Most riders love a good round-trip, but there are many dead-end routes that can be just as rewarding for motorcyclists....
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A Honda Neowing leaning three-wheeler looks likely to be coming soon, possibly as a replacement for the Goldwing. Honda has...
As if the Dakar Rally isn’t tough enough, Australian rider James Ferguson (pictured above) is taking it on solo and unassisted and is closing in on the top 10 in his Original by Motul category. Meanwhile, click here for the latest on Toby Price, now leading the field. James and...
Australia’s first Dakar Rally winner Toby Price is first overall after stage 8, zeroing in on a kiss with KTM...
If you’ve crashed or been stopped by police who suspect you’ve been doing something illegal, your action camera, phone, GPS...
The owner of 20-odd Suzuki two strokes from 80cc to 500cc is seeking a new home for the collection so the public can also enjoy them. Neil Batterham, 58, of Highfields, is hoping a cafe or shop owner in the region with good security can display the bikes. Click here...
Shoei is the first major motorcycle helmet manufacturer to join the growing smart helmet revolution with the announcement of their...
The recent over-application of sand on the Oxley Highway to fix slippery melting tar is a short-term fix that has...
One hundred motorcycle parking spaces in Brisbane’s CBD will close from next week for about seven months during casino development work and be replaced by the same number of spaces elsewhere in the city. The North Quay riverside lane and footpath parking spaces between Tank and Ann Streets are expected...
As Toby Price challenges for his second Dakar Rally victory, two fellow Aussies are doing well in the rookies category...
If it wasn’t for the ride-sharing and mountain and wriggly route options on our TomTom Rider 550 GPS we might...
Peter Fonda famously throws away his watch in the cult 1969 movie Easy Rider, starting a fad with riders and other travellers to discard their watches and disregard the constraints of time. A watch is a symbol of “the man”, society and capitalism that constrain us. Motorcycles are freedom machines...
“This is definitely the future,” says Matt Le Blanc in the latest Top Gear video where he and motoring journalist...
Riders have been alarmed to find sand over a section of the Oxley Highway where hot weather has caused the...
Aussies love a good motorcycle tour so it’s no wonder the Harley-Davidson Street Glide Special is our top-selling tourer. I’ve been riding one for the past month in South East Queensland. In that time, I’ve done all sorts of riding from short trips to the shops just 800m away to riding...
Consistency is the key to Australian rider Toby Price’s fourth Dakar Rally, now sitting in third place after four stages...
Indian Motorcycle last month trademarked the name Raven and now they have added the name Renegade pointing to a possible...
Traub article contributed by Matt Williams In 1967, a plumber doing renovations of an apartment building outside Chicago tore down a brick wall and found what would prove to be a baffling mystery to vintage motorcycle enthusiasts. It was a one-of-a-kind motorcycle bearing 1917 plates and the name “Traub”. The...
Ducati finished 2018 with the highest number of safety recalls and starts 2019 with recalls for the Monster 821 (above),...
Riders have been warned about fake motorcycle parts after New Delhi Police arrested four people selling the counterfeit products with...
The big electric motorcycle battle is looming this year between Harley-Davidson with its expensive LiveWire and Zero Motorcycles who are launching a new “effortlessly powerful” naked bike. But Australia will be at least another year or more behind. Harley-Davidson Australia won’t introduce the LiveWire, predicted to cost more than $40,000, until...
While many riders hate covert speed cameras that are turning us into a nation of speedo gazers, they should welcome...
Shoei has updated its GT-Air touring helmet with a longer internal sun visor, better venting and more aerodynamics to make...
The Mary River Valley was almost deleted from our favourite list of places to ride when politicians threatened to flood it for a dam! It’s a long and stupid political story, but thankfully sanity prevailed and the massive Traveston Dam was never built. So a pretty little valley north of...
Harley-Davidson has revealed electric bicycle and electric scooter (above) concepts at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas over night....
The Harley-Davidson electric LiveWire motorcycle will cost about $A40,000 when it is released in Australia late in 2020 with range...
(Contributed post) Bike insurance policy will protect the bike owner from various kinds of risks. It will fulfil the owner’s obligation as per the law. You should buy at least a third-party (or liability policy) to ply on public roads. It is very much important to renew the policy to...
Motorcycle sales are now in a two-year slump in Australia and it’s time to ask what can be done about it....
Parts of the famed and much-loved Oxley Highway are melting in recent heatwave conditions, prompting a departmental inspection to assess...
This record-setting BMW K 1600 GT is up for auction in Las Vegas on Australia Day (January 26, 2019) with 20% of the proceeds going to a veterans charity. The bike belongs to Carl Reese who set records for fastest USA crossing in 38 hours, 49 minutes, in August 2015,...
A rider has died after a crash involving a car in Rothwell, Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, overnight and Queensland Police investigators...
A recent crash that injured a NSW police motorcyclist happened despite a new rule requiring motorists to slow to 40km/h...
Highway road shoulders look inviting for motorcyclists when the traffic is heavy, but is it legal and are they a safety trap for riders? Some say it is actually safer than filtering between lanes of traffic as there are fewer instances of drivers suddenly pulling on to the road shudders...
Honda has led the January sales rush for the past three years and there is good reason to believe they...
Tough European emissions laws threatened to axe several much-loved models last year, but it seems many have had a stay...
(Sponsored gear heads post for our North American readers) If you’d rather ride on two wheels than step inside a car, then you should check out these must have motorcycle accessories. In 2017, the number of registered on-road motorcycles in the United States totaled 8.4 million. That’s a 100% increase...
The Indian FTR 1200 is the motorcycle that most excited our readers in 2018 and tops our poll of the...
Regulations requiring anti-lock braking systems (ABS) on new motorcycle models this year may not have much of an initial impact...
The wonders of the Granite Belt in southern Queensland attracted Gold Coast rider and MBW contributor Todd Parkes. He organised a two-day trip with the help of Monique Krause, marketing coordinator of Granite Belt Wine Country. Click here for the first part of his trip. More wonders Day two of my...
The Granite Belt in southern Queensland tempts Gold Coast rider and MBW contributor Todd Parkes who organised a two-day trip with the...