Smart or More Tech You Don’t Need? I’m going to go with smart. Head-up displays (HUD) are designed to help...
Triumph’s New Street Triple RS has Finally Arrived I reported not long ago that Triumph would have a new Street...
Kawasaki’s Getting Weird During a pretty typical interview with the Italian publication Motociclismo, Sergio Vicarelli, the sales and marketing director at Kawasaki, and Giavanni Poli, the technical director at Kawasaki, let slip some pretty big news about future projects Kawasaki is working on. The first was more or less about...
Heat, a dust storm and bushfires are expected over the next few days across much of the nation, making life...
Is It Really a Museum? Yamaha has a rich history and the company wants to showcase that history at various...
Another Retro Small Displacement Machine Honda has been killing it with the small displacement motorcycles lately, specifically the retro machines. The Monkey and Super Cub hit all the right nostalgia points, and now it seems that Honda will bring back the CT to sit alongside those bikes in its lineup....
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...
(Shipping article by contributor) An automobile is indeed one of your most valuable possessions, and you cannot hand it over to someone leniently. But there are certain unavoidable situations when you have no other alternative than to trust third-party organizations to get your motorcycle transported. If you need to transport...
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...
Sydney riders are claiming $82 parking fines they received are unfair as the jurisdiction of the area changed from City of Sydney council (COS) to state government without clear public notice. Previously the riders were able to park free in the Rocks, Pyrmont and Darling Harbour areas including outside designated bike-only...
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...
A rider in his 20s has died in head-on collision on the Brisbane Valley Highway at Ironbark, near Ipswich, overnight. Queensland Police say the crash happened about 10.55pm. They say the motorcycle, ridden by the man from nearby Mt Crosby was heading west when it collided with a sedan travelling...
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...
A rider who hit a car doing an illegal u-turn across double white lines is claiming police hypocrisy for inaction while fining him for allegedly clipping an unbroken white line in a separate incident. Tristan Holland says the two different approaches by Queensland Police smack of hypocrisy. Earlier this year,...
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...
We have serious concerns with police and mainstream media reports of “single-vehicle motorcycle crashes” as “rider lost control”. Such reports are presumptuous as they are released prior to a proper accident investigation and a Coroner’s report. Today a Yamaha R6 rider went down on Springbrook Rd on the Gold Coast...
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....
A 22-year-old male rider has died after his motorcycle crashed at Stratford in northern Cairns, Queensland, this afternoon (Sunday 29 September 2019). Police say the rider was heading north on the Captain Cook Highway about 12.30pm when it hit a guardrail of the Barron River Bridge and crashed down an...
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...
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen motorcycle commercials on TV, let alone something clever, inspiring and funny, so we have collected our favourite funniest video bike ads over the years. Before we get into the funniest ads, we would like to pose a question: Have changing attitudes and...
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...
Kawasaki could be planning to axe conventional handlebars and replace them with a fixed bar, according to a patent design they have filed for an electric motorcycle. Instead of a moveable handlebar for counter steering inputs, the rider holds on to fixed bars with a throttle and simply leans. The patent...
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...
A 24-year-old Landcruiser driver allegedly on the wrong side of the road has been charged after crashing head-on into a 76-year-old motorcyclist near Wiseman’s Ferry, NSW, yesterday (26 September 2019). The male rider, Jock Ross, was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in critical condition with lower leg and internal injuries. He...
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...
It Is Possible but Unknown It seems the rumor this morning is that Kawasaki bought Bimota. However, these rumors are as of yet unsubstantiated. According to MoreBikes, Kawasaki purchased Bimota from Swiss entrepreneurs Marco Chiancianesi and Daniele Longoni. MoreBikes isn’t the only publication reporting on these rumors, and that suggests...
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...
If you think electric motorcycles are quiet and dull, listen to this university-made racer as it heads off to set speed records at the UK Straightliners Land Speed meeting at the weekend. View this post on Instagram 197mph silent assassin. Four new FIM world records, electric motorbike –...
Artificially Intelligent Suspension? If you thought that suspension wouldn’t be impacted by articficial intelligence, then you were wrong. Honda just...