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It may be the last thing the Australian Labor government does, but it is one of their best moves. Service...
Harley is nothing if not observant. Over the past decade, several models have reflected custom bike show trends. There was the short-lived Rocker that was inspired by American Chopper – and died alongside it – plus trends toward rat bikes, grunge and minimalism that spawned the Iron and Fat Bob,...
Italian motorcycle gear manufacturer Dainese has revealed its 2014 products. While the Dainese collection was unveiled at the Silverstone MotoGP,...
If you want to ride a big bike in tight maneuvres like the police, there is no easy way. It...
Harley street parade: Santa Claus, Batman and Catwoman were among the record 6000-plus riders who paraded through Milwaukee streets for the Harley-Davidson 110th birthday celebrations. Led off by Wisconsin State police, the parade was watched by many thousands more who filled the city sidewalks hours earlier, eating hot dogs and...
Milwaukee is crawling with cops. But the more than 100,000 bikers who have gathered for the Harley-Davidson 110th anniversary celebrations...
Harley tourers became the best handling family a few years ago when the company introduced a stiffer frame. Now Swedish...
Karen Davidson is treated like a rock star among Harley-Davidson fans. Everywhere she goes at the Harley 110th celebrations in Milwaukee, she is besieged by fans wanting autographs and pictures. It’s the same with her brother Bill and father, Willie G. But these days there are more and more women...
The streets of Milwaukee are filled with helmetless riders here for the Harley 110th birthday bash. Helmets are not mandatory...
“There is a love affair going on here,” says Harley ambassador Willie G. Davidson of the Harley 110th birthday celebrations....
For those hoping for a revival of the Buell brand, think again. “Buell is done,” says Harley-Davidson boss Keith Wandell (pictured). He told an international press crew attending the Harley 110th celebrations in Milwaukee today that Buell would not be making a comeback. “Buell was intended to bring young riders...
Harley-Davidson is testing a 500cc V-twin motorcycle for learners and emerging markets such as India and China. Chief operating officer...
Several car companies have, for many years, been working on technology where cars and bikes “talk to each other” to...
Not only was Harley’s new Touring model range been developed in a wind tunnel, so was their new leather jacket. Senior product engineer Abid Jeevraj says they developed the new range to divert hot air away from the rider’s legs, and cool air on to their torso. So they also...
James Bond movies are usually associated with exotic cars, but motorcycles have also featured. Victoria’s Motorclassica will showcase one of...
Harley-Davidson has solved a raft of “first-world problems” with its new Touring range. It’s not as if they have discovered...
A Dutch bike collector has decided to sell almost 100 of his historic bikes, most of which are Hondas. Entrepreneur Michael Buttinger says he loves Japanese motorcycles because of their design. “It has been a difficult decision to sell these machines, which have formed a large part of my life,...
Harley admits that customers had asked for an adjustable windscreen on the new Touring range, but they rejected the idea....
First impressions of the 2014 Harley Touring bikes are great. Rode through heavy rain at high speed in the Colorado...
The best movie yet made about the gruelling Dakar Rally is about to hit selected cinemas around Australia. Dream Racer is an action-packed and emotion-charged romp through the South American dunes with Australian rider Christophe Barrier-Varju. Read my review of the movie here. Cinema tickets go on sale this Friday...
The memory of Evel Knievel will live on in a special tribute bike commissioned by the famous stuntman’s family. Ohio...
These are some of the 2014 model Harley-Davidsons we will be riding into the Rocky Mountains tomorrow. Expectations are high...
Maybe John Travolta and the boys should have read this book before they set off on their cross-country midlife crisis motorcycle jaunt in Wild Hogs. Rider and author John Metzger has a written an instructional book for midlife crises sufferers called Motorcycling Through Midlife. It allegedly shows baby boomers how...
Milwaukee is the home of the Harley-Davidson museum which opened on their 105th anniversary in 2008. It is one of...
The earliest known Harley-Davidson Sportster in existence could be yours. The first-year model believed to be the 10th XL883 produced...
Harley-Davidson’s stocks are looking good at the moment. The American icon has just been named the fourth most respected brand in the USA, beaten only by PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Hershey’s. The latest report in CoreBrand’s BrandPower Series focuses on 100 brands in its database of 1000 clients finding that brands...
Vespa GTS 300ie: Instead of saying sticking plaster, we say Bandaid. Similarly, we tend to say Vespa instead of scooter,...
Great news for fans of Thunderbolts Way. The federal and local governments have announced $5 million to fund an upgrade...
Has Harley really gone water-cooled? When Harley launched the 2014 model range this week they introduced a new Twin-Cooled 103 and 110 engine to the range. By Twin-Cooled they mean that water and coolant is used to cool the heads near the exhaust ports where most of the heat is...
The Triumph Bonneville seems to be a favourite donor bike for a custom project and this is one cool Triumph...
You can now get on the road on a new Harley-Davidson from less than $15,000 after prices have been slashed...
Most of the changes to the 2014 Harley-Davidson are in the Touring line-up. This could be seen as a response to the launch of the Indian Chief with its first touring hard bagger model, but that was only two weeks ago and even Harley couldn’t turn around their marketing and...
Harley-Davidson has axed the Road Glide for 2014. But I doubt it will be the last we see of the...
Harley-Davidson is not going totally water-cooled as the pundits predicted. Instead, they are going partially water cooled or “Twin Cooled”,...
The Triumph Sprint GT SE is a bargain touring bike and a model that has flown underneath the radar, demanding more attention than it gets. While Triumph trumpeted about its Trophy with all the latest electronic gizmos, it introduced this special edition of the GT in June without any fanfare. But...
Long-time Bandit tragic and RACQ executive manager technical and safety policy officer Steve Spalding reviews his first-release 1996 Bandit and provides...
The BMW G 650 GS Sertao is just the right size if you ask me. It doesn’t make a lot...
Under bright blue Queensland winter skies, thousands turned out today (August 18) for the annual Laverda Concours, the biggest bike show in Queensland. While exhibit numbers were down from 170 last year to 144 this year, organisers estimated crowds were up at the Cleveland Showgrounds event. A strong showing of...
Just as we expected, car drivers cause as many crashes involving motorcycles as riders. We’ve been fed the line that...