Predicting who will win the Dakar Rally is like playing the lottery, says four-time Dakar competitor Christophe Barriere-Varju of Sydney....
Shannons will become Australia’s largest classic motorcycle auction house in 2014, with 33 bikes crossing the block at Melbourne and...
A woman who rode solo around the world will be a guest speaker at the second annual Touratech Australia Travel Event in April. The event showcases the German company’s adventure and touring accessories and provides riders with plenty of advice about preparing for their trip. Touratech promises new presentations so...
2014 will be an epic year for the BMW Safari which celebrates its 20th anniversary. There will be three Australian...
Ducatisti can now wake up to the glorious sound of their favourite Duc every morning. The DesmoTime free alarm clock...
Dakar motorcycle legends including Marc Coma and defending champion Cyril Despres star in a five-minute Red Bull YouTube video to psyche everyone for the Dakar Rally next month. The Spaghetti Western spoof, called “A Fistful of Trophies”, features the riders and truck and car category winners in a cowboy setting...
Racing royalty is up for sale next month in possible one of the most prestigious motorcycle auctions in years. The...
A spectator yelled “go” and the InsureMyRide Le Minz 24-Hour Scooterthon got off to a false start today. It was...
The Dakar Rally is not just a motorsport event, but the ultimate adventure. MotorbikeWriter usually steers clear of motorsport, but this rally is more than that. It is a torture test of man and machine across the driest desert in the world, some of the highest and most rugged mountains...
Innovative helmet company Reevu is not only a presenting sponsor of tomorrow’s InsureMyRide Le Minz 24-Hour Scooterthon, it has also...
’Tis the season to go on toy runs and we’d love to hear about yours. Please send details to hinchm@hotmail.com....
Sunday’s Freedom Ride to Parliament House in all states to protest against the world’s toughest anti-bikie laws looks like becoming the biggest motorcycle rally in Australia’s history. It won’t be the biggest single protest in Australia’s history. That record belongs to the 1970 mortoriums against the Vietnam War with 200,000...
If you want a good laugh, enter or watch the annual Le Minz 24-hour Scooterthon. The 50cc scooter endurance marathon...
Motorcycle travel company Compass Expeditions has joined forces with Triumph Australia to run two annual motorcycle adventures in Australia. The...
Riders keen to talk about the anti-bikie laws and how they affect recreational rides are invited to do what we love doing the most – ride! Motorcycle Riders Association of Queensland members will attend the second annual Freedom Ride this Saturday (November 23) at which the issues surrounding the recent...
The second annual Troy Bayliss Classic and the Baylisstic Scramble Teams Challenge in January at Taree looks like being another...
Here is a sneak peak of three of 12 Harley-Davidson helmets painted and adorned by street artistes for charity. To...
One of the world’s best collections of historic Ducatis is going under the hammer in Las Vegas in January. Two dozen of the best racing, sports and road models from the Silverman Museum Racing will be auctioned by Bonhams. Most of the collection is built around competition models such as a...
Triumph has been following BMW’s footsteps into the dirt over the past couple of years with Tiger adventure models and...
Police may be confused by a Gold Cast charity ride next weekend (November 24). The Rebel FM Can Do In-Law...
If you want to look cool, you need to ride a bike ridden by the King of Cool. And now that’s possible – if you have the money. A 1938 Harley WLD Solo Sport owned by Hollywood film star and motorcycle fanatic Steve McQueen will be auctioned on Sunday, November...
Charley Boorman will star alongside historic and brand new motorcycles at next week’s Sydney Motorcycle & Scooter Show (November 15-17)....
Any club member – not just motorcycle clubs – could face extensive jail time for relatively minor offences under the...
There will be no motorcycle club patches in sight and no problems with the police when the third annual Rain in November Rally is held at the Mt Alford Hotel this weekend. (November 1-3) Organiser Ned Kelley says he has spoken to local police who he says are happy with...
Harley-Davidson has called in 12 young Australian artists to paint some new open-face Harley helmets featuring the vintage, large-sized bar...
A former Barry Sheene motorcycle has helped set a new world auction record. The Bonhams annual sale of collector motorcycles...
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be inspired and you’ll drool at the exotic rally motorcycles in the new film Dream Racer. It is the best documentary yet made about the gruelling Dakar Rally and it features Australian rider Christophe Barrier-Varju. Read my review of the movie here. Its last screenings...
All things British will be celebrated tomorrow at Oliver’s Motorcycles in Moorooka. A few months ago the family-owned dealership added...
This is the face of collateral damage in the wake of the Queensland Government’s anti-bikie legislation. Kylie Sage arranges social...
Under threatening skies, only about 100 bike riders turned up for the motorcycle freedom rally at Canungra this morning. While the threat of rain may have deterred a few and the cooler conditions for riding may have tempted others to go for a ride, the good news is that two...
Ever wanted to ride through Vietnam?
Yeah, me too. Well, if you go to the Sydney Motorcycle & Scooter Show...
Despite grey skies, there is no rain, so the rally against motorcycle discrimination is still on this morning at 9...
The so-called “motorcycle freedom” petition has clicked over 1000 signatures since it was posted on Change.org eight hours ago. Congratulations to all those who have so far signed. Please pass it on to all your friends and associates who value their freedom to associate with whomever they want and to...
An online petition has been started against the Queensland Government’s proposed legislation that discriminates against people riding motorcycles. The petition...
A petition is being prepared for the informal meeting of recreational motorbike riders against police harassment at Canungra this Saturday...
American Chopper is making a TV comeback as Orange County Choppers without Paul Teutel Jnr. After the dramatic falling out between Paul Snr and Jnr and the ratings flop led to the axing of the decade-long motorcycle custom series last year, few would have believed a comeback was possible. In...
Bike riders usually don’t talk politics or even ask other riders what they do for a living. Most of the...
If adventure travel takes your fancy, the Adventure Travel Film Festival at Bright in Victoria will no doubt whet your...
Brisbane women riders will set out on their own to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer this month. While most other cities around Australia and the world organise Pink Ribbon Rides in October, the Brisbane Pink Riders will again join Girl Torque on the Sunshine Coast for their annual...
If the Compass Expeditions tour I did earlier this year in the outback with Charley Boorman is anything to go...