Drivers have a better perception of the approaching speed and visibility of a motorcycle if its has three headlights in...
A United Nations road safety report has recommended roadside hazards be removed as they are a proven cause of serious...
Yamaha has scored its second prestigious Red Dot Design Best of the Best Award, this time for its XSR900. It was the only motorcycle company to score an award this year. The annual Red Dot Award, considered the supreme design honour, is held in Essen, Germany where products from 54 countries...
A woman charged with the murder of motorcycle rider Trevor Moran in a January 2017 road crash has been refused...
The driver in this video who intentionally swerved to hit a motorcycle on a rural Texas road has been sentenced to 15...
A driver has been fined a measly $275 for an unsecured load after a mattress fell out of his ute and hit an Ipswich rider. Aaron Wood is lucky to be alive after the incident last week (March 28, 2017), in the Clem 7 tunnel. A police media spokesperson said...
Cyclists have special lanes, so why not motorcycles? It’s not our suggestion, but one of many suggested action plans in...
Harley-Davidson icon Willie G. Davidson will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota...
The Independent Riders Group in Victoria is concerned that Melbourne’s much-vaunted motorcycle footpath parking is under threat. They claim the threat comes from a growing number of pedestrians, a strong cycling lobby claiming footpath space, comments by a former RACV boss, an MCG parking ban and alternative road-centre parking. However,...
DREAM MACHINES: DUCATI LAUNCHES THREE NEW CONCEPT BIKES IN TOKYO Photos courtesy of Ducati Motor S.p.A. “Inspired by the Sportbikes...
Riders on the Oxley Highway face a blitz of police patrols and speed cameras in the wake of two recent...
An Ipswich rider has hit a mattress that fell off a trailer in a Brisbane tunnel at 80km/h and police are lived to tell the tale after performing an impromptu “endo”. Contractor Aaron Wood said the “endo” was so severe he tore the grips off the bars of his Honda...
Much of eastern Queensland and northern NSW is heading for severe flash flooding over the next 24 hours and emergency services...
A real-world study into the effects of ABS in motorcycle crashes has been completed with the help of Australian riders. There...
The world’s oldest Vespa that was also used in the classic 1953 film, Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, has sold at auction for more than a quarter million dollars. There were 21 bids for the working scooter which was hand-crafted in 1946. It was estimated to sell...
The Australian Motorcycle Council is calling on authorities to slow down the testing and introduction of autonomous vehicles and to...
What does it mean for MV Agusta customers now that the Italian Court of Varese has approved their financial reshaping...
Burt Munro’s 50-year unbroken land speed record will be honoured with a special commemorative event in August 2017 at Bonneville Speed Week. Burt’s son John and daughter Margaret will be special guests of Indian Motorcycle at the event which will honour Burt’s 1967 record of 184.087mph set in the SA...
Ducati looks set for a continued model assault as its sales hit a record for the seventh consecutive year in...
Financial analysts must see a rosy future for Harley-Davidson as shares have jumped 48% since June 2016 despite a 1.6%...
While BMW motorcycle sales rocketed to €2 billion last year, the average age of BMW customers has decreased by four years over the past four years. BMW Motorrad Australia general manager Andreas Lundgren says the average age of their customers is now 46, down from 50 four years ago. That’s...
Riders want riding partners and friends who are trustworthy and loyal, according to an independent survey of 1018 British bikers in...
Dakar Rally winner Toby Price (pictured above) was a surprise guest at the second annual KTM Australia Adventure Rallye for...
Two-stroke engines were phased out by tough pollution laws and fuel economy targets, but they could be making a comeback with KTM, Honda and boutique builders. KTM and Honda have both registered patents for direct-injection two-stroke engines. In 2015, Honda filed a patent for a new two-stroke motor using direct fuel injection...
From the bizarre and sometimes shocking world of motorcycles comes a strong man restraining four motorcycles, a Scarlett woman and others making love...
Motorcycle simulator software is now helping one manufacturer develop their motorcycles for the road which could make their bikes a little cheaper....
A Honda Africa Twin in almost standard trim has claimed the world altitude record for a twin-cylinder motorcycle by climbing the world’s highest volcano. The bike with the DCT automatic transmission reached 5965m on Ojos del Salado in the Atacama Region, on the Argentina-Chile border. Honda says they did not...
More than 1000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles roared from Queenstown to Arrowtown today as part of the third annual Iron Run rally...
BMX and mountain bike racing couple Barry Nobles of the USA and Aussie Olympian Carline Buchanan share a passion for two...
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer has been making the X-Bow open-seater car since 2008 and has only now started importing them into Australia. Only a few years ago KTM Australia was saying they would never import the X-Bow, but times have changed. The X-Bow R is now being sold through two dealers:...
Most of the Supercars drivers also ride motorcycles and Harley-Davidson has recognised that a lot of their fans also ride...
After a 50-year gap, Czech scooter brand Čezeta has revived the iconic torpedo-shaped 506 scooter, but now as an electric...
Four-time 500cc motorcycle World Champion and 1964 F1 champion John Surtees CBE of England has died, aged 83. Only eight-time champ Giacomo Agostini and five-time winner Mick Doohan had more 500cc titles than John, but he was the only racer to ever win in the premier motorsports categories for motorcycles...
The new world record for riding a motorcycle the longest distance on a track in one day has been set...
Riders have been invited to form a special council working group to find motorcycle parking spaces in the Brisbane CBD...
A couple of hundred riders rolled into the tiny town of Crows Nest yesterday to cut a cake and celebrate the town’s new status as Motorcycle Friendly. The celebration included the usual political speeches, cutting an official cake, motorcycle stalls and a couple of scenic rides through the region. The local...
Triple MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has taken to the snow again and this time, not on an RC213V-S race bike,...
A Brisbane teacher who is the record holder for a double crossing of the Simpson Desert in a single day...
The South Burnett Regional Council in South-East Queensland could be the first shire to declare itself motorcycle friendly. It follows the towns of Bicheno in Tasmania, Texas and Crows Nest in Queensland and Wauchope in NSW plus the Avon Valley region near Perth which have all declared themselves motorcycle friendly...
President Trump mentioned Harley-Davidson in a recent address to Congress, suggesting that they paid 100% import duty in India, but...