Just because a road has been recently upgraded does not mean riders should trust new roadworks. Consider the sobering example...
How will riders be affected when Australia’s biggest motorcycle dealership network buys a major motorcycle accessories company to become the...
Mofaz Motosikal Sdn Bhd (aka “Mofaz”), is widely known for their Momos brand motorcycles. But the company, located on Jalan Damansara in the Wilayah Persekutuan (Federal Territory) of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Google Map), also showcases a rather unique and refreshing, if not different and, may I say, eccentric line up of...
Michigan rider Phil Comar, known as the No Hands Man, has unfortunately fallen short of his attempt to break his...
Motorcyclists will soon know how safe their riding gear is after the launch today of a 12-month pilot program to...
Motorcycle safety research will be the focus of a major seminar conducted by the Deakin University next month as a new riding gear protection rating system is unveiled. Deakin University motorcycle safety researcher Liz de Rome PhD says the seminar is an “internal university workshop to inspire researchers to contribute their...
Honda is set to reveal the Riding Assist-e electric version of the self-balancing concept it unveiled in January, 2017. The Riding...
Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali has told his workers that the sale of the company by Volkswagen has now officially been...
World Exclusive! The webBikeWorld Live Report From the 2009 Powersports Dealer Expo Indianapolis, Indiana – February 13-16, 2009 Most of the exhibitors at the annual Powersports Dealer Expo try to keep the same location on the floor grid each year, and once they move up the food chain from newbie to old-timer...
Italian electric motorcycle company Tacita has launched an electric cruiser. It looks a lot like a Harley-Davidson Street 500 and...
Turban-wearing Sikhs should be exempt from wearing a helmet while riding motorcycles on streets posted up to 60km/h, say a...
Motorcycle and car fan Macklemore (Ben Taggerty) will perform a same-sex song at the NRL finals on Sunday night, prompting a chorus of opposition from the “No” campaigners. Former prime minister Tony Abbott Tweeted his concerns about the rapper bringing politics to the event by promising to perform his hit song...
Commuting is easier and safer in Perth than any other Australian city, while Sydney is the worst, according to a...
A former road designer says “safety has nothing to do” with reducing the speed limits and police and governments can...
Riders and their representative groups need to become political and not leave the lobbying to a few sympathetic politicians, says Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm. He has been a Senator since 2014, addressed the first anti-VLAD protest in 2013 and produced this video of his party’s motorcycle issues and drafted a motorcycle...
A woman charged with the murder of a motorcycle rider in a January road crash has been committed to the...
The only good news about the economic downturn and consequent drop in motorcycle sales in Australia is that your motorcycle...
Polaris has confirmed that Indian Motorcycles and some Polaris all-terrain vehicles will be assembled in India for the domestic market. Indian Motorcycle began exporting to India in 2013 and in 2015 announced plans to assemble in India for the domestic market from 2018. Polaris has a joint venture in India...
Following the remarkable events during the San Marino Grand Prix in which Johann Zarco pushed his bike over the line...
Custom motorcycle designer Roland Sands is enthusiastic about the future of motorcycles powered by electric motors and batteries. Despite bringing...
Unbroken white lines are appearing on more and more roads in an effort to stop motorists from overtaking, but is there an argument for riders to be exempt? White lines were first introduced in the US in 1911 and in Australia in the ‘20s. The idea was to keep traffic...
Yamaha will be able to bring new models to market faster with the selection of Siemens to provide their product...
webBikeWorld Live Report From The 2007 Powersports Dealer Expo Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 – Indianapolis, Indiana: Continuing our live coverage...
As riders anxiously await a speed review of the Oxley Highway, South Australian is slashing eight major highway speeds by 10km/h and VicPol wants speed limits reduced on unsealed roads. This is part of a growing trend of reducing speed limits around regional Australia. It’s a worrying trend as many...
For those who believe police think there is one rule for them and another for the rest of us comes...
Triumph Motorcycles has begun testing the 765cc Street Triple engine it will supply for Moto2 from 2019, after signing a...
Intrepid Queensland adventure motorcyclist Stuart Ball has crashed out of his second attempt to set a sub-70-hour west-east motorcycle crossing of Australia. However, he is well and determined to give it another go. “It’s never over,” he told us this morning. “It knocks you for six when it does fail,...
Riders should decide their own levels of safety equipment and riding gear, says Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm A Senator...
Royal Enfield has increased its bid to buy Ducati to a reported €1.8 billion despite the Volkswagen board hung on...
Now that budget online motorcycle insurer Insure My Ride* has closed, Swann Motorcycle Insurance is ramping up its motorcycle insurance with this funny ad. It shows a rider on a Triumph America setting off on an errand to pick up milk and toilet paper. Like so many riders, he doesn’t...
Adventure rider and founder of the Great Australian Ride, Stuart Ball, will attempt to set a new record for a...
Italian motorcycle company Bimota has been running down for the past few years and last week there was a final...
This guy’s daughter told him that he was too old to ride anymore, so he used parts from his bikes and his motorcycle memorabilia in his 1940 Dodge Rat Rod Pickup Truck. Check out this short video we did with proud owner Rich Matthews, aged 77, at the Burbank Car...
Yamaha is already working on a Motobot road motorcycle that rides itself and is now developing an autonomous self-driving off-road...
All states should allow people to ride a 50cc moped on a car licence to improve traffic congestion and teach...
Bridge work that closed the famous Lions Rd on the Queensland and NSW border in January will keep the popular motorcycle route closed until the end of the year. It was supposed to be closed to traffic for only six months, but bad weather has forced delays until December 15,...
Alabama motorcycle company Confederate is considering changing its now-controversial name after the recent race riots in Charlottesville, Virginia. One person...
It seems that many learner drivers are not being told about motorcycle lane filtering, nor being quizzed about it in...
German auto electronics company Bosch has developed car sensors that will detect cyclists and will soon also detect motorcyclists who are filtering through the traffic. The sensors were particularly developed to detect cyclists. However, Bosch Australia spokeswoman Brooke Barr says they will soon also detect motorcyclists and scooters in those situations....
Small mum and dad motorcycle dealers are being squeezed out of the business by “conglomerates”, just as Bunnings did to...