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...
A 33-year-old rider has died after hitting a stray cow early on Tuesday morning (February 19, 2019), prompting a call for mandatory reflective ear or tail tags for cattle as used in Scotland. Beef farmer Terry Moody of Upper Clarence Combined Landcare says it’s a major safety issue that has...
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...
Does DOT Really Mean Anything? A lot of people know that the Department of Transportation certification for motorcycle helmets isn’t very good. There’s a lot of problems with it, including the fact that testing was based on data from people in automobile accidents, the testing methods are out of date,...
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”,...
Victoria Police will be out in force over the next few days as warning to motorcyclists to ride safely on their way to and from the World Superbikes at Phillip Island this weekend. In previous years, VicPol have conducted “Motosafe” operations around the WSBK and MotoGP events. We contacted VicPol...
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...
Sticking With the Trends We just reported on the fact that Suzuki filed a patent for a cafe racer, and now it seems that Honda could be working on a similar motorcycle. According to the Japanese publication Young Machine, Honda will consider bringing back the GB series of bikes in...
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...
Ambitious road toll targets, such as the improbable Vision Zero campaign, create unrealistic expectations that only serve to goad politicians into knee-jerk responses. They usually consist of lower speed limits and crackdowns on motorcyclists who are over-over-represented in the statistics. So it comes as no surprise that Australia is not...
The Electrified Future Is Now Don’t be fooled by the unassuming plug in the wall, electric motorcycles are the silent...
Battery Technology Isn’t Quite There Yet The future is electric. That’s what Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali said at a University of Bologna...
The Smart Helmets Are Coming Smart helmets are the next big thing in motorcycle gear. While there a few different companies, such as Shoei, working on the technology, there are also smaller players like the Australian company Forcite. That company just received some new funding that will ensure it hits its...
Big business pushing sales through discounting is hurting the motorcycle industry in Australia, says a motorcycle importer and multi-dealership owner. James...
Rage Silently on Your Commute There’s a definite electric motorcycle revolution occurring in the motorcycle industry. One of the latest...
Get Your Fix of Beautiful Customs Custom motorcycles are intoxicatingly beautiful works of art that also happen to provide some of the most fun you can have on two wheels. Now there’s a feature film called Oil In The Blood. The film premiered at the One Moto Show in Portland, Oregon, earlier this...
The First Photo Looks Good Lightning Motorcycle’s new Strike bike is set to be fully revealed in March. Until then,...
Motorcycles may soon be coming to the rescue of crash victims and broken-down vehicles on tollways around Australia to keep...
Despite slowing sales and a war of words with President Trump, Harley-Davidson riders still seem to love the brand, according to a biennial report on brand intimacy. Harley was sixth in the MBLM Brand Intimacy Report on more than 400 brands behind Disney, Apple, Amazon, Chevrolet and Netflix. However, the...
A 24-year-old Perth rider has died after a woman who had been involved in a police pursuit crashed into him...
New Patent Drawings Reveal Progress It would seem that Kawasaki has an electric motorcycle it’s working on. Visordown nabbed some...
16 Years and Counting Get ready for an adventure. KTM set the dates for its U.S. Adventure Rider Rally and the Canadian rally. The motorcycle company has hosted this event for 15 years, and it does so at various locations around the world. The 2019 rally will take place in Breckenridge,...
Another Player to the EV Market Add Druid Motorcycles to the list of companies that make electric bikes. Well, Druid...
Test Aprilia Motorcycles On the Track Get ready for some fun. Aprilia is now offering what it’s calling Aprilia Racer...
Get Ready for Harley’s Next Efforts Harley-Davidson needs to innovate to change its fortune. Currently, the motorcycle manufacturer isn’t doing so hot. It hopes that new bikes will entice a whole new group of buyers. Recently, filings with the European Union Intellectual Property Office showed details about three of the company’s upcoming...
Victoria Police have enlisted their first patrol car with automatic number plate recognition technology, lagging behind other states. The technology,...
Just Flip It Around In a recent patent filing, Suzuki decided it would take the standard motorcycle engine placement and...
Automatic brakes that sense an imminent crash and activate an emergency stop have been endorsed in all new cars from 2020. Are motorcycles next? The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe says 40 countries have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles be equipped with automatic brakes. Those...
The Smart Helmet Confirmed At the last CES, NS West and Shoei teamed up to bring a unique smart helmet...
Most motorists hate covert speed detection by police, yet they seem to be finding more and more sneaky ways to...
Alpinestars Isn’t Backing Down We reported that the court ruling that Alpinestars infringed on Daixnese’s patent for its D-Air gear recently. That court ruling states that Alpinestars can’t continue to sell its Air-Tech gear in Germany and has to compensate Dainese for the infringement and recall all the gear it...
It’s a Bit More Upright If you were worried that the Lightning Motorcycles Strike was going to have the same...
(Contributed post for our eco-friendly UK readers) With air pollution responsible for some 50,000 deaths a year in Britain, electric...
A road safety academic who advocates wire rope barriers, lower speed limits and mandatory hi-vis vests for riders, and alcohol interlocks and electronic rider aids on bikes has been honoured with a special award. UNSW Sydney Professor Raphael Grzebieta has been honoured with the 2019 Kenneth A Stonex award in recognition...
Some Proper Racing Tires for Your Small Bike We’re not the only one noticing a major shift in the motorcycle...