How do you encourage women to go from a reluctant pillion to a solo rider? Women riders should be as...
Imagine how fast acceleration would be and how much lighter a motorcycle would be without a heavy flywheel. That’s the...
Some riders have a partner who chides them for their passion, while others (like me) are more fortunate to have a supporting spouse. Gold Coast rider Todd Parkes, 45, who started riding 10 years ago, seems to have a bit of both! Here is Todd’s story “You’re not getting a bike, they...
Drivers who also ride motorcycles are safer and make fewer and lesser-value insurance claims, according to a new British survey....
Contributed post If you’re in the market for a new vehicle, this might be a choice you need to make...
Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle might face higher taxes if they move production offshore in the escalating trade wars, President Trump has threatened. It seems Harley has become a political football for Trump who once lauded the company as an American icon and exemplary manufacturer. Taxes Tweet However, in an unprecedented...
A Gold Coast rider who fell in thick and loose gravel on the Lions Rd on the NSW-Queensland border says...
President Trump has accused Harley-Davidson of “waiving the white flag” in his trade wars with Europe after the company announced...
One of three motorcycles used by actor Henry Winkler playing Fonzie in Happy Days has sold for $USUS179,200 (about $A240,000) in a Julien’s Auctions Hollywood Legends in Las Vegas. The 1949 Triumph Trophy TR500 was provided for the popular TV series by stuntman Bud Ekins, who also built bikes for...
Thick and loose gravel that caused a Gold Coast rider to fall off her Harley-Davidson on the Lions Rd on...
Western Australia could soon become the final state to introduce lane filtering as well as move to a graduated motorcycle...
Price pressures are mounting for Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle after President Donald Trump’s trade wars have badly backfired for the American motorcycle manufacturers. The companies are being hit by both higher prices for raw materials and retaliatory duties in Europe and some other countries. For the moment, only prices in...
Motorcycles in many countries are allowed to ride through red lights after they have come to a stop because of...
There would be little chance of outrunning the British motorcycle police now that they have a Ducati Panigale V4 on...
Melbourne has long been lauded for its motorcycle-friendly council and its free footpath parking for motorcycles, but that now seems to be under threat from a new motor vehicle discussion paper. Lord Mayor Sally Capp has released the paper which includes dot points about reducing the access of motor vehicles...
A veteran Toowoomba rider is hoping to establish a motorcycle tour business for people with disabilities as well as tourists...
This “Ethec electric cruiser“, designed and built by Swiss university students, is the first electric motorcycle with two hub motors...
World-class motorcycle racing, but not MotoGP, could be accommodated at a proposed race track on the way down to Victoria’s famous Phillip Island circuit. The proposed FIA/FIM-graded Motor Recreation and Education Park is on Cardinia Shire Council land at 335 McGregor Road, Pakenham. It is currently used for dirt-track events...
Suzuki Motorcycles believes riders are vulnerable in a tunnel where they can disappear into the darkness, so they have invented...
Ride Vision will be the first aftermarket hi-tech collision avoidance and warning system available to riders of any type of...
If we were to generalize things, we would say that there are two types of would-be motorcycle riders. On one side you have the ones that know exactly which kind of motorcycle they’ll ride, just like the players that already have their favorite pokies online to play. And on the...
Lane filtering riders would hit fewer car mirrors if handlebar height rules were relaxed, says Gold Coast handlebar manufacturer Burleigh...
Eight millennials from around the world have been awarded prized Harley-Davidson summer paid internships which include learning marketing skills and...
There is little more invigorating than riding your bike on tracks and territories that you haven’t experienced before, and if you want to ride your bike in a safe and controlled environment without the threat of speed cameras or other hazards dampening your speed, then a track day may just...
The second annual Ride Sunday event raised three times the funds raised in its first year with organisers saying it...
A Perth rider who took off his gloves and loosened his chin strap to talk to police who pulled him...
Following a police crackdown in at least two states on motorcycle exhaust noise and heated discussion on our website, a Queensland sports bike rider has launched a petition to have the noise rules changes. Click here to sign his petition to Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads director-general Neil...
Brisbane custom motorcycle shop Smoked Garage Custom Motorcycles has moved upmarket to the top end of Fortitude Valley into an near-century-old...
The famed Oxley Highway in central NSW is not only one of the most loved and ridden roads in Australia,...
An information sign about motorcycle noise testing that has been posted at two Queensland police stations is incorrect. Queensland police have admitted there are errors in the sign, but say specialist officers have been fully trained in roadside noise testing and have been doing the tests since 2002. This follows...
South Africa battled the sands and snow of Mongolia to win the sixth biennial International BMW GS Trophy with Aussies...
Arnie’s Fat Boy has sold at auction for more than half a million dollars, far exceeding the expectations of auction house...
International Ride to Work Day on 18 June 2018 is designed to emphasise to other road users and the authorities how many of us there are, yet Australia does not take part. Instead, we have separate state-based “Ride to Work” events at various times of the year and a national Ride...
Prince William’s love of motorcycles was evident during his visit to the Isle of Man TT this week. The Ducati-owning...
Harley-Davidson has just unveiled a new bike; not a new motorcycle model, but a replica bicycle! The 115-year-old American motorcycle...
In a blatant contradiction, NSW police have collected almost $500,000 in fines from motorists flashing their headlights over the same five years a NSW road safety ad claimed motorists’ lives would have been saved if they had known about a speed camera. The fines were imposed on motorists flashing their...
Lane filtering riders have scored two big wins with General Motors compensating a rider hit by one of their automated...
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Seven riders have been injured in the third annual KTM Australia Adventure Rallye which is this year riding on “previously unridden tracks and trails” in the Northern Territory. When it was promoted last year, the organisers said the event would be so remote, they would have a helicopter available if med-evac or...
Tom Cruise is reprising his famous role as Maverick in the long-awaited Top Gun sequel and he’s again riding a...