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...
Sponsored post The electric revolution is coming. As Elon Musk is revolutionizing vehicles, scooters are also making great progress. Electric...
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...
An Indian startup claims it can make an affordable electric motorcycle capable of 250km/h and 480km range, beating the current...
Autonomous vehicles have several positive outcomes for riders including greater safety, improved riding experience and attracting new riders, and should be included in rider training curricula, an American conference has found. The recent “Intelligent Transportation Systems and Automated Vehicle Applications Impacts on Motorcycle Safety” hosted by the Motorcycle Industry Council...
In the not-too-distant future motorcycles will be banned because they are the last dangerous vehicles in a world of electric...
The “WannaCry” ransomware virus that affected 110 Victorian speed cameras in June 2017 and disrupted organisations including the British National Health Service,...
Forward stop lines for lane filtering riders could be trialled in one Australian state while others reject it and one state does not even have lane filtering yet. The lines are used in many European and Asian countries to give riders a safe head-start from traffic. This separation of motorcycles...
Fuel prices have soared across the country, yet none of the motorcycle companies is advertising fuel economy or other advantages...
It seems ridiculous that there could be any advantages to riders in developing a riderless motorcycle, yet there are several...
Today (May 26, 2018) marks the fifth anniversary of your free and independent motorcycle news service, Motorbike Writer. To those who have been with us from the start, thanks for your loyalty and patronage. Motorbike Writer now has about 10,000 visitors a day to the website, more than 25,000 social...
Ripple strips on double white lines and edge lines on two sections of the Oxley Highway have been challenged by...
Governments which install roadside barriers that are potentially lethal to riders could be criminally culpable for any deaths or injuries,...
Bikies have long been fighting police discrimination and resultant public vilification as the above 1970s Brisbane bikie protest photo shows, but in recent years they have faced tougher laws including even associating with them. Now the vilification is stepping up as Tasmania and Victoria appear set to toughen anti-association laws....
A dangerous precedent has been set with an American road safety report suggesting insurance companies price some motorists and vehicles...
Despite a 2014 Austroads report finding there are too many speed zones and the frequency of zone changes is too...
Rocket-style thrusters that blast a jet of air out the side of your motorcycle could be used to prevent low-side slides, says German tech company Bosch. The company is now testing the gas-powered anti-slide system. No it’s not April 1. Bosch sees a future for safe motorcycles with intervention aids...
Prince’s 1981 Hondamatic motorcycle, adorned with purple and pink love symbols, that he rode in the film version of “Purple...