It May Scoot to Scooter Heaven Rumors have been swirling of the Suzuki Burgman’s impending demise. In an interview with...
A New Busa Coming The Suzuki Hayabusa might still be sold here in the U.S. but in other areas of...
In the Government’s Own Sanctioned Testing The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) employed Act Labs—an independent lab in California—to test DOT helmets for labeling and performance from 2014 to 2019. During that time, the lab tested 167 helmets. 62.8 percent of the helmets failed the labeling portion and a...
All-New and Amazing The all-new 2020 Panigale V4 Superleggera. It has been teased and discussed at length and today, Ducati...
Say Goodbye to the 500 Royal Enfield showcased a new and final version of the Classic 500 motorcycle. The company...
Sounds Like Middleweight Machines Triumph and Bajaj have a deal to work together to make more small-displacement bikes. I reported this fact already. Now new information has come up that the companies will start with six motorcycles in the UK A2 license classification. This means these motorcycles will be 395cc...
A True Electric Hero? The motorcycle company Hero now has a new electric motorcycle called the AE-47. The motorcycle looks...
Motorcycle parking is under siege from motorists who think they can use our parking bays and even put shopping trolleys...
The Coolest Scooter Ever Begins Production I know there are a lot of scooter haters out there. Let me say one thing to them: scooters are awesome and you’re missing out on an enjoyable experience. If you don’t believe me, perhaps the Italjet Dragster will change your mind. Just look...
A Performance Upgrade for the Harley-Davidson Dyna Platform If you thought the Harley-Davidson Dyna platform was without enough performance upgrades...
A tiny diner in Massachusetts has scored a big victory against multinational Harley-Davidson for the right to feature a mural of...
The coronavirus scare has forced Honda and CFMoto Chinese factories to extend their lunar new year production closures by about a week. Honda’s factory mainly produces models for the domestic market while the CFMoto factory in Hangzhou makes their bikes for the world market and KTMs for China. Australian CFMoto importer...
In 15 years, Brits will no longer be able to buy fossil-fuelled vehicles, only those that run on hydrogen or...
A Baby Scout Bobber Could be Delivered Soon The Indian Scout family could have a new baby model soon. The...
This Is a True Elite Machine The 2020 model updates are rolling out. The new bikes have already been announced and now companies are rolling out updates to models that have been out already. The 2020 Roadmaster Elite is the latest from Indian Motorcycle. This is likely in direct response...
The Head of Revzilla, CycleGear and Now J&P Cycles Comoto is the parent company to Revzilla and CycleGear. It now...
Harley Offers Some New Bikes Harley-Davidson is in the news a lot for its future bikes—stuff like the LiveWire, Pan...
Ewan McGregor admits he ran out of “juice” a couple of times on his Long Way Up trip on Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles and even hitched rides with cars by hanging on to the B pillar. The admissions came in an interview on the American Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. McGregor and...
Kawasaki’s Return to the ADV Market? Kawasaki discontinued the beloved KLR 650 a while back. That move essentially removed the...
A New Street Triple R On the Way The new Triumph Street Triple R is now on the way. Triumph...
Shark and Nolan Teamup? The 2Ride Holding Group, which is the parent company of the French brand Shark that makes helmets, acquired the parent company of the Italian brand Nolan. Nolan’s parent company also owns Grex and X-lite helmets. These are popular brands in Europe but not super popular in...
Queensland Police are seeking information about a collision in which a 29-year-old male motorcyclist suffered serious leg injuries last week....
A Lot of Technology Requires Some Explaining The new 2020 Honda Africa Twin, no matter what type of Africa Twin...
It’s Going to an Amazing Ducati Machine I’ve reported on the Ducati Project 1708 before. The motorcycle will now be revealed on February 6. Ducati sent out an email saying that the model would come out on that date. That’s this Thursday, folks. Get ready for a real-deal Superleggera that...
Everything Is Not as it Seems Knock-off and counterfeit motorcycle gear is a real problem. Companies sell stuff that looks...
Selling More Electric Bikes The Italian electric motorcycle company Energica has already seen over 40 percent of 2019 year-end numbers....
A man has died in a motorcycle crash in a gully in Killarney, South East Queensland, this afternoon (2 February 2020). Queensland Police say their preliminary investigations indicate the man was travelling south on Border Road around 3.10pm when he “lost control of his motorcycle” and crashed into a gully....
Miss Worcester Diner in Massachusetts is fighting Harley-Davidson over a mural of the company’s famous bar-and-shield logo painted over their...
Since 2018, MV Agusta has been working on reviving the Cagiva name, but with an electric motor, and now new...
Not only has Norton Motorcycles gone into administration over £300,000 in unpaid taxes, but now charges of fraud have been levelled at boss Stuart Garner who blames Brexit for his company’s downfall. In 2012 and 2013, 228 pensioners invested in five-year pension funds (Commando 2012 Pension Scheme, the Dominator 2012...
Motorists are starting to get the message about illegally using a mobile phone, according to a new survey, as Queensland...
Revzilla, CycleGear, J&P Under One Umbrella I reported a while back on the appointment of Ken Murphy to CEO of...
If you have ever been carved up by a luxury car or motorcycle, it is likely the reckless driver or rider was an objectionable, “self-centred man”, according to new Finnish research. University of Helsinki social psychology professor Jan-Erik Lönnqvis studied 1892 Finnish drivers, but tells us the research would also...
A rider’s call for ute and truck tarps and/or cargo nets, as in Queensland, has been rejected by the Victorian...
A Modern Classic 300 Would Fit Well Yamaha’s XSR line of bikes has two models. There’s a 700 and there’s...
Norton Made £6.7 Million, So What Happened? I’m not one with inside knowledge of Norton Motorcycles, but I will say that it seems like things should have worked, at least from what was out there in the news. But the company entered administration. According to MoreBikes, the company’s sales resulted...
A 33-year-old male rider has died in Townsville Hospital after a collision with Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill’s Commodore yesterday (30...
Things Just Got a Little More Interesting Cleveland CycleWerks announced via a press release its new partnership with the U.S....
Essentially Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Norton Motorcycles has one of those names that has a long history behind it. The future of the company, however, is questionable. Norton just went into administration in the UK, which is the equivalent of filing chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Accounting firm BDO was...
Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration three weeks after being in court for non-payment of £300,000 (about $A570k) in taxes owed...