Ducati Australia has announced pricing and delivery for the updated Scrambler 1100 PRO and Sport PRO models. They arrive in September...
The top-selling electric motorcycle company in the world, Zero Motorcycles, looks like it is heading off-road. The Californian company has...
BMW Motorrad has issued two recalls in North America for leaks in brakes and real tanks for a variety of models. The recalls do not affect any bikes in Australia. The brake recall affects the following models: 2019 and 2020 BMW R 1250 GS 2019 and 2020 BMW R 1250...
Triumph has issued a global recall over wiring issues for its 900cc Street Twin and Street Scrambler models. The issue...
It is a certain bet that BMW will introduce more variants of the R 18 – their first cruiser in...
Australian motorcycle riders are the happiest motorists on the road, even in these COVID times, according to a new survey. The new research survey was conducted by YouGov and commissioned by ING who is launching their new Motorcycle Insurance. It found that 82% of motorcyclists say riding makes them happy,...
Two 250cc Benelli Grand Prix racing motorcycles have broken the auction world records for the marque at the live and...
So what is the fallout from the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally last week, the biggest mass gathering in the...
Motorcyclist and road safety researcher Ross Blackman (pictured) has waded into our debate last week about whether roadworks speed limits are appropriate. Ross works with the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) at the Queensland University of Technology in the areas of both motorcycle safety and...
Have you ever wondered why so many motorcycle riders have beards and whether you should join the club? It may...
Bike fan, Hollywood actor and “Long Way” collaborator Ewan McGregor gets to keep most of his impressive collection of motorcycles...
A teenage rider has now been charged following investigations into a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred in NSW earlier this year. A Toyota Aurion and a motorcycle collided about 11.30pm on Sunday 10 May 2020 on Hertford Street, Berkeley. Lake Illawarra Police Area Command officers found a 17-year-old boy and...
New Harley-Davidson boss Jochen Zeitz has bought about $US2 ($A2.8) million of company shares just weeks after announcing a 30% cut...
(Contributed post for our Southern California readers) If you ride a motorcycle in Orange County or anywhere else in southern...
Indian Motorcycle has issued a global recall on 2019 Scout and Scout Bobber motorcycles for a possible problem with the brakes. The brake fluid on some bike might not have been filled to the manufacturer’s quality standards which could allow an air bubble which would affect braking efficiency. This is...
A new BMW Motorrad patent for a carbon fibre swingarm brings the hi-tech, lightweight technology closer to mass production through...
A teenager is “assisting police with inquiries” after a rider standing on a Gympie highway ramp was struck by an...
A 43-year-old male driver has been bailed in a Sydney court today over the death of a motorcycle pillion and the injury of the rider in a three-vehicle crash in Moorebank in July 2020. Yoshiaki Watanabe was charged with: Dangerous driving occasioning death — drive manner dangerous; dangerous driving occasioning...
One of the main concerns about motorists swapping to electric vehicles is that they would place an even bigger drain...
Motorcycle riders are about to inherit a bad reputation around the world as hundreds of thousands crowd into the 80th...
Yamaha is the first major manufacturer to give some credence to the theory that future motorcycles and other vehicles could be powered by water. In 2016, the company commissioned industrial designer Maxime Lefebvre to provide a concept for a 2025 Yamaha motorcycle. That’s just five years away! After three trial...
Riders could be torn to shreds by a rough “tyre-shredding” road surface designed to stop “hoons” doing burnouts and drifting,...
While roadworks speeds in some jurisdictions can be as low 40km/h (25mph), the UK may be heading toward a standard...
Despite KTM Group’s boss saying sales were up during the pandemic, the Austrian company has suffered a one-third sales slump as it offers two rare RC16 race bikes for sale. In the first six months of 2020, sales of KTM Group motorcycles, which also includes Husqvarna and Gas Gas, were...
This video of a 2m snake attacking a motorcycle rider in Lampang, Thailand, will send shivers down your spine! Many...
(Contributed article for our North American readers) People love motorcycles because of their low purchase cost, ease of maintenance, fun...
This image from the Chinese Patent Office shows a Qianjiang QJ350 motorcycle with a parallel twin engine stamped with the words “Harley-Davidson Motor Company”. This is a collaboration that was part of former Harley CEO Matt Levatich’s plans to move into more markets and niches. It was supposed to have...
(Contributed article for our North American readers) There are several reasons why you might need to ship a motorbike across...
Bloodbikes Australia is playing an integral part in transporting COVID-19 tests from suburban testing centres to medical laboratories. Founder Peter...
(Contributed post for our North American readers) Since the COVID-19 pandemic caused worldwide upheaval and triggered a flurry of policies on social distancing, minimal travel and staying at home, the motorcycle community has been abuzz wondering what this means for them. While motorcycling has social distancing advantages over other means...
Aprilia Australia has issued a safety recall notice for a brake issue on 2017-2020 RSV4 and Tuono 1100 motorcycles. The...
A 52-year-old driver who ploughed his Kia Rio head-on into several club riders in Kyogle, northern NSW, killing one and...
While a motorcycle festival in France has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s biggest motorcycle rally in the USA will go ahead next week despite almost 1000 Americans dying every day. Wheels and Waves Even a week ago, the Wheels & Waves event at the Biarritz Lighthouse...
Harley-Davidson is expected to pull out of some Asian and Latin American markets as part off a “Rewire” strategy to...
America’s two major motorcycle companies have reported a coronavirus-led flop in motorcycle sales for the second quarter. Harley-Davidson reported a...
(Sponsored post) Bikes and cars both have their benefits. Not that cars are any less useful, this article focuses more on promoting motorcycles. We have discussed why you should prefer to get a motorcycle instead of a car. Car is more useful when it’s snowing or raining; otherwise, bikes have...
Desperate times require desperate measures and MV Agusta Australia has just launched a “5-Day Flash Sale” with discounts up to...
A motorcycle safety advocate who crashed his motorcycle has been gifted a Honda VFR800 as a replacement after launching a...
Honda’s CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP superbike has been inducted into the prestigious Red Dot Design Museum in Essen, Germany. It took centre stage along with their electric car, the Honda e, in a “Milestones in Contemporary Design” exhibition, as one of the 76 best products of 2020 and a current marker...
A motorcycle safety advocate who crashed his motorcycle has launched a GoFundMe page to replace it so he can continue his...