BMW Motorrad Australia has finally decided to import electric scooters, starting next year from $20,350. The company launched its C...
If you think there has been a lot of motorcycle safety recalls in the past month, you are right. In...
Patent drawings reveal BMW plans to bring back its C1 scooter, but with a detachable roof, seat belts, car-like crumple zones and an electric motor. The German manufacturer filed a patent for an electric C1-style scooter with a detachable roof in 2017. Now, more details are available that show it...
Australian car parking costs, which are among the highest in the world, should make motorcycling more attractive as bike parking...
Stolen motorcycles and scooters are now taking longer to recover, according to the latest National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council...
Ebikes or pedal-assisted electric bicycles are growing out of control in many countries, creating danger for other road users, robbing motorcyclists of parking and giving all riders a bad name. There are now calls in Australia and around the world for regulation or registration for these vehicles. In China it...
Should motorcycles and scooters be allowed in bicycle lanes for short intervals at a limited speed to free up inner-city...
An Indian rider has escaped serious injury when his scooter sparked a fireball as it was sanitised at a roadside...
Some motorcycle, scooter and bicycle delivery riders are flouting traffic and parking rules, endangering pedestrians and other road users, says Motorcycle Council of NSW vice-chairman Jason Antony. He says it has worsened under the current pandemic lockdown, as more and more people use online services to order meals. Delivery rider scrutiny...
The second recall this week over faulty stands seems to point to a failing among modern motorcycle side and centre...
The fate of footpath parking in some areas of Melbourne’s CBD will be considered tonight (18 February 2020) at a...
A new survey has found a large majority of European riders believe drivers should be allowed to ride light motorcycles up to 125cc on a full car licence. In Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, licensed drivers have been able to ride a 50cc scooter or moped...
KTM and, to a lesser extent Husqvarna, have defied the Australian road bike sales slump of -11.9% last year, according...
A boom in motorcycle theft rates has prompted the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council to invite rider groups to...
A decision to charge riders for parking in some Sydney CBD areas has been reversed and riders who copped $82 parking fines have had them waived. In October we reported on two such riders who were caught out when the jurisdiction of the parking area changed from City of Sydney council (COS)...
(Sponsored post) Scooters are not just meant for kids. If you want to avoid the hassles of parking your car...
Melbourne has renewed calls for a CBD congestion tax, but now the plan is to include motorcycles and scooters. Last week’s...
Sydney riders are claiming $82 parking fines they received are unfair as the jurisdiction of the area changed from City of Sydney council (COS) to state government without clear public notice. Previously the riders were able to park free in the Rocks, Pyrmont and Darling Harbour areas including outside designated bike-only...
It’s time the motorcycle industry advertised the benefits of riding to work by motorcycle as commuting times have increased about...
While riders have been safely using bus lanes in NSW, the ACT and several major cities around the world for...
Piaggio Australia has recalled 54 2018 ZIP 50 4T scooters over a throttle fault that could cause the scooter to slow down quickly. The official Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recall notice says the fault could increase the “risk of an accident or injury to the rider”. It says the...
A continuing downturn in motorcycle sales, as well as car sales, in the first half of the year has been...
Riders could cop a hefty parking fine if their motorcycle is parked with its wheels inside a parking bay, but...
KTM has been in no hurry to get into electric motorbikes with only the Freeride E (pictured above) in production since 2015. However, that could soon change with the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer combining with Indian vehicle manufacturer Bajaj Auto to develop a common 48-volt platform for electric two-wheelers. They won’t be big...
BMW’s infamous C1 scooter with a roof looks like it might be back on the drawing board, according to these...
Whoever thought they would hear the words “Ducati” and “electric scooters” in the same sentence? But now it seems Perth-based...
Traditional and electric motorcycles have been omitted from a major academic report that claims to be a blueprint for future transport in Australia. The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering report, “Shifting Gears – Preparing for a Transport Revolution“, calls for the next Federal Government to provide incentives for electric and low-emissions...
Motorcycle sales are continuing their slide and even picking up pace with a 14.6% drop in the first quarter of...
If the Australian Greens had their way, we would all be riding electric motorcycles like the one above by 2030...
After several years as a trendy merchandise and clothing brand, Italian-origin Lambretta has returned to our market with a range of scooters, topped by the V200 Special. The range includes V50 and V50 Special ($3590), V125 and V125 Special ($4290), V200 and V200 Special ($4990) and limited-edition Pirelli ($5390). (All are...
Melbourne hopes to join several other cities by introducing a congestion tax for its CBD to solve traffic problems, but...
The 10th annual national Motogiro cross-country rally for small-capacity Italian-made bikes and scooters is on this August with a special...
Honda has confirmed it will start making hybrid scooters in September and will develop a portable lithium-ion battery that you can swap in electric motorcycles and cars. Pictured above are Honda’s coming electric and hybrid scooters. Neither of the ideas is new, but the fact that a major Japanese manufacturer...
Some governments around the world allow unlicensed teenagers and motorists with a full car licence to ride a 50cc moped....
Novice riders are being asked to fill out a short online survey that will help researchers determine the effectiveness of...
Noosa in Queensland is leading the way for two-wheeled transport with an equal number of motorbike parking spaces as car spaces in its main street and an official policy to encourage their use. This contrasts with Sydney which has recently reduced its CBD kerbside parking to accommodate bus, pedestrian and...
The scooter-riding Mayor who played Clunk in the first Mad Max movie and registered the first motorcycle-friendly municipality in Australia...
Yamaha is developing hybrid engines for cars with the technology helping the Japanese company produce electric motorcycles. Company boss Yoshihiro...
Rural Victorian riders who would like park-and-ride stations to commute to work by train or bus have been urged to take part in a phone survey. Transport Victoria new product development manager Adrian Webb says the survey will help them plan suitable infrastructure. “There’s no point building infrastructure unless we...
A Victorian rider group has called for motorcycles and scooters to be included in proposed car-free zones in Melbourne. The...
Motorcycle and scooter riders have been urged to make a submission to the Brisbane City Council draft transport plan before the...
An online petition to axe motorcycle tolls and allow unrestricted footpath parking has been rejected by the Queensland Government despite attracting more than 2200 signatures. Petition organiser David White says scrapping scooter and motorcycle tolls and freeing up footpath parking would have sent clear signals that the government is serious...
Motorcycles are not mentioned once in the 128-page Brisbane City Council draft transport plan, yet bicycles are mentioned 25 times....
Vespa has released a limited-edition Vespa 300 Sei Giorni to honour the model built for the 1951 Sei Giorni Internazionale...
Yamaha appears serious about chasing the leaning three-wheeler market with its Tricity scooter, concept models and now the purchase of Norwegian patents. Leaning three wheelers provide the feel of a motorcycle with the safety of extra road grip and the ability to stop without having to put your foot down...
There were 28 safety recalls in 2017 in Australia for motorcycle, ATV and scooter faults which is the lowest number...
Electric motorcycle and scooter sales will hit 55 million worldwide by 2024, according to London technology consultancy Navigant. That represents...
Queensland riders are being asked to fill out a short online survey that will help researchers determine the effectiveness of new motorcycle licensing. Click on this link to read all about the survey. Or click here to go straight to the survey. It should only takes a few minutes, depending on...
A Ducati boss has been reported as claiming the Italian company will produce an electric bike and a scooter by...
All states should allow people to ride a 50cc moped on a car licence to improve traffic congestion and teach...
German auto electronics company Bosch has developed car sensors that will detect cyclists and will soon also detect motorcyclists who are filtering through the traffic. The sensors were particularly developed to detect cyclists. However, Bosch Australia spokeswoman Brooke Barr says they will soon also detect motorcyclists and scooters in those situations....
The new Vespa GTS scooter range includes stop-start technology to switch off the engine when stationary and automatically restart when...
Motorcycle parking spaces lost in the Brisbane CBD are steadily being replaced, but there remains some confusion on how many...
Half of all motorcycle and scooter theft in the UK is in London with rampant thefts increasing almost 50% in the past five years. Brazen thieves are swiping bikes at an alarming rate and using them to perform hold-ups, and purse and mobile phone snatches. Check out Australia’s motorcycle theft hot...
BMW’s vision of the future for riders is encompassed in the Concept Link electric scooter that knows where you’re going and...
The fourth annual Mods V Rockers ride in Brisbane on Sunday (May 28, 2017) is raising money for Youngcare to...
Cyclists have special lanes, so why not motorcycles? It’s not our suggestion, but one of many suggested action plans in a World Health Organisation report about motorcycle safety. The WHO’s “Powered two- and three-wheeler safety” report is part of the 2010 United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety and...
Suzuki has issued recalls on itsDL650 V-Strom for a battery charging issue and UK110 scooters over a sticky throttle. The...
Motorcycles, scooters and lane filtering hardly rate a mention in the latest Austroads publication that investigates causes and remedies of traffic...
Motorcycles are one of the solutions to traffic congestion, air pollution, overburdened infrastructure and lack of parking space, yet, not only are there few tax incentives, we face more taxes. London’s congestion tax exemption was a shining example of how motorcycles and scooters are the answer and should be tax...