Another Retro Small Displacement Machine Honda has been killing it with the small displacement motorcycles lately, specifically the retro machines....
Rider safety will become an important requirement in cars obtaining star ratings from 2022 under the ANCAP (Australasian New Car...
A Good Cause, A Cool Little Bike As many of you know, I’m a sucker for little motorcycles. When I met Tracy and Kellie Schooler of Lil’ Bikes Restoration at a friend’s get together, they had a cool little 1969 Honda Z50A K1 with them. It was painted pink and...
(Shipping article by contributor) An automobile is indeed one of your most valuable possessions, and you cannot hand it over...
Rent Yourself a Two-Wheeled Ride The car rental company Hertz is pretty well-known when it comes to renting a four-wheeled...
Riders have been warned to be on the lookout for fake NGK CR9EIX spark plugs which could cause engine damage due to melted centre electrodes. The plugs are among large batches of counterfeit motor vehicle spark plugs purchased online, according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI). “Placing vehicles...
Sydney riders are claiming $82 parking fines they received are unfair as the jurisdiction of the area changed from City of...
A Bike Worth Considering I’m still a little miffed at Yamaha for not letting Jim and I ride the Niken...
Adventure rider Karolis Mieliauskas has completed what is most likely the world’s longest test ride on the new KTM 790 Adventure by riding 20,000km across Russia, the USA and UK. It’s not the Lithuanian adventurers first epic ride: In July 2016, he rode 11,000km from Vilnius to Vladivostok in 12 days; In...
A rider in his 20s has died in head-on collision on the Brisbane Valley Highway at Ironbark, near Ipswich, overnight....
Bringing the M Badge to Bikes BMW Motorrad is thinking about using M badges on its motorcycles like the car...
Riders all around Australia are being offered discounted national roadside assistance coverage thanks to the collaboration of the Motorcycle Council of NSW and Australian 24/7 Roadside Services. The service is labelled Motorcycle Assist Australia, providing two levels of cover, a premium service for $99/year, normally $150, and a special basic...
A rider who hit a car doing an illegal u-turn across double white lines is claiming police hypocrisy for inaction...
A Lot of Money for Men’s Health The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is one of the coolest things supporting men’s health...
The Ultimate Z? Kawasaki recently shared a new teaser of its upcoming Z model. This comes on the heels of a previous teaser that first let us know that the bike existed. Now, you get a bit more about this bike. The bike will officially unveil on October 23 of...
We have serious concerns with police and mainstream media reports of “single-vehicle motorcycle crashes” as “rider lost control”. Such reports...
Italian motorcycle and scooter company Piaggio has lost a landmark battle with Chinese scooter manufacturer Zhejiang Zhongneng over copycat designs....
KTM Grows in Strength a Bit More There have been rumors of a KTM and GasGas partnership of some kind. The companies announced the deal recently. GasGas Motorcycles is owned by Black Toro Capital is now officially in cooperation with KTM. The company is mostly a trials and enduro bike...
A 22-year-old male rider has died after his motorcycle crashed at Stratford in northern Cairns, Queensland, this afternoon (Sunday 29...
Two Days at the American International Motorcycle Expo As many of our readers know from our social media pages, we...
It’s been a tragic week for riders on NSW roads with two deaths and two seriously injured. Early this week a 19-year-old P-plate driver was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death after a crash with a 41-year-old man on a scooter. On Wednesday, a 24-year-old Landcruiser driver allegedly on the wrong side...
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen motorcycle commercials on TV, let alone something clever, inspiring and funny, so...
Riders will be wearing Joe Rider vests during Motorcycle Awareness Month in October to make Sydney drivers aware of how...
Several motorcycles have electronic suspension that adjusts to the terrain, but Honda has applied for a patent on suspension that works via artificial intelligence to predict and adjust damping. Their patent application shows a CRF450R trail bike, so it is obviously designed for trail and adventure riding where the terrain...
Kawasaki could be planning to axe conventional handlebars and replace them with a fixed bar, according to a patent design they...
Motorcycle thefts in Australia are increasing at more than double the rate of car theft, according to the latest figures...
An unmarked electric cop motorcycle is being used as a quiet stealth tool to monitor drivers who fail to see riders on the road in a motorcycle safety program. In just two weeks, the motorcycle safety project by West Midlands Police, UK, has led to 84 drivers being stopped for...
A 24-year-old Landcruiser driver allegedly on the wrong side of the road has been charged after crashing head-on into a...
Redefining the Aggressive Street Helmet The Icon Variant was an important street-riding option, but now the company has an all-new...
The body of a 42-year-old man has been found up to 12 hours after he went missing on a country road in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane yesterday. Queensland Police say the rider died “following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash” on Lowood Minden Road at Coolana. “Preliminary information indicates the...
It Is Possible but Unknown It seems the rumor this morning is that Kawasaki bought Bimota. However, these rumors are...
Riders aren’t just common victims of SMIDSY (Sorry Mate, I didn’t See You) crashes, but could also be the victims...
It’s Not Far Off The upcoming Triumph Street Triple RS has been speculated on and spotted several times in the last several months. We knew it was coming sometime in the near-ish future, but we weren’t sure when exactly that was. Now we know thanks to a teaser video that...
If you think electric motorcycles are quiet and dull, listen to this university-made racer as it heads off to set...
Artificially Intelligent Suspension? If you thought that suspension wouldn’t be impacted by articficial intelligence, then you were wrong. Honda just...
Police continue to hand out incorrect fines for helmet non-compliance and riders continue to challenge and win against the erroneous fines. In this latest win, not only did the copper get it wrong, NSW Revenue “clearly did not bother reading the Road Rules either”, says Australian Motorcycle Council chairman Guy...
The New Twin Is In We knew already that Honda had a new 2020 CRF1100L Africa Twin coming, and now...
Proceeds Support Nicky Hayden Memorial Foundation The 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 Nicky Hayden Tribute was announced a while back and...
A Race Replica At the Spanish MotoGP race weekend at the iconic Aragon circuit Aplinestars released a new special ‘Randy Mamola’ Legends Series Supertech R Race Replica boot. The boot is a tribute to Randy Mamola, who was an extremely successful racer from 1979 through 1992. He competed in 151...
Harley-Davidson boss Matt Levatich (above) has called on motorcycle journalists to help the industry’s future by not just explaining the...