Will online swapping make motorcycle parts swap meets a thing of the past and will riders choose to swap their...
Heavy motorcycles gained weight in the market last year with Harley-Davidson recording 4.4% global sales growth and Polaris – maker...
On Australia Day, an Australian speed-record-holding 1951 Vincent Black Lightning has set a world record at the Bonham’s annual Las Vegas motorcycle auction. The 1951 Vincent Black Lightning sold for $US929,000 ($A1,155,000, €748,500), making it the most valuable motorcycle ever sold at auction. The record was previously held by a...
The motorcycle sales boom that happened in the wake of the first pandemic lockdown appears to be over. Sales of...
Motorcycle sales might be in a two-year slump in Australia, but there is no cause for general panic about the...
(Sponsored education post for our North American readers) In urban conditions, a motorcycle gives an undeniable advantage in maneuverability and speed of movement, so from year to year, the number of owners of two-wheeled vehicles is multiplying. More and more students appear in the ranks of motorists, many of whom...
Indian Motorcycle is holding a runout sale until the end of September on its entire 2016 fleet with bonuses and savings valued...
Motorcycle sales continued to tumble in the first half of this year, down 5.9% on the first half of 2017...
Honda’s postie bike and its range of 500cc learner bikes led a small surge in road motorcycle sales in the first half of the year. The Honda CT110X “postie bike” returned to the number one position with a 88.1% increase in sales to 1486, knocking the Kawasaki Ninja 300 off its...
Royal Enfield Australia is making a offer of a free sports exhaust on their best-selling Continental GT. The offer...
BMW Motorrad Australia has joined the winter discount boom throwing in a free Navigator V GPS worth $1200 with their tourers...
Riders should expect a host of discount offers in the New Year after Australian motorcycle, scooter and ATV sales continued to decline in the important Christmas quarter of 2017. Overall, the market was down a massive 9.3% from 114,770 to 104,111. It was the first full-year negative result since the...
Desperate times require desperate measures and MV Agusta Australia has just launched a “5-Day Flash Sale” with discounts up to...
Sales of road bikes rose 4.4% in the first half of the year, one of the biggest increases since the...
A rider who vented his spleen with a vitriolic but humorous ad for his 2016 Triumph Thruxton R reached a substantial bid of $19,700 on eBay. The owner, who says he wishes to remain anonymous, placed the humorous ad after snapping a gear lever bolt on his three-month-old bike after 1700km. His...
President Donald Trump’s trade wars are hitting Harley-Davidson hard with a 22% bite in profits to $US426m after a 8.4%...
Have you ever seen ads for motorcycles that say something like “hurry now, this deal is for a strictly limited...
Honda Australia is promoting its automatic Dual-Clutch Transmission on the new Africa Twin adventure bike by offering the upgrade for free. Apart from scooters, there are few bikes that have a clutchless shift transmission, although many hi-tech sports bikes now have a quick shifter that allows shifts without using the...
Ageless aerodynamics. Absolute cupboard of a caboose. The putter of perfection. All this and more could be yours for a...
Harley-Davidson has extended its lead at the top of the road bikes sales sector at the three-quarter mark in the...
BMW Motorrad in Australia is offering free on-road costs and accessories on selected 2015 models to clear stock, even though the company has recorded its fifth consecutive sales record. Example of their deals are the R nineT which now comes with a free custom rider seat and tail hump cover,...
Honda has been one of the most aggressive in discount offers this year in an effort to return to the...
Australian motorcycle and off-highway vehicle (OHV) sales have increase 51% in the first quarter over the same period last year....
Harley-Davidson revenue has dropped 14% in the first quarter as a Bollywood actor has called for the company to be banned in India for selling cow leather products. The Milwaukee company blames the slide in sales on weak pricing for used motorcycles, a buildup of 2016 inventory at dealers and sluggish...
BMW Motorrad has defied the global slide in motorcycle sales with its seventh record year of sales, up 13.2%. As...
January’s fires, followed by floods and concerns about coronavirus have wreaked havoc on new car and motorcycle sales in Australia....
BMW Motorrad Australia has increased its warranty to three years on all new bikes and now offers discount package service deals on new and used bikes. While the car industry has up to seven-year warranties, the bulk of the motorcycle industry offers two-year warranties. Yamaha offers a five-year warranty on...
BMW is forging ahead with sales this year already surpassing last year’s total, assembly of motorcycles beginning in Thailand and...
Ducati will add another Scrambler model to its fleet “in the coming months”, either an 803cc street motard or an...
Motorcycle sales are now in a two-year slump in Australia and it’s time to ask what can be done about it. While it’s good news in the short term for customers with bike companies likely to offer discounts and dealers ready to do deals, it is not good for the industry...
Motorcycle sales are down 2.5% so far this year! But the good news for Aussie riders is that the motorcycle...
January is a great time to buy a new motorcycle as companies try a raft of incentives to shift stock...
In a bold move to get more riders on motorcycles, TeamMoto has offered free motorcycle licence training if you buy a motorcycle from them this month (May 2019). It’s a clever sales tactic as sales continue their two-years-plus slide. While all dealers are feeling the pinch, the most public example is...
Rare veteran and vintage motorcycles from noted Victorian collector and enthusiast Warren Hicks will feature at the Shannons Timed Spring...
KTM and, to a lesser extent Husqvarna, have defied the Australian road bike sales slump of -11.9% last year, according...
Triumph Motorcycles and Ducati have followed Suzuki with August incentives to kick-start the second half of the year’s motorcycle sales. Triumph is offering a $1000 voucher on Triumph parts and accessories when you buy a new Daytona 675 at $14,990 (+ORC). The offer does not include the 675 R and the voucher...
MV Agusta has now opened orders for all its motorcycles online in a trend that could send shivers down the...
Anecdotal evidence and reports from around the world suggest that the motorcycle market might be surprisingly defying the COVID-19 crisis...
Motorcycle customers are spending more time in online research for their next bike than visiting dealerships, according to an American motorcycle industry survey. We believe the same thing is happening in Australia where dealers tell us customers are often arriving at their stores with more information than the salesperson. The 11th...
(This is my 100th post!) Victory Motorcycles is celebrating its 15th birthday and you get the presents. The deals are...