Brand new BMW R 1200 GS Rallye X to tackle Finke Desert Race.
The new BMW R 1200 GS Rallye X will be put to one of the world's great off-road tests in June, taking on the legendary Finke Desert Racing in Central Australia. To celebrate the arrival of the most off-road focussed R 1200 GS yet, BMW Motorrad marketing manager Miles Dav
British Armed Forces tackle world record
Six members of the British Armed Forces will attempt to become the first motorcyclists to ride the length of the world’s longest road by riding 32,186km unsupported up the Pan- American Highway. Echoing the record-setting three- month 1971 expedition led by Colonel Blas
Hoverbikes - When is a bike not a bike? When it flies
Hoverbikes aren’t a new phenomenon.Humans have been obsessed with making things fly since well before the Wright brothers made their historic and first powered flight in 1903, and motorcycle-loving flight-obsessed humans are no different. Many will argue that machines that fly
Australia’s Motorcycle Innovation creates the TS3 Shockwave
Start-up company, Motorcycle Innovation Pty Ltd, is set to create a ‘Shockwave’ in the international motorcycle manufacturing arena.
The silent rise of the electric bike
The revolution may be coming, but electric bikes still have a way to go before they become commonplace. We look at the state of play, and teach you how to talk watts and volts
Vale Jack Ahearn October 8 1924 – April 10 2017
Jack Ahearn, the runner up in the 1964 world 500 championship, has died in Lismore, aged 92. Ahearn won the 1964 Finnish GP at Imatra at age 39 on a privately entered Norton and was second in the championship to MV’s Mike Hailwood. He raced for a quarter of a century, was
The inevitability of autonomy
Honda raised more than a few eyebrows when it unveiled its innovative self-balancing motorcycle at Las Vegas’ Consumer Electronics Show in January. While self-balancing motorcycles date back to the start of the decade, Honda swapped the more conventional (and bulky) gyrosco
Next year’s motocrossers
We might still be getting used to the idea that it’s 2017, but already we’re getting the first hints of 2018’s models, and as usual motocross machines are leading the charge. At the start of this month, Suzuki pulled the wraps off its 2017 works crosser, the RM-Z450WS, cal
Suzuki DR200S available this month
Suzuki Australia has announced the arrival of the DR200S, an entry level off-road model which is fully road registrable. Powered by a 199cm3 single-cylinder air-cooled four-stroke engine, that provides just the right amount of torque and horsepower to power your ride. And that
Harley reacts with Road King Special
Harley-Davidson’s new Road King Special might only be a mild reworking of an existing model, but it manages to be a distinctive bike nonetheless. As the name suggests, it’s based on the Road King, but by adding blacked-out bagger looks, Harley has created something to cash i
MOTORCYCLISTS RAISE $33,000 FOR AUSTIN HEALTH
The Ducati Owners Club of Victoria has celebrated the end of their 40th Year celebrations by donating $32,979.36 to the Victorian Spinal Cord Service (VSCS) at Austin Health
Reece’s ninth world record
Serial record setter American Carl Reese has unofficially broken the record for distance travelled in 24 hours on a motorcycle. The nine-time world record breaker rode his BMW K1600GT 3410.2km around Continental’s 13.6km proving ground circuit. “We still must download the