DAB Motors lets you completely customise your new bike from enduro to motard to scrambler even before taking delivery, with...
A Ducati-branded Chinese-made electric scooter will be imported by Perth-based company Vmoto through Urban Moto Imports, arriving in July for...
Ducati looks like it is planning a GP-inspired Hypermotard 950 and a naked “streetfighter” version of its V4 Panigale. A Hypermotard 950, customised by the company’s styling shop, Centro Stile Ducati, has won first place in the Concept Bikes: New Design and Prototypes by Manufacturers and Independents category at the...
(Sponsored post from Peter Stevens) For avid outdoor explorers, off-road bikes are a serious consideration or temptation. If you have...
British car company Jaguar appears to be returning to its motorcycle roots with patents for an electric motorcycle, a hi-tech...
A third BMW R18 cruiser concept model seems to confirm that the German company is returning to the cruiser market with an 1800cc boxer engine. In December, a Japanese custom shop wheels out an R18 with a mysterious new BMW engine and last month a second cruiser concept with the...
India looks set to move most of its motorcycle and scooter production and sales to electric with government incentives over...
MV Agusta has announced on Instagram that it will produce the Superveloce 800 unveiled in concept form (above) last year at the...
Harley-Davidson plans to produce a sub-500cc motorcycle for the Asian market in collaboration with a local manufacturer within the next year. It wouldn’t be the smallest motorcycle they’ve ever made. That would be the 1970s 90cc monkey bike pictured above. The sub-500cc bike plan is included in the company’s ‘More...
Indian motorcycle is marking the 100th anniversary of the Scout model with a NOS custom drag bike with a dustbin...
The Ducati Desert Sled is the first of the modern scramblers that is actually a capable all-roader. Many riders criticise...
The only thing Ducati about these Chinese-made Super SOCO CUx electric scooters is the name and logo. Perth-based Vmoto who manufacturers in China has somehow obtained a licence agreement with the Italian manufacturer to make the luxury electric scooters under the Ducati brand. The agreement was signed a couple of...
Triumph Motorcycles and British F1 team Williams have received millions in government funding to produce electric motorcycles over the next...
Honda has been going crazy with some equally crazy patents lately but the latest patent applications for a variable riding...
Royal Enfield has trademarked the name Meteor which could be the name for their upcoming bobber. The Bobber 838 Concept KX made its world debut at the EICMA last year in November 2018, but there has been no more information since. Now that Royal Enfield’s parent company, Eicher Motors, has applied...
The prices of electric motorcycles will eventually come down like the prices of flat-screen TVs did, but right now they...
The world’s best motorcycle is now even better with the BMW R 1250 GS getting a bigger, cleaner and more...
Indian Motorcycle is not only building a new engine, but also seems to be updating its current Thunderstroke 111 with variable valve timing or VVT. Last month, images surfaced of a heavily disguised Indian tourer, possibly called the Raptor, with a fixed fairing and a different engine, believed to be...
The Hartford Classic 250 rides into Australia on a nostalgic wave of small-capacity neo-classic motorcycles appealing to hip young among...
Boom sales of the new Royal Enfield 650cc twins are morphing the traditional Indian motorcycle manufacturer from a small-capacity bike...
The signature of Triumph Motorcycles boss Nick Bloor comes with each Triumph Bonneville T120 Ace and Diamond limited-edition model arriving in Australia in the next few weeks. There will be 1400 Ace models at $18,450 and 900 Diamond Edition models at $18,150 (plus on-road costs). That compares with the current T120...
Whoever thought they would hear the words “Ducati” and “electric scooters” in the same sentence? But now it seems Perth-based...
Only 25 limited-edition 2.5-litre Triumph Rocket 3 TFC (Triumph Factory Custom) models will be coming to Australia, but you better be...
Honda has been busy recently applying for patents for a range of out-there inventions including this helmet that integrates with the bike and monitors for of an impending rear-ender. The helmet features a rear-facing camera that monitors traffic behind the rider. This information is sent to a processing unit which detects...
BMW has added a the C 400 scooter range to its line-up, but has yet to add its electric scooter...
Electric motorcycles may be just around the corner, but we can’t see too many people paying $US32,750 (about $A46,500) for...
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...
A national roadshow of pre-production Indian FTR 1200 models has been deemed a success with “a number of $1000 deposits”...
Yamaha might be going down the blown track like Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Ducati with a patent filing for a...
Indian Motorcycle looks set to surprise with several new Apollo variants of its popular FTR 1200 (pictured above), as well as a new Raptor tourer and dark versions of its Scout range. Two images have been sent to Motorbike Writer that seem to come from brochures that show the FTR...
The possibility of BMW releasing a big Boxer engine with a capacity up to 1800cc has increased with the engine...
Kawasaki appears to be joining Kymco in proposing a battery that can the owner can swap quickly to recharge their...
Honda is forging ahead with plans for hydrogen fuel-cell motorcycles. A patent for the design which was submitted in late 2017 has just been made public. The design shows a rather conventional bike from the outside with a perimeter frame, telescopic forks and shaft drive. However, and the seat is a...
Honda has been granted a patent for a leaning trike possibly powered by the Goldwing six-cylinder engine, a V-twin or...
Kawasaki Motors Australia has listed the neo-classic W800 Cafe online at almost $3000 more than the currently discounted W800 SE....
If you get sweaty in the crotch riding your motorcycle, you may be interested in Honda’s plans to develop a climate-controlled seat that heats and cools your backside. It’s like many luxury cars that have venting in the seats to pump in warm or cool air. In these drawings it...
Indian Motorcycle looks like it could be throwing down a challenge to Harley-Davidson’s popular Road Glide tourer with a fixed-fairing model....
The big four Japanese manufacturers are believed to be working to standardise electric motorcycle batteries and charging infrastructure. Noted electric...
BMW Motorrad appears to be going ahead with a production version of the Concept 9cento that converts from a solo sports bike to a two-up tourer with luggage in a matter of seconds using strong magnets. The clue is in these design drawings filed with property offices in Germany and Brazil. It is...
Royal Enfield is facing trialling times with a new CEO, plans to build an assembly factory in Thailand and the...