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Australia's most popular competition motorcycle is set to get its own national race series, with two new comps announced for dirt bike riders looking to try road racing with minimal modifications.

Australia's most successful domestic Superbike racer, Shawn Giles, has announced his retirement from national championship motorcycle racing.

Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations has created four limited production models for 2011.

The latest model of Suzuki's legendary Hayabusa sportsbike is now available in Australia.

Sachs have broadened their range of learner-legal and commuter-focused models with the release of the new 'X-Road 250', a blend of supermotard styling and LAMS-legal roadbike handling and performance.

Think 'Ducati' and dirt bikes don't exactly spring to mind! Despite this, more than a few enthusiasts have tried to take the grunt inherent in the Ducati's v-twin design and apply it to an off-road bike.

The Triumph Bonneville was an instant hit when it made its debut in model year 1959. Strong sales in both the UK and USA for the new 650 parallel twin continued with the 1960 model.

A motorcycling holiday can be simple and fun. Part of the buzz is how little you need to take with you.

The limited edition, never to be reproduced green and gold Fox gear worn Jay Marmont at the 2010 Motocross of Nations and the Auckland round of Super X has raised over $4000 to assist Harley Quinlan in his rehabilitation from serious spinal injury

In the midst of a busy Super X schedule, CDR Rockstar Yamaha's head of Engine Development and Logistics, Shawn Hodgetts, took some time out to explain how they prepare their Yamaha YZ 450Fs for short circuit competition.

January 6th saw Bonhams & Butterfields (USA) auction a plethora of motorcycles at the 'Las Vegas Motorcycle Sale', held at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino.

Originally revealed in 2001, the MV Agusta Brutale line started life with a 750cc engine, growing to 910cc and 989cc in the years since.

The completely new MV Agusta F3 was recently launched at the world's biggest motorcycle show in Milan, where showgoers voted the F3 as 'The Most Beautiful Bike of the Show'.

An inspiring book about motorcycling in Australia from a woman's perspective, The Perils of Motorcycling is a witty collection of bike tales amassed over 30 years.

Honda has launched the all new CBR250R, which arrives in Australia in the first quarter of 2011.

Combining two of the most potent performance focused enterprises in the world, Ducati and AMG - the performance arm of Mercedes-Benz - are set to boost both brands.

Fifty years ago, Suzuki made its debut on the international racing stage in the legendary Isle of Man TT and claimed its first World Championship race win soon after in 1962.

Building on its racing expertise, the Dorsoduro 1200 is a unique mix of power, agility and precision in a Street bike.

One of the show stoppers at the Australian Motorcycle Expo was the Victory CORE concept motorcycle.

Honda's Fireblade was THE sportsbike of the Nineties. Compact, fast, light and manoeuvrable, it was hugely popular. But a decade later, the competition had caught up, so Honda needed to take the next step to improve the 'Blade . . .and did it by applying some MotoGP-winning technology.

Like round 5 of the 2010 Monster Energy Super X championship at Dunedin, weather played a factor in the final round at Brisbane's QSAC Stadium.

The success of Ducati's mighty 916 in domestic and World Superbike competition from the mid to late 1990s led the Japanese manufacturers to develop their own V-twin sportsbikes in an attempt to knock the 916 off its throne. Suzuki's challenger was the TL 1000R.

All Harley-Davidson motorcycles have a distinctive character and so it is with the Dyna. In many respects the very existence of the Super Glide was due to exceptional circumstances that embroiled Harley-Davidson in the late sixties.

Following a very wet Dunedin round of the 2010 Monster Energy Super X championship, better conditions greeted fans and riders for the penultimate round of the series at Parramatta Stadium.