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Now that spring has arrived, motorcyclists are bringing their bikes out of winter hibernation and hitting the roads again. For that reason,...

There were 34 fatal motorbike accidents in New Zealand last year, and behind each of those is a heart-wrenching story.

Three motorcycle crashes on Hawke's Bay roads per week on average 13 Mar, 2021 08:18 PM 3 minutes to read The scene of a motorcycle crash on SH2, near Te Hauke, in October 2020. Photo / Warren Buckland Close to three motorcycle crashes occur on Hawke's Bay roads on average per week – resulting in more than $17.8m in ACC compensation in five years. Between 2015 and 2019, there were 736 motorcycle crashes in Hawke's Bay. These crashes cost ACC more than $17.8m to help people recover. In 2019 alone, there were 168 motorcycle injury claims in Hawke's Bay (3.2 per week on avera...

Motorcyclists urged to attend free safety course after high death toll in 2020 23 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Graeme Bergh - Ride Forever Video / RideForeverNZ Half a dozen motorcyclists died on Bay of Plenty roads last year, making it one of the region's deadliest in the past decade. The six deaths were all riders and none were passengers. Six riders also died in 2014, and five riders and one passenger died in 2018. It coincides with New Zealand's deadliest year for motorcyclists in 25 years, with 57 people killed throughout the nation. There were 78 deaths in 1995...

'Slow down, take it easy': ACC calls for motorcyclists to improve training as sales skyrocket Newshub 19/01/2021 © Three Watch: Dave Keilty says the biggest flaw in new motorcycle riders is overconfidence. Booming sales of motorcycles have prompted calls from ACC for new riders to take up training before hitting the road.  In 2019, ACC paid out $103.8 million for 4360 motorcycle claim injuries. ACC injury prevention leader Dave Keilty told The AM Show the biggest flaw in new motorcycle riders is overconfidence. "We need to peel it back, slow down, take it easy, [and] be careful out ther...