A United Nations road safety report has recommended roadside hazards be removed as they are a proven cause of serious...
Yamaha has scored its second prestigious Red Dot Design Best of the Best Award, this time for its XSR900. It was...
A woman charged with the murder of motorcycle rider Trevor Moran in a January 2017 road crash has been refused bail and sent to the mental health section of the Sydney jail. Vanessa Fraser, 47, did not appear at the bail hearing in Lismore Local Court in February as she was...
The driver in this video who intentionally swerved to hit a motorcycle on a rural Texas road has been sentenced to 15...
A driver has been fined a measly $275 for an unsecured load after a mattress fell out of his ute...
Cyclists have special lanes, so why not motorcycles? It’s not our suggestion, but one of many suggested action plans in a World Health Organisation report about motorcycle safety. The WHO’s “Powered two- and three-wheeler safety” report is part of the 2010 United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety and...
Harley-Davidson icon Willie G. Davidson will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota...
The Independent Riders Group in Victoria is concerned that Melbourne’s much-vaunted motorcycle footpath parking is under threat. They claim the...
DREAM MACHINES: DUCATI LAUNCHES THREE NEW CONCEPT BIKES IN TOKYO Photos courtesy of Ducati Motor S.p.A. “Inspired by the Sportbikes of the 1970s, Ducati’s Three Sport Classic Prototypes are the Stuff of Enthusiast’s Dreams” DUCATI TO PRODUCE MOTORCYCLE CONCEPTS! Update: Time to order your Sport 1000, GT 1000 or Paul...
Riders on the Oxley Highway face a blitz of police patrols and speed cameras in the wake of two recent...
An Ipswich rider has hit a mattress that fell off a trailer in a Brisbane tunnel at 80km/h and police...
Much of eastern Queensland and northern NSW is heading for severe flash flooding over the next 24 hours and emergency services have reiterated their call: “If it’s flooded, forget it”. The police are pretty serious about the current situation and warn that this morning’s rain is “just the tip of the...
A real-world study into the effects of ABS in motorcycle crashes has been completed with the help of Australian riders. There...
The world’s oldest Vespa that was also used in the classic 1953 film, Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory...
The Australian Motorcycle Council is calling on authorities to slow down the testing and introduction of autonomous vehicles and to abandon plans for mandatory ABS and traction control. AMC representative Guy Stanford says authorities seem to keen to progress toward autonomous vehicles without considering the impact on motorcyclists, pedestrians and...
What does it mean for MV Agusta customers now that the Italian Court of Varese has approved their financial reshaping...
Burt Munro’s 50-year unbroken land speed record will be honoured with a special commemorative event in August 2017 at Bonneville...
Ducati looks set for a continued model assault as its sales hit a record for the seventh consecutive year in 2016 and revenue was up 4.1%. In 2017, the Italian brand introduces seven new models: 1299 Superleggera, SuperSport, Multistrada 950, Monster 797 and 1200, and Ducati Scrambler Café Racer and...
Financial analysts must see a rosy future for Harley-Davidson as shares have jumped 48% since June 2016 despite a 1.6%...
While BMW motorcycle sales rocketed to €2 billion last year, the average age of BMW customers has decreased by four...
Riders want riding partners and friends who are trustworthy and loyal, according to an independent survey of 1018 British bikers in March 2017. It found trust was important for 70% and loyalty to 69%, but 75% of riders only get to see their close friends once every fortnight to a month....
Dakar Rally winner Toby Price (pictured above) was a surprise guest at the second annual KTM Australia Adventure Rallye for...
Two-stroke engines were phased out by tough pollution laws and fuel economy targets, but they could be making a comeback with KTM,...
From the bizarre and sometimes shocking world of motorcycles comes a strong man restraining four motorcycles, a Scarlett woman and others making love to and on them! Strong man Former World’s Strongest Man competitor Franz “Austrian Rock” Muellner has set a new record for restraining four superbikes pulling at his arms and legs...
Motorcycle simulator software is now helping one manufacturer develop their motorcycles for the road which could make their bikes a little cheaper....
A Honda Africa Twin in almost standard trim has claimed the world altitude record for a twin-cylinder motorcycle by climbing...
More than 1000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles roared from Queenstown to Arrowtown today as part of the third annual Iron Run rally in New Zealand, raising funds for Camp Quality. The Thunder Run was the highlight of the two-day rally. It was led by celebrities including actress Danielle Cormack, All Black footy...
BMX and mountain bike racing couple Barry Nobles of the USA and Aussie Olympian Carline Buchanan share a passion for two...
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer has been making the X-Bow open-seater car since 2008 and has only now started importing them into...
Most of the Supercars drivers also ride motorcycles and Harley-Davidson has recognised that a lot of their fans also ride motorcycles. So it comes as no surprise that Harley-Davidson Australia and New Zealand has sponsored Brad Jones Racing. Team boss Brad Jones says he spent a lot of time on...
After a 50-year gap, Czech scooter brand Čezeta has revived the iconic torpedo-shaped 506 scooter, but now as an electric...
Four-time 500cc motorcycle World Champion and 1964 F1 champion John Surtees CBE of England has died, aged 83. Only eight-time...
The new world record for riding a motorcycle the longest distance on a track in one day has been set with a BMW K 1600 GT – and it could have been even longer! Carl Reese set the new Guinness World Record with 2119 miles (3410.2km) at the Continental Proving...
Riders have been invited to form a special council working group to find motorcycle parking spaces in the Brisbane CBD...
A couple of hundred riders rolled into the tiny town of Crows Nest yesterday to cut a cake and celebrate...
Triple MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has taken to the snow again and this time, not on an RC213V-S race bike, but this time on a scooter! Marc rode the specially equipped Honda X-ADV adventure through the snow at Hahnenkamm mountain in Kitzbuehel, Austria. The adventure scooter was unveiled last year...
A Brisbane teacher who is the record holder for a double crossing of the Simpson Desert in a single day...
The South Burnett Regional Council in South-East Queensland could be the first shire to declare itself motorcycle friendly. It follows...
President Trump mentioned Harley-Davidson in a recent address to Congress, suggesting that they paid 100% import duty in India, but he seems to have his facts all wrong, as usual. Last month Harley execs met Trump on the White House lawns with five of their Touring motorcycles. “They wanted me...
It seems Asian countries believe they are above international trade laws that bind other countries with the latest copycat ripoff being these Vietnamese “Ducati”...