Stories about helmet safety and legalities, Arlen Ness and Charley Boorman, road rules, crashes, lane filtering and a big-bore kit...
Electric ADV The Harley-Davidson LiveWires that were used in Long Way Up were a long way from stock LiveWires, so...
The motorcycle industry, like many others, is struggling during the pandemic, but we wonder whether motorcycling will be a victim or a survivor when the travel restrictions finally lift and the pandemic risk fades? Will motorcycles continue to struggle in the ensuing economic downturn or will they thrive in the...
(Contributed post for our North American readers. Image: Vintage Vincent) Restoring a vintage motorcycle is every motorbike enthusiast’s ultimate dream....
Millions of dollars of Victorian riders’ “safety levy” fees are unspent on vital road infrastructure, prompting a riders’ group to...
A 21-year-old male rider has been seriously injured in a collision with a truck on Maitland Rd, Hexham, west of Newcastle, about 10am today (2 August 2019). It follows the death of a 22-year-old male rider after a collision with a truck on an M4 highway off-ramp in Sydney’s west...
Can the bike industry sustain three bike shows within 12 months while the car industry has scrapped its one annual...
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries would be preparing for its usual Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Week initiative but...
Queensland Police Media has claimed “law-abiding motorcyclists” have nothing to fear from the increase in police presence on our roads. The comment was in response to an incident yesterday in which a rider was intercepted by four police cars for an ID check and then intercepted again by a fifth...
“I’m not saying your perfume is too strong…I’m just saying the Canary was alive when you got here.” Hold on...
Automatic brakes that sense an imminent crash and activate an emergency stop have been endorsed in all new cars from...
BMW has eased the minds of many riders with their announcement today that from February 1, BMW genuine Akrapovic silencers fitted with a homologation label are legal for road use in Australia. Riders are largely in the dark about whether their aftermarket exhaust is legal or not, mainly because of...
Triumph Motorcycles has begun testing the 765cc Street Triple engine it will supply for Moto2 from 2019, after signing a...
Australian governments have issued guidelines for trials of autonomous vehicles on our roads but made no mention of motorcycles. The...
A rider’s call for ute and truck tarps and/or cargo nets, as in Queensland, has been rejected by the Victorian Department of Transport. Longtime motorcycle advocate Rodney Brown (pictured above) says debris from utes and trucks is particularly dangerous to vulnerable motorcycle, scooter and bicycle riders. He should know; he...
Motorcycle rider David McDowell has been refused entry to Centrelink in Maryborough because his motorcycle helmet was considered a weapon....
Is the future of motorcycles up in the air as hoverbikes rather than on two wheels? It seems so after...
Australia’s only Dakar Rally champion, Toby Price, has bounced back from a 49-minute deficit in stage 10 to win stage 11 and give him a glimmer of hope for a second victory. His first stage win in this rally jumps him from fifth to third position with a 50-minute deficit...
BMW’s small-displacement G 310 R has been a real winner for the last couple of years, but now the company...
Queensland riders appear to have representation at government level once again more than 18 months after the Motorcycle Riders Association...
KTM Australia continues to lead the list of recalled motorcycles with the latest being a recall of 2021 450SX-F MX competition motorcycles for an issue that could lock the engine. The recall only affects five motorcycles in Australia. It brings the number of recalls by KTM Australia to 10 so...
Harley-Davidson boss Matt Levatich (above) has called on motorcycle journalists to help the industry’s future by not just explaining the...
“Life without danger is just no life at all” says a new motorcycle documentary featuring racers Freddie Spencer, Colin Edwards,...
Plenty of Action for 2021 The Devin MCN Festival will return in 2021. It will be held in May on the 15th and 16th in the East of England Arena. This will be one killer event, and it’s cool to see one being offered in the wake of COVID-19. While...
Swiss rider Urs “Grizzly” Pedraita has set out on his Victory Cross Country from Daytona Bike Week (March 11, 2016) to establish...
Years before Honda thought about stripping off its Gold Wing to make the brawny F6B and the naughty naked Valkyrie,...
Female riders are more safety conscious and more interested in the rest stops along the way than looking at the scenery, according to our recent global survey. While male and female motorcycle riders share a lot of similar interests and habits in our survey of 739 readers, there were a...
A three-month night-time police operation in the Brisbane mountains cracking down on “hoons” has ended, while heavy patrolling continues for...
Now you can be an Easy Rider commuter on this WYLD mini electric chopper from Brisbane-based electric light vehicle company...
Lions Rd will remain closed over the Easter weekend as continued rain creates delays in bridgework on the famous motorcycling road on the Queensland-NSW border. The popular road was closed most of 2017 and reopened in December 2017. However, there were dirt detours while the last three of seven wooden bridges...
Honda’s postie bike and its range of 500cc learner bikes led a small surge in road motorcycle sales in the first...
Indian Motorcycles in the US has issued a safety recall on the Indian Chief. However, it has nothing to do...
This 2021/22 summer will be a wet one in the eastern states of Australia due to the La Nina weather phenomenon, prompting police to urge riders to exercise caution during floods. If large four-wheel-drive vehicles can be washed away off flooded roads, then what chance does a light motorcycle have?...
Video evidence has been provided to Wollongong police of a ute doing a three-point turn and knocking over a parked...
BMW Motorrad has issued a worldwide recall on the new water-cooled R 1200 RT and seems to be bending over...
Motorcycles owned by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen and former Top Gear presenter James May will go up for auction in October. McQueen’s 1934 Indian 750cc Sport Scout is expected to fetch £55,000-65,000 ($A118,000-140,000) at the Bonhams Stafford Sale on October 17-18. The King of Cool’s Indian will be auctioned alongside...
As you head to a 2018 Anzac Day service for the 103rd anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli, reflect on...
Harley-Davidson has extended its lead at the top of the road bikes sales sector at the three-quarter mark in the...
Welcome changes to CTP in NSW may result in a drop in premiums in the future, says former Motorcycle Council of NSW chairman Christopher “CJ” Burns. This comes as the Victorian Motorcycle Safety Levy is to continue to rise and Queensland riders are best off with rego. The MCC-NSW launched a campaign last...
Finally, the POW has jumped the second barbed wire fence and escaped the Nazis for freedom in Switzerland … even...