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Harley-Davidson Australia has launched a competition to win a motorcycle, fly to the US to meet a senior designer and...
Prices of the 2016 models won’t be revealed until October 1, but we can tell you the new 110-cube Fat Boy and Slim S models will be “very attractive” and, ahead of their arrival, Harley is doing some deals on current stock. We have arrived in Tokyo for the launch...
The big-bore adventure market is booming with high-tech, high-powered bikes and now the Aprilia 1200 Caponord has seriously thrown down...
Australian Moto Guzzi fans now have five California cruisers to choose from with the introduction of the Audace ($23,500 ride...
The Moto Guzzi factory could be working on a smaller-capacity bike for markets with learner bike laws such as Australia. The hint of a learner bike comes from Moto Guzzi Australia manager Ezio Forcella at the Sydney launch of the new California Eldorado and Audace cruisers last week. Moto Guzzi...
German and Indian internet media have published spy photos of a new naked KTM motorcycle powered by a parallel twin...
Harley-Davidson has shoehorned the High Output 103 Twin Cam engine into its fleet of Softail and Dynas, but some countries,...
For the first time, Harley-Davidson has shoehorned the Twin Cam 110B (1800cc) Screamin’ Eagle engine into “standard” bikes for more power, rather than just their CVO models. The Softail Slim S and Fat Boy S will get the powerful engine when they arrive at the end of next month. SEE...
Harley-Davidson has shoehorned the 110 Screaming Eagle engine into the 2016 Fat Boy and Softail Slim, and upgraded the suspension and...
As an early adopter of most things, including technology and new motorcycles, investing in both has and remains a huge...
The 2016 Kawasaki Versys 650L ABS comes in a bright new matte orange paint and the price has increased $200 to $10,199 (+ORC). The learner-approved motorcycle is equally at home as a commuter, tourer or weekend fun bike. It is powered by a restricted fuel-injected 649cm3 liquid-cooled, four-stroke, parallel-twin engine....
The birthplace of the first Indian Motorcycle is not Springfield, Massechusetts, but Middletown, Connecticut, according to a local historian. In...
Triumph Motorcycles and Ducati have followed Suzuki with August incentives to kick-start the second half of the year’s motorcycle sales. Triumph is...
The top-selling Kawasaki Ninja 300 ABS gets revised instrument lighting and two new colours for 2016, but no price increase. New colours for the 2016 models available now are Metallic Flat Raw Greystone (SE ABS) and Passion Red (ABS), while the 2016 non-ABS version will be available soon. Prices remain...
The Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure bike is nearing production with test mules seen out on the mountain trails of India....
The 2016 Indian Motorcycle range is wearing some new paint, including a “pearl white” Chief Classic, a “blue diamond” Roadmaster,...
Indian and Victory motorcycles are updating their painting processes after learning a costly lesson in how fastidious riders are about their motorcycle’s paint. Polaris had updated the motorcycle paint facility in Spirit Lake, Iowa, but cut about $11m in costs and found the quality of paint was not good enough...
If it’s old-school fun you want, the Ducati Scrambler delivers. But just don’t think of it in the old-school terms...
Indian motorcycles may be assembled in India for the local market within the next three to five years, following in...
When too much power is not enough, the Triumph Thunderbird Storm is just the muscle cruiser for you. It’s basically a liquid-cooled Thunderbird 1600cc bored out to 1700cc with 107mm pistons pumping out to 73kW (98ps). Leaving Oliver’s Motorcycles in Moorooka, I let the clutch out into a slim gap...
Ducati has launched a worldwide competition which they hope will compile the ultimate playlist for a motorcycle vacation. The winner...
Indian Motorcycle is heading back to the Bonneville salt flats while sister company Victory motorcycles has tackled the Isle of...
It looks like Triumph is not only going to add water cooling to its 2016 Bonneville, but also different models including a bobber as these images show. Cycle World and Visor Down have published spy images of the bobber version being tested near their development facility outside Barcelona. It follows...
Triumph Sprint ST ABS July 12, 2005 – Triumph has announced that the ABS version of the Sprint ST will...
Moto Guzzi Australia is offering an incentive to buy and personalise their V7 II and California models with some factory custom...
BMW Gets Into the Flashing Brake Light Game July 3, 2015 (Press release edited by webBikeWorld.com) – Braking and being seen by the traffic behind is of essential importance for motorcycle riders. That is why BMW Motorrad said they have developed the Dynamic Brake Light system as a component of...
Honda and Suzuki are offering hot winter deals to stimulate flagging sales of their sportsbike ranges, including the Suzuki GSX-R1000...
With the largest Ducati store opening in India, we have to wonder how long it will be before we start...
Custom baggers in the US are now dabbling in 30-inch front wheels, radical air suspension, raked-out forks and superchargers. Vicbaggers of Indiana is one of the custom companies dealing in these custom bagger conversions. Spokesmen Eric Powell and Jacob Ferguson say all their parts are milled in-house using CNC equipment....
Touratech USA has developed a range of accessories that turns the mild-mannered Kawasaki KLR 650 all-rounder into a sharply focussed...
The learner-approved Kawasaki Vulcan S is the long-missing link in their cruiser range that should put it in the hunt for the title...
The Harley-Davidson Low Rider has been around – on and off – since 1977 and in 2014 it was revived for nostalgia fans of the ultra-cool chopped Dyna. Contrary to popular opinion, the 1975 War song “Low Rider” was not written about the Harley Low Rider, but maybe the song...
One Crashed Super Tenere Sometimes, there’s just a little too much “Adventure” in Adventure Touring… How Tough Is It? Yamaha...
Australia’s top-selling motorcycle, the Kawasaki Ninja 300, has just become $500 cheaper and the Ninja 1000 $1000 cheaper, while all...
Indian motorcycle company Royal Enfield has honoured the despatch riders of the war with a limited edition range of military colours coming in July 2015 and released rideaway prices in Australia. Despatch riders used to relay information between headquarters and ground troops during the war sometimes riding for hours through...
The new Terminator: Genisys movie features a return of both Arnold Schwarzenegger and a thumping big Harley-Davidson jump. And to...
Harley-Davidson could be having a quiet year, model-wise, in 2016 after a few hectic years of new models. In 2013,...
Harley-Davidson motorcycles have a long history as police vehicles in the US and Canada, but now, for the first time, they are being used by Indian police. Instead of the big Touring models so popular in the States, the Gujarat Police Department will use six customised Street 750 bikes. Not...
Ducati Desmo Owners Club Ducati’s New Worldwide Desmo Owners Club Website is Now Online Bologna (Italy), May 31, 2005 –...