Producing motorcycles with a 3D printer has moved to the next stage with the Airbus aviation company now printing and selling...
There seems little doubt that Victory Motorcycles is determined to crack into the sports bike market, judging by its racing...
Two new innovations from Toyota and Honda have implications for future motorcycle powertrains. Toyota engineers believe they can replace the lithium in rechargeable batteries used in electric vehicles with magnesium. Magnesium is more stable in the atmosphere than lithium and more potentially energy dense which means it will store bigger...
Delays in Africa Twin and Goldwing deliveries are expected after the Honda factory in Kumamoto was damaged in the recent...
Not many electric bikes enthuse us with their whisper-quiet power and ungainly looks, but this handmade retro electric moped is an...
Guy Martin has broken the speed record for riding the Wall of Death on live TV in the UK riding a specially prepared Indian Scout. The former Isle of Man TT racer and TV presenter was the second pick behind Charley Boorman by Motorbike Writer readers in an online poll...
The Harley-Davidson Owners Group, or HOG, is the biggest events organiser and charity fundraiser in the world, according to HD...
With the motorcycle toll reaching new high levels in Victoria and other states, maybe it’s time to consider incentives for...
Electric motorcycles will again be a major part of the sixth annual World Advanced Vehicle Expedition Trophy, the world’s biggest rally for electric vehicles (EVs), and you could be there! The WAVE Trophy rally will cover 1600km across three Central European countries from June 11, 2016. This year the are...
The world’s most popular two-wheeler, the Honda Super Cub, will soon have an electric version. Announcing plans to go into...
Charging times and battery range may not be an issue for electric motorcycles and cars with researchers looking at turning...
Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer Energica has produced a naked version of its Ego superbike. The Eva electric streetfighter is slightly less powerful, but can be recharged to 80% capacity in 3.5 hours. It’s still a long way from being palatable to a lot of buyers, but at least it sits in...
On a global scale it might be overshadowed by EICMA in Milan, but for bikers in the UK, Motorcycle Live, which...
This Spanish-made solar scooter docks in a solar charging station and switches on and off via an iPhone app that also controls...
BMW Motorrad has unveiled its first electric sports bike, the eRR “experimental vehicle”, to follow its C-evolution electric production scooter. BMW has an eye on an electric future with its i3 and i8 electric cars and now seems to be spreading that to its Motorrad division. The eRR is a...
Electric bikes have received a jolt from Zero Motorcycles with the addition of two new models and an optional Super...
The rumours have been around for a while that Apple is planning an electric car, but their latest recruitment drive...
BMW Gets the Message: Retro Sells If anyone could do retro — and if anyone should have jumped on the retro bandwagon long ago — it’s BMW. The German company, in their inimitable way, decided that only the future held promise. Retro is so…stale. Or something. The R NineT sort...
Two new developments in the electric vehicle industry are both good news and bad news for the move toward electric...
Electric motorcycles charged from mains power are starting to make inroads into mainstream production, but an African university is already...
A hipster electric motorbike is heading into a limited run of 100 for the US, with Australia another market the manufacturer is consider. Bolt Motorbikes has announced the launch of its $200,000 Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign, to bring its stylish and innovative electric motorbike to market. In just a few days they achieved...
Just as we have taken delivery of a special edition Kawasaki Ninja 300 for review, it appears the Japanese company...
If electric motorcycles are ever going to gain a foothold in the market they need a rider incentive like in...
The infant electric motorcycle market has been dominated by naked, sports and off-road machines and even Harley-Davidson and Victory Motorcycles have gone electric without a cruiser model. But electric cruisers may not be too far away. Switzerland-based Sine Cycles has produced an electric chopper by taking a Tha Heist frame from...
A rider who was fined for standing while riding and summonsed to court five months after the law was axed,...
There are many hurdles to the inevitable introduction of electric motorcycles, but they are gradually being whittled away as battery...
Electric motorcycle designers are able to come up with zany designs because the machines aren’t constrained by bulky fuel tanks and engines. In fact, batteries can be made into almost any shape and electric motors are much smaller than an internal combustion engine, allowing designers much more flexibility with their...
A solo rider has set a Guinness world record for the longest electric motorcycle ride at 12,644km (7856 miles) –...
The annual Aldi motorcycle gear sale is on this Saturday across all Australian stores with a line-up of buyers expected when...
Just a few months after buying Brammo electric motorcycles, Victory Motorcycles is ready to take their Brammo-derived Empulse TT to the North American market this year to reach younger riders. READ ABOUT THE EMPULSE TT Victory boss Rod Krois says the the Empulse TT, unveiled publicly on July 29, 2015, will be...
Finally an electric motorbike that you wouldn’t be embarrassed to be seen riding around town. A bike that gets it...
Victory Motorcycles today (July 29, 2015) releases the Empulse TT electric motorcycle which we road-tested last month in Colorado. Earlier...
Motorcycles are the fastest-growing form of transport – and fun! – in Australia. Motorcycle registrations have increased by 22.3% in the past five years, according to the Motor Vehicle Census. Registrations stood at 807,215 in January 2015, compared with 660,107 in 2010 and 780,174 in 2014 which is an annual...
An aerodynamic “Monoliner” motorcycle has recorded the lowest aerodynamic coefficient of drag for a motorcycle in a wind tunnel...
Japanese designer Kota Nezu has created a low-riding electric motorcycle that challenges some of the conventions of new-era zero-emission bikes....
Plans to ride from Russia to the USA across the Bering Strait in an amphibious KTM inflatable “bikeboat” have gone up in flames in a test crossing of the English Channel. The venture was started by Frenchman Francis Lamotte who has converted his KTM 690 into an amphibious bike. Australian...
Famous Spanish two-stroke off-road motorcycle manufacturer Bultaco has returned to production with an electric trials bike called the Brinco. It...
One Crashed Super Tenere Sometimes, there’s just a little too much “Adventure” in Adventure Touring… How Tough Is It? Yamaha...
British electric motorcycle engineering company Saietta has merged with Indian electric motor company Agni Motors, promising a “new breed” of bikes. While their promotional video shows the current Saietta R which looks more like an abstract Picasso bull than a motorcycle, the newly-formed Saietta Group says they will make a range...
As battery technology improves, electric motorcycle prices are bound to come down and the move is being led by Zero...