The South Australian Labor Party has issued a promise to improve access to electric motorcycles by waiving vehicle registration and...
Rider representatives walk a thin line between working with governments and criticising them for their frequent dumb decisions and neglect...
Famous charity riding couple Tex O’Grady and his cattle dog Bundy have raised millions for the needy and now they need a little bit of charity themselves after their house was robbed at the weekend. Longtime friend and motorcycle accessories importer Frank Tidswell has decided it is time to return...
Plans to mandate hi-vis clothing for learners and raise the motorcycle learner permit age to 18 have been slammed by...
This is the full text of the Ride to Review submission to proposed South Australia Centre for Automotive Safety Research...
Motorcycles are not mentioned once in the 128-page Brisbane City Council draft transport plan, yet bicycles are mentioned 25 times. It is indicative of continued government ignorance of the advantages of motorcycles to traffic flow, air pollution levels, parking accessibility and less strain on existing infrastructure. However, not all councils...
If riders want to adopt the coming era of electric motorcycles they will have to develop a totally different mindset...
Sydney custom motorcycle startup Elliott Motorcycles hope to smash their Aussie speed record and grab the title of the world’s...
Suzuki Motorcycles seems to be joining the push toward automatics after filing multiple patent applications for a semi-automatic transmission. While most automatic two-wheelers are scooters with CVT, there is a growing list of motorcycles with auto or semi-auto clutchless transmissions. Honda leads the way with its dual-clutch transmission in the...
Indian motorcycle company TVS Motor Company, which makes the G 310 R and G 310 GS for BMW, seems to...
Brazen British thieves have torched a vintage Triumph Thunderbird in an Instagram video because the owner wouldn’t pay a £1000...
New Zealand Whisky Collection has launched a special blend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kiwi legend Burt Munro’s speed record. The whisky is called the Spirit of Munro, named after Burt’s 1920 Indian Scout and will cost about $NZ184.71 to match his 184.71mph land speed record. The batch contains...
Not an Indian Motorcycle electric bike, but an Indian-made Emflux ONE electric bike may soon be coming to Australia. The...
Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay is known for his love of fast cars, but he also has a passion for motorcycles...
Italian electric motorcycle company Energica has unveiled its race bike for the 2019 MotoE World Cup series to be run at select MotoGP rounds. The electric race series is expected to be run only at European rounds with 18 bikes from the seven privateer MotoGP teams running two bikes each...
A new Monash University survey is asking the public about speed limits, point-to-point speed cameras and a proposal for a...
Environmental groups, 10 states and the District of Columbia are opposing President Trump waiving $US3m in pollution fines for Harley-Davidson....
A year after Polaris surprisingly axed Victory Motorcycles, the company is celebrating the American brand with a book of its short 20-year history. The 192-page tome is called “Victory Motorcycles 1998–2017; The Complete History of an American Original”. Original it may have been, but it wasn’t original enough for the...
Young riders face more restrictions as a new paper suggests raising the motorcycle licence age to 18 as well as...
The latest Marvel Comics movie, Ant Man and the Wasp, features the Triumph Thruxton R rather than a Harley-Davidson as...
Riders could be exposed to an increased cancer risk caused by microwave radiation from autonomous cars (self-driving), according to a British engineer. Mark Steele, chief technology officer at Reevu Helmets, says they have avoided problems of radiation with their upcoming Head-Up Display (HUD) helmet. However, he says authorities around the...
There are few alternatives for riders travelling through north-east New South Wales at the moment with three major highways virtually...
Harley-Davidson has announced it will launch an electric motorcycle within the next 18 months, which would be mid 2019. The...
It was a tale of two Troys when two-time World Superbike champion Troy Corser caught up with three-time WSBK champ Troy Bayliss to discuss his return to Australian Superbikes. The two Troys met at Phillip Island where Corser was part of the Australian team that reclaimed the International Challenge trophy...
A haul of fake motorcycle parts in India has prompted an Australian authority in trademark infringements to warn riders to...
One of the best ways to celebrate Australia Day is to go for a ride and appreciate the remaining freedoms...
A woman who crashed into two motorcyclists in Melbourne 18 months ago has finally received a $1000 fine, one-month driving suspension and no conviction recorded. The investigating officer of Footscray Police says the penalty on the charge of failing to give way to all traffic at a give way sign...
Chinese motorcycle manufacturers are not known for their unique designs and this latest rip off is another example of a...
Race fans will get a dose of father and son action when three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss returns to...
Motorcyclists are frequently the target of police and media hype about speeding, yet the figures show we are not necessarily the speed demons were are made out to be. Car drivers represent about 97% of all speeding offence notices, according to an average of figures obtained from the three eastern...
Congratulations to the three Aussies who competed in the bike event of the 2018 Dakar Rally for finishing in commendable...
Australia’s only Dakar Rally champion, Toby Price, scored his second stage win today, but it will not be enough for...
Australia’s only Dakar Rally champion, Toby Price, has bounced back from a 49-minute deficit in stage 10 to win stage 11 and give him a glimmer of hope for a second victory. His first stage win in this rally jumps him from fifth to third position with a 50-minute deficit...
If the ailing motorcycle industry around the world can answer the simple question of why do novice motorcycle riders stop...
Aussie Toby Price’s dream of a second Dakar Rally win seems shattered after losing 49 minutes in the Argentinian dunes...
There will be no more full closures on the Lions Rd for bridgework, detours will be road-bike friendly, there will be a change in heavy vehicle traffic and Google will be asked to reroute through-traffic. That is the pledge from Kyogle Council. The popular motorcycle route on the Queensland/NSW border...
Aftermarket automatic SOS emergency alert beacons have been available for some time for riders, but soon they could be mandated...
Los Angeles is resurfacing roads with a light material to reduce heat, but it could also one day solve the...
Proposed laws to toughen the government’s ability to enforce vehicle safety recalls will also include mandatory recalls for non-compliance. If the federal Road Vehicle Standards Bills are passed, the Australian Competitions and Consumer Commission will be able to clamp down on cheap Asian imports that flout our compliance rules. While...
Australia’s first Dakar Rally winner, Toby Price, is only 9:39 minutes off the rally lead as the riders finish their...