Witnesses to a hit-and-run involving a truck and a motorcyclist aged 22 in Logan Village, Queensland, at 8pm on 15...
How do you encourage women to go from a reluctant pillion to a solo rider? Women riders should be as...
Imagine how fast acceleration would be and how much lighter a motorcycle would be without a heavy flywheel. That’s the idea of American inventor Randy Moore of RK Transportation who has developed a lightweight electric flywheel for four-stroke motorcycles. Instead of a normal heavy metal flywheel, the engine would have...
Some riders have a partner who chides them for their passion, while others (like me) are more fortunate to have a...
Drivers who also ride motorcycles are safer and make fewer and lesser-value insurance claims, according to a new British survey....
Contributed post If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, this might be a choice you need to make soon. While there are many people who would only go for one or the other type of vehicle, there are many who are happy with either. If this is a...
Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle might face higher taxes if they move production offshore in the escalating trade wars, President Trump...
A Gold Coast rider who fell in thick and loose gravel on the Lions Rd on the NSW-Queensland border says...
President Trump has accused Harley-Davidson of “waiving the white flag” in his trade wars with Europe after the company announced it would move more production off shore to avoid high European tariffs. Without saying where they would move production, the obvious choice would be their current Indian and Thai factories....
One of three motorcycles used by actor Henry Winkler playing Fonzie in Happy Days has sold for $USUS179,200 (about $A240,000)...
Thick and loose gravel that caused a Gold Coast rider to fall off her Harley-Davidson on the Lions Rd on...
Western Australia could soon become the final state to introduce lane filtering as well as move to a graduated motorcycle licensing system. But rather than introducing both schemes to come into line with other states, the WA Government has issued a Motorcycle Safety consultation paper and incited “all road users” to complete...
Price pressures are mounting for Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle after President Donald Trump’s trade wars have badly backfired for the...
Motorcycles in many countries are allowed to ride through red lights after they have come to a stop because of...
There would be little chance of outrunning the British motorcycle police now that they have a Ducati Panigale V4 on their fleet. However, the 211 horsepower (157kW) beast won’t be used in patrol or pursuit duties. Instead, Ducati UK has donated it to the police-led BikeSafe motorcycle project which delivers theoretical and...
Melbourne has long been lauded for its motorcycle-friendly council and its free footpath parking for motorcycles, but that now seems...
A veteran Toowoomba rider is hoping to establish a motorcycle tour business for people with disabilities as well as tourists...
This “Ethec electric cruiser“, designed and built by Swiss university students, is the first electric motorcycle with two hub motors in the wheels. While the Ethec has hub motors in each wheel, it isn’t two-wheel-drive. Drive mainly comes from the rear wheel motor while the front wheel motor provides regenerative...
World-class motorcycle racing, but not MotoGP, could be accommodated at a proposed race track on the way down to Victoria’s...
Suzuki Motorcycles believes riders are vulnerable in a tunnel where they can disappear into the darkness, so they have invented...
Ride Vision will be the first aftermarket hi-tech collision avoidance and warning system available to riders of any type of motorcycle. The system will use standard action cameras mounted front and back, linked by an ECU that monitors traffic hazards and sends visual alerts via lights in the wing mirrors...
If we were to generalize things, we would say that there are two types of would-be motorcycle riders. On one...
Lane filtering riders would hit fewer car mirrors if handlebar height rules were relaxed, says Gold Coast handlebar manufacturer Burleigh...
Eight millennials from around the world have been awarded prized Harley-Davidson summer paid internships which include learning marketing skills and how to ride, plus they get to keep their motorcycle at the end! More than 7500 people applied for the #FindYourFreedom internships from more than 30 countries including Australia, South Africa,...
There is little more invigorating than riding your bike on tracks and territories that you haven’t experienced before, and if...
The second annual Ride Sunday event raised three times the funds raised in its first year with organisers saying it...
A Perth rider who took off his gloves and loosened his chin strap to talk to police who pulled him over is challenging a fine he received for not having his chin strap done up securely. Julian Collis says he wrote a letter to police the same day – 30...
Following a police crackdown in at least two states on motorcycle exhaust noise and heated discussion on our website, a...
Brisbane custom motorcycle shop Smoked Garage Custom Motorcycles has moved upmarket to the top end of Fortitude Valley into an near-century-old...
The famed Oxley Highway in central NSW is not only one of the most loved and ridden roads in Australia, but also one of the most filmed with the addition of this Roads We Ride video. The latest in the NSW government’s Roads We Ride YouTube videos features the highway which...
An information sign about motorcycle noise testing that has been posted at two Queensland police stations is incorrect. Queensland police...
South Africa battled the sands and snow of Mongolia to win the sixth biennial International BMW GS Trophy with Aussies...
Arnie’s Fat Boy has sold at auction for more than half a million dollars, far exceeding the expectations of auction house Profiles in History which estimated it would fetch up to $US300,000 (about $A400,000). The bike is believed to be one of several used in the 1991. That still didn’t stop an...
International Ride to Work Day on 18 June 2018 is designed to emphasise to other road users and the authorities...
Prince William’s love of motorcycles was evident during his visit to the Isle of Man TT this week. The Ducati-owning...
Harley-Davidson has just unveiled a new bike; not a new motorcycle model, but a replica bicycle! The 115-year-old American motorcycle company has released 10 of these replica Harley bicycles for sale at $US4200 (about $US5500, £3130, €3565) from their Museum in Milwaukee and online. While the company has been suffering...
In a blatant contradiction, NSW police have collected almost $500,000 in fines from motorists flashing their headlights over the same...
Lane filtering riders have scored two big wins with General Motors compensating a rider hit by one of their automated...
Sponsored post The electric revolution is coming. As Elon Musk is revolutionizing vehicles, scooters are also making great progress. Electric scooters come with definite advantages. They have a fashionable design and features and functions that can provide a comfortable and convenient riding experience under any conditions. In the urban area,...
Seven riders have been injured in the third annual KTM Australia Adventure Rallye which is this year riding on “previously unridden tracks...