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Harley-Davidson's W model turns 75 this this year, and to mark the occasion, Australian W model Harley owners are inviting fellow owners and enthusiasts to join them for a 75th Anniversary celebration of the W model this October.

The revolving door of World Supersport race winners continued at Donington, round 5 of the 2012 World Supersport Championship, with the UK's Sam Lowes becoming the fifth different race winner in five rounds.

Round 5 of the 2012 World Superbike Championship was marked by BMW's first ever World Superbike win. In a round of ups and downs for the Bavarian marque, Marco Melandri and Leon Haslam made it a 1-2 finish in the first race at Donington, then both BMW riders crashed in race 2.

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.

In American parlance, the Crocker marque is referred to as "the Duesenberg of motorcycles", and is compared to Vincent and Brough Superior in terms of quality, rarity, speed and desirability. With only 125 made, these highly coveted machines rarely come up for sale, so the appearance of three at Bonhams' upcoming Quail Lodge auction in California is a truly rare event.

Bonhams annual Stafford auction, held in conjunction with the 32nd Classic Motorcycle Show, once again proved the 'blue riband' status of Brough Superior motorcycles amongst collectors.

Did you see this 1950 Ariel twin at the All British Rally? JUST BIKES has been informed that this bike - which was being offered for sale at the Rally over the weekend of April 28 - 29 - was stolen from the Maryborough (Victoria) region in March.

Shannons 'Sydney Autumn Classic Auction', scheduled for this coming Monday, May 7, boasts a number of number of highly-desirable cars, but only a couple of motorcycles. However, one of the two bikes consigned is a stunner in the form of a classic Matchless G50.

While predominantly a car show, the annual RACV Classic Showcase in Victoria also attracts a few motorcycles to the event held at Flemington racecourse.

Bonhams annual Stafford auction, held in conjunction with the 32nd Classic Motorcycle Show, once again proved the desirability of Brough Superior and Vincent as the 'blue riband' of collectable motorcycles.

After an absence of two decades, Norton will return to the iconic Isle of Man TT in 2012, contesting the blue riband PokerStars Senior TT in the hands of leading privateer, Ian Mackman. The Brit will grace the Mountain Circuit with an all-new 1000cc V4 Norton.

The 2012 All British Rally was once again held at Newstead, near Castlemaine in central Victoria.

Despite the departure of Ben Townley from the field, it was still a Honda on the top of the podium at the end of round 3 of the 2012 Monster Energy MX Nationals Australian Motocross Championship.