Don’t take your guns to town, Billy Joe, but you can take your bike to Texas; that’s Queensland, not US...
You can make your ride even more interesting if you stop off at Russell Crowe’s Coaching Station Inn. It’s located about...
Milwaukee is the home of the Harley-Davidson museum which opened on their 105th anniversary in 2008. It is one of the best brand-name automotive museums I have visited in the world – and I’ve seen a lot. One of the greatest things about the Harley-Davidson museum is the fact that it...
This is heaven. Hundreds of miles without a single pothole, billboard, truck, caravan, house, stop sign, light pole, roadside litter...
They say you’ll never know if you never never go. I’ve only been a few times, but it does have...
We pulled into the Kum and Go gas station in Smalltown USA, tittering Iike schoolboys inside our helmets. Rusty old Dodge and Chevy pick-up trucks littered the forecourt and a dishevelled old man with a silver beard and wild hair under a trucker’s cap shuffled out to his truck. I...
When you think of going for a road trip, Maryborough in South East Queensland isn’t your first choice. It’s not...
If you want the full historic motorcycle experience, visit the National Motorcycle Museum at Nabiac. There are many other bike,...
Show me a squiggly line on a map and I’m all over it like a seagull on a chip. I’ve been fortunate in my work as a motoring journalist to have driven and ridden on some of the squiggliest roads in the world. There are many I could suggest as...
Motorcycles will be catered for at a proposed race track located at Wyong between Sydney and Newcastle. The CASAR Park...
It can be boring traveling the long straight roads south-west from Perth, but the rewards in the Margaret River area...
Few riders think of Kangaroo Island when it comes to great rides, but I was reminded of its virtues after talking with Indian photoblogger Sundeep “Sunny” Gajjar following his round-Australia trip this year. He said Kangaroo Island was a highlight: “When you get off the ferry at Kangaroo Island there...
Adventure riders looking for a new challenge should try the newly opened Aberfeldy Track in the Gippsland area of Victoria....
The Queensland Government crackdown on declared criminal motorcycle clubs is worrying tourism operators and officials. One tourism operator even believes...
Riding the highest roads in the world on some of the oldest motorbikes is surely on every rider’s bucket list. Aussie Russell Collins of Yak Trak tours has been ticking off those bucket lists for riders over the past two decades. Now Yak Trak motorcycle tours and MotorbikeWriter are giving...
Now is the time to start planning that trek to the Flinders Ranges. It’s a beautiful place, but it’s just...
Racing legend Daryl Beattie is going hard-core Outback riding and he wants you to come along! The former Grand Prix...
When the going gets tough, the tough get going to the BMW GS Safari-Enduro. The first enduro version of the popular GS Safari was held last year in the cold and wet Victorian high country. Owing to its popularity, it is returning in July, but in the hot and dry...
We all love Tasmania’s motorcycle roads in summer, but in winter it is one of the best-kept secrets for riders....
Tasmania can be either cold or hellishly hot in summer, depending on where you go and the changeable weather. It...
Any motorcycle travel section would not be complete without mention the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. This is simply one of the most stunning roads in all the world; our version of California’s iconic Big Sur. The only problem is this heritage-listed road is too popular and you may find...
Cradle Mountain in Tasmania‘s north-west is one of the must-do spots for motorcycle riders arriving at Devonport on the ferry....
Grapes ripen with the frosts, so there can be some black ice on winter mornings in the Barossa Valley and...
Grafton is the Northern Rivers hub for a host of great tar and dirt riding options. Base yourself here for adventures in every direction as the city sits at the crux of the Gwydir and Pacific highways, Summerland Way and Grafton-Armidale Rd. It may be in NSW, but it falls...
The Oxley Highway is one of those roads that returns the reputation of the word “highway” to the rider’s lexicon....
Bruce Graydon is a big guy who loves riding big adventure bikes. But he’s got a big heart, too, as...
Great adventure ride opportunities like this don’t come along very often. Compass Expeditions needs some BMW F 700 GS bikes moved from La Paz, Bolivia through to Pucon in Chile over 14 days and that’s good news for anyone who ever wanted to ride the continent without joining an organised...
Asian motorcycle crash statistics are staggering and getting worse as the increase in wealth leads more people to ride...
Australian tour operators Compass Expeditions have launched their biggest tour yet. Their 128 Day Motorcycle Tour will take riders on...
The perfect Mother’s Day for a biker would be a romantic weekend in a country cabin on your favourite biker road with your partner and your bike by your side. That’s exactly what Chris and Jillian Druery are doing this weekend (2014) at Ripples on the Creek cabins in northern...
Long before State of Origin footy clashes between NSW and Queensland erupted, there was a clash of governments at the...
Goondiwindi, is not only the home of famed racehorse Gunsynd, but also a crossroads for six highways – Gore, Leichhardt,...
The unexpected – such as detours and bits falling off your bike – can turn your average Sunday ride into an adventure … for better or for worse. But wait, this story does have a happy ending. And we all love a happy ending! While any time on a bike...
You will never be alone on a motorcycle in the USA. It’s day one on our 3200km ride on a...
The 320km journey today from Big Bear Lake to Las Vegas displays the vast diversity of American culture, climate and...
If you’re riding through Las Vegas and want to do what the local riders do, then drop in and see the guys at A Team Motorcycles on Boulder Highway. You’ll meet GM Bill Riler, a chatty guy who helped develop Arlen Ness franchises and bought this place in 2007 and...
Las Vegas attracts more than 50 million tourists a year – double the population of Australia – and many go...
“Long Way” star and official top 20 UK motorcycle icon Charley Boorman will return for his third year with Compass...
There is no doubt the Grand Canyon is stunning. But you can’t ride a motorcycle through it. However, today we did the next best thing and rode our Victory tourer into Zion National Park, a similarly stunning valley of skyscraper rock formations like the Grand Canyon. We’re on day five...
Austrian motorcycle travel company, Edelweiss Bike Travel, is the first we have heard of that offers tours on electric bikes....