KTM Shifts Some Production to China Yep, the 790 Duke and 790 Adventure will be made in Hangzhou, China, as a...
It’s Called the HD350 Project A while back I reported on the fact that Harley would be working with a...
There has been a virtual media blackout on results of the duel between multi-world champions Valentino Rossi and Lewis Hamilton who swapped vehicles on Monday (9 December 2019). Shared sponsor Monster Energy has only issued a few photos of the duel and some basic comments, but no results so far...
A 35-year-old motorcycle rider who failed to stop for Queensland Police at Northgate in Brisbane yesterday (11 December 2019) was...
Not Just Any Old Motorcycle Jacket Spidi has now launched a wearable tech jacket called the Mission Beta Concept Jacket...
Forget That $30,000 Price Tag One of the biggest complaints with the Harley-Davidson LiveWire is its high $30,000 price tag. If you don’t have $30k to burn what do you do? Well, now you can rent a LiveWire to experience the future of Harley-Davidson. The motorcycle rental service Twisted Road...
BMW Going Electric There are quite a few electric motorcycles out or in the works these days, so it’s no...
Improving Airbag Technology My colleague Brandon Jackson has been our go-to guy lately for airbag gear. He recently passed along...
A Californian rider has been awarded a $US21.5m (about $A31.5m) payout for injuries suffered when a Kia Optima illegally left the carpool lane and jettisoned his bike across three lanes into a truck. The fiery crash in February 2018 left rider Matthew Rada with “catastrophic” injuries that ended his career as...
A Canadian company is working on battery technology that will recharge an electric motorcycle in about five minutes without reducing...
It’s Possible The Yamaha Ténéré 700 is a bike that’s not yet available in the U.S. but people are seriously...
Finally, the POW has jumped the second barbed wire fence and escaped the Nazis for freedom in Switzerland … even if it was just a stunt for a British TV show. Performing the stunt from the 1963 World War II POW film, The Great Escape, was former TT racer and all-round...
A Tesla Two-Wheeled Off-Roader Recently, Tesla showed off its new Cybertruck. It caused quite a stir. A small part of...
More riders can now wear helmet cameras and bluetooth intercom attachments and fit tinted visors after South Australia joined the...
In the run-up to the usual Christmas crackdown on motorists, Queensland Police have released this video compilation of the stupid things some motorists do. We’ve edited down the bodycam vision a bit as it gets boring. However, it includes a rider doing 160km/h in a 60km/h zones, stupid drivers holding...
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have been spotted riding their specially equipped Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles in Ecuador on their Long Way...
Available in February 2020 At the India Bike Week 2019, Bajaj introduced the Husqvarna brand to the public. Husqvarna is...
A New Appointment The area in Italy known as Motor Valley is aptly named. The headquarters and factories of several famous Italian motoring companies are there, including Lamborghini, Ferrari, Pagani, Dallara, and Ducati are all in the region. With Ducati being placed near the center of this region, the Motor...
This Should be Fun to Watch Monster Energy has made one of the most interesting events ever possible. Valentino Rossi...
This Is the First-Ever of its Kind Awarded Arai has made history by winning the Fedreation Internaitonale de Motocyclisme’s (FIM)...
A decision to charge riders for parking in some Sydney CBD areas has been reversed and riders who copped $82 parking fines have had them waived. In October we reported on two such riders who were caught out when the jurisdiction of the parking area changed from City of Sydney council (COS)...
80 Percent of New Vehicles to be Electric by 2028 The electric vehicle movement is now in full swing. It’s...
Two Models are Featured The new James Bond trailer recently dropped and there are Triumph motorcycles in the film. Two...
Signs that light up and display a safety alert and message if you are riding too fast for the corner are being trialled in the UK. British company TWM Traffic Control Systems have developed the LED signs that include a radar sensor. Be alert, not alarmed But don’t worry! The...
Another Awesome Adventure Bike The 2020 Triumph Tiger 900 is, in fact, six different motorcycles. There’s the Tiger 900, Tiger...
That’s No Surprise In a not-so-surprising turn of events, Husqvarna says that it will in fact put the Norden 901...
If you plan on speeding in Abu Dhabi, you better be riding something special. Abu Dhabi police department has just added eight Ducati Panigale V4 motorcycles to its already impressive fleet of supercars that include a Bugatti Veyron and Lamborghini Aventador. They need the high-speed bike, too, because many in...
Carlin Dunne’s Lasting Legacy In June of this year, Carlin Dunne tragically died while racing in the Pikes Peak Hill...
One of the Most Iconic Movie Scenes Ever Just to be clear, the video below doesn’t show the jump, but...
A 54-year-old female rider has died after being hit by a car allegedly turning on to the Kennedy Highway from Malone Road, Mareeba about 8am on 2 December 2019. Police are investigating the circumstances of the fatal traffic crash. Our original story featured a 2019 dated-stamped Google Maps image showing...
Australian safety and comfort ratings system for motorcycle clothing, MotoCAP, has won a Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) road safety award. MotoCAP,...
That Would be Insane The Tesi H2 from Bimota is being co-developed with Kawasaki. The bike broke cover at EIMCA....
The Biggest Boxer Yet If the 1,800cc boxer twin that BMW has had in the works for a while interests you, and the concept bikes that the engine has been displayed on have gotten your blood pumping, then you’ll be happy to know that BMW has revealed specifics about the...
Christmas is coming and Motorbike Writer is playing Santa with the chance to win a Lego Harley-Davidson Fat Boy costing...
If you head into roadworks, get ready to rumble over new temporary yellow rumble strips that have been deemed a...
Maybe we should carry a turkey with us on our motorcycles this Thanksgiving to protect us from getting a speeding ticket from the police. It certainly worked for this driver who will be giving thanks to a turkey this Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving turkey The driver didn’t have the turkey in his...
Three riders have been injured in getaways from police and a crime scene in the past week on the Gold...
An as-yet unidentified male rider has died in a motorcycle crash at Tallandoon, Victoria, this morning (29 November 2019). Victoria...
Electric motorcycles could benefit from Deakin University research which makes lithium-ion batteries smaller, lighter and less likely to burst into flame. Research fellows at Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials Research, Dr Fangfang Chen and Dr Xiaoen Wang, say their discovery means lithium-ion batteries would no longer pose a fire risk. They...
A Better ADV Bike The Royal Enfield Himalayan might still seem like a new bike to some, but it has...