Triumph has issued worldwide safety recalls for a majority of their motorcycles. In Australia, Triumph has issued four separate recall...
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Recreational riders are already caught up in the Queensland government’s crackdown on outlaw motorcycle clubs, despite new laws passed by...
This page is about you and your bike. Send your review and photos to hinchm@hotmail.com. This review comes from budding politician Paul Keyworth who is attempting to kickstart his Motorcycle Australia Party. (Read my story here.) Paul owns a Yamaha “Thunderace” and a Suzuki B-King, but he is thinking of...
All things British will be celebrated tomorrow at Oliver’s Motorcycles in Moorooka. A few months ago the family-owned dealership added...
You could be looking at the next top-selling motorcycle. Honda has announced it will make a CBR300RR to take on...
BMW has widened the gap between the R 1200 GS and GS Adventure. The GS is now a slightly more road-oriented bike, while the coming Adventure is going to be more hardcore off-road. Read my story here. BMW has confronted coming stringent emissions laws by water-cooling its famous boxer engine,...
Harley-Davidson has announced a voluntary worldwide recall of about 25,185 motorcycles after finding the hydraulic clutch may not disengage. The...
The new KTM 1190 Adventure follows its biggest competitor, BMW’s R 1200 GS, into a more road-focused market. Both are...
Suzuki has issued a worldwide voluntarily recall of its sportsbikes over concerns about brake rust. Bikes affected are the GSX-R600, GSX-R750 and GSX-R1000. Suzuki Motor Corporation have advised that moisture may be absorbed in the brake fluid after long-term use which could cause rust between the brake piston and return...
Riders wearing leather vests (like those pictured) can expect to be pulled over and questioned under the world’s toughest anti-bikie...
The sexy new BMW R nineT has an innovative convertible seat, so if you think your bum looks big in...
Queensland now claims to have the toughest anti-bikie laws in the world. The Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Bill 2013 was successfully rushed through Parliament and passed at 2.50 this morning. That’s less than 12 hours after it was introduced. The purposes of the Bill (now an Act) are to “disestablish”...
The party is over for riders in Melbourne with CityLink whacking tolls for motorcycles and scooters on all their roads...
Holy Harleys! The Pope is selling yet another HOG. This time last year, Harley launched its 110th anniversary countdown with...
Road and off-road racers are needed to volunteer for a study into the affects of hydration. The study by University of Queensland PhD student Justin Holland should have benefits for all riders. “What we’re hoping to see is that it will flow down into a general recommendation for people who...
This is the face of collateral damage in the wake of the Queensland Government’s anti-bikie legislation. Kylie Sage arranges social...
The biggest and most powerful scooter – Aprilia SRV 850 – blurs the lines between bike and scooter. For a...
Photographer Frank Bott’s website is worth a view. It includes some delicious studio shots of bikes as well as super cars and vintage cars. Click here for a visual feast. He uses an expensive set of studio lights to pick out absolutely every detail and some of the shots are...
There hasn’t been a quality Hollywood-style motorcycle documentary since On Any Sunday in 1971. Now comes the award-winning high-quality Why...
The awards season is just starting and American magazine Motor Cyclist has already made some controversial decisions. Their top award...
It’s not very often that a 30-year-old collector bike surfaces for sale with 0 on the odometer. Not unless it’s been wound back!
However, this gem has come up for sale in the US on eBay. It’s a 1983 Ducati 900S2 Bevel and so far it has attracted 26 bids...
The only sitting state politician to attend our rally today has issued a press release pledging his support to our...
Under threatening skies, only about 100 bike riders turned up for the motorcycle freedom rally at Canungra this morning. While...
Winter put a dampener on road bike and cruiser sales which had been scorching hot at the start of the year. In the nine months to the end of winter, sales of road bikes were up only 0.8% to 31,401 while off-road bikes have surged to 10.7%, the biggest beneficiary...
Ever wanted to ride through Vietnam?
Yeah, me too. Well, if you go to the Sydney Motorcycle & Scooter Show...
Despite grey skies, there is no rain, so the rally against motorcycle discrimination is still on this morning at 9...
The so-called “motorcycle freedom” petition has clicked over 1000 signatures since it was posted on Change.org eight hours ago. Congratulations to all those who have so far signed. Please pass it on to all your friends and associates who value their freedom to associate with whomever they want and to...
2013 Ural Gaucho Rambler preview: These are the first images of the last of the carby-fed Urals, and how cool...
An online petition has been started against the Queensland Government’s proposed legislation that discriminates against people riding motorcycles. The petition...
There are few bikes that get me going more than a Dakar Rally bike. I’m no off-roader, but these things just look so menacing with their tall screens and all that Inspector Gadget stuff on the triple clamps. They ooze technology and exotic components. Now Honda has released official photos...
Could it be that motorbike riders are becoming more political?
Let’s hope not! One of the best things about a...
UPDATED NOVEMBER 2014: There may be a host of rock songs about riding motorcycles, but not a lot from the...
A petition is being prepared for the informal meeting of recreational motorbike riders against police harassment at Canungra this Saturday morning. Hundreds and possibly thousands of riders are expected to swamp the local cafes with coffee and brekky orders before the meeting which starts about 9am. Meanwhile, Brisbane solicitor and...
American Chopper is making a TV comeback as Orange County Choppers without Paul Teutel Jnr. After the dramatic falling out...
Innovative motorcycle helmets could make their way into the V8 Utes pit crews next year. One driver who will be...
Bike riders usually don’t talk politics or even ask other riders what they do for a living. Most of the conversation is usually about bikes and where you’ve ridden … And fallen off! So it is out of kilter to be discussing this issue of anti bikie laws. However, the...
It’s on! Riders wanting to protest against the discriminatory laws being proposed by the Queensland Government may care to meet...
BMW looks set to go ahead with production of a bike based on the luscious “Concept Ninety”. The bike was...
Charity motorcycle rides last weekend may have been harassed by Queensland Police as part of the crackdown on outlaw bikie gangs. Motorcycle Riders Association of Queensland president Chris Mearns says they have received about six complaints so far, but he has not been able to substantiate them. “One was a...
Should all people of Mid-East appearance be stopped on the street by police and searched in case they are terrorists?...