Motorcycle riders around the world are in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, but there are many rider — some unlicensed...
For Streetbikes Aerodynamics is one area of motorcycle design that is getting a fair amount of attention lately. The focus...
A Super Unique Engine Design There’s a unique Vincent-HRD 998cc Series-A that will go up for auction in August. The motorcycle was a factory demonstrator and a road test machine in 1938 and 1955. It recorded over 100 mph at Brooklands in 1938. According to Bonhams, the bike could be...
Keeping Busy During COVID-19 With a large portion of the world’s population working from home and generally staying at home,...
A Large Displacement Rebel The Honda Rebel is a fan favorite of new riders and folks who like lower displacement...
A Coffs Harbour rider has received NSW Police approval to drive 390km to buy a second-hand commuter bike to ride to work. Elliot Redward currently has a Suzuki GSX650F (pictured) and graduates to his full licence this week so he wanted to buy a Kawasaki ZX-14R for his daily 27km...
(Contributed post) If you ask any biker, they’ll tell you that there’s absolutely no greater feeling in the world than...
Wild Looking The Italian motorcycle builder Vyrus has a new bike and it’s wild. The Vyrus Aylen 988 features a...
An Interesting French Company Eccity Motorcycles is a French company that makes electric motorcycles and scooters. The company’s machines are generally categorized as 50cc or 125cc equivalent machines. The company wants to get more folks out on electric scooters. To do this, it’s not only selling the scooters but it’s...
Some New Patents Suggest It Honda’s Gold Wing has a sophisticated suspension setup, and according to some new patent info...
Not Due to COVID-19 Ace Motorcycles is a British-owned company that sells Chinese-made motorcycles. The motorcycle company has stopped selling...
French-born Bertrand Cadart, 71, the scooter-riding Mayor who played Clunk in the first Mad Max movie and registered the first motorcycle-friendly municipality in Australia has sadly died in Queensland after a long fight with cancer. Peter “The Bear” Thoeming wrote this article for us in May 2018 after he handed over...
Higher and “more dangerous” wire rope barriers (pictured) will soon replace the current WRBs around Australia. The BRIFEN MASH compliant...
An unlicensed 31-year-old man riding an allegedly stolen trail bike has been charged after a fatal crash with two pedestrians...
We’ve been inspired to do our own own Long Way Round (my front lawn) video and we encourage you to do one, too, during the current pandemic lockdown. Of course, the inspiration for our Lawn Way Round video comes from Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor’s 2004 Long Way Round adventure....
(Contributed article for North American college students) Are you a student who wants to have his own vehicle? Should it...
By freelance writer Laura Garbers Introduction Being a motorcycle enthusiast, I wanted to incorporate this hobby into my everyday life. Staying...
Happy Easter to all our readers! It is thanks to you, our readers and your continued support that we are now the #1 ranked Australian Motorcycling news website based on visits; as reported by the leading competitive intelligence site SimilarWeb. To say thanks, we are giving away a box of...
Readers of Motorbike Writer overwhelmingly believe motorcycle riders should still be allowed to ride despite the pandemic travel restrictions. This...
Link Up Those Brakes If you don’t have linked braking on your motorcycle you’re just out of luck, right? Wrong....
Bikes and Beards Keeps the Amazon Purchases Going I shared with you all the previous videos of the guys at the YouTube channel Bikes and Beards beating the crap out of motorcycles purchased on Amazon. Well, the Amazon bike buying continues. This time, they buy the most expensive and least...
Someone Will Buy Norton Eventually The tragic story of Norton Motorcycles and all of the people wrapped up in the...
Can’t Wait for Your New Indian? Do you want to buy a new Indian during this pandemic? If so, but...
A US Superior Court judge has rejected a bail hearing for young truck driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyy who mowed down 10 motorcycles, killing seven people in a New Hampshire highway crash in June 2019. His defence had claimed that the lead rider of the Marine Jarheads Motorcycle Club was over the centre line and...
Bloodbikes Australia is hoping to expand its duties from rushing blood to hospitals to include vital medical equipment needed for...
Running on a Frozen Siberian Lake I reported a while back on the fact that Indian Motorcycle took its bike...
With riders grounded in most states by the travel restrictions it almost seems pointless that some states have double demerits applying over the Easter long weekend. The “pointless points” start this morning and will end at midnight on Monday 13 April 2020 in NSW, the ACT and Western Australia. In NSW, they’re...
A Pretty Big Move I’m a fan of Roland Sands Design gear. The company has a stylish approach to making...
Making the CBR1000RR-R Have More Arrghhh! So, you can’t even buy a Honda CBR1000RR-R yet, but the aftermarket exhaust company...
The Video We All Needed Right Now While you’re all cooped up inside, one of the things that should help is knowing that someday you’ll be able to get back out there on your bike and ride. To indulge in a little ridiculousness this morning, I wanted to show you...
Going From Retro Styling to Futuristic The Zillers Garage is a Russian outfit that has created one of the coolest...
If riders are not allowed from take their motorcycle out for a ride during the current pandemic lockdown, then governments...
COVID-19 Can’t Take Down This Russian Motorcycle Company The Russian motorcycle company Ural is best known for its durable sidecar motorcycles and the company is now reacting to the COVID-19 outbreak. The bike maker has been forced to shut down its production facility. Its workers are on paid leave. That...
At what time should police and authorities judiciously reconsider the hastily-drafted travel bans that have promoted a police state and...
The Meteor is Coming Royal Enfield filed a trademark on the Meteor name back in 2019, and the rumors started...
Travel restrictions that include a virtual ban on motorcycle riding could lead to a rapid increase in anxiety and depression that outlasts the pandemic, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. The company says the enforced social isolation rules, along with the death threat from Covid-19 and financial disruption are a...
A little while ago I got an email from Twisted Throttle saying they were accepting applications for 2020 brand ambassadors....
The Kalk INK SL Recently, Cake released a new version of its bike that was a little less expensive and...
Two or Four Wheels? For most folks, the only thing that matters about the LiveWire is that it’s electric and too damned expensive. However, there’s no denying that the motorcycle’s performance is pretty good. But how good is it really and how does it compare to the Tesla Model 3...
In Response to COVID-19 The Women’s Motorcycle Tours (WMT) announced recently that the Women’s Motorcycle Conference will be held online...