Motorcycle oil is hands down the most important component in your motorcycle’s engine. The main job of the oil is to keep your engine lubricated, stopping metal to metal contact, and running as it should, but how many of us know exactly what we’re putting...

More and more Brits are discovering the benefits of commuting by scooter. With prices starting at less than £2000 and monthly deals working out less than a bus pass for some, a scooter can be a fun and practical way to get to work each day.

BMW Motorrad is the only mainstream motorbike manufacturer from Germany these days, but it wasn’t always that way. The German motorcycle industry was once massive, with a number of manufacturers selling bikes at home and abroad.

Piaggio and Christian Dior have collaborated to create a limited edition version of the iconic Vespa scooter, as well as a range of exclusive accessories. Few details are currently available regarding the scoot, which will be based on the pricey Vespa...

Roads may have been 70% quieter during the lockdown, but the number of vehicle-related crimes barely changed You may expect that if there are fewer people on the roads, parking up in public spaces and ultimately leaving their vehicles unattended for hours...

The coronavirus outbreak has led to many postponements and cancellations to the 2020 motorcycle racing calendar, however, championship organisers from around the world have been busy putting plans in place to get the 2020 season underway. Racing across...

Following last week’s announcement that the 2020 British MotoGP round at Silverstone would be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the British Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) has issued a statement confirming that the...

Britain’s biggest motorbike manufacturer, Triumph Motorcycles, has announced a restructure caused by the global Coronavirus pandemic. It will see 240 jobs made redundant in the UK, where there are currently around 1000 staff based at the Leicestershire...

The world may still be largely staying at home but that didn’t stop Ducati from running its third annual Custom Rumble competition, which invited amateur and professional bike builders from around the world to submit their modified Scramblers to be judged...

Is there a motorcycle brand more iconic than Harley-Davidson? Sure Ducati and Triumph owners will try to convince you otherwise, but ask any non-motorcyclist to name a motorbike brand and the chances are they’ll name the big H-D. Romanticised in movies...

It’s been over three decades since the Honda XRV650 Africa Twin first rolled into Europe. The 1988 XRV650 was launched to celebrate Honda’s achievements at the Paris-Dakar Rally, which they won four times in a row from 1986, and marked the Japanese...

While many of us ride our bikes all year round, for others it’s a leisure activity best enjoyed on sunny days. It’s slightly different this year though. You might have noticed, but the coronavirus pandemic has blown apart our normal and while we are...

Name pretty much any of the major action blockbuster Hollywood movies over the past 15 years and the chances are Wade Eastwood has had a hand in making some of the most impressive stunts ever seen. He’s worked on most of the Mission Impossible movies with...

There will be no British round of the 2020 MotoGP world championship after it was announced today that the Silverstone race, along with October’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, has been cancelled – the latest victims of the global coronavirus...

Iconic bikes… NC30? Surely that’s a typo? We mean RC30, right? Not the 400cc baby replica that was grey imported by the container load in the 1990s! No, you read that right. We’ve already awarded the RC30 iconic bike status, but the Honda VFR400R (aka...

Here at Insidebikes we aim to give you all the latest biking news from the UK in Ireland when it happens. Despite the coronavirus ‘lockdown’ there’s been plenty going on, and here is a round up of some of the smaller stories you may have missed from the...

All modern motorcycles are built for a purpose. Sports bikes are designed to go as fast as possible around a race track, tourers are meant to go for miles and miles on end with comfort and style, while good scooters get you around town quickly and...

If you ride a motorcycle on the road it’s very unlikely that you’ve ridden your bike to its limit and reached its true performance. Take Yamaha’s MT-07 for example, which isn’t classed as a performance motorcycle, yet its 689cc engine produces 74bhp and...

Prior to July 2007, motorcycle fans across the globe had never seen anything like the Ducati Desmosedici RR, the first true MotoGP race bike replica available to buy for anyone with enough money (£40k to be exact) and which could be ridden on the road....

It has been 45 years since Barry Sheene’s famous career-threatening injury at the Daytona 200 in 1975. Back then, the Daytona 200 was one of the biggest dates on the motorcycle racing calendar and there was even a film crew there making a documentary...