While the future of transport would seem to be smaller vehicles and more two-wheelers, one state doesn’t agree and has...
BMW Screen Saver for Old Windows Machines The BMW logo is a classic! It’s a simple, strong and powerful identity,...
These motorcycle news stories were posted on the webBikeWorld.com home page. Once a link is removed from the Motorcycle News column on the home page, it is posted here, by month for the calendar year. News from previous years is linked in the right-hand column. 2015 Motorcycle News New Arai Signet-Q...
Road construction and road safety experts around the world are acknowledging that roads need to be designed with rider safety...
Billy Joel seems to have partially solved the mystery surrounding fellow rock star Bruce Springsteen’s Moto Guzzi which broke down...
An inquest into the death of a rider who hit a pothole on a newly opened bridge is expected to highlight the risk for motorcyclists of poor road design and poor maintenance. James Hughes, 50, died when his Ducati 900S hit a massive pothole at the Oallen Ford Bridge near Goulburn...
Russian investment has apparently saved the MV Agusta business from going under, but there are no details yet on what it...
Lately there has been a flurry of good, bad and ugly electric motorcycles and scooters from motorcycle manufacturers, boutique designers and...
Italian electric sports bike company Energica has unveiled a scrambler concept that finally shows how their patent-pending battery avoids overheating and losing power. Designer Paolo Iemmi says the concept (pictured above) is named after the EsseEsse9 road that snakes through the Italian motor valley where the company is situated. “We...
Zero Motorcycles has announced their 2017 models will have increased range up to 200 miles (320km), seemingly kicking down one of...
Hollywood blockbuster actors Matt Damon (Bourne Identity) and Liam Neeson (Taken) are tipped to star in an action movie about...
Motorcycles hitting kangaroos and other native fauna and livestock should be noted as a separate crash cause in road toll statistics, according to a motorcycle campaigner. Independent Riders’ Group spokesman Damien Codognotto points out that “animal strikes” are “seriously under-reported road hazards”. “Last week a couple died hitting a tree...
A long lost Vincent 1938 HRD Series A Rapide found among a collection in Japan has been sold at a...
Shortly after BMW Motorrad unveiled its self-balancing Vision 100 Next motorcycle, Thrustcycle has unveiled their own version of a self-balancing...
Motorcycle paramedics operate in several cities around the world, but with the growing number of trail and adventure riders heading bush is it time for off-road bike paramedics as well? The argument is that while a motorcycle paramedic cannot transport a patient, they can get to them quicker in inaccessible...
Auckland in New Zealand’s North Island is about to double its Harley-Davidson dealerships when a new store is opened in...
A group of American war veterans out for a ride stopped to help a stranded biker with a broken-down Moto...
Have you copped tyre punctures while filtering through traffic? You’re not alone, according to Queensland Motorcycle Breakdown Service. They have had a spike (‘scuse then pun) in tyre punctures since the lane filtering rule was introduced last year, including nine in one week and 24 last month. Director Peter Roussos...
Police investigations into two controversial motorcycle crashes in Melbourne are still not resolved up to four months later. The first...
Vale Barry Marshall, motorcycle photographer (29 April 1944 – 10 October 2016) The Queensland and Australian motorcycle sport community is...
Simple stupidity, irresponsibility and bad luck are often overlooked as causes of a motorcycle crash, says 10-year road safety researcher Elaine Hardy. Yet police and other investigators are quick to blame speed first in most crashes. That’s probably because other factors are more difficult to prove. Recently in Victoria police...
Organisers of the Save of the Oxley rally to halt the reduction of speed limits on the famed motorcycle route...
South Australian riders and representative groups want to join most of the rest of Australia, California, Asia and Europe in...
Two accredited QRide testers have been arrested for allegedly issuing motorcycle licences to 13 people without going through the required test and evaluation process. The Beenleigh men were arrested yesterday on a total of 45 charges relating to fraudulently issuing motorcycle licences. Thirteen people who allegedly paid for the licences have been charged with one count each of...
Thousands of riders, locals, politicians and business people are expected to attend the Save the Oxley rally tomorrow (Saturday, November...
Despite a zero fatality rate on highways with open speed limits, the Northern Territory has once again returned to 130km/h speed...
Operation Silverstone and Operation Safe Hills have been launched for the spring/summer riding season to specifically target speeding riders, one with air support. Silverstone is based in the Central Hunter, Hunter Valley and Lake Macquarie regions of NSW and Safe Hills in the Adelaide hills. There are also ongoing motorcycle-oriented...
It’s rare for a politician to admit they are wrong, but this former politician regrets not giving enough support to...
The 2.5-litre V6 FGR Midalu has gazumped the Triumph Rocket III at 2.3-litres for the title of the world’s biggest production...
Road safety nannies seem obsessed with introducing automated vehicles as a panacea to resolving the road toll, according to motorcycle and artificial intelligence experts. Their comments follow a recent crash in which an automated Tesla S rear-ended and injured a female motorcyclist in Norway while undergoing on-road testing. It has prompted...
Lowering the speed limits on the Oxley Highway as proposed by the NSW Roads and Maritime Services would lead to...
West Australian Steve Fraser is the current rider in Ducati’s worldwide Globetrotter 90th campaign where riders lap the world on...
Low speed thresholds are turning motorists, particularly motorcyclists, into dangerous speedo gazers, according to a university study. Using drive simulators, researchers at the University of Western Australia studied 84 drivers to test whether a low speed threshold before a fine was imposed affected their driving performance. The answer was yes! “Our...
BSA could join the list of recently revived motorcycle brands including Bultaco, Brough, Hesketh, Matchless and Norton after Indian motor...
Brisbane CBD will lose up to 200 designated motorcycle parking spaces after work starts in December 2016 on the new...
A carrot in the form of a subsidised discount is being offered to riders to participate in a First Aid for Motorcyclists course in Albury on the NSW-Victorian border. The $30 subsidy on the $78 course is provided by the Albury Council and NSW Roads and Maritime Services for one...
Europe is mandating ABS on motorcycles and it is being considered in Australia but only now is a survey seeking...
It is almost an undisputed fact that motorcyclists are the safest road users with a 2016 British survey providing further...
It might make you sick to think someone would try to steal your motorcycle, but now there is Skunklock that actually makes the thief vomit by spraying them with a noxious chemical. The aptly titled product contains a pressurised concoction of chemicals that sprays in the face of the thief if they try...
The UK Government is about to provide a £1500 (about $2400) subsidy on the price of electric motorcycles and scooters...