Our long-term CFMoto 650NK test bike has passed its first service with flying colours. The CFMoto 650NK had clocked up over...
Kawasaki has launched two new 2014 sports touring models. The new 2014 Kawasaki Z1000 ABS SE has more power, torque,...
Yamaha seems to be planning a 2017 model R6 while Honda is believed to be planning to scrap the CBR600RR because of sliding supersports sales and the expense of meeting tough new European emissions laws. The above artists’s impresssion has appeared online showing an R6 that looks very much like the R1 with all its...
The Kawasaki Ninja 300 is a game-changer in the small sportsbike stakes. Now you can look like Casey Stoner, but...
One ride and you’ll understand why the 2016 Kawasaki Ninja 300 is the most popular learner-approved motorcycle of the past few...
An Italian company plans to build a motorcycle with a howling, 150kW, upside-down, two-litre, triple engine and is seeking crowd-funding for the wacky idea. While many motorcycle manufacturers are trying to build bikes with a lower centre of gravity for more stability, Nembo Motociclette says mass centralisation as featured in...
New riders are spoilt for choice these days, including the special made-for-Australia Ducati Monster 659 ABS. Since the special learner-approved...
Kawasaki is turning its Z1000 into a long-distance sports tourer with the Z1000SX. The Kawasaki Z1000SX gets optional colour-coded panniers that...
Norton Motorcycles plans to increase its current single engine and four model line-up to three engine platforms and seven or eight models. The announcement comes after a £7.5 ($A16) million investment at the company’s Leicestershire headquarters, creating 600 new jobs. The investment includes a £4 ($A8) million Government grant. Norton...
Yamaha Motor Australia has unveiled the new colours for their sports bikes – YZF-R1, special YZF-R1M and YZF-R6 – at the...
MV Agusta Imports is trying to gain market share and riders who like ther sexy looks of the Rivale 800...
Australian certification for the Oregon-built Brammo Empulse and Empulse R electric motorcycles has been received. However, importers ElectroMotive Force (ELMOFO) are still waiting on import approval and expect the first shipment of bikes to arrive in late January. Managing director Brett Sutherland says they have several buyers already who have...
The Ducati Monster 1200 not only delivers more power than ever, but also “monster” service intervals of 30,000km for...
The “Masters of Torque” range has increased with Yamaha unveiling the Street Rally version of the recently released MT-09 895cc...
Victory Motorcycles has taken third and fourth place in the Isle of Man Zero TT race for electric motorcycles in the American company’s first European race venture. The electric race was won by John McGuinness on a Mugen with a new lap record of 119.279mph (18:58.743) from from teammate Bruce...
The new Ducati Panigale R is about as close as you will ever get to riding a World Superbike on the road. Ducati Australia...
If you think coronavirus is scary, how about the Italian Vyrus Alyen 988 with its origami bikini fairing and tailpiece...
These are the first images of the new Lotus motorcycle, the C-01. The single-seater is a lightweight super bike with futuristic looks, but a traditional twin shock rear with massive front forks, according to the images published by British magazine, MCN. The engine is supposed to be a V-twin, but...
Most people would like an Italian love affair in their life, but not everyone wants, or can afford, some of...
The KTM 390 Duke street bike adds to their range of learner-approved motorcycles (LAMS). It was to arrive about now,...
When I threw my leg over the Moto Guzzi Griso test bike at Springwood Suzuki I immediately had one of those “oh-oh!” moments. I was about to embark on a bit of an adventure trip which included riding from dawn to sunset (albeit on the shortest day of the year)....
Honda’s NC700SA “new concept” commuter has grown some highway legs, as well as more manners and grunt. It’s now the...
As the revamped Norton Motorcycles are about to arrive in Australia, the venerable British motorcycle manufacturer has announced a new...
The new Yamaha FJR1300A is a big-torquing sports tourer with a healthy dose of modern technology. While keeping the same lithe chassis, Yamaha has uprated the 1298cc inline four-cylinder engine for even more power and torque, added lashings of electronic wizardry and improved rider and passenger safety, comfort and...
MV Agusta looks like it might be chasing Italian compatriot Ducati into the muscle bike category. With sports bike sales...
Price in Australia will be $19,990 (+ORC) and available now for pre-order, arriving in December/January....
Just as Kawasaki is finding a future in supercharging, so is Bimota which has launched its supercharged Impeto at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan last week. The longest-running Italian motorcycle company describes Impeto as a ‘hyper-naked’ using the 120kW 1198cc Testastretta engine from the Ducati Diavel. Impeto is Italian...
There is nothing cruisy about the Ducati Diavel. Despite some thinking that this would be the Italian bike manufacturer’s first...
In the final days before the official launch of the KTM 1290 Super Duke R on October 18, the company...
Despite a huge downturn in sales, manufacturers seem to have rejected reports of the death of sportsbikes as “premature” with a host of new and more powerful models coming to market. Sportsbikes used to rule, especially in Australia. But in recent years, the proliferation of speed cameras and heftier fines...
The Moto Guzzi Griso is the Vin Diesel of the motorcycle world – all brawn and rugged handsome looks –...
The all-new Yamaha MT-09 naked bike has arrived at $10,999 (plus on-road costs). It promises to be a flexible weapon...
A series of photographs of the MV Agusta Dragster 800RR have been leaked by Dutch online motorcycle website Nieuwsmotor before it is officially unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan on November 4. The most eye-catching aspect of the three-cylinder Dragster are the beautiful spoked wheels in red-white and red-black. The...
Naked bikes are enjoying a boom in sales and now Kawasaki Australia has dropped the price of its “super naked”...
KTM is steering more and more toward the road with its latest releases. Instead of unveiling a swag of dirt...
Yamaha YZF-R15: The quality of bikes coming from India will change the way riders think. The new KTM Duke 390 and the Yamaha YZF-R15 look and feel as good as models made in their native Austria or Japan. The same goes for bikes made in Thailand and other South East...
Customers for Honda’s road-legal MotoGP bike, theRC213V-S, are not baulking at the price tag of $A244,000. In fact, Honda Australia...
How about this for an innovative sales strategy to match an innovative bike! Buy an Erik Buell Racing EBR 1190RX...
BMW has stripped off and gone naked with the S 1000 R roadster. It’s basically an S 1000 RR sportsbike without the fairings but with the same technology. It has 160hp, weighs just 207kg and features Race ABS, ASC and a choice of two riding modes as standard to be the most technological...
More power and torque, a more aggressive riding position and a racier windscreen has added $900 to the price of...