Despite media beat-ups that proclaim a massive surge in motorcycle crashes in Queensland, an education program has been credited with...
Motorbike Writer presents the most important motorcycle news from around the world every day and today we mark the 30th...
Exotic motorcycle and mountain bike suspension and exhaust manufacturer Marzocchi has been saved from closure after being bought by a fellow Italian company. The Italian company’s products are used by a wide variety of motorcycle manufacturers such as Italian brands Ducati, MV Agusta, Bimota, Benelli and Moto Guzzi, plus BMW and...
The number of female riders has doubled from 2003 to 2015 in the United States, while in Australia where such...
Police in all states are conducting annual Christmas/New Year blitzes and using the inevitable high road toll caused by massive...
The year of 2015 will go down as one of the best for Australian motorcyclists in a long time with significant law and road rule advances plus more to come in 2016. The first advance this year was the further introduction of lane filtering in Queensland and the start of...
Maybe Motorbike Writer threw a figurative spanner in the spokes causing the company to issue its latest voluntary safety recall for...
It’s been another great year for new motorcycle models and 2016 will be even bigger, pointing to a worldwide resurgence...
International helmet standards are now allowed in three Australian states and two territories with the ACT joining in and also clearing up other issues such as an internal sun visor and fitting a helmet camera. Queensland, NSW, Victoria and the two territories now allow riders to travel between states freely without having...
We’ve seen one great motorcycle stunt videos before, but never one featuring a male and female couple enjoying their craft...
Are drones the new tool in the police arsenal to clamp down on speeding and other traffic infringements? Veteran racer...
A Perth rider has received rope burns around his neck after riding through a trap set by a group of skylarking teenagers. Motorcyclists have long been vulnerable to “mantraps” such as rope or wire strung across a road, and oil or tacks strewn on the road surface. Sometimes it is...
Honda, BMW and Suzuki have recalled several motorcycles and scooters over issues including shaft lock-up, brake failure, engine stalling and...
Royal Enfield Australia is making a offer of a free sports exhaust on their best-selling Continental GT. The offer...
Suzuki Australia has issued a safety recall notice over an issue with the fuel tank breather hose on the Suzuki SFV650 Gladius. Suzuki says the hose may not have been positioned correctly during the production process. “This may create internal pressure or vacuum and possibly causing deformation of the tank....
Eight long-lost Brough Superior motorcycles, believed to have been destroyed, have been found in a Cornish village and will be...
Motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman is finally going to South America after long expressing his desires to explore the continent. Charley...
Queensland riders are still living in a police state where they could be harassed, detained, charged and imprisoned for looking like a bikie and/or associating with them. When elected in January 2015, the new Labor Government promised a Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission review of the controversial so-called VLAD (Vicious...
NSW has now joined Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory in approving the use of international standard motorcycle helmets. More...
Riders in the South-East Queensland area should be aware of a major police campaign in the Gold Coast hinterland area...
Adelaide has joined a growing push to allow motorcycles and scooters to park for free on footpaths and free up parking spaces for other vehicles. The Adelaide Council is seeking feedback from local businesses on their proposal to trial motorcycle and scooter parking in two designated areas of footpaths in...
Ducati’s expansive phase of new models could be coming to an end and its MotoGP and WSBK campaigns placed in...
While the motorcycle community is celebrating the reform that allows international-standard helmets to be sold in Australia, issues such as...
Future motorcycle jackets could be made with lightweight rider armour designed like fish scales and with technology derived from sea creatures’ eyes. A team of Boston University engineering researchers believe fish, snake and even butterfly scales hold the key to creating strong and lightweight armour. The researchers have constructed scales...
Ferris Wheels Motorcycle Safaris has truly become a worldwide motorcycle travel company so it is relaunching as World on Wheels...
International-standard helmets are now available for sale throughout Australia after the Federal Government changed the rules that made them illegal...
Mrs Motorbike Writer has very kindly put together this Top 10 Christmas gift ideas guide to help you save time and money if you’re celebrating Christmas this year. If you want to spend more time with your bike or out riding, instead of queuing up in stores and battling the crowds, in...
We’ve seen motorcycles made out of wood and all sorts of strange things before, but never a motorcycle made out...
BMW may have won a case against a rider who claims his 1993 BMW K 100 RS bike gave hm a...
Motorcycle tracks around the world are under threat from encroaching residential areas and the latest would appear to be historic Lakeside circuit in northern Brisbane. An Ombudsman’s report, subsequent social media rants and a local newspaper beat-up with a few demonstrative neighbours would have everyone thinking the worst for the...
Stolen motorcycles may continue to be shipped out of Australia at an alarming rate after the government rejected moves to help...
The leading manufacturer of ABS equipment for motorcycles, Bosch, has unveiled their smallest, lightest and most effective unit yet as...
What could be more inspirational than this story about a young paralysed Finnish mother of two who wants to learn to ride a motorcycle! Not just any motorcycle, but a 175mph (180km/h) litre sportsbike on a racetrack. The documentary Roar – Ride of a Rider was two years in the...
We’ve had a request from the Laverda Club of Queensland to help clear the Italian motorcycles of deceased member “Rocket”...
There is a host of modern scramblers being built by Ducati, Moto Guzzi, BMW, Benelli and Triumph that many mature-aged...
What was your favourite motorcycle of the more than 50 new machines that debuted at the world’s biggest motorcycle show in Milan this week? You can quickly refresh your memory by doing a search at the top of this page for “EICMA” which is the acronym for Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori or simply...
Suzuki Australia has issued a safety recall of its GSX-S1000 and GSX-R1000 motorcycles over a fluid leak in the front...
The Gold Coast may soon join other progressive cities by introducing footpath parking for motorcycles and scooters after the council recently...
What started as a furniture store has evolved into the Smoked custom bike and coffee shop bringing a touch of Bali bike culture to Brisbane. Owner Shane Covill, 40, says he became enchanted by Bali when he visited in 2010. “I feel in love with the people, the culture and riding,”...
Alcohol interlock devices should not be mandatory on a motorcycle as they won’t operate properly and are a safety hazard,...