Recent incidents involving motorcycle parking highlight the difficulties riders face in finding safe and legal parking in city areas and the...
Honda has filed a patent for a V4 sports bike with an under-seat exhaust similar to those popular a couple...
Suzuki motorcycles is facing its own emissions scandal after the US Environmental Protection Agency charged a former worker with fudging emissions figures. It’s not exactly on the same grand scale as the multi-billion-dollar emissions scandal facing VW, however it shows that we can’t necessarily trust manufacturers with statistics. We wonder...
Almost 20 months after a NSW police officer was charged with throwing an object at a rider who then crashed, the court...
A return to motorcycle racing at Bathurst has moved a step closer with the NSW Government pledging $15m for a...
While most of the Northern Hemisphere celebrates Ride to Work Day on Monday June 19, there is no national co-ordinated date for a similar event in Australia. Isn’t it time Australian state rider representative bodies got together to promote a Ride to Work Day on the same date each year...
Lismore Local Court has again adjourned a hearing on the alleged murder of motorcycle rider Trevor Moran (pictured above) in...
Triumph Motorcycles has signed a deal with Dorna to power the Moto2 class from 2019 with Street Triple engines making...
Harley-Davidson has chosen the aptly named town of Ryder to teach the population how to ride this northern summer. The townsfolk like the idea so much they have even renamed the town “Riders” and replaced “Ryder” on their water tower with “Harley-Davidson” for the summer-long promotional campaign. Already the town...
Today (June 5, 2017) is World Environment Day and the organisers are asking people to reconnect with nature – so,...
A US Ducati dealership has grabbed international publicity with its audacious crowd funding campaign to buy the Italian motorcycle manufacturer...
Ducati Scramblers came away with two design awards and a 1928 Brough Superior SS100 called Moby Dick valued at $A1m failed to sell at the weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. The show on Italy’s Lake Como features a concours and a Sotheby’s auction of rare and collectible bikes. Ducati’s Design Centre...
Burt Munro’s 50-year unbroken land speed record will be honoured – not broken – by a special Scout Streamliner at Bonneville Speed Week...
Half of all motorcycle and scooter theft in the UK is in London with rampant thefts increasing almost 50% in the...
Welcome changes to CTP in NSW may result in a drop in premiums in the future, says former Motorcycle Council of NSW chairman Christopher “CJ” Burns. This comes as the Victorian Motorcycle Safety Levy is to continue to rise and Queensland riders are best off with rego. The MCC-NSW launched a campaign last...
Australian governments have issued guidelines for trials of autonomous vehicles on our roads but made no mention of motorcycles. The...
Police have used a variety of motorcycles for patrols over the years, but there may be a new trend toward...
BMW’s vision of the future for riders is encompassed in the Concept Link electric scooter that knows where you’re going and opens the luggage area with a wave of the rider’s arm. The Concept Link electric scooter, unveiled overnight at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Lake Como, Italy, is the next...
South Australian company Cohda Wireless has partnered with Ducati and Bosch to develop radar technology that warns riders of nearby...
Never say never again; but for innovative motorcycle designer Erik Buell, it now seems to be the sad end with...
Barry Sheene’s 1976 title-winning XR14 RG500 GP Suzuki has been restored and the Japanese manufacturer has produced two videos of the restoration process. Here is the first video: And here is the second: This comes as an announcement is imminent on the joint British-Australian film production on the wild and...
Harley-Davidson has announced it will assemble motorcycles in Thailand from 2018 for the Chinese and South-East Asian markets. Back in...
MotoGP champion and World Superbike racer Nicky Hayden has died overnight after being struck by a car while cycling in...
Motorcycle simulators are becoming more realistic, helping to train racers, develop motorcycles, teach riders and even sell motorcycles to customers who have not yet got a licence. The latest Dutch simulator from Cruden sounds like the most realistic we have seen yet by adding a visual reality head-mounted display so...
Despite the coming era of electric motorcycles, there is still plenty of life left in the internal combustion engine. KTM...
Private equity firms, known for stripping assets, and Indian motorcycle manufacturers are interested buyers for Ducati, according to respected economic...
Stunt rider Jamie Baker (JB) has revealed his highly modified Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 freestyle stunt machine aptly named “Carnage”. The conversion from a road-legal Ninja ZX-6R 636 to a fully equipped stunt bike took six weeks. “After the success of my last Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 636 build, The Deadpool,...
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This photo of a “Sat-Cam” two-way fixed speed camera unit on a “speed trial” on Mt Mee Rd northwest of Brisbane has many riders perplexed. Satellite cameras, which combine number plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver, can measure average speed over long distances. They have been trialled in the UK,...
A Melbourne council has voted to permanently ban motorcycles from parking on several St Kilda footpaths, but has agreed to...
Riders have been urged to show their support for footpath motorcycle parking by attending a City of Port Phillip council meeting...
Harley-Davidson is serious about developing 100 new models in the next 10 years and is not just grabbing headlines, says Bill Davidson, great grandson of founder William A. Davidson. Early this year company boss Matt Levatich said they would unveil 50 new models in five years and last month updated...
Dealers in Harley Davidson, Triumph and KTM are the most satisfied with the brands, according to the latest National Motorcycle...
West Australian motorcycle company Vee Two features its Ritorno Ducati replica motorcycle in the latest edition of Jay Leno’s Garage. Vee Two...
Yamaha will unveil a new cruiser-style touring bike on June 5 in the USA with reverse, heated seats, grips, backrests, GPS and a Bluetooth music system. At least that is what is hinted at in this official Yamaha teaser video. Last year yamaha announced they would scrap the “Star” name...
Rock icons Daryl Braithwaite and Ross Wilson have joined motorcycle rock band the Screamin’ Eagles to produce the single “Brighter...
A registry of volunteers to help recovering riders injured in a motorcycle crash is being set up by a Hawkebsury...
The entire Laverda Museum collection from Dutch collector and marque specialist Cor Dees is being offered for sale. The collection features 81 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds and covers the complete history of Moto Laverda from 1950 to 2000. All machines and Laverda motorabilia, which are housed in the family museum...
Harley-Davidson Australia has invited two brain cancer patients on its 100th anniversary ride with Harley “royalty” and is donating $100,000...