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French retro motorcycle helmet company Ruby has released a limited edition range of helmets to celebrate German motorcycle manufacturer BMW’s...
KTM is moving closer to a record 13th consecutive Dakar Rally win after three-time winner Marc Coma clinched the ninth stage today. The Spaniard was at home in the sand today, stretching his overall lead to 40 minutes over Honda rider and countryman Joan Barreda Bort who was second in...
Are we witnessing the passing of the sports bike era? The new Suzuki sports bikes have arrived, but rather than...
How do you become a motorcycle collector? The simple answer to this question is “never sell”. It’s a truism, but...
Five-time Dakar Rally winner Cyril Despres finally put his new Yamaha on the top step today as Aussies also had their best finishing results. Rain slightly shortened stage eight to a still-lengthy 499km, but the riders had to avoid the world’s largest salt pans. Despres started third and soon reined...
Pope Francis is auctioning a Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide to feed the poor. It was donated to the Pope last...
A YouTube video showing the police interception of a Brisbane motorcycle rider has caused a social media frenzy with some...
The Dakar Rally entered Bolivia today, the 28th country to be visited by the famous rally since it started in 1979. The battle of the Spaniards continued with Joan Barreda Bort (Honda) winning the stage by just four minutes from countryman and three-time rally winner Marc Coma (KTM) who retains...
Queensland Police Media has claimed “law-abiding motorcyclists” have nothing to fear from the increase in police presence on our roads....
A YouTube video of several police harassing a rider at a Beenleigh service station with a protracted licence check is...
At the half-way point of the 2o14 Dakar Rally with a well-deserved rest day there has already been a death on stage 5 in the severe heat approaching 50 degrees. Riders have also thad to conquer a rally record high altitude of 4300mm and had stages changed and cut short...
Victory Motorcycles is clearing its stock of 2013 with a range of incentives to make way for the 2014 line-up....
More than $3.2m has been paid for some rare racing bikes, Ducatis, Harleys and a couple of Indians owned by...
The world’s most gruelling and dangerous motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, has again been marred by the death of a competitor. Belgian rider Eric Palante, 55, died on the fifth stage of the rally, but the cause of his death is not yet known. It was his 11th rally and...
Dangerously high temperatures forced Dakar Rally organisers to cut short the fifth stage of the motorcycle leg today. Three-time rally...
Hopefully Aussie Cameron Donald will receive some of the kudos he deserves when an eight-part TV series, TT Legends, screens...
The motorcycle rider fined for wearing a GoPro on his HJC helmet plans to fight the charge. Matt Smithson was fined $289 and three demerit points for wearing a non-complying helmet, even though the laws are vague about attaching anything to a helmet. “I’ve called the officer and asked if...
Proving that January really is one of the best times to buy a bike, BMW Motorrad and Ducati have offered...
Rain delayed the start of the Dakar Rally today, washed away some Aussie hopes and dampened the Frenchman Cyril Despres’...
Australian motorcycle riders love their road bikes. Road bike sales rose marginally by 0.3% to 43,724, representing 39% of all the 113,289 new motorcycles, ATVs and scooters sold in 2013. Around 34% bought an off-road bike with sales of 39,013 (3.1%), almost 19% bought an ATV (21,072, -10.6%) and around...
The cheapest Italian motorcycle available in Australia has just hit the showroom floors. Benelli’s BN600R is listed at $9990 plus...
A Queensland rider fined this week for stretching his legs while riding is not the first person fined for the...
A record Dakar Rally altitude of 4300m claimed several high-profile riders in the third stage today including Australia’s Ben Grabham (KTM) and stage two winner Sam Sunderland (Honda). They were among about a dozen riders who incorrectly descended the high ridge line into a valley and then found they couldn’t...
It is little wonder KTM is so dominant in the Dakar Rally. I toured the factory early last year and...
Think of Cuba and you think of cigars, salsa music, communism and old cars. Few would think of motorcycles, but...
Ben Grabham scored his highest finishing position in the Dakar Rally today with a sixth place, putting him in the top 10 outright. The 359km stage was won by Honda factory rider and relative newcomer Sam Sunderland of England who lives in Dubai and was “at home” in the grey...
The first safety recall notice of 2014 may be for some BMW motorbikes which could potentially burst into flames. The...
They call day one of the Dakar Rally a shakedown, but the competitors certainly attacked it with vigour. Eventual leader...
One of the advantages of wearing the Reevu FSX1 full-face helmet with the revolutionary rear-view mirror system is that it is a great conversation-starter with complete strangers. It seems everyone is interested in this innovative technology. I’ve been wearing the full-face helmet for more than a year now and have...
The January sales are when manufacturers/importers want to kickstart their sales figures and get rid of stock they didn’t sell...
There is no universal language for hand signals on a motorcycle and officially there is no need for them on...
Helmet-mounted cameras and Bluetooth units may be legal, but they may not necessarily be safe, according to a helmet importer. Cary Murphy, who imports the innovative Reevu helmet, says attaching a camera or Bluetooth unit to a helmet could have safety, aerodynamic and legal issues. He has called on the...
Police continue to be plagued by “over-zealous” officers issuing “petty” fines with the latest being a $330 penalty for not...
When you think of going for a road trip, Maryborough in South East Queensland isn’t your first choice. It’s not...
We pulled into the Kum and Go gas station in Smalltown USA, tittering Iike schoolboys inside our helmets. Rusty old Dodge and Chevy pick-up trucks littered the forecourt and a dishevelled old man with a silver beard and wild hair under a trucker’s cap shuffled out to his truck. I...
A t-shirt that says “Get stuffed Newman” is the top seller at the Biker Life store on the Sunshine Coast....
They say you’ll never know if you never never go. I’ve only been a few times, but it does have...
This is heaven. Hundreds of miles without a single pothole, billboard, truck, caravan, house, stop sign, light pole, roadside litter or traffic light. It’s like riding on velvet with an evergreen backdrop of scenic forest and idyllic farmland. So beguiling is its languid rhythm and majestic scenery that, like Route...
Not all women riders are battered wives with rough husbands like on Sons of Anarchy, says women riders rally organiser...