Could this be the start of something retro for BMW?
The big Bavarian has been striving to reach a younger...
Just because you want to take the adventurous route doesn’t mean you have to suffer an ugly bike. The Benelli...
Do we really need almost 600km of range? The coming BMW F 800 GS Adventure features a 24-litre tank and with its famed lean-burn engine, it could have range of almost 600km. But with most outback stations less than 400km apart, is it really necessary?
Adventure riders will tell you yes,...
Most people would like an Italian love affair in their life, but not everyone wants, or can afford, some of...
Take the new BMW scooters for a test ride and you could end up forgetting you are on a scooter....
Motorbikewriter.com gives readers an opportunity to review your own bike or a bike you may have ridden. In coming months I hope to have some rider apparel giveaways for the best contributions. Send your review to hinchm@hotmail.com. This review comes from “Dakar tragic” Guy Basile who travelled to South American...
Learners really are spoilt for choice with Yamaha now dropping the price and raising the power on the Yamaha FZ6R....
Riding the Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 on the morning commute is a bit like taking a bazooka to a knife fight....
BMW has been busy with the paintpot for next year’s models and is introducing a new Sport variant of the K 1600 GT. Australia will get all the new colour schemes, although most are 50 shades of grey only not as sexy: platinum, mineral silver, magnesium and granite grey. More...
You can road test any BMW GS model, but it will cost you. The second annual GS Experience is on...
The fast-growing adventure motorcycle segment is becoming crowded with models. Aprilia wades in with the Caponord (Italian for north cape),...
BMW is going electric with the unveiling of their first all-electric car, the i3, and plans to launch their first all-electric scooter, the C Evolution, next year. The i3 was simultaneously launched in New York, Beijing and London this week with BMW declaring it is the “first step in a...
How did you get to work today? Was it a drag, or was it fun? If you’d like more fun...
The BMW G 650 GS Sertao is just the right size if you ask me. It doesn’t make a lot...
Long-time Bandit tragic and RACQ executive manager technical and safety policy officer Steve Spalding reviews his first-release 1996 Bandit and provides some great advice for those thinking of buying a Bandit. He’s titled his review “Suzuki Bandit 1200, taking the crisis out of mid-life!” Loyalty to a bike isn’t for everyone,...
Australia will not get the BMW electric scooter unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show over night. BMW Motorrad Australia production...
Lighter, faster and more powerful are words you expect to hear at the launch of a new Japanese sportsbike, not...
Aprilia is doubling down to get customers. We’ve heard of attractive offers before featuring free luggage and other accessories and free on-roads, but now the John Sample Automotive, Australian importers of Aprilia motorcycles and scooters has trumped all those with a rather unusual promotion. Buy a new 2012 Dorsoduro 1200...
It seems “dark white” is the new black, according to BMW Motorrad. The company is about to release a limited...
2014 BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE PREVIEW BMW has finally broken cover with images and details of the new partially-water-cooled R 1200 GS Adventure....
BMW looks set to go ahead with production of a bike based on the luscious “Concept Ninety”. The bike was designed in a joint project with Roland Sands Designs of California and unveiled as a tribute to BMW Motorrad’s 90th anniversary and to the 40th anniversary of the R 90...
The biggest and most powerful scooter – Aprilia SRV 850 – blurs the lines between bike and scooter. For a...
The sexy new BMW R nineT has an innovative convertible seat, so if you think your bum looks big in...
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,...
This page is about you and your bike. Send your review and photos to hinchm@hotmail.com. This review comes from budding...
Before the BMW R 1200 GS went to partial water cooling, I drew up a wish list for the new...
The second partially water-cooled boxer BMW has been launched. BMW took the wraps off the new BMW R 1200 RT at the Milan motorcycle show. Like the R 1200 GS, it features partial water-cooling, and the exhaust and drive shaft switched around. The new engine produces the same peak outputs as the GS...
BMW has stripped off and gone naked with the S 1000 R roadster. It’s basically an S 1000 RR sportsbike without the fairings...
There could soon be some bright sparks coming to your police force. BMW has developed a C evolution elevctric scooter...
It didn’t take accessories company Touratech long to outfit the new water-cooled BMW R 1200 GS. Their Touratech R 1200 Rallye is one sexy beast. The GS prototype was designed on special request by Touratech CEO Jochen Schanz as a tribute to the company’s sporting past in events such as...
BMW’s water-cooled R 1200 GS Adventure and RT will come with a steering damper as standard. In recent tests, I...
Just as BMW 7 Series (and Mercedes S-Class) are the epitome of hi-tech in the car world, the new BMW K 1600 GTL Exclusive...
Major motorcycle manufacturers are getting pretty serious about conquering the lucrative Indian market in 2014. The latest to step up their Indian assault is Ducati which will set up its own distribution network in the Sub Continent in 2014 as part of a major push into the second-biggest motorcycle market...
Prices have been announced for BMW’s four new bikes arriving in early 2014. The R nineT Roadster, a 40-year tribute...
Yamaha has just made the TMax 530 scooter safer. Last year they made it lighter and more powerful. Now they...
As Harley-Davidson is about to release its 2013 earnings figures, there have also been leaks of the power figures for the new Harley Street 500 and 750. Shares in the iconic American heavyweight motorcycle manufacturer have jumped 40%. However, it may have to re-brand itself as it will this year...
Harley-Davidson’s big frame-mounted tourer, the Road Glide, is making a comeback. The bike was axed for 2014 and, as I...
Remember that famous Harley-Davidson Fat Boy jump in Terminator 2: Judgement Day? Next to The Great Escape jump, it’s probably...
I hate to tease, but the Honda CB1100 now comes with ABS and a sixth gear … but Aussies won’t be getting the retro-flavoured bike. Honda Motorcycles Australia discontinued the model last year over poor sales and “at this stage” there is not a plan to re-introduce it here, according...
I won’t start singing Under the Boardwalk, but I will sing the praises of the Victory Boardwalk, a cruiser that...