Riders have been warned about fake motorcycle parts after New Delhi Police arrested four people selling the counterfeit products with...
While many riders hate covert speed cameras that are turning us into a nation of speedo gazers, they should welcome...
Motorcycle sales are now in a two-year slump in Australia and it’s time to ask what can be done about it. While it’s good news in the short term for customers with bike companies likely to offer discounts and dealers ready to do deals, it is not good for the industry...
Parts of the famed and much-loved Oxley Highway are melting in recent heatwave conditions, prompting a departmental inspection to assess...
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 when passing stationary or slow-moving emergency vehicles. The incident occurred at Warrell Creek near Nambucca Heads, NSW, last Sunday when the officer pulled over a car and was hit by another car. Motorcycle...
Highway road shoulders look inviting for motorcyclists when the traffic is heavy, but is it legal and are they a...
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 of execution. The Euro 4 rules introduced in 2016 were almost 50% tougher to pass. For example, Euro 3 required a motorcycle to pass an emissions test when new, or...
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 motorcycle road toll can be reduced by better speed and alcohol/drug use enforcement, safer motorbikes, mandatory helmet laws and improved roads, according to an international report. These are key points in the latest World Health Organization Global status report on road safety 2018 report released this month. The report...
There were 37 motorcycle safety recalls in 2018, up nine from the previous year, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer...
The three most popular articles this year have been about riders successfully obtaining justice either in beating incorrect fines or,...
Technology dominated motorcycle news this year with jet thrusters to prevent low-siders, sidecars with a drone launching pad, plus self-riding, self-balancing and even flying motorcycles. While most of these are fanciful or far-off innovations, there was some advance in more useable technology. Ducati and KTM have made giant leaps forward...
Riders whose bikes won’t trigger a change in a traffic light to green would welcome more of these activation buttons...
Ducati Australia has recalled Panigale V4, V4 S and V4 S Speciale bikes twice in the past week over oil...
Indian Motorcycle has trademarked the name Raven which could be a whole new model or simply a black version of an existing model. There are no details available from Indian Motorcycle, so the rumour mill has gone into overdrive about what the name could mean. Indian already has the name...
Christmas is a great time for a ride, but it is also one of the most dangerous for riders with...
Electric car company Tesla is further developing its Autopilot software that detects lane-filtering riders as shown in this driver’s YouTube...
Remember advertising with motorcycles doing wheelies and burnouts and bikes draped in near-naked women? Changing attitudes and the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) have virtually wiped out this sort of advertising. Has this taken some of the thrill and sex out of motorbikes? Could this be contributing to the downturn in...
Former Isle of Man TT racer, motorcycle daredevil and TV presenter Guy Martin has pleaded not guilty to having a...
A crash that left a rider with serious injuries after his BMW’s spoked front wheel collapsed has prompted a wider...
French motorcycle designer Ludovic Lazareth may have turned his Maserati V8-powered four-wheel leaning motorcycle into a flying version with jet turbines in the wheels. The “La Moto Volante” (the Flying Motorcycle) is based on his Lazareth LM 847 with a 350kW, 4.7-litre Maserati V8 that was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show...
Kawasaki Motorcycles Australia has recalled 132 retro Z900RS models over a possible fault in the rear brake. The official notice...
Who remembers the zzzing of an old two-stroke Czech CZ trail bike? For the holidays we are launching a series of ...
The Lazarus of motorcycle companies, EBR, has risen once again, but only in limited edition high-performance machines. In its the fourth incarnation, EBR (Erik Buell Racing) will be hand-built at Grand Rapids, Michigan by new owner Bill Melvin. He took over when EBR went into liquidation in June 2017. Roller-coaster...
Police have issued a warning to motorists not to cross flooded roads and even to be on the lookout for...
While Australian states are ramping up their anti-association laws that profile riders as potential outlaws, the US Senate has unanimously...
The latest rumour about the sale of Ducati is that Austrian manufacturer KTM may be interested in buying the iconic Italian brand. It comes from one interview with KTM CEO Stefan Pierer in German magazine Speedweek where he expresses he is interested in Ducati. Reports across the world now say KTM will...
Contributed post for our North American readers There are few things quite as liberating as cruising down the road on...
Parents whose children ride a Husqvarna TC50 (above) or KTM 50 SX mini dirt bike should be aware that the new...
Almost one in five motorcyclists in the USA is female, rising almost 10% in the past decade, according to the American Motorcycle Industry Council. Apart from Asian nations where many women ride scooters as their daily transport, that gives the USA the highest proportion of female riders in the western...
There could be nothing more heartbreaking than to have your motorcycle stolen, but what can be done to reduce the...
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ACT police have renewed their call for help to identify two riders who were videoed in separate incidents where a car swerved toward them while they were legally lane-filtering. The incidents occurred on Majura Parkway on Tuesday, October 30. One incident is shown in this video which we published on November 2....
Melbourne’s lauded motorcycle-friendly footpath parking is under threat from a discussion paper to update the city’s Transport Strategy. Lord Mayor...
If you want to get into the Christmas spirit with a novelty Santa helmet cover, most police will not play...
The former Campbell Newman Government not only disrupted Queensland’s motorcycle industry with discriminatory VLAD laws, but may also have contributed to the state’s skyrocketing motorcycle theft rate. RACQ spokesman Steve Spalding says the state’s rising car and bike theft rate is a result of the former government’s decision to pull...
A rider is challenging a speeding fine he says is impossible because it claims he was doing 150% of the posted...