With the Australian dollar plummeting, will we see motorcycle prices skyrocket? Currently motorcycle prices in Australia are at an all-time low...
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Your favourite motorcycle song is Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf and the winners of our competition will now be able to listen longer and clearer with their $42 Alpine MotoSafe earplugs. READ OUR EARPLUG REVIEW Our 10 winners are: Jim Jongebreur, Shane Reeve, Graham Kissell, Susan Stubbs, Hugh McAdam,...
Now that lane filtering (or lane splitting as it’s called in the USA) is becoming legal in more and more...
As motorcycle manufacturers continue to strive for weight savings, could the future generation of bikes be made with plastic engine...
Bikers are always looking for a coffee stop on a boring highway, preferably a cafe with a motorcycling favour and motorcycling owners. Well, Silverdale Motorcycles on the Cunningham Highway between Aratula and Ipswich has now opened the Iron Horse Cafe in a restored old Queenslander next door. You can’t miss...
Riders around the world will celebrate the 51st anniversary of the famous 1964 Brighton beach clashes between Mods and Rockers...
Learners and cruisers once again are leading the Australian motorcycle market, even though sales have dropped slightly in the first...
While Japanese motorcycles are the most reliable, Victory and Harley owners are the most satisfied and happy with their bikes, according to American consumer advocacy magazine Consumer Reports. Australian consumer advocacy magazine Choice does not have any consumer reports on motorcycles or their reliability. A spokesperson says it isn’t cost...
https://youtu.be/8kitz9Eaw24 Is anyone else getting sick of the same old action camera footage shot from a rider’s helmet? Apart from...
Austrian manufacturer KTM has added a slipper clutch to its learner-legal 390 Duke motorcycle … but forgot to tell us...
Lane filtering laws that are gradually filtering into more and more jurisdictions have created a precedent in our road rules that I believe should be exploited further. These rules now recognise that motorcycles are different from other vehicles because they are narrower. The road rules should also recognise other unique...
The Honda VFR1200X Crosstourer adventure sports touring motorcycle has “returned”, even though it was never discontinued. It seems stock was...
Riders could soon look like Iron Man with a HUD (heads-up display) helmet that screens vital information such as speed on...
Riders are already happy, even when commuting, according to VicRoads research, but now the august organisation wants riders to be even happier. VicRoads doesn’t score high on motorcyclists’ Christmas card list so their latest campaign to encourage riders to ride happy may be viewed with some suspicion by some riders....
The success of the Ducati Scrambler is expected to lead to more models with larger and smaller engine configurations. While...
Three men and a woman will ride from the tip of Alaska to the bottom of South America on custom-built...
A NSW Harley tour operator is challenging his helmet fine and wants the state to follow Queensland’s example by accepting international helmet standards. Steve Melchior of Just Cruisin’ Harley Tours is so convinced of the need to accept international standards he is preparing an expensive legal court challenge to his...
Rumours of a Suzuki turbo bike, possibly called a Katana, have revved up after the Japanese company recently filed more...
Old Indian Motorcycles are among the favourite for lovers of old motorcycles, which made the All-Indian Rally over the Easter 2015...
Volvo has invented Life Paint to light up cyclists at night and motorcycle riders might also like to swap their hi-vis vests for the paint to make their bikes more visible to other traffic. The Swedish car company with a heritage of safety innovations, has announced Life Paint which is...
From sex on a motorcycle to the UK’s fastest motorcycle and a bike with wood, it’s a wacky world of...
Austrian manufacturer KTM has added a 250 Duke and RC 250 to its line-up, but they are unlikely to come...
Strict speed limit control through speed cameras and police radar has turned riders into speedo gazers, says motorcycle tour founder Peter Colwell. Peter says police and governments are obsessed about targeting speed with thousands booked annually unless they gaze at their speedos. In Queensland, alone, the first year of lowered speed tolerances...
The makers of the award-winning feature-length motorcycle documentary Why We Ride are now planning to release a film about the...
Does the Harley-Davidson LiveWire use an Exide battery? The company has never said what sort of battery it has and...
Australians stuck in traffic jams are spending nearly double the time in their commute, giving more reason for all states to introduce lane filtering laws. Lane filtering, which is legal in NSW, Queensland and the ACT (for a two-year trial) and coming to Victoria from September, has been credited by the Belgian...
Riders are being ripped off up to a million dollars in helmet non-compliance offences that may be bogus, yet the...
The 2015 Victory Magnum is an audio system on wheels, ready to roam the countryside, blasting out heavy rock. The...
The popular Black Dog Ride to raise funds and awareness for mental health is heading overseas to the US, UK, New Zealand and even Tasmania! BDR founder Steve Andrews says he is “overwhelmed” by the success of BDR which, in the six years since Steve rode around Australia to initiate the...
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https://youtu.be/8Jj-M9-fb50 Swiss watchmaker Tudor has teamed up with Ducati again to create watches – this time for the trendy new...
Wind noise is the biggest cause of hearing loss among riders, so some sort of earplug hearing protection is vital. However, if you still want to hear the music from the speakers in your helmet or your bike’s audio system, then you should try a set of filtered earplugs such as...
Hot on the heels of the Benelli BN 302 learner-approved motorcycle come two 600cc sports tourers, one of which is...
You have voted and the declared that Charley Boorman is the best suited to take over from Jeremy Clarkson at Top Gear. And maybe...
How cool is this watch inspired by the legendary BMW boxer engine? The video shows the Timeburner watch’s show-stopping feature: a horizontal piston movement like a boxer engine that moves when you use the winder! The movement of the piston tells the time, so it’s not exactly easy to read,...
KTM has issued a global recall on 2015 models LC4, 690 Enduro R and 690 SMC R and 2014/15 690...
A Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special with standard fairing and panniers has this week been attempting to set world speed records...
As the Ducati Scrambler starts rolling into Aussie showrooms, Ducati Thailand’s top engineers have created a Dirt Tracker version showing the possibilities for personalisation. This follows several custom jobs around the world, including Aussies Deus Ex Machina, Swiss design house Gannet, Officine Mermaid and Mr. Martini. CHECK THEM OUT HERE...
The introduction of the Kawasaki Z250SL to the Australian learner-approved motorcycle market is swamping an already well-watered market. However, it’s...