When Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor rode around the world in 2004 on BMW R 1150 GS Adventure bikes we...
The Australian Government should offer incentives for the fledgling electric vehicle industry in the wake of the demise of domestic...
BMW Group has announced an electromobility milestone of one million electrified vehicles on the roads by the end of 2021. However, electric BMW motorcycles are still some way off, according to BMW Motorrad spokesman Tim Diehl-Thiele. The electromobility milestone was announced by board chairman Oliver Zipse at this week’s Frankfurt...
The 2016 Ducati Diavel Carbon arrives later this year in Asphalt Grey with a “cool” exhaust and weighing in the...
Touratech USA has developed a range of accessories that turns the mild-mannered Kawasaki KLR 650 all-rounder into a sharply focussed...
Innovative engineer Erik Buell is back with the Fuell Flow electric motorcycle that is virtually future proof with a replaceable and updatable battery, motor and charger. The Fuell Flow was designed in a modular way to make it easy to replace elements if or when they are superseded by rapidly...
Millions of taxpayer dollars is being given to private companies to provide charging points to create electric highways, paving the...
Harley-Davidson will return the Road Glide to its 2020 CVO range with a special Harley-branded Sena 30K Bluetooth unit that...
Polaris Slingshot technically moves the company into motorcycles. The company’s first road-going three-wheeler has a steering wheel, seatbelt and floor-mounted five-speed transmission like a car, but it is technically and legally considered a motorcycle, so it will be governed by motorcycle licence requirements and helmet laws. Polaris is best known for snowmobiles,...
Ducati looks like it is planning a GP-inspired Hypermotard 950 and a naked “streetfighter” version of its V4 Panigale. A...
If Batman bought a production motorcycle instead of building his own, he would no doubt choose a Honda Rune, although...
There are some bikes that scream and demand attention. And then there are those that quietly go about their business in a calm and efficient manner. The Suzuki Bandit is the latter. I’ve always admired the “universal Japanese motorcycle” as a no-nonsense, no-frills bike and one of the best proponents...
The new Victory Motorcycles Octane muscle cruiser has arrived in dealerships at $18,995 ride away. Australians were the first in the world to see in...
Somewhere over the past 17 years that Chinese-made CFMOTO motorcycles have been exported to Australia, they have morphed from cheap...
Often called the “Tesla of motorbikes”, Italian firm Energica has unveiled its third model, the retro Eva EsseEsse9. Unlike most electric bikes which look modern or even futuristic, this looks quite classy and could almost be mistaken for one of the new breed of retro bikes. It seems retro is...
BMW Motorrad Australia has ride-away price offers on all its 2016 stock to clear showrooms for the 2017 models including the new R nineT...
Honda doesn’t seem content following the herd. Consequently the CTX1300 was unveiled at the Milan motorcycle show. It’s a cross...
The 2017 versions of the MV Agusta F3 RC have increased in price by $1500 and, in a telling move, have dropped the AMG logo. Only 350 of the bikes will be available and they can be ordered in Australia now. Prices are $22,490 for the F3 675 RC and...
Yamaha plans to have an automated self-riding motorcycle available within a decade, according to a report in the Financial Times....
One of the problems with electric motorcycles is finding somewhere to charge the battery, but a Chinese company believes the...
This Novus carbon-fibre electric motorcycle weighs just 110kg and has only 100km of city range, yet it costs a whopping $US46,000 (about $A63,000). That’s even more than the expensive Harley-Davidson LiveWire at $US29,900 ($A49,995) which has about 250km of city range. Even so, the sleek Novus with its hollow where you would...
Harley-Davidson will axe 30% of its existing and future models, while the introduction of the 2021 range and new models...
If this is a photo of the next-generation Suzuki Hayabusa there is no indication of an expected turbocharger or supercharger....
The 2015 Harley-Davidson Road Glide unveiled at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota has a narrower shark nose with dual LED Dual Reflector Daymaker headlights making it more streamlined and sleeker. The Road Glide was dropped from the line-up last year when the Project Rushmore Touring bikes were launched,...
The Honda CBR300R is likely to become the top-selling motorcycle in Australia, taking over from the Kawasaki Ninja 300. The...
The ageing Suzuki Hayabusa is finally up for its second major upgrade in its 17-year history as the world’s fastest...
If you thought Harley-Davidson CVO (Custom Vehicles Operations) models were exclusive, the company has now introduced and even more exclusive range called the Icons Collection. While CVO release three or four models in limited production every year, the Icons Collection will present only one or two models annually, with a...
Listen to the growl of the new Indian FTR 1200 in this entertaining video starring American flat track racing champ...
Aprilia has given its street-fighting Tuono V4 more punch with a bigger engine. The 1000cc V4 engine has been bored...
Ducati has unveiled its upgraded 2015 Diavel, as tipped by MotorbikeWriter at the weekend. It will continue to be powered by the Testastretta 11° Twin but with the new dual spark version. It also gets a shortened exhaust system, restyled intake scoops and LED headlamp and indicators integrated under the...
A limited edition CFMoto 650NK ABS model is now available t celebrate the Chinese brand’s entry in the Isle of...
The future Scrambler Ducati could be a blend of Scrambler and Hypermotard judging by the winner of a recent design...
The Chinese-made CFMoto 650NK is still one of the best bang-for-your-buck bikes in the learner market and is now cheaper and better than when it was released in 2012. At $6490 ride away, it’s $700 cheaper than its launch price, yet it now has ABS brakes, Bosch EFI, new instrumentation...
If four wheels move the body and two wheels move the soul, what do three wheels do? Purist motorcycle riders...
Australia will get the Harley-Davidson entry level Street 500 motorcycle from India. Harley-Davidson Australia marketing director Adam Wright has confirmed...
Chinese-made and former Italian brand Benelli has introduced a range of new models that seem to be Ducati doppelganger models. It’s not unknown that Chinese manufacturers copy the intellectual property of other manufacturers, but Benelli has not been so blatant in the past. Doppelganger models The new 402S looks like...
Details of BMW’s more powerful and lighter 2019 S 1000 RR have been leaked just as BMW Motorrad has announced...
CFMoto has confirmed their largest bike yet will not only be available as a Chinese police bike, but also in...
The updated Kawasaki Ninja 1000 is the most rideable and best-value sports tourer since the mighty Honda Blackbird. It’s a lot of bike for $16,299 plus on-road costs, which is just $300 more than last year despite the host of upgrades. The third iteration of the big sports tourer now...
Will Kawasaki introduce a water-cooled W900 now that tougher new European emissions laws have killed off the retro air-cooled W800?...