A Ducati-branded Chinese-made electric scooter will be imported by Perth-based company Vmoto through Urban Moto Imports, arriving in July for...
MV Agusta has promised to unveil a new range of 1000cc models, fix their notoriously slow spare parts delivery and...
It’s a big call for the new 110-cube Screamin’ Eagle Slim S model to top Harley-Davidson sales given the success the past couple of years of the Softail Breakout and the more recent success of the LAMS-approved Street 500. SEE ALL THE SLIM S PHOTOS However, I’ve been riding around...
When Canadian immigrant Lyann Duxbury bought a Kawasaki Ninja 300 in February 2013 for commuting she never dreamed she would...
It’s time to start thinking about the next Motorbike Writer project bike, but first we have to make way in...
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...
Before the BMW R 1200 GS went to partial water cooling, I drew up a wish list for the new...
BMW has widened the gap between the R 1200 GS and GS Adventure. The GS is now a slightly more...
Prices have been announced for BMW’s four new bikes arriving in early 2014. The R nineT Roadster, a 40-year tribute to the R 90 S, will be available from April at $20,950. Read my story here. Water cooling will come to the R 1200 RT and R 1200 GS Adventure...
The Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic is unusual for a couple of reasons – Harley asked riders some questions and found the...
A 1500km road test over three days on some treacherously bumpy and slippery roads in steaming heat and cold...
One of the sexiest sports bikes and still one of the fastest on the planet, the Suzuki Hayabusa, has changed colours for 2014, but not price. SEE ALL THE PHOTOS HERE Still a great bang-for-your-buck bargain at $19.290 (+ORC), the Hayabusa looks fast just standing still and now comes in...
I won’t start singing Under the Boardwalk, but I will sing the praises of the Victory Boardwalk, a cruiser that...
The Victory Cross Roads Classic is a soft bagger that is made for the long haul. I reviewed the...
The new Victory Gunner is basically a “parts bin special”, being made up of a Vegas 8-Ball rolling chassis, Hammer handlebars and Judge pegs and wheels. SEE ALL THE PHOTOS Yet somehow the bike is greater than the sum of its parts. It turns heads everywhere it goes and...
Yamaha has just made the TMax 530 scooter safer. Last year they made it lighter and more powerful. Now they...
The big-bore adventure market is booming with high-tech, high-powered bikes and now the Aprilia 1200 Caponord has seriously thrown down...
BMW has added one new model for 2015 as well as several updates to current models, including keyless lock and start on several bikes. The new model is the special edition K 1300 S Motorsport which comes in BMW Motorsport colours, black engine spoiler, tinted windshield, HP wheels, an Akrapovic...
The Harley-Davidson VRSCDX Night Rod Special is a rare treat with power and spirit that are addictive. Test riders should...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNQIc9DMSnQ&sns=em Put simply, the Harley-Davidson Road Glide has the best aerodynamics of any touring bike I have ever ridden. The...
The 2015 Harley-Davidson Road Glide unveiled at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota has a narrower shark nose with dual LED Dual Reflector Daymaker headlights making it more streamlined and sleeker. The Road Glide was dropped from the line-up last year when the Project Rushmore Touring bikes were launched,...
The Harley-Davidson Road King really is king of the road. It’s my favourite Harley and the most suitable to Australia’s...
I rode the Indian Scout for a short time at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and wrote a first impression review....
The 2015 Moto Guzzi V7 II range gets modern two-channel ABS and traction control as well as a host of accessories kits to turn them into scramblers, cafe racers, gothic rat bikes and Italian Army replicas – please, no jokes about having six reverse gears! The Stone base model is available in...
If you are planning to travel long distances with style and grace, and in a great deal of comfort, the...
The 2015 Victory Magnum is an audio system on wheels, ready to roam the countryside, blasting out heavy rock. The...
Harley-Davidson could be having a quiet year, model-wise, in 2016 after a few hectic years of new models. In 2013, they had a massive model overhaul of their Touring range with Project Rushmore, then there was the new Street family, a mid-year introduction of a couple of “low” models and...
The Multistrada Enduro is Ducati’s globetrotter, a bike built to go anywhere and everywhere with all the supplies you need...
For the first time Harley-Davidson has squeezed its 110-cube Twin Cam, normally reserved for CVO models, into a Fat Boy...
Despite the crashing value of the Australian dollar, Harley-Davidson Australia has again kept a lid on 2016 price rises. Twelve models have received no price increase at all for 2016, including the entire Dyna range and the Road King, even though it has been upgraded to hard bags. Across the...
The 2016 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special is a big-distance highway tourer with outstanding high-speed stability, low-speed manoeuvrability and aerodynamics. With...
I felt a bit like Captain America riding around on the military-painted Harley-Davidson Softail Slim S with its massive 110-cube Screamin’...
A suspension tweak, new colours and a more comfortable seat make the 2016 Harley-Davidson Sportster Forty-Eight much more than just a cafe cruiser. If it weren’t for the puny 8-litre peanut tank, it would be a comfortable cruiser for some inter-city travels. The key to the 2016 update is the...
I used to joke that the Harley-Davidson Sportster Iron 883 came with iron suspension, but a new rear shock softens...
Maybe the good people at Harley-Davidson should rename the Street Bob Special as the Road Bob. This limited-edition Dyna is...
For the first time, Harley-Davidson has shoehorned the Twin Cam 110B (1800cc) Screamin’ Eagle engine into “standard” bikes for more power, rather than just their CVO models. The Softail Slim S and Fat Boy S will get the powerful engine when they arrive at the end of next month. SEE...
The 2016 CB500F joins the CB500X and CBR500R in Australian Honda showrooms from Monday May 16, 2016, as the cheapest...
The 2016 Honda CBR500R gets a facelift, including adjustable pre-load for front suspension, larger fuel tank with hinged fuel cap,...
The 2016 Indian Motorcycle range is wearing some new paint, including a “pearl white” Chief Classic, a “blue diamond” Roadmaster, “wildfire red” Scout and a silver and black Chieftain. There are no new models added to the line-up, although there had been unconfirmed rumours about a smaller capacity Scout. In...
I’ve now ridden the Indian Scout mid-weight cruiser in three countries and my impressions of this bike have hardly changed...