Have you ever dreamed about riding on a beautiful motorcycle like a pro? And would you ever like to take...
A decade ago, BMW’s S 1000 RR pulled off the old tablecoth trick, ripping it right from under the crockery,...
Kawasaki has plans to develop a range-extender hybrid with a supercharged two-stroke, four-cylinder engine charging a battery that powers an electric motor driving the rear wheel. It seems like a clever idea. They call it a range-extender hybrid because the fossil-fuel engine doesn’t directly drive the vehicle. It’s not an...
South Australia and Queensland are opening their borders to all Australians except Victorian riders, tourists and visitors due to the...
A Queensland motorcycle and scooter survey to help Transport and Main Roads identify rider types and develop relevant policies has...
Princeton University is developing an automated radar system that will detect and alert drivers and riders of oncoming traffic and pedestrians around blind corners. Professor Felix Heide,an assistant professor of computer science at the uni, says the system has ramifications for the safety of motorcyclists. “We have already tested bicyclists...
A GoFundMe page has started for the family of Brian Carter, a father of four who died when his motorcycle...
Anecdotal evidence and reports from around the world suggest that the motorcycle market might be surprisingly defying the COVID-19 crisis...
(Contributed article for our North American readers) Motor vehicle accidents injure and kill countless Texans every year. The city of Dallas is no exception. In fact, Dallas has more motor vehicle accidents than nearly every other city in the entire state. In 2018 alone, there were 31,950 motor vehicle crashes...
In 2013, French bespoke motorcycle company Voxan unveiled the Wattman which was then the world’s fastest and most powerful electric...
It’s pay back time for Stuart Garner who dined out at expensive restaurants and lived a lavish lifestyle as he...
The Queensland school holidays have got off to a tragic start with a 37-year-old father of four dying after his bike collided head-on with a car at Parklands on the Sunshine Coast today (26 June 2020). Queensland Police say their preliminary investigations show that around 11.30am Brian Carter was riding...
Vienna plans to ban motorcycles from the CBD in a disconcerting move that is spreading around the world to curb...
Kawasaki is seeking sensory overload with load, blinker, and position sensors complementing ABS and traction control to sense for “upcoming...
A Tennessee Harley-Davidson, Honda and Polaris dealer has got the sack over a Facebook post that said he was “sick of this black lives matter” and called for black people to go “back to Africa and stay”. The sacking comes as Harley has also sacked 90 staff at their York...
(Contributed article) The student life is a busy one! You have to juggle all the aspects of college life: writing...
Motorcyclists are being urged to slow down at roadworks on the Oxley Highway, NSW, between Mount Seaview and Gingers Creek...
Many of us believe motorcycles are poetry in motion and Melbourne rider Sylvia Day has even written a poem about her Kawasaki Z900. But before we get to her poem, a little about the poet. Sylvia is 51 and started riding when she was 16 “up and down the trails...
This hit-and-run crash on an LA freeway is shocking, but also amazing as the rider received only minor injuries. It...
In a grim reminder of the dangers of group riding, America’s Fathers Day marks one year since young truck driver...
A Lego fan has built a life-size Ducati Panigale V4 R to celebrate the European launch of the scale model version. While the scale model is 32cm long, 16cm high and 8cm wide, this Lego model is the same size and almost the same weight at 180kg compared with 192kg...
One of Brisbane’s most popular motorcycle roads up to Mt Glorious will receive major resurfacing plus the installation of motorcycle-specific...
A utility driver who allegedly ran a red light and hit a motorcycle killing the rider, a police officer riding...
A new patent filing from Honda seems to suggest a return to the 1970s twist-and-go Hondamatic transmission like on Prince’s Rebel (pictured). The Hondamatic transmission was popular in America, but not here. However, Honda now seems keen to extend its auto and semi-auto transmissions throughout its range. New Hondamatic This...
Claims about the safety and cost effectiveness of wire rope barriers have been slammed by a damning report that also...
Now that Ducati has taken over the reigns of importing into Australia and New Zealand from NF Importers (Frasers), new...
(Contributed post for our North American readers. Those in right-hand-drive countries should read “right hand turns”) There are many reasons why motorcyclists decide to embrace the two wheeled lifestyle: from the unparalleled sense of freedom to the unmatched sense of speed, not to mention that traffic jams are a thing...
Queensland motorcycle and scooter riders are being asked to complete an online survey to help Transport and Main Roads identify...
Motorcycles are music to our ears, but Taiwanese tuner company aRacer SpeedTek has now programmed a Yamaha R1 to sing...
There has been a sad run of trail bike deaths and injuries in NSW in the past week. Rider dies at Figtree Emergency services were called about 6.20pm yesterday (16 June 2020) when a man had not returned home after going for a trail bike ride alone in the bush...
Riders should have input into more than $35 million in roadworks being planned for one of South East Queensland’s most...
(Contributed post for our North American readers) Being involved in an accident of any kind can be a scary experience,...
(Contributed article for our North American college readers) College is already expensive and stressful as it is, so deciding how to commute from home to school and work doesn’t have to add to that stress. Despite being considered by many to be dangerous and perhaps socially unacceptable, a motorcycle makes...
If you’re looking for a light read about motorcycles, the riding lifestyle and growing old gracefully, check out Shiny Side...
Yamaha appears to be planning on a blown future with a turbocharger system similar to that used in many cars...
The 2020 MotoGP Championship will finally go ahead with between 13 and 17 races from July 19 in Spain, at the Jerez – Ángel Nieto Circuit. The official calendar has now been released by FIM and Dorna Sports. The first event on March 8 in Qatar for the MotoGP class...
Stolen motorcycles and scooters are now taking longer to recover, according to the latest National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council...
We may very well take to the skies on a hoverbike one day, but it could be a while yet...
MV Agusta has launched a special branded rider’s face mask that seems to cash in on the COVID pandemic panic. It’s called the “MV COVID mask” and features the hashtag #staysafe on the front, yet they also advise it is not a surgical mask nor a medical device. Many riders...
It seems online buying has boomed during the pandemic lockdown, but would you buy a motorcycle over the web? Last...