The South Burnett Regional Council in South-East Queensland could be the first shire to declare itself motorcycle friendly. It follows...
President Trump mentioned Harley-Davidson in a recent address to Congress, suggesting that they paid 100% import duty in India, but...
Yamaha has again recalled its MT-03 and R3 learner-approved motorcycles over two new issues regarding the fuel tank and electrics. It follows a recall in July 2016 over a transmission problem which could cause an engine seizure. The two new voluntary safety recalls issued through the Australian Consumer and Competition...
It seems Asian countries believe they are above international trade laws that bind other countries with the latest copycat ripoff being these Vietnamese “Ducati”...
The RACQ is supporting the first annual Ride to Work Day today (March 1, 2017) organised by the Motorcycle Riders...
KTM Australia has recalled selected models of the 1290 Super Duke GT motorcycle over faulty fuel hoses which could leak. The VIN numbers of those Super Duke GTs affected are listed at the end of this article. They were available for sale from May 18, 2016 to February 17, 2017....
Racing leathers and a diamond-encrusted walking stick claimed to have belonged to the godfather of stunt riders, Evel Knievel, have been...
Queensland riders are being urged to ride to work next Wednesday (March 1, 2017) in an effort to re-establish the annual...
Ducati has opened its largest showroom in Indonesia and announced plans to expand production at its Thai factory for the Asian market. The Asian market expansion comes just days after the Italian company quashed rumours of building small-capacity motorcycles in India. The previous biggest Ducati showroom was opened in New Delhi last...
An inquest into the death of a motorcyclist who hit a pothole on a new bridge has issued no findings...
Harley-Davidson is still the world’s “strongest” motorcycle brand, although it has slipped 14 places in the annual list of automotive...
BMW says it doesn’t have plans to develop a hover bike after this Lego toy collaboration was produced as both a model and a full-size replica. Lego and BMW recently collaborated to produce a detailed model of the BMW R 1200 GS Adventure made of 603 Lego parts. It is...
You could win a Harley-Davidson Roadster in a raffle as part of the fifth annual Hogs For The Homeless footy...
Honda Motorcycles look like being the first to introduce emergency braking that automatically stops a motorcycle if it detects an...
Honda has recalled the GL 1800 Goldwing for the second time in a year over faults in its revolutionary airbags. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission voluntary recall notice says the airbag inflator may degrade over time. “If the airbag is deployed, this degradation may cause the inflator body to...
Tax incentives, import subsidies and/or charging infrastructure are needed for Australia to catch up with the rest of the world...
The fate of an Oxley Highway speed zone review may have improved with the appointment of the local member as the...
It didn’t take long for Ducati to quash Indian news reports that the Italian motorcycle manufacturer was considering building bikes in the sub-continent. Several Indian news sources reported that Ducati was looking for a partner to help them build small-capacity bikes just as BMW had done with TVS to build the...
Suzuki has issued recalls on itsDL650 V-Strom for a battery charging issue and UK110 scooters over a sticky throttle. The...
Roland Sands Design Super Hooligan flat track racing is this year touring around the USA with their custom Indian Scout Sixty...
A female detective who only started riding three years ago and has already won a national road racing championship hopes to become the fastest woman in Australia. Detective Sergeant Ashlee De Bakker of Sydney says she got into racing “by accident”. “I only started riding in September 2014,” Ashlee says....
Two years after lane filtering was introduced in Queensland by the previous government the current Minister still rejects amendments as...
Could it be that the hardtail chopper-riding hippy of Easy Rider fame, Peter Fonda, has sold out to a German luxury...
Honda looks like following Kawasaki and Suzuki into a forced-induction future with turbocharged motorcycles while Ducati is also using turbine technology. Patent drawings have surfaced on the internet which show a Honda (pictured above) with a supercharged engine and a Ducati with a turbine in its exhaust system. However, it...
Harley-Davidson executives have ridden motorcycles to the White House to meet with President Trump in what can only be seen...
Triumph Motorcycles has issued a worldwide recall of the new water-cooled Bonneville T120 and T120 Black motorcycles with heated grips...
Black Dog Ride founder Steve Andrews has resigned from the mental health charity after facing up to his own issues with depression and anxiety. In an open letter printed below, Steve says has succumbed after a four-year legal battle to Trade Mark the brand, plus social media criticisms and the...
Ewan McGregor sold his “beloved” Panhead chopper and two Steve McQueen bikes have also sold at the annual Bonhams motorcycle...
There are a lot of reasons for motorcycle riders to be thankful on Australia Day. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL Most parts...
The recent announcement that Victory Motorcycles is ceasing production seems to have started a rush on sales of the bikes in Australia with some wanting them as a collector item. Sales people tell us that some customers and the odd collector or two are snapping them up. There are plenty of...
Motorcycles and riders are being used as political footballs in a trade war between the European Community and the United...
Motorcycle design has gone backwards with the current retro trend, but this futuristic samurai design could be the future for...
BMW and Ducati have announced record sales for the past six and seven years consecutively in 2016 and have set optimistic goals for 2017. BMW Motorrad increased sales by 5.9% to 145,032, their sixth consecutive record sales year while Ducati sales were up 1.2% to 55,451, their seventh consecutive record...
New Zealand authorities are being urged to turn speed cameras around because front-on cameras are not catching speeding motorcyclists. It’s...
Australia started with four bike competitors in the shortened 2017 Dakar Rally Dakar and ended with two finishing in the...
BMW is creating a host of new models from its successful R nineT range, but they should also add one from the long-popular R 1200 GS – a HP2 Enduro. The Bavarian company made a High Performance Enduro from 2005 to 2008 and I owned one. I also stupidly sold...
Half a million fake and counterfeit vehicle parts seized in a raid in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week...
Queensland rally rider Scott Britnell has been watching the Dakar Rally on TV while recovering from a crash six months ago...
Politicians are ignoring a petition against a rule allowing motorists to cross solid and double white lines to pass cyclists thus endangering oncoming motorcyclists. Rider Maritha Keyser, one of many people injured in such an incident, is disappointed that her petition, which is closing in on 2000 signatures, has failed...
Australian importing group Urban Moto Imports has been selected to take over the importing of Italian MV Agusta bikes into...