A stellar line-up of riders will compete in the Moto Expo Baylisstic Scramble at the Melbourne Showground this month. The Baylisstic Scramble...
Don’t be a knucklehead! There is no need to go overseas to buy rare, significant and exotic motorbikes at auction....
A boyhood dream to one day own classic Japanese motorcycles from the 1980s and 1990 is now going up for auction. The single-owner collection of 17 iconic Japanese classic motorbikes will be offered at the Bonhams Harrogate sale on November 12 at the Yorkshire Event Centre. Each bike has been comprehensively...
You just can’t stop motorcycle riders from doing their bit for worthwhile charities – even Movember! Here at MotorbikeWriter we...
Out riding at the weekend, I noticed a few signs with Santas on them and some riders are already talking...
The organiser of an anti-VLAD concert to raise money for the High Court fight against discriminatory VLAD Laws in Queensland has bravely decided to go ahead. An internet effort to raise money to guarantee the Freedom Family Fun Day and Concert failed to rewash its target, but organiser Grant Newson...
More and more women are taking to motorcycles and with that comes more women in the motorcycle industry, says Julia...
You’d have to be mad in these days of Mid East conflict to want to ride a motorcycle to every...
Motorcycles and rock music have gone hand in hand since rock and roll was invented and this weekend the relationship continues. TOP 10 MOTORCYCLE SONGS Melbourne indie rock band Kingswood performed at an intimate gig for 40 fans at Rising Sun custom motorcycle workshop in Sydney last month and will...
HOGS, horses, sheep and cattle will muster in Tamworth next year for the 24th annual HOG Rally and you could...
Riders are turning pink around the world in October for the annual Pink Ribbon Rides to raise money for breast...
The inaugural Lions TT recreational ride on the Lions Rd is being held this weekend and despite some changes to the format, latecomers are welcome, while all riders should be aware of a few warnings. First to the welcomes: Last weekend, the Lions TT organisers notified that the Queensland side...
Queensland police have rejected a road closure application for next weekend’s Lions TT. However, the event will go ahead with...
UPDATED OCTOBER 10: It didn’t take much to convince TV presenter and bike fan James Tobin to take part on...
Historic motorcycle racing is roaring back into life this weekend at Queensland’s historic Lakeside Park Raceway. There will be plenty of eye candy for spectators from today (September 26) with bikes ranging from 1920s vintage models to those built up to and including 1990. The Shannon’s 2014 Australian Historic Road Race...
It’s not every day you get to tear off the black motorcycle leathers and dress up in pink, frilly underwear!...
If you are planning to ride in the first Lions TT on October 5-6 there is some good news with prices...
This photo of actor Jon Hamm playing Don Draper in the TV series, Mad Men, inspired Sydney rider Mark Hawwa to start the Distinguished Gentlemen’s Ride. It’s a photo that has started thousands of distinguished gentlemen’s engines in the event which is dapper affair where riders wear their finest tweed and ride to...
As the seventh and final series of the popular Sons of Anarchy goes to air this week in the...
One of the biggest revolutions in the motorcycling world is the rise of female riders says motoDNA Motorcycle Academy director...
A 2Wheelbabes Babe Raid rally this weekend (September 5-8) in Ballina will attempt to set a record for the number of women on bikes in the one place. Babe Raid organiser Debb Dagger says the Ballina rally will be followed up by a second rally in Warrnambool on November 14-16....
Australian motorcycle fans will see the new Indian Roadmaster for the first time at Motorclassica in Melbourne on October 24-26....
The sixth annual Noosa Charity Bike Ride will be held on Sunday September 14 through some of the most beautiful...
Horizons Unlimited is expanding its horizons to a fourth state this year. Their popular annual events offer travel advice for riders of all talent and experience levels with advice from people who have actually done the hard yards … or hard kilometres! And this year they are adding Western Australia to their...
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, starting this weekend, is the biggest in the world. And here are just...
Red Cross needs our help: The hard truth is that motorcycle riding is dangerous and we are statistically more likely...
This year’s fifth annual Black Dog Ride will be a ripper! It starts in Bateau Bay, NSW, on July 26 and finishes at Bondi Beach on August 26 after lapping the continent! It’s the biggest ride yet and so far 58 riders have committed to the full 14,500km, 32-day ride...
It’s the most asked question of motorcycle riders. Why do you ride? It’s also the subject of American feature,...
Brisbane custom shop Ellaspede will stage their Dust Hustle on September 20 in Brisbane proving that flat track is once again popular and trendy...
Motorcycle racing doesn’t have to be serious. That’s why MotoGP “clowns” Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi are so popular and it’s probably why Australian motorcycle racing is so unpopular with the fans. Check out the video above. The annual British Dirt Quake event is the sort of thing we need...
Aussie Troy Bayliss will be among the stars celebrating 26 years of the World Superbike Championship at World Ducati Week...
The small Californian town of Hollister is welcoming bikers back this weekend for their annual motorcycle rally. Hollister is famous...
The ever-popular dyno is returning for the 26th annual Laverda Concours at Cleveland on July 20 from 8am to 2pm. It’s the biggest and best motorcycle show in Queensland and one of the biggest in the nation. The councours gets its name from Club Laverda Queensland who began the show in...
(UPDATED SEPTEMBER 11 WITH DISCOUNT PRICES) The Lions TT and Kyogle Motorcycle Festival on October 5-6 hopes to bring together elements of the...
Melbourne’s famed automotive exhibition, Motorclassica, is on in October and new and historic motorcycles will again be featured. Event director...
The organiser of an anti-VLAD meeting says he has encountered nothing but grief from hotels where he hoped to stage the event on June 25. The meeting will update the public on the effect of the VLAD Act hastily introduced last year as part of the State Government’s so-called “war...
Tapping into the growing number of newcomers, women and returned riders, Ducati Australia has launched free “beginner” training events, called...
The Harley Owners Group national rally and the national Ulysses rally will be held in more central venues in 2015,...
There has always been a “rift” between motorcycle “rockers” and scooter riders. The conflict reached its famed zenith 50 years ago when rockers and mods clashed at the British seaside town of Brighton on the bank holiday weekend of May 18-19, 1964. Motorcycle riders were known as rockers because of...
Motorcycle travellers can get first-hand tips from other two-wheel travellers at the Horizons Unlimited meetings in October in four states. ...