Kawasaki is seeking sensory overload with load, blinker, and position sensors complementing ABS and traction control to sense for “upcoming...
Finding a Good Home Most of us in the motorcycle world know the names Zack Courts and Ari Henning. They’re...
A Tennessee Harley-Davidson, Honda and Polaris dealer has got the sack over a Facebook post that said he was “sick of this black lives matter” and called for black people to go “back to Africa and stay”. The sacking comes as Harley has also sacked 90 staff at their York...
A New Development for This Upcoming Model Recently, I posted about the new 2021 Honda CRF450R that is supposed to...
It Looks Good Out There Aston Martin isn’t a company that you usually associate with motorcycles, but Aston and Brough...
It’s About the Pensions So, the verdict is in on the Norton pensions scheme that Norton’s ex-CEO Stuart Garner was the trustee of. The Pensions Ombudsman ruled he was ‘dishonest’ and because of this dishonesty, he will have to pay back £14 million (roughly $17 million), according to Visordown. There was...
Smart, Modular, and Affordable Sena helmets are pretty well-known as the helmets that come equipped with Sena Bluetooth communication units...
A New Distributor Could Mean a New Era for MV Agusta In the past, MV Agusta has used the distribution...
A New Tenere 700 Already In North America, we’re just not getting our dirty little hands on the Yamaha Tenere 700 that was available already in markets outside of our immediate area. We were jealous, but we have it now. However, Yamaha is already making new version of the Tenere...
Keep Your Bum the Right Temperature Are you sick of a sweaty butt while you ride? Maybe you have the...
A Beautiful Scrambler The Ducati Style Center and the Scuderia Club Italia teamed up to make the new Ducati Scrambler...
(Contributed article) The student life is a busy one! You have to juggle all the aspects of college life: writing research papers, essays, finding research topics, attending class, doing homework – not to mention keeping up with your social life! But this doesn’t mean that you have to give up...
Some Harley-ish Style Bullit doesn’t sell motorcycles here in the U.S., but I sure wish they did. The company makes...
Part of the Zongshen and Piaggio Partnership What you see here is the Aprilia Pagani 150 Cafe Racer, and it’s...
See the Icons in the Flesh Yesterday, the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, in Ohio has reopened and is ready for visitors to come in and see all that it has to offer. This is the first time since the Coronavirus outbreak that the museum has reopened to visitors. Of...
Motorcyclists are being urged to slow down at roadworks on the Oxley Highway, NSW, between Mount Seaview and Gingers Creek...
Stay Dry, Stay Compact Having a good dry bag can be a necessity when you’re riding long distances and through...
It’s BS6 Compliant Honda teased a new Grazia 125 scooter recently, according to BikeWale, and I have to say it looks pretty darned cool. I’m an unabashed fan of scooters (especially 125cc ones), and I’d love to see the new Honda Grazia reach North America, though I think that could...
A Three-Layer Jacket Spidi recently emailed us about its unique Step-In Armor technology for its latest gear, including the Mission-T...
A Change Overdue The high-end motorcycle company Confederate Motorcycles has decided to make a much-needed name change. The company will...
Many of us believe motorcycles are poetry in motion and Melbourne rider Sylvia Day has even written a poem about her Kawasaki Z900. But before we get to her poem, a little about the poet. Sylvia is 51 and started riding when she was 16 “up and down the trails...
This hit-and-run crash on an LA freeway is shocking, but also amazing as the rider received only minor injuries. It...
In a grim reminder of the dangers of group riding, America’s Fathers Day marks one year since young truck driver...
A Lego fan has built a life-size Ducati Panigale V4 R to celebrate the European launch of the scale model version. While the scale model is 32cm long, 16cm high and 8cm wide, this Lego model is the same size and almost the same weight at 180kg compared with 192kg...
One of Brisbane’s most popular motorcycle roads up to Mt Glorious will receive major resurfacing plus the installation of motorcycle-specific...
A utility driver who allegedly ran a red light and hit a motorcycle killing the rider, a police officer riding...
A new patent filing from Honda seems to suggest a return to the 1970s twist-and-go Hondamatic transmission like on Prince’s Rebel (pictured). The Hondamatic transmission was popular in America, but not here. However, Honda now seems keen to extend its auto and semi-auto transmissions throughout its range. New Hondamatic This...
Claims about the safety and cost effectiveness of wire rope barriers have been slammed by a damning report that also...
Now that Ducati has taken over the reigns of importing into Australia and New Zealand from NF Importers (Frasers), new...
Lots of New Stuff There’s a new 2021 Honda CRF450R off-road bike coming soon, and the design filings were recently spotted by Motorcycle.com. The publication noted that there are design filings in Laos, Japan, and New Zealand right now (the Japanese ones haven’t been made public yet). Motorcycle.com says these...
Two Iconic Events Pushed Out As the year wears on, more and more motorcycle events get canned or pushed out...
The Tuono 660 Looks Like It Is Coming Aprilia showcased the RS 660 and Tuono 660 at the same time...
That Can’t Be a Good Sign It’s no secret that Harley-Davidson is struggling to make things work right now. The company recently filed for a new line of credit and it’s had a quarter after quarter of sales declines. I recently learned of some more bad news: as of June...
They’ve Joined Forces Thanks to a new distribution deal with Parts Canada, Cardo Systems products will now be more easily...
A New Small GSX-S300 Haojue is Suzuki’s partner in China and it just launched a new DR300 in its home...
“New” Old Cylinder Heads The legendary Kawasaki Z1, KZ900, and KZ1000 motorcycles remain loved and admired by many riders. The bikes are now reaching their 50, year anniversary. Finding parts for these bikes has proved difficult in some cases. So, Kawasaki decided to reproduce cylinder heads for the Z1, KZ900,...
Producing the Dream Ducati has now started production for the Superleggera V4. The first model came off the production line...
(Contributed post for our North American readers. Those in right-hand-drive countries should read “right hand turns”) There are many reasons...
Queensland motorcycle and scooter riders are being asked to complete an online survey to help Transport and Main Roads identify rider types and develop relevant policies. The research group running the survey, Enhance Research, has sought our assistance in reaching out to riders of registrable motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, so...
Motorcycles are music to our ears, but Taiwanese tuner company aRacer SpeedTek has now programmed a Yamaha R1 to sing...