We’ve seen some silly motorcycle inventions in our time, but the glove GPS could be one of the silliest and possibly...
A new helmet rearview camera system is safer than conventional mirrors, according to four-time World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty. In...
Virtual reality (VR) computer games may just spell the end of motorcycles as they prevent young people from throwing a leg over a motorcycle. Rather than playing games, true riders would prefer to be riding, cleaning their bike, maintaining it, reading about bikes in a mag or on this website, or...
A quick and cheap way to improve the quality of your helmet’s Bluetooth sound system is to buy some aftermarket...
A good way of helping you get the most out of your motorbike trips is to download some useful apps...
KTM appears to be joining BMW in pushing head-up display (HUD) helmet technology that integrates with their bikes and other motorists. The company’s parent, Pierer Industry AG, has invested in American HUD company Nuviz, the first to offer an aftermarket HUD accessory. The funds will help the company release their...
If you wondered why BMW Motorrad Australia was giving away free Navigator V GPS units with some new 2016 models,...
The popularity of the action camera to record your ride has grown massively in recent years and led to a flood...
The next-generation Sena 30K Bluetooth system will have improved networking so the connection isn’t lost when a rider leaves a group. The 30K will arrive in mid-2017, according to Earmold Australia, and is based on the popular 20S unit. It also uses the same mount so you can swap them...
A rider died without his family by his side six hours after arriving in hospital because the medical authorities had...
Continental is extending its car-based vehicle-to-vehicle information system called eHorizon to motorcycles. The German company claims the system will aid...
HelloEar Arc custom earphones are claimed to stay put – even when you pull your motorcycle helmet on – are cheaper than personally moulded earphones and you won’t need a professional fitter to make a mould of your ear. Instead, the company uses a database of “hundreds of thousands” of ear shapes gathered from...
Bluetooth company Sena has introduced the Freewire which gets rid of any wires for CB, music or phone on the...
The Kawasaki Versys-X 300 (pictured above) will be the first production motorcycle to use the new Bosch 10 ABS unit which is...
Keeping track of your motorcycle maintenance can be difficult, especially if you are lucky enough to have more than one motorcycle in your garage. When was the last time you changed your bike fluid, cleaned or lubed your chain, or inspected your brake pads? Now you keep track of maintenance...
Taking photos of your bike isn’t brain surgery, but if you want your bike photos to have a wow factor,...
Makers of this leather wristband that alerts riders to upcoming known speed camera locations is back for its second crowdfunding attempt....
https://youtu.be/R0m7ZAji5a0 Have you ever wanted to organise your own wolf pack ride or find a group social ride you can join and not have to worry about people getting lost or split up? Now this free new Wolf Pack app for Androids and iOS makes all of that a breeze. Download the...
A specific scooter GPS is one of seven new products launched by TomTom in an attempt to halt the smartphone...
Polish company Seemore plans to introduce head-up display (HUD) helmets in the wake of the controversial collapse of Skully Helmets...
Sorry if you are feeling a bit giddy after watching this video, but it shows just how robust a GoPro Session action camera can be. This small, cheap and robust GoPro Session was anchored on a Ducati 998R by 3M tape suction cap, but not tethered on. The rider, who wishes...
Head-up display for riders has not died with the closure of American HUD helmet company Skully as fellow Americans FUSAR...
The annual Aldi motorcycle gear sale kick starts at 8am on Saturday (August 13, 2016) with a wide range of cheap and good quality gear....
Head-up display was promised as the next big thing in motorcycle helmet technology, but now Skully Helmets has collapsed amid a misappropriations scandal while other developers are holding off. Head-up display shows vital information either on the visor or a small periphery translucent screen. It has been a feature in luxury cars for a few...
If you’re travelling to Italy and plan to ride around the country, sampling Italian wines and dining on fine food,...
BMW Motorrad has partnered with social media mapping app company Rever to help riders discover the world’s best roads, create custom...
Any motorcycle or bicycle helmet can now be turned into a smart “Iron Man” helmet with the FUSAR app and various associated hardware products that even allows unlimited-range communication. While many riders may bemoan the coming wave of hi-tech connectivity being introduced to motorcycle and helmet electronics, there is no...
Smart cornering headlights are coming to more motorcycles now that Kawasaki is thinking of introducing them on their Ninja ZX-14R. BMW...
Interphone has released a range of new Bluetooth intercoms with a new low-profile design, more talk time, smarter pairing and...
Smart phones are adding functionality to riding, replacing GPS units and even motorcycle instruments with their own accurate accelerometers and other useful apps. Now BMW Motorrad has designed a handlebar cradle suitable for phones up to 15cm that swivels for horizontal or upright format. It will arrive in Australia this...
The Satechi Bluetooth remote media button adds functionality to your smartphone that will suit many motorcycle riders if mounted conveniently...
Forgetting to turn off your indicators could be a danger as they give a false signal to other traffic, but...
It’s great to capture your ride and the surrounding scenery in photographs, but a fragile SLR camera can be ruined by the vibrations and shocks of a motorcycle. I found the best place to position them on a bike so they didn’t rattle to pieces was on in the tank bag, surrounded...
The TomTom Rider 400 GPS has a host of new functions that not only make motorcycle touring easier, but also...
You can pay hundreds of dollars for a Bluetooth intercom, or less than $50 for a cheap unit, but do...
https://youtu.be/ojF0PYgBdLQ Young French couple Fanny, 19, and Jonathan, 20, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund their idea for illuminated tape to light up your motorcycle helmet. They created Spektre which is a lighting system made of electroluminescent wire and an electroluminescent strip “for the sole purpose to be fixed on a...
Soon you can leave your smartphone at home and stream live video of your ride to YouTube via the !...
After about 10 years of faithful service and being absolutely flogged constantly, my dependable Sena SMH10 Bluetooth intercom has finally...
A Russian prototype helmet with head-up display is claimed to have “true HUD” while the Skully and coming BMW helmets and aftermarket devices from Nuviz and BikeHUD are basically like Google Glass with small inset screens. The Livemap helmet is still only in its second prototype stage, but company CEO Andrew Artishchev...
Have you found your sunglasses or prescription glasses cause pain around your temples or the back of your ears from...