You have to wonder about the validity, danger, expense and ramifications of high-speed police pursuits such as this motorcycle chase in Los...
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Now that Jeremy Clarkson has been dumped from Top Gear, maybe it’s time for a similar motorcycle TV show –...
The auction sale of a Captain America chopper from the 1969 cult film Easy Rider has fallen through and the matter could end up in court. The only surviving chopper from Easy Rider was sold for a $1.7m in October, but when doubts about the bike’s authenticity were raised after...
Future riders will have bikes that connect with their mobile phone, the internet and even activate the engine immobiliser and...
The latest motorcycle brand ambassador is Sarah McLeod, front woman of Australian rock band The Superjesus. Most major motorcycle brands...
Six Aussies are among 17 riders in the Ice Run 2015 which is this week tackling the world’s largest frozen lake, Lake Baikal in Siberia, riding old-school vintage Ural outfits. Challenges include temperatures of minus 22, thin ice, remote forest tracks, open steppes, crevasse fields and deep ice cracks that...
This 1915 Cyclone board tracker motorcycle once owned by Hollywood legend and motorcycle enthusiast Steve McQueen has sold for a few dollars...
Everyone’s heard of the bullet-proof Suzuki DR 650, but how about this labour-of-love 1990 Suzuki DR 800 belonging to Shane...
In the wake of Austroads neglecting to mention motorcycles in two recent important reports that impact dramatically on riders’ safety, MotorbikeWriter has drafted a petition to the board chairman. SIGN THE PETITION HERE Australian Motorcycle Council chairman Shaun Lennard says he is “surprised” that Austroads – the leading transport and...
The Yamaha Tenere has been around since 1983 and is named after a region in the southern Sahara, so those...
What do you think of this unsual-looking Honda Bulldog concept unveiled at the 31st Osaka Motorcycle Show in Japan over...
The leading transport and traffic authority in Australia, Austroads, has again neglected motorcyclists in its latest report on rear-ender crashes. In the 129-page report titled Investigation of Key Crash Types: Rear-end Crashes in Urban and Rural Environments, there is not one mention of the word “motorcycle”. Zip, zero, nada, nought!...
The world’s first fleet of electric BMW scooters has been delivered to the Barcelona police. The scooters will be able...
Two riders from Wales and Oregon have travelled the length of the Americas on lightweight Husqvarna 650s in an attempt...
The unmitigated success of the inaugural Iron Run rally in Queenstown seems to be the clincher for Harley-Davidson to turn future national HOG rallies into open events. Harley-Davidson Australia and New Zealand boss Nigel Keough told those assembled at the official VIP HOG party last night that the open rally...
Olympic cyclist Caroline Buchanan has gone from pedal power to a V-twin powered Harley-Davidson Street 500 as a new brand...
The new 1299 Panigale will arrive in Australia in the next month at $1000 more than the previous model, but...
What’s the best part about a motorcycle rally? It’s the ride to get there! Harley-Davidson Australia and New Zealand is the official sponsor of the Iron Run Rally this weekend in Queenstown and they have big hopes it will become the southern hemisphere equivalent of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. So...
If you think the adventures of Charley and Ewan were intrepid, how about the five French female L’Equipee riders who took old...
It seems strange to be thinking of gearing up for the cold at this time of the year, but Oxford...
Have you ever seen, heard and smelt a rider revving their motorcycle engine or idling their bike for minutes before getting on and riding away? It’s obnoxious at a cafe when you’re trying to sip your latte amid their fumes, but it’s also fairly pointless and a waste of fuel. It...
https://youtu.be/0z80JfqZmQg Victory Motorcycles has launched a virtual reality riding experience to use at its trade shows in the US to...
Harley-Davidson is offering the best job ever – getting paid almost $35,000 to ride around Europe on a Harley Street...
The good news is that motorcycle theft is marginally down in 2014. The bad news is bike theft remains high as a proportion of all vehicles and if you live in the theft hotspots of Brisbane or Perth your insurance rate is going to stay high. According to National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council...
One lucky Ulysses member at the annual general meeting in Wodonga next week will win a free Tacos and Tequila...
The year has started off slowly with few voluntary motorcycle safety recalls. So far, there have been recalls for Indian...
Riders and their representatives have called for an education campaign for all motorists to alert them to the new rules about lane filtering. The call comes after some isolated incidents of road rage by drivers who did not realise lane filtering is now legal in NSW, Queensland and the ACT...
The Australian division of the Women’s International Motorcycle Association (WIMA) has the honour this year of hosting the 2015 International Motorcycle...
Chances of the three-wheeler Polaris Slingshot coming to Australia are fairly slim, despite the company shifting up a gear with...
Classic-styled Indian Motorcycles could soon have car-style LCD infotainment screens instead of traditional grandfather-clock-styled dials. Steve Menneto, vice president of motorcycles for Polaris Industries, Indian’s parent company, told an American business conference this week that the classic bikes could be going more futuristic with the infotainment screens. How they...
Custom bikes are the big craze at the moment and the Moto Guzzi V7 II is certainly not missing out...
Electric motorcycles and other vehicles may soon be charged by the heat built up in the tyres. Goodyear has developed...
An awareness campaign about the vulnerability of riders should be a priority of the new Queensland Government, says the RACQ in the wake of a spike in motorcyclist deaths. While Queensland’s overall road toll of 36 is similar to last year’s record low for the same time of year, the 12 motorcyclist deaths is already 50% up...
For those who can’t do the epic Black Dog Ride to the Red Centre in August, the Black Dog 1...
The Ukrainian crisis may have flawed rider Viktor “Romantik” Gubriienko‘s peace crusade to prove the world has no borders or language barriers....
Patented designs have surfaced for a BMW W-3 engine that looks like a V-twin with an extra head and would suit a Bavarian return to cruisers. BMW last made the ill-fated R 1200 C cruiser from 1997 to 2004 and the R 850 C only until 2000. Despite launching the...
A good set of auxiliary motorcycle LED lights not only makes night riding safer, but also day riding. Frank Tidswell,...
Australian motorcycle clothing company Draggin has once again proved that hipster fashion need not get in the way of protection....
Once moving, a heavy motorcycle doesn’t feel so big, but at slow speeds and in tight spots, it can be a real handful. Not so for this highly skilled US cop! Have you ever seen riders on big Harleys wobbling through slow traffic or trying to execute a u-turn by...
The popularity of the Sons of Anarchy TV series hasn’t waned now that the final episode has aired. In Australia,...