5G phone networks may make autonomous driving and vehicle sensors more sensitive and reliable, but will the faster networks also...
No Word on the U.S. Yet The Yamaha Tenere 700 is a highly anticipated adventure touring motorcycle, and its set...
Pedals and Electric Power The idea of the moped has been around for a long time. Basically, it’s a bike somewhere between a motorcycle and bicycle with both pedals and another form of power. In the past, it’d been a small internal combustion engine, but now we’re seeing electric versions....
Meet the Doctor and Learn If you’ve always wanted to visit the Circuit of the Americas and see some awesome...
Victorian Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a hit-and-run crash in West Melbourne left a motorcyclist with...
A fatal motorcycle crash on a corrugated road surface has sparked a new training program for inspectors to look out for specific road hazards that endanger motorcyclists. VicRoads Safe System Road Infrastructure Program director Scott Lawrence says the training for existing surveillance officers would help road crews “better identify imperfections...
Thank Goodness This Will Come Stateside Moto Guzzi has a new 2020 V7 III Racer Limited Edition. This model will...
Please Let This be the Mid-Size Sport Tourer We Deserve In a recent BMW brochure for 2019 models, there was...
It’s the Ultra-Premium Machine for the Ultimate Tour Indian Motorcycle is known for its big baggers and touring machines. Now the company has a new limited-edition Roadmaster Elite that tops the rest of the lineup with special features and updated look. The model takes the regular Roadmaster up a notch...
The world’s fastest blind motorcyclist Ben Felten will return to the South Australian salt flats next week (March 4-8 2019)...
Beautifully Shot, Beautiful Nature The Youtube channel Stories of Bike shoots some of the most gorgeous videos of riders and...
European politicians have voted on a raft of mandatory safety technology in all new vehicles including “black box” recorders, automatic braking and even automatic speed limiters. The technology will only apply to new vehicles with some measures, such as auto emergency brakes in cars, being introduced as early as next year. New safety...
It Seems Multiple Locations Want the Race Not long ago there was a rumor about the Dakar race leaving South...
The next time you buy from the MotorbikeWriter online gear shop, your purchase could arrive by a Swiss-made Kyburz electric...
Zero Motorcycles has pulled the rug out from underneath the coming Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric sports bike with its new Zero SR/F that looks uncannily like the Milwaukee product. However, the Zero SR/F has better performance and range but costs about $US11,000 less than the LiveWire. The Harley is due in September...
It’s an Impressive-Looking Bike The electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero has finally released the details of its new SR/F electric motorcycle....
A Build-Off for Charity Indian Motorcycle and Motorcycle Missions have teamed up to put together a motorcycle therapy bike build...
As motorcycle theft continues to be the one area of vehicle theft to rise, a tougher penalty system for offenders is being assessed. Australian motor vehicle theft is down 4% in the year to October 2018, with the only sector increasing being motorcycles, up 4%. The biggest increase was in...
Reducing Response Time to Motorcycle Accidents We all know motorcycling is a dangerous activity. It’s a necessary evil and one...
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Distracted drivers are making riding so dangerous for motorcyclists they have forced one US motorcycle police unit off the road. The St. Paul Police Department in Minnesota has now axed its motorcycle and horse-mounted units, citing an increase in crashes with distracted drivers. It’s such as shame as both units not...
(Guest post for our UK readers) When it comes to scrapping a motorbike, moped, scooter or car there are certain...
Carbon Fiber Galore Carbon fiber is used on a wide variety of motorsports applications to make things lighter weight and...
Strikes Make It Difficult to Meet Demand Royal Enfield seems to be doing a lot right with the type of motorcycles it builds. However, the company may have some issues internally. According to RideApart, Royal Enfield production workers are on strike, and this is the second time in the last...
A One Piece Designed for Touring and Commuting I’ve actually never owned a one-piece rider suit, but I definitely see...
It’s bad enough crashing into a car, but this Indian motorcyclist gets a double dose of bad luck when the...
Let the Smart Helmet Revolution Begin We recently reported on the Australian company Forcite and its smart helmet. Now we get the news that Jarvish has secured more than enough funding for its smart helmet and added a Tron version. The company managed to raise over $420,000 on Kickstarter and managed...
A 33-year-old rider has died after hitting a stray cow early on Tuesday morning (February 19, 2019), prompting a call...
Motorcyclists can now use more bus lanes in Melbourne for the next five years under an extension to an already...
Six Companies, One Mission According to a new press release, Honda, BMW Motorrad, Harley-Davidson, Indian, Kawasaki, and Yamaha decided to team up to make a safety Justice League of sorts. The companies started the Safer Motorcycling Research Consortium, which was recently officially designated as a non-profit in Washington D.C. The...
Does DOT Really Mean Anything? A lot of people know that the Department of Transportation certification for motorcycle helmets isn’t...
BMW Motorrad is seeking a patent for a hybrid drive motorcycle with a boxer engine and a back-up electric motor...
Police and road safety authority claims that returned riders are the biggest safety risk on the road is a “furphy”, says Victorian Motorcycle Council media spokesman John Eacott (pictured above). John has spent some time analysing Victorian Transport Accident Commission (TAC) statistics and now claims returned riders are not the major safety...
Victoria Police will be out in force over the next few days as warning to motorcyclists to ride safely on...
More Hybrid Bikes Are Coming If you thought motorcycles were safe from hybrid technology, you were wrong. A new patent...
An Extra Set of Eyes for Safety Cameras and sensors for safety purposes are commonplace on cars these days, and now that technology will begin to become commonplace on motorcycles. MoreBikes noticed some new patents from Honda that put stereoscopic cameras into the fairing of the Gold Wing. What does this...
Sticking With the Trends We just reported on the fact that Suzuki filed a patent for a cafe racer, and...
Patent Suggests Maybe Suzuki recently filed a patent application for a new cafe racer bike that would be a nice...
The lack of parking bays in most cities is causing some rude riders to squeeze their bike or scooter between parked bikes like in the photo above. In areas where the individual bays are not marked with white paint, it is just rude. But in those delineated bays, the rider...
Ambitious road toll targets, such as the improbable Vision Zero campaign, create unrealistic expectations that only serve to goad politicians...