More than 100 motorbike riders are meeting in Sydney's inner-west on Sunday before they take off on a drive to Alice Springs in a bid to raise awareness about depression.

The nippy, manoeuvrable quad bike has revolutionised a myriad of land management tasks on farms and rural properties.

There are few motorcycle manufacturers that maintain a presence by faithfully preserving their marquee's past. Other manufacturers have slates of retro motorbikes, but Royal Enfield remains a player by continuing to build the same classic motorcycles they've always built.

An encouraging 14.1 per cent decrease over the last 12 months, with all demographics improving except for the 40-59yrs group

Australia's rolling 12-month motorcycle road toll was down by 14.1 per cent at the end of May, according to statistics released by the federal government.

V8 Supercar driver Mark Skaife believes parents and driving lessons should never mix

PARENTS should be barred from teaching their children to drive, as a key to improving road safety in Australia.

The family ban is part of a package proposed by Mark Skaife, who intends to turn his retirement from full-time V8 Supercar racing into a career as a safety campaigner.

Skaife has been a driver trainer for more than 15 years and a safety advocate through the Advertiser's sister newspaper, the Herald Sun in Melbourne, for more than 10, but found himself in the spotlight this week when he proposed a major safety review.

VICTORIA'S top traffic cop concedes the state has a long way to go to match European driver training as he backed the Premier's refusal to adopt Mark Skaife's proposal to raise speed limits.



Increase the limit: Mark Skaife wants an overhaul of Victorian road laws. Picture: Scott Barbour Source: Getty Images

Skaife's call to raise speed limits to 140km/h on Victorian freeways has sparked a war of words between the car-racing champ and Premier John Brumby.

He's got one eye, an artificial hip and a pacemaker but 76-year-old Henry Brody was born to open it up once he's on a motorbike.

Which is why the daredevil pensioner, like a British version of Anthony Hopkin's loveable character Burt Munro in the hit film The World's Fastest Indian, is the current UK motorcycle sprint champion in the veteran class.

Australia’s peak motoring organisation, the Australian Automobile Association, today warned fuel retailers not to increase prices in the run up to and over the Easter weekend.

Young male motorcyclists continue to dominate the ranks of those Australians who suffer a spinal cord injury.

There were 362 cases of new spinal cord injury in 2007-08, according to latest data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

THE number of unsafe vehicles on Victorian roads is growing.

The Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce is so concerned it has released images of some of the worst offenders.

VACC chief executive David Purchase says the chamber's own data shows one in four Victorian vehicles is unsafe.



VACC chief David Purchase with tyres that were too dangerous to drive on. Picture: Paul Trezise Source: Herald Sun

Finding and contacting a dealer or service centre just got easier with the release of the new Motorcycle and Scooter Dealer & Workshop Application for iPhone.




The Motorcycle Network uses Google Maps to mark over 1000 dealers, workshops, accessories stores, tyre, spare parts & wreckers across Australia on their website www.mcnetwork.com.au and now with the release of the new iPhone app, motorcyclists can find whatever they need quickly and easily while out and about, simply by looking up their location on their mobile.

It’s being billed as the longest supported motorcycle expedition in the world. The 248-day journey will span 30 countries on five continents, taking riders from modern cities to remote villages, across five-lane interstates and narrow dirt tracks, from arid deserts to tropical rain forests, in some of the world’s richest and poorest countries.

ACT - New government figures show Canberra has the lowest rate of fatal crashes in the country, but long-term trends show more motorcyclists are dying on the nation's roads.

FORMER Miss Universe Australia Erin McNaught has had emergency surgery after partially severing a finger in a motorcycle accident.

A FEMALE driver who killed two motorists at the same intersection seven years apart has been criticised as incompetent by a coroner.

WHAT you don't look for you don't see, a motorbike safety advocate warned yesterday.

Rider Awareness NT president Digby Hart used the start of a week dedicated to motorcycle safety to urge drivers to keep a look out for two-wheeled road users.

And motorcyclists should return the favour.

Judith Overman and RANT's Digby Hart are keeping an eye out for motorbike riders. Picture: PATRINA MALONE

Honda has announced that it has developed Dual Clutch Transmission - the world’s first dual-clutch fully automatic motorcycle transmission system - for sportier large-displacement bikes.

The HONDA Goldwing GL1800 is the first production motorcycle in Australia to be offered with an airbag as a safety feature, but since its launch in September last year, little has been heard.

FOR Jeffrey Viney, the thrill of getting back on a bike was quickly overshadowed by a horrific accident.
Motorcyclist Jeffrey Viney faces a long road to recovery after his horrific crash six weeks ago.

Patent drawings from Kawasaki uncover a new night-vision system that'll give riders a view beyond a bike's conventional headlamp.
Night Riders Rejoice: Kawasaki Developing Infrared Night Vision: Patent drawings uncover a new night-vision system for motorcycles from Kawasaki. The system uses two infrared cameras hooked to a processor and LCD screen on the bike's instrument panel. The company is reportedly using its 1400 GTR motorcycle as a test mule for the device.