A Result Carlin Dunne Would Not Have Wanted In the wake of Carlin Dunne’s death while racing up Pikes Peak...
We All Know Riding a Motorcycle Is Therapy Indian Motorcycle has teamed up with motorcycle groups supporting veterans before, and...
As you read this I am flying to Portland, Oregon, for a unique media launch of the Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle. There are many things that make this launch unique. Unique bike For a start, this is the first full-size electric road motorcycle from a traditional motorcycle manufacturer. The now-axed Victory Motorcycles...
More Two-Wheeled Machines? Yes Please Season 27 of BBC America’s Top Gear premiered on Sunday, July 14. Before its debut,...
Eli Coory Goes Around Helping Cancer Patients Eli Coory did something not many other people would be willing to do....
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first public screening of the cult 1969 movie Easy Rider. In the USA, many theatres are showing the film again. Here in Australia, you can watch it on DVD and maybe a streaming service. The hippy film was shot on a shoestring budget in...
Orders for Australia’s first electric motorcycle will be taken at the Australian Motorcycle Festival in Wollongong in November. Savic Motorcycles founder, Dennis Savic,...
Australian motorcycle journalist Rennie Scaysbrook has posted a video of his record run at the recent Pikes Peak International Hillclimb...
A 33-year-old Gatton male rider has died in a collision with a ute at a Gatton intersection last night (12 July 2019). Police say that at 6pm, a motorcycle and a utility travelling on Eastern Drive collided at the intersection of Forest Hill-Laidley Road. The rider was pronounced deceased at...
Retired and honoured motorcycle industry veteran Stuart Strickland has delivered blunt criticism of the industry and the dictators who make...
Cap motorcycle speeds at 50km/h is one of the more ludicrous suggestions put forward at the first of a series...
A male rider has died after hitting a guard rail and another rider has been injured after being hit by a truck in seperate crashes in South East Queensland yesterday afternoon. Police say a man died at the scene of a crash at Yandina about 2.30pm. He was riding south...
Police in every state plan to immediately increase police presence on regional roads leading up to a “National Day of...
Could Harley Sell Enough LiveWires? Harley received a lot of ire from people when it released its new LiveWire motorcycle...
A bizarre court battle is looming between a Taiwan company that owns Italian motorcycle brand FB Mondial and a Brit who changed his name to his Italian roots and is developing a V5 MondialMoto (pictured). The bizarre legal battle is titled “MondialMoto 2007 SRL v. FB Mondial”. Mondial history Italian...
A New World Record Holder Vicki Golden becomes the first woman to be the world record holder of the firewall...
Ducati Honors One of Its Most Important Motorcycles To honor 25 years since the legendary Ducati 916 made its official...
“Life without danger is just no life at all” says a new motorcycle documentary featuring racers Freddie Spencer, Colin Edwards, Ron Haslam and Peter Hickman. The documentary film title Speed is my Need is an interesting version of the computer game Need for Speed and the Tom Cruise line from...
As if there already isn’t enough Harley-Davidson merchandise, now Danish toy company Lego has produced a scale-model Fat Boy model....
V8 Mimicry Harkens Back to Early Models Curtiss Motorcycles, formerly Confederate Motorcycles, now has a new version of its Zeus...
A Cool Addition to Your Collection LEGO has done some seriously cool automotive sets in the past, but now there’s a fantastic Harley Fat Boy LEGO Creator Expert model available. Harley and LEGO teamed up to make this happen, giving LEGO and Harley fans everywhere a reason to get excited....
The Damon X electric motorcycle not only scans its surroundings to warn the rider of hazards, but also transforms to suit the...
Is Hybrid a Smart Move? Kawasaki recently patented a design for a hybrid motorcycle, according to Motorcycle.com. This suggests that...
Here’s Your Chance If you live on the West Coast and have any interest in electric motorcycles or artificial intelligence, then you need to be at the 2019 TechCrunch Sessions in San Jose, California. There Damon Motorcycles will launch its proof of concept Halo bike. The company will be showcasing...
Filling a Hole in the Market to Bolster Sales Royal Enfield has been having good sales for the last several...
The Victorian Motorcycle Council has called to remove mandatory hi-vis vests for learner riders in its 10-page submission to the...
More Affordable Could Mean More Sales MV Agusta has been in the news off and on lately for its new Superveloce 800 and Brutale models. The company’s motorcycles are beautiful machines, but they’re expensive. That’s a big barrier for ownership for many would-be riders. Now, the company wants to expand...
Italian rider Luca Colombo has beaten Aussie stunt rider Robbie Maddison’s world record on water by riding a motorcycle 1.9km across Lake...
Over the years I have ridden a huge variety of motorbikes and have noticed that when I’m riding some models...
Germany has knocked back a plea by a Sikh rider to wear a turban instead of a helmet on religious grounds. However, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig says wearing a helmet does not infringe on Sikhs’ freedom of worship. It follows the appeal plea by a Sikh man who...
A Bike to Celebrate 50 Years It’s been 50 years since the first /5 series. It has also been 50...
There are Some Notable Changes The KTM Super Duke 1290R in the photo above comes from MoreBikes. The publication has...
Famous charity rider Tex O’Grady is set to retire his second dog pillion, Bundy, and is currently training her replacement, Rebel. Tex and Bundy racked up a million kilometres in December 2017 raising more than $6m for charities. He says it is a world record for a motorcycle dog that...
It’s Sad This Is Even Needed Carlin Dunne died competing in the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. He was a...
Two riders died in separate intersection crashes in South East Queensland yesterday (3 July 2019) where it appears a vehicle...
An incorrect News Ltd media report that Victoria proposes introducing hi-vis for all riders has caused some level of social media panic in the riding community. Riders have been sharing the inaccurate reports which were lifted from the “Road Safety Regulations 2019 summary paper for consultation”. So, for a start,...
Police are seeking witnesses and dashcam vision for two motorcycle crashes, a fatality this morning (3 July 2019) in the...
A Better Supermoto The Husqvarna FS 450 Supermoto is the only factory-built supermoto with a single cylinder that’s race ready....
If You Built It, Enter It Building the motorcycle of your dreams is no easy feat. Tire company Michelin wants to honor your hard work with a friendly, worldwide competition. Dubbed the “Design Your Motorcycle” challenge, the company is encouraging people to submit their bike to their challenge to have...
Kiwi riders are being offered $200 cash-back rewards on their motorcycle registration if they complete approved rider courses. It’s an interesting...