Month: April 2015

Far Island Fox Hunt: On the importance of indicators Dual sport bikes are a heap of fun. They adapt to a variety of conditions and if not pushed too hard into too challenging terrain will […]

I’d just been riding in Victoria so wasn’t surprised when an email popped up entitled, “Traffic infringement notice — photographic evidence” but even before I could get my back up about the state government’s traffic-based […]

Former Top Gear stars James May and Richard Hammond sold all 12 of the motorcycles they’d put up for auction at a record-breaking sale which achieved over $4.25 million. The celebrity pair’s bikes weren’t the […]

Erik Buell’s motorcycle company, EBR, is expected to carry on in some form after going into receivership as a result of trying “to do too much with too little funding”, according to Buell. EBR has […]

The Far Island Fox Hunt: On the frustration of non-failing final drives Odd as it might seem my old BMW has been ‘retrofitted’ with a particular component of a particular model prone to a quite […]

Triumph has a two-bike Tiger 800 lineup, the XR and XC, and there’s such a significant difference between the two models that you should have no doubt which one was made for you. It all […]

Melbourne has a new workshop for Indian and Victory owners after All American Motorcycles in Ringwood was made an authorised service centre for the two US brands. All American Motorcycles is owned and run by a […]

Disappointingly, I missed the Black Dog Ride this year, elusive starter motor gears having not yet arrived from the US of A. I did look locally but was informed I could only purchase a complete […]

Suzuki is offering discounts of up to $1800 on Hayabusa, GSX-R and Boulevard motorbikes until the end of May. All the Boulevard cruisers, from the learner-legal S40 single through to the mean M109R V-twin have had […]

NF Importers has celebrated half a century as the Australian Ducati distributor, the longest in Ducati history. The milestone was celebrated during the Ducati Global Dealer Conference in Sorrento, Italy, where Ducati Motor Holding CEO Claudio Domenicali and sales and marketing VP […]