When the going gets tough, the tough get going to the BMW GS Safari-Enduro. The first enduro version of the...
Don’t take your guns to town, Billy Joe, but you can take your bike to Texas; that’s Queensland, not US...
(Contributed post) Riders love being on the road, feeling the rush of air around them, and staring at the path ahead. It gives you a view like never before and allows you time to bond with your loved one and share the thrill of the ride. So, if you are...
Racing legend Daryl Beattie is going hard-core Outback riding and he wants you to come along! The former Grand Prix...
Adventure riders looking for a new challenge should try the newly opened Aberfeldy Track in the Gippsland area of Victoria....
As far as jobs go, working on Sydney’s Bondi beach would have to be right at the tippity top of the pile, yes? The sun. The surf. The eye candy. And for Australian lifeguard, biker and TV personality, Daniel ‘Beardy’ McLaughlin, it’s not just the place where he punches the...
Few riders think of Kangaroo Island when it comes to great rides, but I was reminded of its virtues after...
“Long Way” star and official top 20 UK motorcycle icon Charley Boorman will return for his third year with Compass...
The fourth annual Australian Ride your Motorcycle to Work Week next month has been changed to simply “Ride your Motorcycle” due to the pandemic. Obviously that refers to the fact that many riders may not have wrk to ride to or may be working from home. The initiative was developed...
Grafton is the Northern Rivers hub for a host of great tar and dirt riding options. Base yourself here for...
It can be boring traveling the long straight roads south-west from Perth, but the rewards in the Margaret River area...
For 30 years “Tex and Pip” dreamed of doing a lap of Australia and last year they realised that dream aboard a 22-year-old BMW R 1100 RT, named Bertha. Writing under the pseudonym of Pip Brown, the pillion is now seeking to have a book published about their epic adventure....
If you are interested in touring southeast Queensland and northern NSW, the guide book Throw Your Leg Over also comes with...
If you’re riding around South East Queensland, chances are you will call in to Esk where we recommend dropping into...
The Gold Coast hinterland has a heap of attractions for riders including winding roads, Red Rattlers and an Iron and Resin finish, writes local rider and MBW contributor Todd Parkes. It’s a typical Gold Coast late winter stunner of a day as I lift the roller door and throw the...
Just you and your bike, or you and your other significant other – pillion-in-a-million or fellow rider – should try...
Motorcycle icon Charley Boorman loves Australia and can’t stay away. Charley, who was voted 18th all-time UK motorcycle icon in...
Any motorcycle travel section would not be complete without mention the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. This is simply one of the most stunning roads in all the world; our version of California’s iconic Big Sur. The only problem is this heritage-listed road is too popular and you may find...
Riders now have a helpful online tour guide resource for the motorcycle friendly Crows Nest region north of Toowoomba. Crows...
Dakar Rally racer Simon Pavey will lead a three-week motorcycle tour across the top of Australia from east to west...
Show me a squiggly line on a map and I’m all over it like a seagull on a chip. I’ve been fortunate in my work as a motoring journalist to have driven and ridden on some of the squiggliest roads in the world. There are many I could suggest as...
Good to See Women make up an ever-increasing percentage of the motorcycling community and there are many events and organizations...
The Scenic Rim region in South East Queensland surrounded by the Great Dividing Range and Border Ranges is the perfect...
Almost every road in Tasmania is a motorcycle rider’s paradise with more corners than you can count. But there are also many dangers for riders. With the Christmas holidays approaching and the state expecting a wave of riders to visit, the Tasmanian Road Safety Advisory Council (RSAC) has completed a...
The town that became infamous when a pub refused service to charity riders in the early days of the VLAD...
There is nothing dead about the amazing ‘dead-end” ride to O’Reilly’s and back on the Lamington National Park Rd in...
Grapes ripen with the frosts, so there can be some black ice on winter mornings in the Barossa Valley and it can be awfully hot and dry in summer. However, there is some fun riding from Adelaide up to the winos’ holy grail in any season. Winter is particularly good...
We don’t usually recommend riders have tunnel vision, unless it’s an unused historic tunnel of which there are many throughout...
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria has long been criticised for being anti-motorcyclist, but now one rider is hoping to...
Long before State of Origin footy clashes between NSW and Queensland erupted, there was a clash of governments at the border that has yielded one of the greatest biker roads in Australia – the Lions Rd. In 1969 the NSW government rejected calls for a shortcut to link the communities...
Motorcycles will be catered for at a proposed race track located at Wyong between Sydney and Newcastle. The CASAR Park...
Now is the time to start planning that trek to the Flinders Ranges. It’s a beautiful place, but it’s just...
You can make your ride even more interesting if you stop off at Russell Crowe’s Coaching Station Inn. It’s located about 20km south of Grafton on the Armidale Rd and is owned by the Hollywood actor and bike fanatic, Russell Crowe. There’s a tavern and motel attached, but the interesting part...
The Oxley Highway is a road you have to ride at least once in your life, according to veteran motorcycle...
Those not in the know might call it ‘panel beating’ or ‘smash repairs’. But to do so would be like...
If you want the full historic motorcycle experience, visit the National Motorcycle Museum at Nabiac. There are many other bike, car and transport museums in Australia, but none has such a strong showing of bikes from right throughout two-wheeled history. They even have a replica of the first bike, an...
(Article by Mike Ray*) Few countries promise such fantastic motorbiking opportunities as Australia. With endless kilometres of the open road...
We all love Tasmania’s motorcycle roads in summer, but in winter it is one of the best-kept secrets for riders....
Like Deus ex Machina, the Distinguished Gentlemans Ride and sweating while riding, Rob Hamilton and his ‘MotoFeelz’ brand is a staple of the Sydney motorcycle scene. If you’ve seen a post on a certain, very popular, custom bike blog about a cool Sydney bike, chances are the photos were taken...
The wonders of the Granite Belt in southern Queensland attracted Gold Coast rider and MBW contributor Todd Parkes. He organised a...