In the wake of Austroads neglecting to mention motorcycles in two recent important reports that impact dramatically on riders’ safety,...
The Yamaha Tenere has been around since 1983 and is named after a region in the southern Sahara, so those...
The leading transport and traffic authority in Australia, Austroads, has again neglected motorcyclists in its latest report on rear-ender crashes. In the 129-page report titled Investigation of Key Crash Types: Rear-end Crashes in Urban and Rural Environments, there is not one mention of the word “motorcycle”. Zip, zero, nada, nought!...
The unmitigated success of the inaugural Iron Run rally in Queenstown seems to be the clincher for Harley-Davidson to turn...
Olympic cyclist Caroline Buchanan has gone from pedal power to a V-twin powered Harley-Davidson Street 500 as a new brand...
If you think the adventures of Charley and Ewan were intrepid, how about the five French female L’Equipee riders who took old Royal Enfields to the highest road in the world? The three videos of their Himalayan trip have been a YouTube sensation and now the Parisiennes are on their next adventure to...
https://youtu.be/0z80JfqZmQg Victory Motorcycles has launched a virtual reality riding experience to use at its trade shows in the US to...
Harley-Davidson is offering the best job ever – getting paid almost $35,000 to ride around Europe on a Harley Street...
The good news is that motorcycle theft is marginally down in 2014. The bad news is bike theft remains high as a proportion of all vehicles and if you live in the theft hotspots of Brisbane or Perth your insurance rate is going to stay high. According to National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council...
The year has started off slowly with few voluntary motorcycle safety recalls. So far, there have been recalls for Indian...
Riders and their representatives have called for an education campaign for all motorists to alert them to the new rules...
An awareness campaign about the vulnerability of riders should be a priority of the new Queensland Government, says the RACQ in the wake of a spike in motorcyclist deaths. While Queensland’s overall road toll of 36 is similar to last year’s record low for the same time of year, the 12 motorcyclist deaths is already 50% up...
The Ukrainian crisis may have flawed rider Viktor “Romantik” Gubriienko‘s peace crusade to prove the world has no borders or language barriers....
The popularity of the Sons of Anarchy TV series hasn’t waned now that the final episode has aired. In Australia,...
A new advertising campaign in the US is trying to shake off the Harley stereotypes of leather vests and bandanas. Some people have been critical of the iconic brand for fostering an outlaw motorcycle club image, but new bikes such as the Iron, 72 and now the new Street family...
Article by Mrs MotorbikeWriter Happy International Women’s Day to all riders, male and female. Please read on, be inspired and...
It’s no surprise that BMW scored a host of awards in the 17th annual Motorrad magazine awards. The German magazine...
Slower speed limits, more hi-tech speed enforcement and safer, flexible road signs for motorcyclists are among the suggested actions from AustRoads’ Review of the National Road Safety Strategy. We recently criticised AustRoads because their 87-page report outlining the framework for planning road networks totally neglected motorcycle riders. There is no...
This video of a rear-ender in the ACT has been released by the local Motorcycle Riders Association as a warning...
This photo is the only time I saw any overt police presence the whole four days I was at the...
The town that became infamous when a pub refused service to charity riders in the early days of the VLAD laws is now welcoming riders back. The Inglewood Commercial Hotel is now closed and the locals are so keen to welcome riders to town they are planning to become mainland...
Harley riders, Tamworth residents, and even Jesus seem to love the 24th annual National HOG Rally. The record rally winds...
The Australian HOG Rally is set for a new era with an, as yet, unknown future format. The 24th annual...
When Matt Jones of Rocker Classic Motorcycles suggested a race plate for a front cowl with an asymmetrically placed small headlight poking through I thought he’d gone mad. Matt was making suggestions for our Honda CX500 project bike and while they seemed innovative and creative, the offset headlight idea didn’t...
Riders still face erroneous helmet fines for non-compliance, tinted visors and helmet cams while helmet law reform moves ahead at...
If you think Australian road rules vary between states, how about the USA where five states are considering lane-filtering rules...
While national motorcycle theft has fallen in recent years, joy-riding youths are the most likely to steal your bike … and it looks like getting worse. National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council executive director Ray Carroll says there are “no hard stats” on who steals motorcycles. “Only around 48% of...
One in three riders mistakenly believes that a helmet bought online from overseas that is the same model as an Australian-approved...
It all started when Brisbane rider David Kempson wanted to buy a new bike and his wife agreed on the...
Riders confused by complex helmet laws and conflicting interpretations across state borders would prefer to replace the Australian safety standard with a recognised international standard. So says Simon Bell, assistant director of policy and standards at the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). Simon, who claims he’s a rider, says...
The Motorcycle Council of NSW has called for national road rules on helmet use that are separate to the current...
A national motorcycle helmet forum has failed to reach any resolutions nor give riders any clear indication of what is a legal...
Former British iconic motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield is returning to its roots and could be building at least one new model. The Indian-owned company is planning to expand production and is building two new factories costing $80 million. One will be built in in India and the other will be a research, design...
There are mixed emotions about the ability of a national helmet forum today (February 19) to resolve the confusing helmet standards...
As sportsbikes slump and adventure bikes become too big for their boots, are smaller scrambler style bikes and street trackers...
The “Yandina Five” look like avoiding more jail time after the new Labor Queensland Government has declared the VLAD laws “go too far”. New Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath has eased the minds of recreational riders and law-abiding people who may associate with members of declared criminal bikie clubs. The Attorney-General has...
Yamaha Square Root is the unfortunate name for the company’s latest concept motorcycle. But that’s what you get when you...
Swiss motorcycle company Feline Motorcycles claims their luxury Feline One is the most expensive in the world. The asking price...
“My life was so terribly destroyed in front of my face,” says rider rights advocate Judith Kuerschner who is fighting an injustice after her husband, Mick Pedersen, was killed in a collision with a driver turning in front of him. Now Judith is not only working to restore the honour of her...
http://youtu.be/zGwJCp0T27c You never need worry about finding logs for a campfire at the end of a day’s ride again. Now...