Updated Italian icon gets grunt, brakes and handling
The GTS300ie, as it says on the retro-looking vented side cover, is a bored and stroked update of the GTS250ie. In reality it's actually a 278cc engine, and never has an extra 28cc been put to better use.
Anyone can twist a throttle to the stop, but not so many know the principles behind safe and effective braking – if you engage in the former often but aren’t so hot on the latter, you’re just playing a waiting game before push comes to shove, and end up going down the road next to your bike, instead of on it.
Insure your ride online and SAVE 25% off our regular price. Plus get a quote before April 30 and you'll go into the draw to WIN 4 Super VIP tickets to a Crusty Demons 'Beyond the Apocalypse' show in your home state*, for you and three of your mates.
If you are a motorcycle, scooter or ATV fan, you can't afford to miss the 2008 Sydney Motorcycle Show. The event will showcase the latest motorcycles, scooters, ATVs, moto products and services available while also featuring a super sale on related merchandise and apparel – there’s something for everyone!
Australia’s longest running stand-alone motorcycle show, the Australian Motorcycle Expo Melbourne, heads into its eighth year and continues to get bigger and better.
Motorcycle sales are soaring, and so too are motorcycle thefts. But thanks to InsureMyRide, motorcycle theft insurance needn’t spell highway robbery...
Launched in 2007, online motorcycle insurance specialist InsureMyRide has struck a chord with Aussie riders, ruffling plenty of feathers among the established order in the process...
The Honda Fireblade has overwhelmingly won your approval, easily winning the 2008 MOTY Readers Choice Award, presented by InsureMyRide. Once again, AMCN readers have voted for the same bike we've selected as Motorcycle of the Year.
The new Super X Supercross Series will be one of the most exciting events for motorbike fans across Australia and on line motorbike insurer, InsureMyRide (IMR) was quick to get involved in what will be an action packed series of “must see” events.
Yamaha Motor Australia has transformed one of its popular YW100 BeeWee scooters into a green and gold 'Scooteroo' to celebrate the Socceroos' first appearance in football's Asian Cup -- and it could now be yours.
A new Australian specialist on-line insurer of bikes and scooters has come to the defence of two-wheel commuters, described recently as ‘the new menace’ on Australia’s capital city roads.
In a move that could eventually be adopted by city councils around Australia, a Melbourne ‘Park and Ride’ facility has created designated areas for scooter and motorcycle parking.
The Aussie motorcycle, scooter, moped and ATV boom is powering ahead, with the latest stats indicating the 13.8 per cent rise in sales for the first quarter of 2007
Melbourne-based scooter fanatic Julio Languiller has done it again, breaking yet another world scooter endurance record, this time for riding an unmodified four-stroke 50cc moped for 24 hours.
If you like your scooters to really pack a punch, you'll be pleased to hear Gilera's new Nexus 500 and Piaggio's new X8 250ie have now gone on sale Downunder.
Australia's Piaggio importer has confirmed that the Italian scooter marque’s innovative MP3 three-wheeler will be coming to Australia, and pending ADR compliance should be on sale around April/May.
Initially conceived in 2005 by Australian scooter importers and distributors, the Australian Scooter Federation (ASF) recently officially got underway, and will be promoting the environmental and practical benefits of these nimble, economic and fun machines.
After playing an instrumental role in their training, the Swiss-based Raleigh Lifeforce Creation cycling team rode their way to victory in the opening round of the 2007 Cycling World Cup, held in Geelong, Vic, on March 3.
Located in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran, the John Blair Scooter Centre has has teamed up with the Honda Riders Club of Australia to have its own club chapter.
