If you are planning to ride in the first Lions TT on October 5-6 there is some good news with prices...
It’s not every day you get to tear off the black motorcycle leathers and dress up in pink, frilly underwear!...
Historic motorcycle racing is roaring back into life this weekend at Queensland’s historic Lakeside Park Raceway. There will be plenty of eye candy for spectators from today (September 26) with bikes ranging from 1920s vintage models to those built up to and including 1990. The Shannon’s 2014 Australian Historic Road Race...
UPDATED OCTOBER 10: It didn’t take much to convince TV presenter and bike fan James Tobin to take part on...
Queensland police have rejected a road closure application for next weekend’s Lions TT. However, the event will go ahead with...
The inaugural Lions TT recreational ride on the Lions Rd is being held this weekend and despite some changes to the format, latecomers are welcome, while all riders should be aware of a few warnings. First to the welcomes: Last weekend, the Lions TT organisers notified that the Queensland side...
Riders are turning pink around the world in October for the annual Pink Ribbon Rides to raise money for breast...
HOGS, horses, sheep and cattle will muster in Tamworth next year for the 24th annual HOG Rally and you could...
Motorcycles and rock music have gone hand in hand since rock and roll was invented and this weekend the relationship continues. TOP 10 MOTORCYCLE SONGS Melbourne indie rock band Kingswood performed at an intimate gig for 40 fans at Rising Sun custom motorcycle workshop in Sydney last month and will...
You’d have to be mad in these days of Mid East conflict to want to ride a motorcycle to every...
More and more women are taking to motorcycles and with that comes more women in the motorcycle industry, says Julia...
The organiser of an anti-VLAD concert to raise money for the High Court fight against discriminatory VLAD Laws in Queensland has bravely decided to go ahead. An internet effort to raise money to guarantee the Freedom Family Fun Day and Concert failed to rewash its target, but organiser Grant Newson...
Out riding at the weekend, I noticed a few signs with Santas on them and some riders are already talking...
You just can’t stop motorcycle riders from doing their bit for worthwhile charities – even Movember! Here at MotorbikeWriter we...
A boyhood dream to one day own classic Japanese motorcycles from the 1980s and 1990 is now going up for auction. The single-owner collection of 17 iconic Japanese classic motorbikes will be offered at the Bonhams Harrogate sale on November 12 at the Yorkshire Event Centre. Each bike has been comprehensively...
Don’t be a knucklehead! There is no need to go overseas to buy rare, significant and exotic motorbikes at auction....
A stellar line-up of riders will compete in the Moto Expo Baylisstic Scramble at the Melbourne Showground this month. The Baylisstic Scramble...
The Lions TT, Kyogle Motorcycle Festival and Casino Motorcycle Drags will return in 2015, but with some modifications that will make it “twice as good”. A Kyogle Council debrief meeting last week with all stakeholders commended the event, which contributed a conservatively estimated $180,000 to the region, and welcomed its...
The long-awaited sequel to the iconic 1971 motorcycle movie, On Any Sunday, will be shown in Australia this week. On...
The Spirit of Munro Indian streamliner which pays tribute to Kiwi Burt Munro will be one of the stars of...
Now that the MotoGP has wrapped up for another year, we take a light-hearted look at just how much of an insurance risk are these highly talented racers. The riders in this year’s MotoGP have global insurance provider, Generali, covering their backs. But what it they were really out on the road? These...
There will only be one Moto Expo in Australia next year after two were staged this year. Troy Bayliss Events...
You can go riding with V8 Supercar legend Craig Lowndes on March 7. The five-time Bathurst winner and pet lover will...
Ducati Australia will provide free tech tips and riding advice at Ducati track days in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth next year. Importers of Ducati, NF Importers, will partner with local Ducati dealerships to provide free technical and suspension advice and adjustments as well as riding tips at the track days. The...
As the Honda Factory team dreams of breaking KTM’s 13 consecutive Dakar Rally wins, four Aussie motorcyclists will contest the...
Adventure travel accessories experts Touratech are holding two 2015 events in Bright, Victoria, for globe-trotting travellers. The picturesque town is...
Have you ever lost luggage off the back of your bike? It’s a shattering feeling and we experienced it on only our second of 14 days on a Hobbit Odyssey motorcycle tour of New Zealand. We rode into smelly RotoVegas (how the locals refer to Rotorua), marvelling at the geysers...
The inaugural Iron Run motorcycle rally is being held in Queenstown, New Zealand, in March so we are stayed an...
Mad Max fans can celebrate the coming fourth instalment with the first Freedom Riders Victoria run for 2015. The seminal 1979...
A record number of Harley riders will be treated to a hefty dose of country when they head to Tamworth next month for the annual HOG Rally. Organisers say up to 2200 riders from all 50 HOG chapters are expected to attend the 24th Australian National Rally (Feb 28-March 1)...
Brisbane custom shop Ellaspede will stage their second Dust Hustle this year after the first event last September was...
The inaugural Iron Run rally in Queenstown next month is expected to be a rocking success. Rally spokesman Chris Elles...
Bike nights are becoming popular around the world. I’ve seen them in New York, Saigon, Bangkok, Berlin and now Sydney and Brisbane. Harry’s Diner in Windsor, Brisbane, has been hosting Harry’s Hump Day Motorbike night for the past few months on the first Wednesday in the month and numbers have grown from...
It just be the time for motorcycle charity rides as the heat goes out of summer. MotorbikeWriter has been asked...
Paramedic and adventure riding fanatic Georgia Melville has started a charity ride to raise money for a charity that she...
“Breakaway” Royal Enfield fans have created their own South East Queensland club. Mike Crawley says some members of the Royal Enfield Group (REG) were in the national Royal Enfield Club, but found it was “primarily focused on the southern states, so they “drifted into our own local group”. “Most of...
The two-week EB Cross Country Adventure Ride is raising money for sufferers of a rare disease likened to living with...
The country music capital of Australia has gone Hog wild as thousands of Harleys thunder into Tamworth for the 24th...
Charley Boorman meets fans and a host of motorcycle race legends at Birdwood museum. South Australian fans of world traveller Charley Boorman can meet him at the Birdwood National Motor Museum on Tuesday March 17. Charley is in Australia escorting his third Compass Expeditions Outback Tour which takes in a...
Three-time world motorcycle champion Freddie Spencer will attend the Barry Sheene Festival of Speed at Eastern Creek on March 20-22....