After Too Long of a Wait Your good rider friends in Europe and the UK have had the Tenere 700...
A Sportbike for the Masses The Indian motorcycle company Bajaj will launch the RS400 sportbike in Indonesia this August and...
A tragic week of motorcycle fatals has ended with Victoria’s homicide squad charging a man with murder after a Werribee man died when he motorcycle was hit by a ute at Bacchus Marsh. Jake Smith, 24, (above) died in the collision at Maddingley on Wednesday night (20 May 2020). Police...
Despite the US introducing helmet laws more than half a century ago, only 19 American states require all riders to wear...
Would you wear a Chinese-made helmet, jacket, gloves, or motorcycle, in the wake of the escalating trade war with Australia?...
Moving Past the Pandemic Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and everything else that’s going on in the world Energica seems to be doing just fine. There was a hiccup with production due to the virus, but it has moved past that and continues to see success. The company recently reported that...
Electric Bike Maker Is Moving Forward Savic has a production version of its C-Series electric motorcycle lineup ready, and it...
Two New Names Could Mean Two New Bikes Indian’s new models have been pretty impressive and the company is thriving...
Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, is on track for their first customer delivery this year after coronavirus pandemic setbacks. Savic Motorcycles founder Dennis Savic (pictured above) says bike development is “going relatively well”. “We have some new suppliers and it’s driving a significant, but positive, redesign of the powertrain...
Harley-Davidson this week restarts production after a two-month closure over the pandemic with lower production rates for more “exclusivity”, the company...
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Get Rolling Harley-Davidson has been hurting, and the COVID-19 Pandemic didn’t help. There is hope. The company...
Cheaper Prices Coming Out of China Due to the tariff wars that have been going on since 2019, some products coming out of certain countries have gotten more expensive. Motorcycle helmets coming out of China were one of those things. Now the tariffs have changed. The Motorcycle Industry Council worked...
It’s Nearly Ready A lot of folks are eagerly awaiting the Aprilia RS 660 sportbike. The middleweight sportbike is going...
Bond, James Bond The 25th James Bond movie, No Time to Die, should come out this year. As with all...
As the politicians continue to argue over opening closed borders, we thought we would try a hump-day run down to the Queensland border to see what all the fuss was about. NSW, Victoria and the ACT have never closed their borders due to the pandemic. And from June 1, NSW/ACT...
A 70-year-old ute driver remains on bail for another month after a fatal motorcycle crash in Dubbo on New Year’s Eve...
Ready to Go In case you haven’t heard, Ducati is back in action and working to get back to full...
Get Your Tour On The Royal Enfield INT650 is a great motorcycle. Jim and I rode one at AIMExpo last year and found it to be a very good bike, especially for the money. It’s not perfect, but it’s a really good all-arounder. It can do city riding and commuting,...
From Qianjiang The Benelli SRK 600 hasn’t been unveiled yet by the company, but we all know it’s coming. The...
Extensions Due to COVID-19 The COVID-9 pandemic has caused all sorts of problems worldwide, and Italy was particularly hit hard...
One Helmet for Many Situations If you’re looking for one helmet you can use for street, motocross, adventure riding, track riding, then Matrix has an option for you. The company calls it the Matrix Alpha Pro, and the company claims it’s “the ultra modular” helmet. Seeing as how I haven’t...
Another Company Offering Warranty Extensions The other day I reported on the fact that Royal Enfield, Yamaha, and MV Agusta...
Blame COVID-19 This Wednesday you’ll be able to pre-register for the Americade motorcycle rally. The rally was scheduled for June...
No Need to Visit the Dealer Triumph is now selling gear and clothing online in the U.K. The company just recently launched a new online store. Right now this online store just services the U.K., but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Triumph expand it to other markets. This is...
There’s Still Some Hope for HD Harley-Davidson is struggling through a very tough time right now. I’ve written about it...
Germany is cracking down on noisy exhausts with special noise cameras, no-go areas and an 80dB limit on motorcycle exhausts...
The Swedish RGNT No. 1 electric bike has a 4G connection for real-time data logging, tracking your bike’s location and automatically downloading software updates. Given the reticence of riders to download the COVIDSafe app, we wonder how many riders would approve of their bike being connected to the internet so...
Winglets have been used on MotoGP bikes for a few years now to improved high-speed handling, but are they just...
Due to COVID-19 If you can’t get your motorcycle properly serviced then keeping up with the requirements of your warranty...
Perfect for Beginners? The Spanish company Ebroh has a new motorcycle called the Bravo GLE. It’s a smaller electric motorcycle and is the equivalent to a 125cc gas-powered bike. This makes the electric motorcycle great for beginners or relatively new riders. It’s a bike that’s reasonably priced and offers pretty...
June 1, 2020, to be Exact Earlier this year, I reported the SW-MOTECH founded its first branch in the U.S.,...
Nominate the People Making a Difference In this interesting time in the world with the COVID-19 pandemic going, REV’IT! wants...
Two senior Harley-Davidson executives, including new CEO and president Jochen Zeitz have bought up millions of dollars of company shares. The move follows the recent announcement of first-quarter results earnings which revealed a global 17.7% drop to 40,430 motorcycle sales, 20.5% crash in overseas sales (16,707) and a 15.5% domestic slide...
Lithuanian start-up AKO is now testing its electric-powered tilting trike prototype which is somewhere between a motorcycle, trike, car and...
Returned rider Alan Maxwell has a familiar history with motorcycles, but has ended up triking with a family of trikes...
This is the first weekend that all states and territories have eased travel restrictions and we expect a lot of bikes out on the roads throughout Australia and the UK. As we noted in our above meme a few weeks ago: “When the lockdown ends … You won’t see me...
Active Aero on an MP3 Scooter? When you think Piaggio, you likely think low-speed commuting, but the company might be...
Everything from Track Leathers to Rain Gear If you’re an avid KTM fan, then you don’t just want to ride...
The Power Cruiser Doesn’t Disappoint The Triumph Rocket 3 is a motorcycle that should thrill you. I almost named it my pick for the motorcycle of the year, and Jim Pruner told me he would have made it his choice. Recently, Jay Leno had a chance to take the Rocket...
It Also Sets Ducati Up for Success Post-Lockdown Ducati was able to institute a couple of programs during the COVID-19...