This funny video shows a short rider who struggles to get on a Suzuki SV650 and then struggles to get...
Riders are about to see a host of new models unveiled as motorcycle show season starts next week with three...
(Sponsored post for the northern winter) We’re now in the final third of the year, and that means we’re inching closer towards the Winter Season in the northern hemisphere. For many motorbike riders, it’s also a season when riding on icy, winter roads can bring a great deal of risk....
A blown Kawasaki H2R has blown away an electric Tesla P100DL, Aston Martin New Vantage, Lotus Evora GT 430, a...
Motorcycle theft rose 5% in the 2017/2018 financial year while all other vehicle theft across Australia dropped. Official figures from...
The fastest road-registered motorcycle on the planet is a Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo that hit 271.821mph (437.453km/h) for flying 1/4 mile. The record was one of many set at the recent Straightliners Autumn Top Speed Weekend at Elvington Airfield, North Yorkshire, including fastest toilet, shed, trike and shopping trolley. Even though the...
Tasmania is planning to follow other states with consorting laws that specify motorcycle clubs as outlaw organisations and their clothing,...
Flexible solar panels placed on top of steel W-beam guardrails in Holland could be the answer to rider concerns about...
By John Landrum (for US readers) What do you like most about motorbikes? Do you want to dip into excitement and continuous feeling of joy? Yes, speed, wind, extreme feelings, and absolute freedom are waiting for you. Unfortunately, they cannot be reached without a proper license. Today we are going to talk...
Sponsored post Nothing beats the experience of riding a 400cc motorbike along an open highway. For many people, it’s one...
Contributed post Sometimes in life we can find ourselves at a bit of a crossroads. We want that thrill of...
A Steve McQueen inspired Smart Desert from Californian company Fly Free is the latest in a long list of electric motorcycles about to hit the showrooms. Next year will be a pivotal year for electric bikes when Harley-Davidson make their electric LiveWire available for sale in North America and Europe...
Sponsored post about riding lessons for American riders Riding a motorcycle is a highly-specialised skill. Some people learn how to...
BMW Motorrad is the latest motorcycle company to reveal its self-riding technology with its ConnectedRide R 1200 GS Adventure fitted...
An electric Cagiva could be on show when MV Agusta celebrates the 40th anniversary of the famous Italian brand on Sunday (16 September 2018) at their Varese factory. An official MV Agusta press release doesn’t mention the electric bike, but the company has been working an electric Cagiva for some...
A British engineer is planning to ride his electric-powered Royal Enfield Bullet the length of Britain to film a documentary...
Harley-Davidson is certainly serious about electric motorcycles with the announcement of a new research and development facility in California’s Silicon...
Contributed post When you get some great summer weather in the UK, what’s better than to jump on the bike and hit the open road! But how often do we actually think about our safety before we put on the lid, drop the visor and “head out on the highway”?...
Contributed post Retro is all the rage at the moment, with scooters, scramblers, bobbers and cafe racers from many manufacturers...
The Harley-Davidson electric LiveWire motorcycle will have about 250km of range says CEO Matt Levatich so it wasn’t such a...
Thanks “Don’t let politics divide us,” a Doobie Brothers guitarist told the crowd at the Harley-Davidson 115th Anniversary celebrations in Milwaukee at the weekend. It’s the height of rudeness to discuss politics at a party. So Harley executives have refused to talk politics, tariffs and President Donald Trump at their all-weekend...
The electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire arrives next year with more sporty components than the Livewire prototype unveiled in 2014. Sporty features...
Future motorcycles and other vehicles may have sensors that read roadside speed limit signs and electronically intervene to limit the...
A Victorian rider who crashed his motorcycle in slippery debris dropped from the unsecured load in the back of a truck is seeking mandatory cargo nets and tarpaulins on all trucks and utes. Rodney Brown says he suffered multiple injures and wrote off his bike when he crashed on Riddells...
Curtiss Motorcycles unveiled their first electric motorcycle prototype Zeus in May with the world’s first twin motors; now they say...
Queensland Police are calling for information about an incident in which a rider was robbed of his Kawasaki Ninja 250R by...
A pothole repair program being carried out throughout NSW, and possibly other states, could be a danger to riders, says the NSW Motorcycle Council president Steve Pearce. His warning follows recent reports from riders of crashes in potholes fixed by a new process that leaves ball-bearing-sized gravel on the surface....
A petition has been launched in Victoria to halt the rollout of wire rope barriers (WRBs) considered dangerous to motorcycle...
Harley-Davidson will celebrate its 115th anniversary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 29 August 2019 with a limited-edition beer, not champagne, after...
Controversial Indonesian President Joko Widodo seems willing to do anything to stay in powerr, including locking up political opponents and now stunting on a motorcycle as this video shows. Of course, it’s not the 57-year-old politician on the bike. Yet it’s still trending on Indonesian social media which is the...
Plans for an Australian TT-style event on the Oxley Highway or Sunshine Coast hinterland have hit a stalemate after nearly...
The danger of wire rope barriers is overstated by riders and representative groups, according to a leading authority on safety...
Riders should be aware of the dangers of riding in bushfire areas and of accidentally starting bushfires in the current tinder-dry drought conditions across Australia and western USA. By all means riders should head out into the country to spend their much-needed dollar in drought-stricken areas, but they should also...
Contributed post Do you want to buy a used motorcycle in Tampa? Refrain your enthusiasm, do not give in to...
If you’ve got a lazy $1m to spend on unnecessary bling for your motorcycle, then you might consider buying the...
Rumours have again surfaced that Italian manufacturer Ducati plans to build small-capacity motorcycles in India with a local manufacturer. In February 2017, Ducati was quick to quash similar Indian news reports that the Italian motorcycle manufacturer was considering building small-capacity bikes in the sub-continent. But the rumours have persisted and have...
Electric motorcycles provide designers with a whole new set of possibilities such including different materials such as this Phillipines-made Banatti...
Riders will no longer be able to pull over on Eddies Corner on the Old Pacific Highway – or Old...
Riders have been invited to attend the funeral cortege and celebration of the life and works of well-respected and loved rider John Anthony JC Curran. JC passed away on Saturday, 4 August, 2018, after a long battle with prostate cancer, aged 65. Riders who remember JC are asked to say...
Imagine taking the Ducati desmodromic valve system and adding electronic control that provides brief bursts of two-stroke power! The result...