racing across five classes as well as sidecars. The oldest motorcycle club in South Australia began beach... Read More
A Slovenian farm worker was knocked off his ladder by a reversing tractor so now an insurance crackdown may jeopardise... Read More
Aussie riders are in the hunt for two world speedway championships this weekend, but you wouldn’t know it, because the... Read More
Now that the proposal for Sunshine Coast International TT (SSCITT) race has been axed, organisers are looking elsewhere to stage a motorcycle road race. READ ABOUT THE AXED PROPOSAL Where do you think an Isle of Man TT style race should be held in Australia? Leave your comments in the... Read More
The proposal for Sunshine Coast International TT (SSCITT) race has been axed because of a strict deadline, but the race could... Read More
Urban encroachment is closing down motor racing tracks around the world, so it is pleasing when we see new facilities... Read More
Urban sprawl is threatening motorsport tracks around the world. If they continue to close, where will future Valentinos, Chads and Caseys learn their craft? In Queensland, a Parliament E-petition, sponsored by former Aspley MLA John Goss, is trying to stop the rot. SIGN THE PETITION HERE There are many motorsport... Read More
Motorcycles will be catered for at a proposed race track located at Wyong between Sydney and Newcastle. The CASAR Park... Read More
Predicting who will win the Dakar Rally is like playing the lottery, says four-time Dakar competitor Christophe Barriere-Varju of Sydney.... Read More
Innovative motorcycle helmets could make their way into the V8 Utes pit crews next year. One driver who will be first to fit the Reevu helmets with innovative rearvision mirrors is ute newcomer John “Spud” Wood. “At the moment there is no pit crew for the utes, but next year... Read More
Motorcycle leathers: Race fans around the world are witnessing quality Australian cow and roo hides in action this year. Brisbane-based... Read More