Hyosung needs a new model to rescue its aging fleet in Australia. And the GD250 could be just the bike...
Korean motorcycle company Hyosung needs an injection of new blood and, thankfully, it looks like it is about to...
Indian motorcycle company Bajaj Auto is reported to be setting its sights on Australia with the introduction of its Dominar 400 learner bike. The company is the world’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer, taking back the lead from fellow Indian company Royal Enfield. Bajaj Auto makes bikes from 100cc to 373cc and...
The CFMoto 300NK is the cheapest 300cc learner bike in Australia at just $4990 ride away, but how does it...
One year ago Jawa Motorcycles returned to production with two neo-classic models in India and now they have released a third,...
The adventure market is opening up to novice riders now that the learner-approved Kawasaki Versys-X 300 is available in the Australian market. It will be available in candy lime green and metallic carbon grey or metallic graphite grey and flat ebony for $6399 (plus on-road costs). The new breed of baby adventurers to...
Kawasaki Motors Australia has cut $500 off the price of its 2016 Ninja 650L ABS and ER-6nL ABS learner-approved bikes,...
The Kawasaki Ninja 300 is a game-changer in the small sportsbike stakes. Now you can look like Casey Stoner, but...
In its 30th year of iconic Ninja motorcycles, Kawasaki is launching a special 30th Anniversary Edition 2015 Ninja 300. It is the fourth 30th Anniversary Edition model launched by Kawasaki this year. The others are the Ninja ZX-14R, ZX-10R and ZX-6R. Not all are available in Australia, but given the...
Kawasaki continues to lead the Australian market in learner-approved motorcycles with the launch of the Z650L and the Ninja 650L. We...
The 2016 Kawasaki Versys 650L ABS comes in a bright new matte orange paint and the price has increased $200...
Kawasaki is taking on the adult-fun motorcycle market created by the 125cc Honda Grom a few years ago with its own version called the Z125 Pro. The Grom created a new sector of hipsters who wanted something nimble and fun that made a statement. It was a huge hit in the US...
The introduction of the Kawasaki Z250SL to the Australian learner-approved motorcycle market is swamping an already well-watered market. However, it’s...
The high-stakes learner market in Australia has shifted up a gear with the introduction of the super-safe Kawasaki Z300 with...
The Kawasaki Z300 learner-approved naked bike comes in new colours for 2016 with a special edition model in Pearl Stardust White/Metallic Flat Spark Black with gold wheels for an extra $100. The world’s first LAMS (learner-approved motorcycle scheme) street fighter comes with ABS and a slipper clutch. The other colour scheme...
Kawasaki does the new Z650L a disservice by referring to it as a learner motorcycle. This is a bike that...
The KTM 390 Duke street bike adds to their range of learner-approved motorcycles (LAMS). It was to arrive about now,...
Austrian manufacturer KTM has added a 250 Duke and RC 250 to its line-up, but they are unlikely to come to Australia. KTM showed the two new models this week at the 42nd Tokyo Motorcycle Show as well as announcing it would add a slipper clutch to its 390 models...
Kawasaki and Honda are about to have their domination of the small-capacity market challenged by the race-inspired KTM RC 390...
KTM is steering more and more toward the road with its latest releases. Instead of unveiling a swag of dirt...
Bullit conjures images of Steve McQueen driving a Mustang through the streets of San Francisco in the 1968 film Bullitt, or maybe the retro Bell Bullitt motorcycle helmet. But Bullit is actually a Belgian motorcycle company with one “t” in the name (maybe to avoid copyright concerns!). They make retro small-capacity...
Brisbane novice rider Lyle Herbert reviews his 2007 Hyosung GT250R. Riders are invited to review their bikes and email them for...
Updated and Ready to Go The Peugeot Motorcycles’ scooters are fantastic little machines. The Kisbee 50 is one of the...
After just 90km of testing a Zero DS electric motorcycle, I can see I will have to rethink how I ride. The first 60km on the highway at 100km/h chewed up the battery at 1% per km. At that rate, it looked like a slim chance that I would make...
Yamaha’s SR400 typifies Newton’s third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. As modern...
The cost of living is driving more riders to smaller motorcycles and scooters, says Hartford Australia who is importing small-capacity...
Indian motorcycle company Royal Enfield has honoured the despatch riders of the war with a limited edition range of military colours coming in July 2015 and released rideaway prices in Australia. Despatch riders used to relay information between headquarters and ground troops during the war sometimes riding for hours through...
Hyosung could be planning a comeback with its GV 300 S Bobber which they will sell in Europe and could...
Electric motorcycles will drive us into the future, there is little doubt about that. And after riding the new...
Suzuki is staking a claim for the lead in the cruiser market in Australia with a LAMS Boulevard S40. Current top seller is the Yamaha XVS650 which starts at $10,499 (plus on-road costs), but the little 652cc Boulevard S40 will arrive in January for just $7990. The classic-styled cruisers will...
The Suzuki worker who named this bike Inazuma must be a bit of a rogue. Inazuma is Japanese for lightning....
Suzuki has unveiled a fully faired version of its popular learner-approved 250 Inazuma naked bike. The GSR250F has been launched...
The chads over at Bikes and Beards are back with another video overview of cheap amazon bikes. Funny enough, I say “cheap Amazon bikes”, but this one happens to be the most expensive model available on the site emptying your wallet with a $2000 cost-to-own. That’s still really cheap in...
Novice riders have never had such a wide choice of motorcycles with Yamaha this week adding to the learner-approved motorcycles...
Being a communist, Grant Roff (aka Spannerman and Groff) found the original 1978 Yamaha SR500 had great appeal. “They only...
Yamaha YZF-R15: The quality of bikes coming from India will change the way riders think. The new KTM Duke 390 and the Yamaha YZF-R15 look and feel as good as models made in their native Austria or Japan. The same goes for bikes made in Thailand and other South East...
Yamaha has given the popular YZF-R3 learner motorcycle a MotoGP-inspired styling makeover plus LED headlights and hi-spec upside-down forks. We...
After a 90km highway ride home from the Gold Coast yesterday, I put the Zero DS electric motorcycle on charge...
Zero Motorcycles have extended the battery range of their electric bikes, added anti-lock brakes and upgraded components on their 2015 range, unveiled at the Intermot show in Cologne this week. Most importantly, Zero Motorcycles has found an extra 10% battery life from its S-based bikes. Zero still offers two different basic...
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