BMW has announced the updates for its line-up of 2021 road motorcycles. BMW Motorrad Australia says prices will be announced...
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Aprilia Australia has issued a safety recall notice for a brake issue on 2017-2020 RSV4 and Tuono 1100 motorcycles. The...
One of the biggest issues women cite with riding is how to deal with helmet hair, but now Aussie invention Hightail may have solved the problem. Hightail ($A55) is simply a hair net device that attaches to the back of the helmet and holds long hair in place. Obviously, it...
A 52-year-old driver who ploughed his Kia Rio head-on into several club riders in Kyogle, northern NSW, killing one and...
Indian Motorcycle will join Honda and Harley-Davidson in offering Apple CarPlay to owners of 2020 Chieftain, Roadmaster and Challenger models...
While a motorcycle festival in France has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s biggest motorcycle rally in the USA will go ahead next week despite almost 1000 Americans dying every day. Wheels and Waves Even a week ago, the Wheels & Waves event at the Biarritz Lighthouse...
Harley-Davidson is expected to pull out of some Asian and Latin American markets as part off a “Rewire” strategy to...
Harley-Davidson will axe 30% of its existing and future models, while the introduction of the 2021 range and new models...
America’s two major motorcycle companies have reported a coronavirus-led flop in motorcycle sales for the second quarter. Harley-Davidson reported a 27% decline in sales to 52,700 and a $0.87 billion flop in revenue. Sales were down 26.6% in the USA, -30.3% in Canada, -29.8% in Europe, -51% and Asia-Pacific -10.2%....
Desperate times require desperate measures and MV Agusta Australia has just launched a “5-Day Flash Sale” with discounts up to...
A motorcycle safety advocate who crashed his motorcycle has been gifted a Honda VFR800 as a replacement after launching a...
Chinese computer company Lenovo signed a multi-year agreement with Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati in 2018. Initially the agreement was to support the Ducati MotoGP team with computer firepower, but also to develop products and collaborate on research and development. The result of this collaboration includes special products such as this...
Have you ever found out the hard way that waterproof gear has a use-by date after which it is totally...
Honda’s CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP superbike has been inducted into the prestigious Red Dot Design Museum in Essen, Germany. It took...
The New Zealand Army is now testing two-wheel-drive UBCO electric motorcycles with 120km of range and a top speed of 50km/h. What could possibly go wrong! Electric motorcycles are certainly coming, not just for commuters, but also for police forces, security services and even the military. We can see some...
A motorcycle safety advocate who crashed his motorcycle has launched a GoFundMe page to replace it so he can continue his...
Indian Motorcycle last year launched their fixed-fairing, liquid-cooled Challenger bagger aimed squarely at the Harley-Davidson Road Glide. Now, patent drawings...
By Arthur Yarwood* The last few years have seen London struggle to control a huge motorcycle crime wave. At its peak in 2017, 15,497 motorcycles and scooters were stolen in London1, that’s over 42 a day! Crime figures have since been brought down by a concerted Police action, including tactics...
They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery, so Ducati should be flattered indeed that the Benelli 752S is...
Two Royal Enfield Himalayan adventurer motorcycles have starring roles in an upcoming Kiwi winter surf film called “Lost Track New...
Kawasaki is moving closer to producing its EV Endeavor electric motorcycle with new patent drawings showing a removable battery and motor. Their electric prototype was shown at the EICMA motorcycle show last November. Since then, Kawasaki has released teaser videos. The first official video from the company shows the work...
Harley-Davidson has filed a patent application for a variable valve timing (VVT) V-twin engine, possibly for the Sportster to improve...
A male rider in his 60s crashed his motorcycle into a ditch on a lonely country road north of Mebourne...
Ducati is adding an e-Scrambler urban electric bicycle to its small, but growing nascent range of e-bikes. The e-Scrambler (€3699/$A6065) trades off the popularity of the Scrambler range and joins their first e-mountain bike, MIG-RR (€6255/$A10,255), which was launched in October 2018. e-Scrambler Ducati says the e-Scrambler is “urban ready”...
Just how much is your head worth? If it’s $A6250 then you’re in luck as that is also the price...
The freedom of riding pillion on her husband’s motorbike is being made possible for Brisbane woman Christine Seary, with the...
Esoteric Austrian suspension company WP Performance Sports GmbH which is owned by KTM Group has announced it is branching out into aftermarket units for other models. In Australia, WP Suspension is sold through KTM and has been available only for KTM models. However, a recent release from the company about...
As Australia’s internationally awarded MotoCAP safety and thermal comfort testing and ratings system for motorcycle clothing has surpassed 200 tested items,...
Apart from being considered dangerous by motorcycle riders, wire rope barriers are also unfair and discriminate against motorcycle and scooters...
Australian car parking costs, which are among the highest in the world, should make motorcycling more attractive as bike parking is often free or discounted. The 2020 Parking Price Index of car parking costs in 65 major cities shows Sydney in third place only behind New York and Boston. Brisbane...
With summer just around the corner, riders will be considering riding pants and may be wondering whether traditional double-layer protection...
Highly awarded disability advocate Sue Salthouse has died after a collision between her wheelchair-accessible motorcycle and a car in Canberra...
Wireless charging is now available with the Aussie invention, Quad Lock, so you can more conveniently mount your phone on your bike and charge it on the run. Quad Lock already has a $A44.95 charging accessory, but you need to plug in a USB cable which is a little messy...
Helmet accessories such as intercoms and cameras must be crash-tested with the helmet type to be legal under new United...
Victorian police and health officials have left motorcycle riders in the dark over whether helmets are suitable and legal substitutes...
To celebrate BMW Motorrad’s fourth decade of adventure models, 40 Years Editions of their F series will arrive in Australia at the end of 2020 and early next year. BMW Group Australia Product Communications Manager Nick Raman says prices and final specifications of the F 750 GS, F 850 GS...
A Sydney woman is serving an 18-month jail term after she fled the scene of a crash in which her...
Rider, driver, biker, bikie, motorcyclist or even cyclist are used for the person who sits in the front seat of...
The biggest problem with many Bluetooth helmet intercoms is the poor quality of sound, but the new Sena 50R and 50S raise the bar on sound quality to a new level. I’ve reviewed many intercom systems over the years and my go-to unit has been the Sena 20S for reliability...
A female pillion rider in her 40s has died in a three-vehicle crash in Sydney’s south west today (19 July...