A Good Samaritan act, shortened and cancelled stages and incorrect roadblocks hampered Toby Price in his valiant efforts to win his...
A 65-year-old man has died after his motorcycle crashed into a barrier on the Richmond Road off-ramp of the M7...
First Time Since 1989 Honda is celebrating right now. The rider Ricky Brabec won the 2020 Dakar Rally for the Japanese factory. Honda hasn’t won the rally since 1989. In piloting Honda’s bike to the win, Ricky Brabec also became the first American ever to win the race. “At the...
A new survey has found a large majority of European riders believe drivers should be allowed to ride light motorcycles...
An Interesting Take From an Interesting Company You’ve probably seen Curtiss Motorcycles’ machines at some point. The guys running Curtiss...
Toby Price has staged a last-ditch attack on American Ricky Brabec’s lead in the penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally but failed to make up enough time. The Australian two-time Dakar winner attacked early and clawed back almost six minutes on the Honda rider who seemed to take it easy. Toby’s attack placed...
Queensland riders now have no official representation to government after the Motorcycle Riders Association of Queensland has officially closed. The...
A First for the Company SW-MOTECH is a company that makes luggage, protection, and ergonomic accessories that are sold through...
Across 90 Different Countries If you’re a fan of Italian bikes, then it should please you to know that Ducati had a great year in 2019. The company sold 53,183 motorcycles in 90 different countries. Italy remains the company’s number one market, but China, Brazil, and Spain are gaining ground...
Riders and owners are understandably concerned about news that Indian Motorcycle Australia will close its Australian company-owned stores and move to...
Toby Price has dropped further off the lead after the marathon 534km 10th stage of the Dakar Rally was substantially shortened for safety reasons...
Getting Some Bavarian Bucks for the BMW Bank Account Motorcycle sales this year didn’t seem to do too hot. There were some exceptions, though. One of them was BMW. According to RideApart, the Bavarian bike manufacturer managed to see sales rise in a year that many motorcycle manufacturers struggled. The...
A Lot to Love Here Ducati has a bike that’s called Project 1708, which is the new Superleggera. According to...
(Contributed post) Sports and other outdoor riding activities are so much fun when you’re driving the right wheels. Be it...
Aussie Toby Price has whittled a little off the lead of American Ricky Brabec with a strong second place in the 410km ninth stage of the Dakar Rally. The 410km stage across rocky terrain was won by Chilean Pablo Quintanilla (Husqvarana) less than two minutes ahead of Toby who is chasing his...
(Contributed post on legal advice for our North American readers) Most of the time motorbike riders have no need to...
When you think of motorcycle films, many riders would mention Steve McQueen or Marlon Brando, but American freelance writer Joe Zimmerman...
Teaching children how to ride a bicycle is the solution for ensuring the future of motorcycling, according to American motorcycle industry guru Robert Pandya. He points to the All Kids Bike program in the US which is striving to get every child to learn to ride a bicycle in kindergarten...
The Australian distributor for Ventz, the ingenious device that sends cooling air up your motorcycle jacket sleeves, is seeking a...
One of the problems with electric motorcycles is finding somewhere to charge the battery, but a Chinese company believes the...
The helmet in the photo above was run over by another motorcycle at high speed during a race. The wearer walked away without sustaining a head injury. Take a moment to let that soak in. I’m often asked by people who know I test riding gear which helmet to buy...
Aussie Toby Price and two other riders stopped to help fallen rider Paulo Goncalves (pictured above) yesterday (12 January 2020) in the Dakar...
The Portuguese Rider Will be Mourned Portuguese rider Paulo Gonçalves who was riding for the Indian motorcycle company Hero has...
A Step Closer to Another Electric Model Harley-Davidson revealed some electric bike concepts back when it showed off the LiveWire officially for the first time. One of those concepts was an urban mobility scooter that had some cool styling. Well, the company now has filed some additional patents on the...
Last Weekend I Went to the Calgary Bike Show & Walked Away Hyped About These 2020 Motorcycle Models The 2020...
Like many Aussie sports stars and celebrities, Aussie MotoGP racer Jack Miller and our two-time Dakar rally winner Toby Price are raising...
2020 Harley-Davidson LiveWire Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links The 2020 Harley-Davidson LiveWire is the company’s first electric motorcycle ever. It’s fast and impressive to look at but comes with only a mildly impressive range and a soul-crushing price tag. The motorcycle is a move in the right...
A 35-year-old British rider who survived a horrifying head-on collision has credited his airbag-equipped full leather suit as a lifesaver....
Indian Motorcycle Australia will close its company-owned stores in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth and move to a system of...
Aussie Toby Price lost 16 valuable minutes when his rear tyre came off in the sand dunes on stage six of the first Dakar Rally to be held in Saudi Arabia. The stage was won by American and Honda factory team rider Ricky Brabec who moves further ahead in outright first as the competitors reach a...
A rider, aged 35, spent a harrowing few seconds stuck to the tray of a hit-run ute driver this morning...
An Engine to Challenge Kawasaki’s? There aren’t many supercharged bikes out there, but Honda seems to be thinking about adding...
An Interesting Commuter Motorcycle NIU revealed a new electric motorcycle at CES called RQi-GT. The bike is a commuter bike and it has impressive performance stats. The motorcycle can hit 100 mph top speed and do 80 miles per charge if you stay well below the bike’s top speed. The...
Norton Motorcycles was fighting in the Insolvency and Companies Court in London this week (8 January 2020) to avoid a winding-up petition...
After leading on the first day and dropping back to ninth, Aussie Toby Price has scored his second stage win in the Dakar Rally and...
NSW and Western Australia remain the only two states to not yet implement new Australian Road Rules that would provide harmony across states on rider rules. The rules, published in March 2018 by the Australasian Parliamentary Council’s Committee, involved the legality of helmet cameras, tinted visors, standing on the footpegs and other...
Critics have been lining up to foretell doom for Harley-Davidson for both being out of date with their pushrod ploughs...
Ok, so electric motorcycles are not as constrained on design as traditional bikes, but are some of the latest models...
Former volunteer firefighter John England is selling his collection of Aussie motorcycle racing memorabilia and donating a portion to aid the bushfire appeal. John says his collection of 22 commemorative bottles of Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix port, six Mick Doohan plates, various mirrors, signed prints and collectible toys could be...
To Comply With New Emissions Regulations There’s a new Royal Enfield Classic 350. The company had to update the model...