The infant electric motorcycle market has been dominated by naked, sports and off-road machines and even Harley-Davidson and Victory Motorcycles have...
Australian Moto Guzzi fans now have five California cruisers to choose from with the introduction of the Audace ($23,500 ride...
The Moto Guzzi factory could be working on a smaller-capacity bike for markets with learner bike laws such as Australia. The hint of a learner bike comes from Moto Guzzi Australia manager Ezio Forcella at the Sydney launch of the new California Eldorado and Audace cruisers last week. Moto Guzzi...
MV Agusta Riding Experience days are now scheduled for Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, with riders able...
Honda is powering a project track day car with its MotoGP-derived four-cylinder engine from the exclusive RC213V-S sportsbike. It’s called...
There are many hurdles to the inevitable introduction of electric motorcycles, but they are gradually being whittled away as battery technology develops and the price comes down. What’s your biggest hurdle for electric bikes? Take our quick poll at the end of this story But some of the recent electric...
German and Indian internet media have published spy photos of a new naked KTM motorcycle powered by a parallel twin...
Our Honda CX500 project bike has had a coat of rust as a custom paint job and doesn’t it look...
Harley-Davidson has shoehorned the High Output 103 Twin Cam engine into its fleet of Softail and Dynas, but some countries, such as Australia, will have to wait for the more powerful Dyna. READ ABOUT THE 2016 HARLEYS The High Output engine has extra bottom-end torque thanks to bigger cams, but...
For the first time, Harley-Davidson has shoehorned the Twin Cam 110B (1800cc) Screamin’ Eagle engine into “standard” bikes for more...
Harley-Davidson has shoehorned the 110 Screaming Eagle engine into the 2016 Fat Boy and Softail Slim, and upgraded the suspension and...
Honda Australia has announced that the Honda Africa Twin will arrive next year at the base price of $15,499, which makes it the second cheapest in the big-bore adventure class. In America, it will cost $12,999 for the base model. In most locations, the litre-capacity adventurer will be even cheaper...
Electric motorcycle designers are able to come up with zany designs because the machines aren’t constrained by bulky fuel tanks...
Norton Motorcycles plans to break with tradition and produce bikes with a 1200cc V4 engine and smaller parallel twins, says design head...
The 2016 Kawasaki Versys 650L ABS comes in a bright new matte orange paint and the price has increased $200 to $10,199 (+ORC). The learner-approved motorcycle is equally at home as a commuter, tourer or weekend fun bike. It is powered by a restricted fuel-injected 649cm3 liquid-cooled, four-stroke, parallel-twin engine....
The birthplace of the first Indian Motorcycle is not Springfield, Massechusetts, but Middletown, Connecticut, according to a local historian. In...
A solo rider has set a Guinness world record for the longest electric motorcycle ride at 12,644km (7856 miles) –...
The Can-Am Spyder F3-S Special Series in Triple Black is the first model unveiled from the 2016 model line-up. It features Triple Black paint and graphics, six-spoke black chrome front wheels, tinted low windshield, LED running lights, and electronic cruise control. The F3 model, powered by a Rotax 1330cc three-cylinder...
A Deus Ex Machina custom BMW R nineT could be the inspiration for a new model variant, according to one...
Triumph Motorcycles and Ducati have followed Suzuki with August incentives to kick-start the second half of the year’s motorcycle sales. Triumph is...
The top-selling Kawasaki Ninja 300 ABS gets revised instrument lighting and two new colours for 2016, but no price increase. New colours for the 2016 models available now are Metallic Flat Raw Greystone (SE ABS) and Passion Red (ABS), while the 2016 non-ABS version will be available soon. Prices remain...
The Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure bike is nearing production with test mules seen out on the mountain trails of India....
A Yamaha R6 and motorcycle helmet visor have provided the background beats to the Weekend hit song “Can’t Feel Me...
Just a few months after buying Brammo electric motorcycles, Victory Motorcycles is ready to take their Brammo-derived Empulse TT to the North American market this year to reach younger riders. READ ABOUT THE EMPULSE TT Victory boss Rod Krois says the the Empulse TT, unveiled publicly on July 29, 2015, will be...
Finally an electric motorbike that you wouldn’t be embarrassed to be seen riding around town. A bike that gets it...
Norton Motorcycles plans to increase its current single engine and four model line-up to three engine platforms and seven or...
Apart from the first electric motorcycles from Victory Motorcycles, the Empulse TT, the only changes in the 2016 model line-up are some new colours. READ ABOUT THE EMPULSE TT While Victory Motorcycles Australia and New Zealand hasn’t locked in all their 2016 colours yet, these photos show a few new...
Victory Motorcycles today (July 29, 2015) releases the Empulse TT electric motorcycle which we road-tested last month in Colorado. Earlier...
The 2016 Indian Motorcycle range is wearing some new paint, including a “pearl white” Chief Classic, a “blue diamond” Roadmaster,...
Although no prices have been announced yet, the Honda Africa Twin stacks up well against the opposition – at least on paper. In Europe, it will cost €12,100 for the base model which is $A18,000, but of course you have to factor in freight, import duty and on-road costs, so...
Yamaha’s all-conquering MT-07 continues to show its ability to be customised with this latest retro XSR700 edition in honour of...
Honda hopes to convert adventure riders to automatic transmissions with one of three models of Honda Africa Twin expected to be available in Australia...
Indian and Victory motorcycles are updating their painting processes after learning a costly lesson in how fastidious riders are about their motorcycle’s paint. Polaris had updated the motorcycle paint facility in Spirit Lake, Iowa, but cut about $11m in costs and found the quality of paint was not good enough...
If it’s old-school fun you want, the Ducati Scrambler delivers. But just don’t think of it in the old-school terms...
An aerodynamic “Monoliner” motorcycle has recorded the lowest aerodynamic coefficient of drag for a motorcycle in a wind tunnel...
Indian motorcycles may be assembled in India for the local market within the next three to five years, following in the footsteps of other manufacturers. The announcement came from Polaris India MD Pankaj Dubey at the recent opening of the Chennai Indian Motorcycle dealership, its third in the sub-continent. The...
If you’re into towing a trailer behind your motorcycle, this blow-up tent trailer may be just right. American travellers Mike...
A custom BMW R nineT decorated in gold leaf by an Italian tattoo artist has certainly taken the gold medal...
When too much power is not enough, the Triumph Thunderbird Storm is just the muscle cruiser for you. It’s basically a liquid-cooled Thunderbird 1600cc bored out to 1700cc with 107mm pistons pumping out to 73kW (98ps). Leaving Oliver’s Motorcycles in Moorooka, I let the clutch out into a slim gap...
It seems Italian sports bike manufacturer MV Agusta is spreading its wings under new ownership by Mercedes-AMG. They have just...