If you are still restricted from riding due to the pandemic lockdown, you could spend a few hours putting together...
It’s Trail-Ready Packing a good toolkit is an important part—or should be—of your motorcycle road trip checklist, especially if you’re...
The FTR Goes Carbon the FTR Carbon is Indian’s latest bike. The company revealed it on May 1. Somehow it slipped past my radar, but I’m catching it now. The bike is pretty much an FTR 1200 S with a lot of carbon fiber on it, and some other premium...
We’re Out There The nicer weather is here, or soon to be depending on where you live, and that means...
Only for Asian Markets Leaning trikes are becoming more commonplace, and Yamaha has just updated its leaning trike scooter in...
Riders in most states can now go for a limited ride and can even take a pillion, but they still have to social distance when they stop for fuel, coffee or a takeaway. There is no need to go to the lengths of Indian rider Partha Saha, 39, to maintain...
The new owner of Norton Motorcycles, Indian-based TVS Motor Company, has begun revitalising the company with funding, a new CEO...
A Long Wait MV Agusta recently resumed production after the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. With the company...
Could This be the Suzuki GSX-S300 Suzuki and the Chinese motorcycle company Haojue have a strong partnership. Haojue has a new DR300 naked motorcycle and now the Indian press, publications like Zig Wheels, is speculating that Suzuki could release that motorcycle as a Suzuki model with the model name GSX-S300. ...
A Big Mistake? Harley-Davidson is feeling the full brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis. The company...
Queensland riders have expressed dissatisfaction with the 50km limit on travel from tomorrow (2 May 2020), as an anomaly has...
The Bikes Will be Delivered Several Markets The innovative electric motorcycle company Cake has some interesting machines. The workhorse of the lineup is the Ösa model. Cake sells an Ösa+ and Ösa Lite, and I recently received word from the Cake team that the new model will now be delivered...
New South Wales riders can ride to visit friends from today (Friday 1 May 2020) as the state eases its coronavirus...
Queensland Police have reintroduced random speed cameras just in time for the eased pandemic travel restrictions from Saturday (2 May...
MV Agusta CEO Timur Sardarov Is Taking Point MV Agusta’s CEO in an interview with Italian media outlet Moto.it said that the company is reworking its dealership network. He called the previous dealership network a “practically destroyed dealership network” and the next move for the company will be to not only...
Another BMW Made by TVS? TVS has been in the news a lot lately due to the fact that it...
Motorcycle manufacturers are starting to offer warranty extensions because of the down time during the pandemic lockdown. It began in...
A Triumph Bonneville Challenger Enters the Arena If you don’t know about Brixton Motorcycles, then let me introduce the company. It makes classic-looking motorcycles in Europe. They’re handsome and fun machines priced reasonably. The company introduced a 1200 concept not too long ago, and according to MoreBikes, that motorcycle will...
A Feat in Today’s World Yesterday I reported that Harley-Davidson is struggling pretty hard to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic...
All the Protection You Could Need The motorcycle rental company Twisted Road announced two significant changes recently to its insurance...
Honda has filed a patent in Japan for a new 850cc parallel-twin engine to replace the current NC750 range and possibly also go into a smaller Africa Twin. In Australia, there is only the NC750X, but there are several other 70cc models overseas. The new model will not only have a...
COIVD-19 Takes Its Toll The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on every industry. The market has dipped considerably, and Harley-Davidson...
Electric Scootin’ I’ve written about NIU before. The company has a lot of electric scooters around the world in various...
It’s Coming May 1 On May 1, Indian will reveal the FTR Carbon. The upcoming new version of the motorcycle was recently teased on Indian’s YouTube channel. It was touted as the closest thing to the champion flat track racing bike. This would suggest to me that it will be...
Getting Back In the Swing of Things I reported that Italy’s motorcycle manufacturers are starting production again since the COVID-19...
Queensland riders have been urged not to congregate around cafes when they stop for a takeaway coffee while out on...
What Is the Best New Bike? Looking over the long list of new or updated motorcycles for 2020, I have to say that there are some truly killer machines out there this year. There are far more new or updated models than I originally thought, and there are standouts in...
Adding a Fireball? The rumor is that Royal Enfield has a Meteor 350 in the works, but new information suggests...
The New Norton Begins to Emerge Stuart Garner ran Norton Motorcycles into the ground, opening the door for TVS Motors...
Another Brand Offering This With few people coming out to dealerships right now due to the Coronavirus, it makes sense to do home delivery. Several companies have started to do so and now Kawasaki is one of them. The company recently announced its home delivery program. This will be done...
(This pandemic article was last updated on April 28. For May 11 details, click here.) Around the world, riders are...
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has today admitted on Sydney radio riding a motorcycle is exercise and therefore legal. Latest travel restriction...
Traffic offences are understandably down as there are fewer vehicles on the road, but the lockdown is also creating lonely roads where motorists are hitting some ridiculous speeds. We have seen several reports of high-speed police pursuits around there world, but the highest speed was clocked by a Nebraska motorcyclist...
Ducati and MV Agusta will ease back into production again from today in “phase 2” restrictions after an almost six-week...
Trying to Stop the Coronavirus With some companies beginning to return to work after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Say Goodbye to Suzuki Large Displacement Bikes The upcoming emissions standards for the Indian market have killed off more bikes that we really like to see. It has opened up room for some new models as well, but now Suzuki has canceled all of its street bikes bigger than 250cc,...
A Cool Electric Bike Most electric bikes fit into a few different categories it’s they’re either small commuter machines or...
Getting Back on Track COVID-19 threw a giant wrench in the inner workings of the motorcycle industry. Bike manufacturers from...
Two motorcyclists riding at speeds of more than 200km/h have been charged following two separate pursuits with NSW Police in Sydney’s south west. This is the type of stupid behaviour that brings all riders into disrepute. It may also delay an easing of pandemic travel restrictions as Queensland plans to do...
Queensland is the first state to relax harsh travel restrictions and will allow riders back on their motorcycles for a...