A 64-year-old male rider has died after crashing into a ditch near Kempsey on the NSW mid-north coast about 12.15pm...
Motorcycle rider advocates have cautiously welcomed a Western Australia trial of new roller barriers with high-visibility plastic rollers on steel...
Riders are still not getting the message about the dangers of mixing alcohol and riding, according to new Queensland University of Technology research. While alcohol features as a contributing factor in a relatively small proportion of all reported motorcycle crashes, it is more prevalent in fatal crashes. Despite decades of...
A 19-year-old male rider on a stolen motorcycle has been critically injured in a crash with two cars at Granville...
Harley-Davidson Australia has again issued a recall over the possibility of their saddlebags falling off. In 2015 they issued a...
A special motorcycle used to audit road surfaces and detect specific rider hazards has helped win a Queensland safety award, yet offers of its use to Victoria have been rejected. Use of the specially equipped Queensland Transport and Main Roads motorcycle to audit roads in the Mackay region has this week...
A 55-year-old Sydney driver who ran away from police after allegedly failing to stop following a crash with a scooter rider will...
A rider has died over night after coming off his bike and being hit by a car, while the rider...
The rider who found the body of missing Sandgate rider Siemon Mulder hopes to organise a cortege of riders for the funeral if the family agrees. Kyle Gilroy says he was out for a solo Sunday ride up to Maleny when he low-sided the BMW S 1000 RR he was...
A rider who slid off the road has coincidentally found the body of Sandgate rider Siemon Mulder who went missing...
Paul Mulder, son of missing rider Siemon, says he and his father (pictured above) often went on rides and he...
A petition to relax motorcycle handlebar height rules is falling short and is in need of more signatures before its closing date on 4 October 2019. Petition spokesman Jason Gilks, Gold Coast handlebar manufacturer Burleigh Bars Australia, says they have only 3000 signatures and need 10,000 for the issue to be debated in...
The family of missing rider Siemon Mulder (right in photo) has made a desperate plea to South East Queensland riders...
South East Queensland riders have been out searching for a 66-year-old Sandgate rider who has been missing since Monday when...
Fraser Motorcycles is believed to be negotiating to sell its retail concerns to MC Holdings who run TeamMoto, several other motorcycle dealerships, a riding school, repair business and Cassons Accessories. We contacted both companies and received a “no comment”. However, several motorcycle industry insiders have told us they have heard...
Police in NSW, Victoria and Queensland are investigating separate crashes in which three riders died yesterday (20 August 2019). Victorian...
More than three years after a Darwin rider died in a roadworks crash (photo above), the court has dished out...
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Peter Fonda, the actor who played Wyatt riding a Captain America Harley chopper in the 1969 movie Easy Rider, has died at...
A 55-year-old driver who allegedly failed to stop after colliding with a Vespa scooter rider in Sydney has been refused...
Brisbane riders who spent Wednesday’s Ekka Holiday riding the famed Mt Glorious Rd may find they have an unwelcome TruCAM speeding fine in the mail in the next couple of weeks. This video was recorded by rider David Englebright, showing police in the bushes using the TruCAM hand-held laser digital camera...
A 50-year-old rider has died after his motorcycle hit a roadside traffic sign in rural Nowra, on the NSW south...
A council’s failure to fix thin bitumen in parking bays that caused a parked motorcycle to fall over could cost...
While 50,000 protested against anti-democratic Moscow council elections, Russian leader Vladimir Putin was riding a Ural sidecar to a bike show. You can guess which event the Russian TV news led with … The above “Boss” video is from the Russia Insight supposedly “independent” YouTube channel that has “no affiliation to...
A police report that claims riders of high-powered motorbikes are over-represented in the crash statistics demonises riders as “thrill seekers”...
There are very few regrets about my 40-odd years of motorcycling, but there are a few that are worth mentioning....
A rider who was rear-ended believes he would have been able to avoid it if he had been taught to lane filter and has called for the skill to be included in learner and advanced rider-training courses. Shannon, 37, of Caboolture, Queensland, says he was rear-ended because he lacked the training and...
Australian millennials are taking longer to get their driving/riding licences and are using public transport more, according to a multi-national...
A rider crossing a lane to filter between traffic t-bones another lane-filtering rider in this video released by the Queensland...
A 23-year-old male rider has died after his motorcycle left the road and hit a tree in Coffs Harbour overnight. Police say emergency services were called to Donn-Patterson Drive, near Bonalbo Close, about 1.30am (Thursday 8 August 2019). “The rider was treated at the scene before being taken to Coffs...
Motorcycle racing has taken a step close to returning to Bathurst’s Mt Panorama with the unveiling of plans for a...
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An appeal against a “light penalty” for a Canberra driver who twice swerved dangerously at legally lane-filtering motorcyclists has been rejected. The driver, Jake Searle, 28, had been charged with two counts of driving with intent to menace. He faced maximum penalties of more than $3000 in fines or 12 months in...
(Contributed post by Steve Charli) With artificial intelligence and self-driving cars dominating the automotive industry, one can’t help but wonder...
A second NSW rider has died today (3 August 2019) in what police describe as a single-vehicle accident and later...
World Environment Day may be held in June, but every day is a world environment day for riders! It may be difficult to think of motorcycle riders as greenies or environmentalists when many have grease under their fingernails and high-octane fuel vapour in their nostrils. However, the American Motorcyclist Association thinks...
NSW Police have discovered the body of a young male rider who crashed in Dubbo overnight. Police say officers from...
A 21-year-old male rider has been seriously injured in a collision with a truck on Maitland Rd, Hexham, west of...
A “Change” petition to relax motorcycle handlebar rules last year attracted more than 11,000 signatures, but was ignored by the Federal Government. So now the petitioners have gone to a lawyer to draft a formal Federal Parliament petition to elicit some action. Click here to sign the petition. Gold Coast...
Misuse of mobile phones in cars is not the only driver distraction as car manufacturers are shovelling more and more...