Blue Mountains rider Chris Keeble, 59, sent us her story about riding her bike, Calamity Jane, in the hope of not...
A recent incident in which melting bitumen caused traffic chaos on a North Queensland road is not the same as...
Stunt maestro Travis Pastrana has successfully recreated three of Evel Knievel’s most famous jumps in one night in Las Vegas on an Indian FTR750 Scout. In the first 143’ jump over 52 cars and the third 149’ jump over the Caesars Palace fountain, Travis even completes the stunts with endos...
Big Brother could be watching where you ride and how you ride with new technology being offered free in the...
Witnesses to a hit-and-run involving a truck and a motorcyclist aged 22 in Logan Village, Queensland, at 8pm on 15...
How do you encourage women to go from a reluctant pillion to a solo rider? Women riders should be as common as women drivers, according to the American Motorcyclist Association‘s first female chair in its 94-year history, Maggie McNally. Maggie’s comment makes plenty of sense, yet women still only represent...
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...
Drivers who also ride motorcycles are safer and make fewer and lesser-value insurance claims, according to a new British survey. The results of the three-year survey by British motorbike insurance company Carole Nash have led the company to offer riders up to £89 off their car insurance. Good luck trying...
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Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle might face higher taxes if they move production offshore in the escalating trade wars, President Trump...
A Gold Coast rider who fell in thick and loose gravel on the Lions Rd on the NSW-Queensland border says she plans to “take action” to pay for the repair of her Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster. Robyn Love was riding fourth in a group of 34 riders from the Gold Coast...
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)...
Thick and loose gravel that caused a Gold Coast rider to fall off her Harley-Davidson on the Lions Rd on the NSW-Queensland border is being fixed. Kyogle Council Director Assets and Infrastructure Services Tony Lickis told us today that “crews are currently in attendance” and the gravel swept away. The...
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...
Motorcycles in many countries are allowed to ride through red lights after they have come to a stop because of heat and the fact that many lights do not trigger for motorcycles. Most of these countries only allow riders to turn left or right (depending on whether they drive on...
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...
A veteran Toowoomba rider is hoping to establish a motorcycle tour business for people with disabilities as well as tourists and anyone interested in a riding tour as a passenger. Mick Jackson has also designed a special sidecar to accommodate people with disabilities and their carers. “I ran a trial...
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...
Suzuki Motorcycles believes riders are vulnerable in a tunnel where they can disappear into the darkness, so they have invented a beacon light that shines on the roof to make traffic aware of the rider’s presence. It seems a lot of effort and expense to solve a problem that would...
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...
Lane filtering riders would hit fewer car mirrors if handlebar height rules were relaxed, says Gold Coast handlebar manufacturer Burleigh Bars Australia. They have started an online Change.org petition to have the rules changed to allow higher bars for a number of reasons including safety, control and health reasons. Click...
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...
The second annual Ride Sunday event raised three times the funds raised in its first year with organisers saying it will become “the world’s largest motorcycling charity event by the year 2020”. The June 3 event attracted 1300 riders to 239 events globally and raised almost $200,000 in funds for...
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...
Brisbane custom motorcycle shop Smoked Garage Custom Motorcycles has moved upmarket to the top end of Fortitude Valley into an near-century-old three-storey building. It’s now at 126 Wickham St which is the third location for Smoked since starting in 2013 as a furniture shop with a few custom bikes sprinkled around the...
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...
South Africa battled the sands and snow of Mongolia to win the sixth biennial International BMW GS Trophy with Aussies finishing a credible 10th with their first official team entry. BMW Motorrad has been organising the gruelling adventure bike challenge every two years since the first event in Tunisia in...
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...
Prince William’s love of motorcycles was evident during his visit to the Isle of Man TT this week. The Ducati-owning Duke of Cambridge and his newly married brother, Harry, both love motorcycles, but their wives and father have all expressed concern about their hobby. The Royal brothers have ridden across...
Harley-Davidson has just unveiled a new bike; not a new motorcycle model, but a replica bicycle! The 115-year-old American motorcycle...