Move aside boys, the girls are taking over the streets as female motorcycle riders are invited to take part in...
Triumph will hold not one, but two RAT (Riders’ Association of Triumph) Rallies this year. The annual RAT Rally will...
The next Daytona or Sturgis-style world-class motorcycle rally could be held in New Zealand. Harley-Davidson Australia and New Zealand is sponsoring the “Iron Run” in Queenstown about March next year and HD marketing manager Adam Wright says it could be the new Sturgis or Daytona. “It year will be a...
Australian Dakar rally legend Simon Pavey is returning to Australia for another off-road riding course for Compass Expeditions. Simon, who...
Australia’s best-named motorcycle rally, the Ruptured Budgie Rally, will continue its fund-raising tradition in May. Organisers say the bank foreclosed...
Sideways speedway-style action returns to the Brisbane RNA Showgrounds for the Moto Expo this weekend (March 21-23) along with up to 13 Australian-debut motorcycles, test rides on new bikes, rare historic bikes, motorcycle accessories and more. The inaugural Moto Expo is being run by Troy Bayliss Events and the...
VICTORY GUNNER ON SHOW AND INDIAN CHIEFS FOR TEST RIDES Only weeks after being revealed in the US, the Victory...
The inaugural Postie Bike Muster on May 3-4 in Gloucester could become an annual event to rival the Deniliquin Ute...
The inaugural Brisbane Moto Expo on March 21-23 will not only have a host of new bikes on display and for demo rides, but there will also be a display of 35 rare historic motorcycles valued at more than $1.5million. The display at Brisbane’s RNA Showgrounds will include a 1911...
Not only can you win one of three double passes to the Brisbane Moto Expo (March 21-23) and drool over...
We’ve already given away two double passes to the Brisbane Moto Expo on March 21-23. Now we’ve got three more...
(UPDATED SEPTEMBER 25): Women are doing it for themselves and Leigh Hutton is proof of that with her first self-published novel. The former Canadian ice-racing and enduro champion has completed the first of a series of young adult novels called The Go Girls Chronicles based on her experiences racing motorcycles...
Twenty-three rare motorcycles and 23 black and white numeric number plates are expected to steal the limelight at the Shannons...
The CFMoto 650TK sportstourer not only looks like a Honda ST1300, but ageing ST owners are now considering the lighter...
The inaugural Motorcycle Spectacular in Melbourne on March 9 is expected to attract more than 100 custom motorcycles and over 1000 spectators. It’s being run by the Classic and Custom Japanese Motorcycle Club and president Peter Sheringham says they hope to break even in their first year and make it...
When the going gets tough, the tough get going to the BMW GS Safari-Enduro. The first enduro version of the...
One of the fastest women around the Isle of Man and the first person to win world championships in the...
Tickets have now gone on sale for the Brisbane Moto Expo on March 21-23 and MotorbikeWriter has five double passes to give away. We will be giving 2 of those double passes away this week to new subscribers. If you’re not a subscriber, click on the “Subscribe” button on the...
Twelve rare motorcycles from Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan are going under the hammer at Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Classic...
Want to ride with five-time Bathurst 1000 winner and current Bathurst 12-Hour winner Craig Lowndes? He will again take part...
You don’t have to ride to the Red Centre to support mental health – a one-day Black Dog Ride has been organised for Sunday, March 23. The annual Black Dog Ride consists of an epic ride by hundreds of riders from each capital city to Alice Springs to raise awareness...
A Biking Ladies Day has been organised to “celebrate and educate female riders”. Erika Fearman, a self-confessed “weekend chief kitchen...
Aprilia owners now have an exclusive track day where they can really test out the full performance of their bike,...
The Harley-Davidson Street 750 motorcycle will make its motorsport debut on ice well before it hits the streets. Australia will only be getting the learner-approved Harley-Davidson Street 500 but not until this time next year. However, Harley-Davidson Australia is moving heaven and earth to try to secure it earlier...
Marc Coma has clinched his fourth Dakar Rally and the 13th consecutive title for KTM. Strolling in on the penultimate...
Three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss wants to start an oil-track series in Australia. “It’s a closer stepping-stone to road...
Mechanical troubles sunk the hopes of Honda today, handing a likely 1-2 win to KTM, their 13 consecutive victory in the Dakar Rally. The spectacular dunes of Copiapo set a dramatic backdrop for a day of high drama. Honda rider Joan Barreda Bort suffered electrical problems on his Honda from...
Falls by both leading contenders was the highlight of the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally today. Three-time titleholder Marc...
A few kilometres in sand or bulldust (fesh fesh) is enough to test any rider, but 688km was a true...
KTM is moving closer to a record 13th consecutive Dakar Rally win after three-time winner Marc Coma clinched the ninth stage today. The Spaniard was at home in the sand today, stretching his overall lead to 40 minutes over Honda rider and countryman Joan Barreda Bort who was second in...
Five-time Dakar Rally winner Cyril Despres finally put his new Yamaha on the top step today as Aussies also had...
The Dakar Rally entered Bolivia today, the 28th country to be visited by the famous rally since it started in...
At the half-way point of the 2o14 Dakar Rally with a well-deserved rest day there has already been a death on stage 5 in the severe heat approaching 50 degrees. Riders have also thad to conquer a rally record high altitude of 4300mm and had stages changed and cut short...
The world’s most gruelling and dangerous motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, has again been marred by the death of a...
Dangerously high temperatures forced Dakar Rally organisers to cut short the fifth stage of the motorcycle leg today. Three-time rally...
Hopefully Aussie Cameron Donald will receive some of the kudos he deserves when an eight-part TV series, TT Legends, screens in Australia this year. You can see a trailer of the series here and it will be shown on YouTube in weekly installments from next Wednesday, even before it screens...
A record Dakar Rally altitude of 4300m claimed several high-profile riders in the third stage today including Australia’s Ben Grabham...
It is little wonder KTM is so dominant in the Dakar Rally. I toured the factory early last year and...
Ben Grabham scored his highest finishing position in the Dakar Rally today with a sixth place, putting him in the top 10 outright. The 359km stage was won by Honda factory rider and relative newcomer Sam Sunderland of England who lives in Dubai and was “at home” in the grey...
They call day one of the Dakar Rally a shakedown, but the competitors certainly attacked it with vigour. Eventual leader...