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Riders in Queensland will soon be able to wear internationally approved helmets, but they won’t be able to buy them...
As great as the new Indian Scout looks, it is still a bit of a blank canvas for customisers. Now Klock Werks Kustolm Cycles in South Dakota has shown what can be done with the Scout. You may remember the work they did with a New York state school and...
Women riders wanting a convenient backpack for the bike but don’t want to lug around a macho pack when they’re...
Aprilia has just made a couple of hi-tech leaps into the future where the bike talks to your helmet and...
Who says Hogs don’t fly! Steve Mayer, owner of a Utah paragliding store, has strapped on some outrigger wheels to a Harley Sportster and fitted a paragliding chute, then driven off into the skies to prove Harleys give you wings. The stunt took place at Mt Timpanogos in Utah near...
The days of a single standard for helmets are over. So says Wayne Carruthers who has created a web page...
How would you like to visit the land of cigars, salsa music, communism and old vehicles while indulging in the...
http://youtu.be/SBP37Sk1mgU The supercharged Kawasaki Ninja H2 is the fastest accelerating production bike in the world and with a few tweaks it is ready for the drag strip. American dragracing champion Rickey Gadson has taken a H2 and lengthened and lightened it to produce an 8.213-second quarter mile time at Rockingham...
With only a couple of weeks until the end of 2014, motorcycle voluntary safety recalls have increased to 39 from...
The coming Ducati Scrambler is a great-looking fun bike for all roads, but that doesn’t mean riders won’t customise it...
There are plenty of new motorcycles coming in 2015 that we can’t wait to throw a leg over, but what are our top 10 most desirable and what are yours? Read on to see our choices, then cast your own vote at the bottom of the story. We really are in...
A group of Aussie riders recommends the fifth annual Cross Egypt Challenge as a safe way to see an amazing...
Slovenian exhaust manufacturer has certainly exhausted all possibilities with motorcycle exhausts with their new Full Moon concept cruiser. That amazing...
A large collection of photos from Ewan McGregor’s and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Down motorcycle journey will be part of an eclectic mix of motorcycle items up for auction in Las Vegas in January. The 32-piece framed collection captures scenes of the duo’s 2007 14,000km Long Way Down odyssey from...
As NSW and Queensland accept lane filtering as a traffic-jam buster, other states are idling over the issue and an...
You can go riding with V8 Supercar legend Craig Lowndes on March 7. The five-time Bathurst winner and pet lover will...
Harley-Davidson’s Street 500 is a $12,000 bike for less than $10,000 rideaway. The first media test on Aussie soil and the ultra-moist roads of Sydney and surrounds has created a highly positive first impression of the new learner-approved cruiser. SEE THE LAUNCH PHOTOS Engine, transmission, riding position, brakes, build quality,...
A West Australia rider has had his GoPro helmet cam SD card confiscated for evidence by police. Local motorcycle advocate...
Italian-designed and Chinese-made Benelli motorcycles are adding two learner bike models to their line-up in 2015. The new BN 302...
The world’s first commercially available motorcycle helmet with head-up display is increasing production to meet worldwide demand, including Australia. The Californian makers of the Skully AR-1 have applied for Australian AS/NZS 1698:2006 certification, but there is no word yet on approval or possible costs. However, the DOT and ECE -approved...
Australian certification for the Oregon-built Brammo Empulse and Empulse R electric motorcycles has been received. However, importers ElectroMotive Force (ELMOFO)...
A 1939 Brough Superior 1150 SV former police bike and sidecar has possibly set an Australia record price at auction....
A rare two-wheel-drive motorcycle is one of several rare motorcycles being sold after the Australian Motorcycle Musuem at Haigslea closed about three months ago. Owner Allen Smith says he wants to enjoy his retirement and found the museum tied him down. However, he will continue tho operate his import business,...
Motorcyclists are better motorists than drivers so more people should be encouraged to ride, says the British Association of Chief Police...
If the cops want to fine you for a non-compliant helmet, ask them to throw the book at you, says...
South Australia is believe to be the first place in the world to offer free courses for returned riders. They also don’t hassle riders over helmets or lane filtering. Motorcycle advocate Nev Gray, who has been asked to be one of the first to undergo the one-day returned rider tests...
Mums and cyclists could face fines if the Victorian Police interpretation of motorcycle helmet laws is upheld in a Magistrates Court....
Despite the 2015 Zero Motorcycles electric models having greater range ( 275km) and more exotic components, prices have been kept the...
Celebrity bikes are attracting big money at the moment and now a ’59 Harley owned by rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis is expecting to fetch $1 million this weekend. This follows a world record $US1.3m paid recently for the Captain America Harley Panhead chopper from the 1969 cult film...
A helmet petition and helmet laws website have been established in the wake of Queensland accepting international helmet standards and...
MotorbikeWriter invites reader, riders and bloggers to send us their travel stories about interesting roads and exotic locations. This entry...
There are many types of yoga – hot, prenatal, restorative, power, etc – but we’ve never heard of moto yoga before! Indian farmer Gugulotu Lachiram, 40, of Khammam, has been a keen sportsman for years and loves motorcycle riding and yoga. So it seemed natural that six years ago he would combine them into...
Ryno Motors has shipped its first one-wheeled electric gyroscopic motorcycle to an international customer, but plans for mass production have...
The NSW police blitz on riders wearing a helmet camera will continue. After almost two weeks and several phones calls...
There will only be one Moto Expo in Australia next year after two were staged this year. Troy Bayliss Events team will operate the Sydney Motorcycle Show on November 20-22 at Sydney Showgrounds, Homebush. The company this year ran two Moto Expos, in Brisbane in March and in Melbourne last...
An American tyre treatment that is guaranteed to make your bike tyres puncture-proof is coming to Australia. Rhinotires are made...
Helmet camera laws are being tested in a Victorian Magistrates’ Court where a rider is defending a fine of $289...
Imagine doing a wheelie at more than 180km/h … on ice! Swedish racer Robert Gull has done it and, in the process, broken the Guinness World Records’ record for the Fastest motorcycle wheelie on ice with an overall speed of 183.8km/h over 100m. Robert was riding a standard Honda CBR...
Here at MotorbikeWriter we’d rather be sitting behind a motorcycle windscreen than playing computer games in front of a computer or...