The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria has long been criticised for being anti-motorcyclist, but now one rider is hoping to...
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The long-awaited annual Aldi motorcycle gear sale will be held throughout Australia on 30 September 2020, a month after its usual...
Australia’s first motorcycle GP world champion Wayne Gardner says he will fly home from Spain to personally deliver a petition to Federal Parliament for a better deal for riders. “I will do whatever is necessary to give the motorcycle family group a good hearing at State or Federal levels in Government...
Triumph Motorcycles Australia has issued a recall for 928 motorcycles over an issue with the front brakes. The affected vehicles...
West Australian riders are being asked to complete a survey on road safety prepared by the Motorcycle Riders Association of...
Proving there is still life in the two-stroke engine is new British company, Langen Motorcycles. They will unveil a limited-edition, bespoke model, eponymously titled the Two Stroke, at the Salon Privé from 23-26 September 2020 at Blenheim Palace UK. The road-legal 250cc Two Stroke will cost from £28,000 (about $A50,000) and...
French motorcycle helmet company Roof has unveiled a limited-edition Boxxer Carbon Cage modular helmet with leather interior, an additional iridium...
This Novus carbon-fibre electric motorcycle weighs just 110kg and has only 100km of city range, yet it costs a whopping...
Brisbane rider Daniele Milazzo grew up watching the Dakar Rally on SBS TV and always dreamt of owning one of the victorious BMW race bikes. Instead of trying to find an ex-race bike, Daniele set about totally rebuilding a 1983 BMW R 80 ST and customising it into a G/S...
The latest blatant ripoff of motorcycle design by the Chinese is a Moto S450RR which looks very much like BMW’s...
A collection of more than 20 classic BMW motorcycles, representing eight decades of the Bavarian machines, will hit the auction...
Motorcycles, scooters, and mopeds are an ideal alternative to public transport as people social distance during the pandemic, says Australia’s first world motorcycle champion Wayne Gardner. In a second YouTube video to promote a “Better Deal for Riders” petition, Wayne says social distancing is now part of our lifestyle and powered two-wheelers are...
Australian smart helmet start-up Forcite is about to go on sale and has attracted major investment support. The first batch...
Harley-Davidson will not have to pay $US3 million to retrofit or replace wood-burning household appliances with cleaner stoves to offset...
A Brisbane Barrister has called on the Queensland Government to throw out the current exhaust laws after two cases against riders were dismissed in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 14 September 2020. Barrister Levente Jurth, who wrote an article for Motorbike Writer in 2016 saying aftermarket exhausts were not illegal,...
Riders deserve a better deal that includes free tolls and parking, and lower rego and insurance to encourage more people...
Harley-Davidson will relaunch The Enthusiast magazine originally published from 1916 to 2008 to replace HOG Magazine as their official publication....
Motorcycle road safety campaigns erroneously blame riders for crashes and portray them as a menace on the roads, says a new road safety paper. The comprehensive 31-page paper, written by Motorcycle Riders Association of Australia spokesman Stephen Bardsley is being circulated to Victorian Government and Road Safety Authorities. It claims...
Now you can be an Easy Rider commuter on this WYLD mini electric chopper from Brisbane-based electric light vehicle company...
Motorcycle theft fell a surprising 2.7% to 9021 in the past financial year (2019/20) while overall Australian motor vehicle theft...
Rare veteran and vintage motorcycles from noted Victorian collector and enthusiast Warren Hicks will feature at the Shannons Timed Spring Online Auction from 11-18 November 2020. The six special motorcycles built between 1907 and 1925 are being offered with no reserve, so they could sell for reasonable prices. The rarest...
The 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota last month has now been linked to more than a quarter of...
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, has won the Australian Good Design Awards’ Automotive – Best Exterior category for their fun,...
Kawasaki has filed a trademark for “Noslisu” for a range of three-wheeler bicycles, e-bikes and motorised leaning trikes. The filing with the European Union on August 31, 2020, suggests Kawasaki is following Yamaha and Honda in developing leaning three-wheelers. It also follows their latest patent application in the US in...
Just 10 days after BMW Motorrad unveiled a maintenance-free X-ring chain, Italian company Regina has announced they will launch a...
More women’s jackets have been added to the MotoCAP safety ratings after concerns that women’s riding gear was underrepresented in...
German adventure and touring motorcycle accessories company Touratech has produced a special skid plate for the engine on big KTM adventure bikes. The KTM Rallye skid plate allows riders to literally skid over hazards such as rocks, logs and other bumps on rough trails without doing any damage to the...
One of the few changes for the 2021 Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure motorcycle is the ability to switch off the...
The four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers last year signed an agreement to standardise electric motorcycle developmet, in particular similar batteries so...
If you’ve ever thought of turning your bike into stunt machine, MV Agusta has a good example of what might be required. The Italian company enlists French stunt rider Thibaut Nogues to ride two special bikes in live shows in motorcycle exhibitions and fairs around Europe. They are a Freestyle...
Suzuki Motorcycle Australia has slashed $3000 off the price of its revived Katana and introduced two value accessory packs to...
A sketch for an electric Husqvarna has emerged showing the company has plans for an electric naked street bike. It...
British electric motor company Saietta Group is expanding its production facilities as its radical Axial Flux Traction (AFT) motors roll out to the mass electric vehicle market. Saietta means thunderbolt in Italian and their AFT-powered vehicles have set records on the water and in the air while their electric super...
There is no disputing Tom Cruise’s passion for motorcycles and now there is no question he does most of his...
Australian smart helmet start-up Forcite Helmets, has released exciting world-first, racer-perspective video from their Forcite MK1 helmet with an integrated...
Finally, a preview of the Long Way UP adventure with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on electric Harley-Davidson LIveWire motorcycle in South and North America has been launched. Watch the trailer below. As usual, it looks like unscripted fun and adventure. The series will screen on Apple TV+ from 18...
More than any other clothing, getting the right fit in your motorcycle gear is vital. Over a long day in...
When long-serving Royal Automobile Club of Queensland motoring editor Barry Green retired after years of driving supercars in exotic locations,...
BMW Motorrad looks like it may go ahead and produce an electric motorcycle that looks like a traditional Boxer-powered bike. In June 2019, the company unveiled their BMW Motorrad Vision DC Roadster with a boxer-styled electric powerplant. Now they have filed 11 trademark filings with the German Patent and Trademark Office...
Pairing helmet intercoms used to be a fiddly process, but now QR codes are making it easier. You may have...