Articles by Mike Ryan

Triumph has just announced the 'Ride away' price of only $14,490 for its America & Speedmaster cruisers.

Chris Vermeulen has been confirmed as the replacement rider for Colin Edwards at the next MotoGP round in Le Mans, France on May 20. Edwards broke his collarbone following a collision with fellow CRT rider, Randy de Puniet, during practise for the Estoril MotoGP round and will not be fit to return to racing until June.

After almost three months of speculation over the future of Australian Supercross following the withdrawal of SuperX series promoter Global Action Sports in February, Motorcycling Australia (MA) announced on May 8 that International Entertainment Group (IEG) has been appointed to promote the series for three years, starting this year.

Registrations for this September's 2012 BMW GS Safari are now open. The GS Safari will set out from Ballina in NSW on September 16 and head into The Great Dividing Range, concluding in Bathurst on September 21.

One of the more intriguing bikes from Bonhams recent "Sale of Important Pioneer, Vintage and Collectors' Motorcycles" auction, held in conjunction with the 32nd Classic Motorcycle Show at Stafford in the UK, was a one-off creation known as the "Ferrari" motorcycle.

Raider Motorsport has recently been given the opportunity to sell a quartet of rare and highly desirable motorycles, comprising a Laverda SFC, Egli Ducati, Ducati 851 Kit Tricolore, and Ducati 900SS Imola. Raider will have exclusive rights to sell these machines only until Thursday, May 10.

NGM Mobile Forward Racing's Colin Edwards was a non-starter at the Estoril MotoGP round, following a collision in the Saturday qualifying session with Power Electronic Aspar's Randy de Puniet.

The rain that impacted upon round 3 of the 2012 World Sueprbike Championship at Assen returned for round 4 at Monza, with race 1 cancelled.

Fresh from his gutsy victoy at round 2 of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship in Jerez, Casey Stoner put in a similarly gritty performance to win round 3 at the Grande Premio de Portugal Circuito Estoril on Sunday. The win was also important in that Estoril marked the only track that Casey Stoner hadn't won a MotoGP race at.

Just as in the previous round at Assen, rain was a factor in round 4 of the World Supersport Championship at Monza. Despite no rain falling for the race, heavy showers beforehand made for tricky conditions on the patchy track.

The small Victorian town of Buln Buln near Warragul will come alive this October 24-27 when its hosts the 2012 Australian 4 Day Enduro. Now in its 34th year, the iconic A4DE is the second largest Motorcycle Enduro race on the planet and will attract more than 350 riders with its challenging four-day program of unique trails and special tests.

TGB's Bullet RS scooter already offers variety in the form of a 50cc and 150cc version. Now, TGB have added a couple of additional options in the form of two new colour schemes which will be available across both models.