The danger of wire rope barriers is overstated by riders and representative groups, according to a leading authority on safety...
Riders should be aware of the dangers of riding in bushfire areas and of accidentally starting bushfires in the current...
Contributed post Do you want to buy a used motorcycle in Tampa? Refrain your enthusiasm, do not give in to the rush. An impulse purchase is often a source of regret. A great bargain is (almost) always suspicious. A simple bargain is rarely single and unique. There will be others....
If you’ve got a lazy $1m to spend on unnecessary bling for your motorcycle, then you might consider buying the...
Rumours have again surfaced that Italian manufacturer Ducati plans to build small-capacity motorcycles in India with a local manufacturer. In...
Electric motorcycles provide designers with a whole new set of possibilities such including different materials such as this Phillipines-made Banatti Green Falcon made with bamboo. The designers also took advantage of the electric bike’s quiet drive to install a JBL sound system in the bike that they call a “Rocking...
Riders will no longer be able to pull over on Eddies Corner on the Old Pacific Highway – or Old...
Riders have been invited to attend the funeral cortege and celebration of the life and works of well-respected and loved...
Imagine taking the Ducati desmodromic valve system and adding electronic control that provides brief bursts of two-stroke power! The result could be a motorcycle engine that delivers great low-down torque as well as high-end power, without compromise. British company Camcon Automotive has produced just such an engine. They claim their electronic...
Speculation of a boycott of Harley-Davidson over plans to shift some production overseas are blown out of proportion, yet it...
Turnouts that allow safe and legal passing are unfortunately scarce, but would prevent frustration that can lead to rash and...
City speed limits used to be 60km/h, then they dropped to 50km/h, then 40km/h and now a Melbourne council wants to reduce speed limits in a special zone to 30km/h. Interestingly, the Yarra Council cites crashes involving “vulnerable road users” including motorcyclists as the reason for the speed drop. In...
An online petition calling for relaxed handlebar height rules for rider comfort and so lane filtering riders hit fewer car...
Cashed-up Australian fans of Indian Motorcycle can express their love for the brand with a range of three tribute watches...
Hollywood actor Tom Hardy trades his personal Triumph Thruxton R for a Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle in the upcoming Spiderman spinoff movie, Venom, coming to Australian cinemas on October 4. Even though he rides, it looks like he does very little riding in Venom unlike fellow Tom (Tom Cruise) who...
Unsecured debris falling off trucks and utes is a fairly common occurrence and very dangerous for riders as seen in...
If the motorcycle industry is to survive it needs to encourage the next generation of riders and one of the...
Benelli is the latest motorcycle manufacturer to announce it will open a factory to assemble and build bikes in India, the largest motorcycle market in the world. The Italian company was established in 1911 but is now owned by Chinese company Group Qianjiang with a mixture of manufacture in Shanghai, China,...
A lone resident of sleepy Beechmont on the Gold Coast hinterland has warned riders that residents are “forming protest groups”...
Germany is replacing dangerous steel road signs and posts with plastic versions to improve safety for motorcyclists who hit them....
Hanoi plans to ban motorcycles and scooters by 2030 in a move that is disturbingly growing across the world and reflects an upcoming movie about a future where motorcycles are banned. Vietnam’s capital is the second-most polluted in the world, prompting the city council to announce their intended ban on...
Two European motorcyclist associations have lent their support to an Australian family’s campaign to halt the rollout of wire rope...
Harley-Davidson has reportedly applied for a patent for sensors that detect road hazards such as wildlife and then apply auto...
A worldwide program to find, encourage, test and develop innovative technology that will improve motorcycle road safety is being launched. The Motorcycle Technology Evaluation Challenge (MotoTEC) program is being developed by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute with $US400,000 from Australian company Transurban which operates toll roads both here and in...
Burt Munro’s great nephew, Lee Munro, is returning to Bonneville Speed Week on a modified Indian Scout in an attempt to...
A disturbingly realistic film project about motorcycles being banned in a future world of autonomous vehicles will go ahead despite...
BMW Motorrad has released this video in which Tom Cruise says he does his own stunts in the sixth Mission Impossible movie – and proves it. Tom again stars as Ethan Hunt, this time riding a BMW R nineT Scrambler through Paris before t-boning a car. The 56-year-old actor has insisted...
President Donald Trump says his is “getting very close” to approving a waiver to allow 15% ethanol fuel blends (E15)...
This YouTube video of an artist making a full-size Kawasaki ZX-10R out of cardboard has gone viral with almost two...
American company CSC Motorcycles is considering exporting its Chinese-made City Slicker electric motorcycle costing just $US2500. Landed here the City Slicker would cost closer to $4000, but would still be one of the cheapest full-sized electric motorcycles available. The bike will be available in the US in September. It’s built as...
If more was done to encourage motorcycles and scooters, cities across the world would save billions of dollars on providing...
Indian Motorcycle has announced plans to increase production in their Polaris plant in Poland to avoid 31% European tariffs on...
Melbourne hopes to join several other cities by introducing a congestion tax for its CBD to solve traffic problems, but it has made no mention of exempting motorcycles and scooters. The city’s Reducing Traffic for Better Streets paper suggests a road-user charge per kilometre to replace vehicle registration fees and/or fuel excise. As...
Harley-Davidson will soon start building bikes in Thailand with lower prices “largely in our Asian market”, says company CFO John...
Centre-of-the-road parking should be turned over to motorcycles as it is less dangerous than for cars and would increase the...
The widow of a rider killed in a crash involving a dead kangaroo and wire rope barriers (WRB) has called on the Victorian Government to halt “devastating” ads promoting the alleged safety of the barriers. Jan White’s husband, Phil, aged 60, died when his bike unavoidably hit a dead kangaroo on...
Motorcycle racing at Mt Panorama has moved a step closer with Bathurst Regional Council awarding a $3.7 million tender to...
Seventeen Australian and New Zealand Harley-Davidson dealers will take on the world in the Battle of the Kings custom motorcycle...
Why is a self-described chubby white-haired little granny still riding at 62 and intending to ride for as long as possible? Read Chrissy McDonnell’s entertaining tale of a lifetime of devotion to two and three wheels, then tell us your story about motorcycling. Granny Chrissy’s story I was a late...
We don’t expect hubless wheeled motorcycles to become a thing, but this one certainly has turned some heads. The TMC...