“425 Million Global Readers. 25 Years. Total Motorcycle is accredited media for 40 manufacturers.
Those fact alone speaks volumes about Total Motorcycle’s reputation and quality.”
Michael Le Pard, Owner, TMW: “Top 10 Admired Leaders of 2024” by Industry Era Magazine
Total Motorcycle
More than a name, it is a brand of quality.
“Professional. Unbiased. Quality second to none. With 430 Million Readers and 26 years online we have built a solid, trustworthy and dependable reputation; these are some of the reasons we are the leading motorcycle website in North America. Total Motorcycle; your destination for everything motorcycle related from 400,000 pages of bike guides, bike/gear/products reviews, views and news. Plus a expertise riding community you won’t find anywhere else. Total Motorcycle – Built by Riders for Riders.”
About Total Motorcycle
Founded in 1999, Total Motorcycle has served and supported motorcyclists and motorcycling worldwide. Our goal is to be unique by offering friendly, useful, helpful and unbiased motorcycle content not found anywhere else. No matter how you ride, where you ride or what you ride Total Motorcycle offers something for every rider; from our many free online guides, books and thousands of reviews to a thriving motorcycle community, TMW members say it is the most helpful and friendliest on the Internet.
Being the number one motorcycle website in North America is something we take a lot of pride in but it also takes a lot of work. Serving 13,000,000,000 (13 Billion) hits and 425 million readers means we have to keep on our toes to not only offer the best content but a service worthy enough for our readers to keep coming back to read, learn and have a great time visiting us. There are not many sites who are official media for a manufacturer let alone 39 of them! It takes time, effort, trust, respect and loyalty to setup global media relations with so many manufacturers. This helps us be the ONLY website with 55 years (yes 55) of Motorcycle Model Guides and the original MPG guide that even the US Government has used.
Why go to so much effort? Because our goal is to deliver the best experience we can to our readers and if that means extra work for us to set us further apart from the competition then so be it. Unlike the competition we are family owned and run! We love bikes and our primary goal is to support riders like you, not fatten our profits at your expense.
Total Motorcycle has been featured in many leading motorcycle publications and used by Governments around the world such as: The Bikers Atlas (North America), Practical Living Magazine (North America), Cycle Torque Magazine (Australia), Cycle Canada (North America), Bike Trader (Global), Los Angeles Times (United States of America), How to Ride a Motorcycle (Global), AME Magazine (Canada), BBC4 (United Kingdom), CISL 650 Vancouver (Canada), 9 FM: 92.5, 92.7 & 99.9 (United States of America), Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, The United States Government, The Canadian Government as well as offering motorcycle information and advice to global city government councils, TV shows/programs as well as movie producers/directors. We have been featured at major worldwide bike rallies and events (like Sturgis) and published books currently available at your local book store!
We look forward to a bright future where Total Motorcycle will continue supporting motorcyclists and motorcycling worldwide Our goals of providing friendly, useful, helpful and unbiased motorcycle content not found anywhere else in one spot will lead us to be the best we can be for many years ahead. -Mike and all the Staff of Total Motorcycle.com
“Fun Fact: Did you know that Google.com is less than 1 year older than Total Motorcycle.com? That’s how long Total Motorcycle has been on the internet helping support motorcyclists and motorcycling worldwide! In fact, Total Motorcycle is 4 years older than Facebook! And can you imagine a time when Google and Facebook wasn’t around?”
E-E-A-T Best Practices
Total Motorcycle follows Google’s E-E-A-T best practices policies. This acronym stands for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. E-E-A-T is one of many guidelines Google uses to determine whether the content is valuable to readers. Our mission is to inspire and help our readers with our Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. Why and How does Total Motorcycle fit within Google’s E-E-A-T policy?
EXPERIENCE
With over 36 years of personal riding experience around the globe, riding everything from small engine to large engine motorcycles in all types of conditions (including snow). Plus with public speaking experiences, writing tens of thousands of pages of content as well being a professional graphic designer, Michael Le Pard is well experienced not only in riding but also talking about motorcycles as well. Accurate, honest, safe, and reliable, that’s TMW.
EXPERTISE
Total Motorcycle’s content is mainly created by Michael Le Pard, an avid motorcyclist, reviewer, researcher and in-person/on-line presenter over the past 25 years. Mr. Le Pard works with leading motorcycle industry experts, global motorcycle manufacturers and motorcycle businesses, trade-shows, organizers to create well researched, high-quality content that is factually researched.
Multiple viewpoints: Total Motorcycle also employs the use of known passionate experts in the motorcycle industry who prove to follow Total Motorcycle’s mantra of “Useful, Helpful, Unbiased and Friendly” in all they do for TMW. These experts volunteer their time to cover rallies, motorcycle events, rides, parades, special events, and races and perform reviews. All written reports are reviewed, fact checked and hand edited to make sure our readers get the very best information. We always vet and accredit those who work and volunteer to assure expertise at Total Motorcycle.
AUTHORITATIVENESS
Since 1999, Total Motorcycle has been the leading authoritative forefront of providing high-quality motorcycle information, how-to knowledge, detailed guides and a helpful community for motorcyclists worldwide. While TMW focuses on the North American rider, our site contains content for readers and riders abroad such as in Europe, UK, Australia and India, for global coverage and usefulness.
We ride. We review. We are not only motorcyclists but the content we create is by those who know what they are talking about. We strive to publish top-notch research.
TRUSTWORTHINESS
- We value our on-line reputation and we answer to our readers, riders and members across our website and all our dozen social media channels. We care.
- Since 1999, 425 million riders for have come, read, followed and trusted the information Total Motorcycle has created.
- We have created more than 600,000 articles of fact-checked, clear content.
- Our content is updated regularly on a daily basis.
- TMW is the only website in the world with 40 major motorcycle manufacturers trusting us to be their chosen outlet to present their products in a fair and unbiased light. That fact alone speaks volumes about our reputation and quality.
- Multiple governments around the world have used and referred to Total Motorcycle’s information to create informed policy.
- Countless schools, universities and colleges have used and referred to Total Motorcycle’s information to create lessons, plans, essays and more using TMW’s content
- Countless businesses, non-profits, dealerships, charities, events, rallies, and more have trusted TMW content to freely promote, inspire and build their businesses.
About Total Motorcycle Staff
Meet our great E-EAT staff at Total Motorcycle! It’s Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness you can count on in all their reviews, news, opinions and reports.
About Michael Le Pard
Michael Le Pard (“Mr. Totalmotorcycle”) is the Founder of Total Motorcycle, the world’s largest motorcycle information site, trusted by over 430 million riders since 1999. With over 34 years of experience in motorcycles, gear and rider culture, he has built a global community dedicated to empowering and inspiring motorcyclists. Total Motorcycle remains his passion project. Combining expert research, hands‑on knowledge and a commitment to helping riders make informed decisions about bikes, gear and safety worldwide.
About Eric Leaverton
Eric Leaverton is a management and labor relations specialist from the city of Harrisville, Utah, United States. He is an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction, and in his spare time enjoys riding motorcycles with his wife and raising their three children. Eric is also a product reviewer and field correspondent for Total Motorcycle Web. For more pictures, stories, and background
About Carrie Leaverton
Carrie Leaverton is a MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) Certified RiderCoach. She regularly teaches Basic Rider Courses and also works as senior financial analyst and account reconciliation specialist. She was a competitive off road motorcycle racer in her youth and now enjoys street motorcycling with her husband. Carrie is a proud mom of three and also enjoys fiber/needle arts, camping and gardening and is a parrot enthusiast. She is also a product reviewer and field correspondent for Total Motorcycle.
About Andrea
Andrea has been involved with Total Motorcycle in a part time capacity since it’s inception, reviewing and editing content and contributing in the member forum. She has been a motorcycle rider since 2003 and believes anyone can ride and do it safely!
Moderator Staff
Donna “blues2cruise” Rae (Lead Moderator)
I’m a former bus driver (now office worker) that has been riding for 5 years now. If you ride on two wheels and go out in traffic every day, you’re one of us. I’m happy to help out as a Moderator here at TMW, because it is one of the very few sites on the vast world of internet sites that welcomes all bikes and all types of riding. We’re all part of the 2 wheeling community.
Mike “Gummiente” Palmer (Assistant-Lead Moderator)
I’m a former Canadian Army Sergeant, now working as a Millwright, that has been riding and wrenching on bikes for over 27 years now. I truly believe that if it has two wheels and an engine, it doesn’t matter where it was built. That’s why I’m proud to help out as a Moderator here at TMW, because it is one of the very few sites on the vast interweb that matches my feelings and beliefs about motorcycles and the people who ride them. We’re all brothers and sisters here!
Moderators
BuzZz, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
CentralOzzy, Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia
Storysunfolding, Fallschurch, Virginia, USA
Gadjet, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Keyoke, Nottingham, UK
Lion_Lady, Reisterstown, MD, USA
Mike Palmer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Nibblet99, Reading, UK
Oldnslo, Camas, WA, USA
Poppygene, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Scan, Yellow Springs, OH, USA
TechTMW, Naples, Italy
Toyuzu, Wasilla, Alaska , USA
Wizzard, Fresno, California, USA
XJRJohn, Nottingham, UK
Usergroup Moderators
Holiday, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Big B, Watertown, WI, USA
Ninja Geoff, Turners Falls, Maine, USA
Visitor Comments, Reviews and Feedback:
I want to take a minute to thank you for all the information on your web site. I recently purchased a new Harley-Davidson but only after 3 months of research into all the brands on the market today. Your site was one I relied upon heavily for information relating to individual bikes and reviews, accessories, riding gear. Your site was a big help to me and made my shopping much easier. When I finally settled on a bike to buy I was comfortable with the knowledge I had gained and was able to walk into the dealer more confident of my decision. Thanks again
A very satisfied new motorcycle owner
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Just some words of whit !
I found your web page yesterday via Yahoo.com on a general search. I just wanted you to know that so far it is the BEST motorcycle web page I have come across. It is just packed full of good information.I was looking at the Suzuki DR 650SE. I got the brochure from the dealer and it does not have the horse power of the bike listed at all. You web page does, and so much more. If I had four hands I’d give you people four thumbs up!
Great job and keep up the great job.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS RESOURCE! I just really wanted to let you know how much I appreciate that this is here – the new rider stories and everything is so helpful! Beginning in motorcycling is like joining a secret society and trying to figure out the password by yourself it seems but your site really clarifies a lot of things for me. So thank you very much for providing such a great resource!
– Jonah Lather
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I love the site and will continue to send new riders there.
Best wishes!
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I just wanted to take a second to thank you for sharing your beginning
riding experiences as well as your guide for beginners. It really helps to
know as a beginner I’m not a complete flunky if I stall the bike once in a
while (for some reason I had this idea that everyone but me gets this right
almost right away).Anyway, your openess about the learning process as well as the route guide
are just great. Thanks again!-Bryce Mohan
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Hi, first of all, great website! Loads of information!
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Thanks and safe riding!
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Thankyou for providing the “Reliable Used Motorcycle Buyers Guide” section of your site. I found it very informative; thanks again for your insight. – Josh
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You have a great site with a lot of good information, and I plan to use it to help me make a decision as to what bike to get. – Paul Croteau
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I really have found your website so helpful that i think it’s the most thorough and thoughtful I’ve read. The cc versus horsepower and moving parts, etc. helped more than any other website has. – Kim Murray
I’ve been on the TMW forums for about 2 months now, and I love the site! When I initially decided to get back into riding, I signed into four different motorcycle forums, including yours. I have since eliminated all but yours.
I feel TMW meets all of my needs as a motorcycle enthusiast. – Matt================================================
great site and getting better all the time. – Tony Marchitto
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I am getting back into motorcycles after being out for about ten years. I found your website and must say it is one of the best anywhere on the net. I’m doing a lot of research and your sight is a great help when considering different vintage bikes. I am very impressed. – Greg White
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Hello there,
Have recently discovered your superb motorbiking web site at http://totalmotorcycle.web1000.com/index.html.
What an excellent website with lots of excellent articles, links & things to think about!!!!!
Many thx for making this so freely available on the web!
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Last Sunday, I got my 1975 Honda CB-750 as a “parting gift” from my boyfriend… I know virtually nothing about motorcycles, but I knew I wanted this bike. He showed me how to start it, get it into first gear and cruise in a straight line, then he left.
So here I am with a big, cool motorcycle and not really a clue of what to do… then I just managed to surf onto your site tonight and have spent the past couple hours diligently reading all you’ve written for beginner bikers. THANK YOU! It has been the most comprehensive site I’ve found yet for information for a beginner like me. I plan on taking the MSF course as soon as I can carve away three days in my schedule and plan on following your guide to learning how to ride on the road. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the information and again thank you for posting it.
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Thanks to your advice, I ordered some tubes of Autosol from mscdirect.com and also bought some Mother’s pre-wax cleaner and Meguiar’s gold wax. I haven’t got around to using the wax yet…these past few nights have been spent working with the Autosol on the exhaust, engine covers, forks, etc. It took some work using sponges but the chrome and aluminum looks almost brand new. Engine covers that I thought needed replaced look practically brand-new and shiny now. I have to admit I am absolutely amazed. Even the exhaust which had rust and discoloration is back to a nice shiny chrome. I plan to send a couple before and after pics to you when I’m done.Anyway, I am a true believer of Autosol…the stuff works wonders.
Thanks again for your website which gave me the advice…
Scott
83 Nighthawk 650
================================================I think the beginning bikers section is just fine the way it is. Your suggestion on taking the safety courses offered was the best thing you could say. It teaches you so many things you never think about. I already had my license, but decided to take it anyway. What an eye-opener. I never realized how many things I did or could do differently.
Well thanks again for such a great site. I’ll be sure to check back often.
Teresa
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Thanks for a great website. – Adrian
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Great little web page you put together!
Found it from doing a Sherlock II search from the old Macintosh,
and your page made first hit! Thank god it did!Thanks for spending the time and letting others know about these
bikes, recommending parts, and providing the links!Take care, and ride safe!
Kevin Elsdon
Total Motorcycle In Magazines and on Radio:
Practical Living / Fine Living Magazine features our website in their selects section as one they best liked as a resource of information!
Fine Living Editorial Policy: Fine Living Selects
1. Fine Living Selects are an editorial feature of Fine Living Network and FineLiving.com and adhere to strict journalistic standards. They feature products and services in the Fine Living categories that would be of interest to viewers and website visitors.2. Fine Living editors choose Fine Living Selects by speaking to experts and searching the Web, catalogs and magazines without regard to any commercial interaction or affiliation agreement between the manufacturer or service provider and Fine Living or other Scripps Network or business unit.
3. Selections are made based on form, function, value, quality of experience and interest to viewers and/or website visitors.
Total Motorcycle featured in the Cycle Torque Magazine
December 28th, 2003: Thanks to the Australian motorcycle magazine Cycle Torque for featuring us in their magazine. Unfortunately we don’t have a copy of it. Richard Sanford referred to us as “Total Motorcycle, A beginners guide, a huge gallery, Everything is right here…”
Total Motorcycle featured in the 2004 Bikers Atlas
December 28th, 2003: On page 27 you will find Total Motorcycle featured under the Wicked Websites section. Thanks to the Bikers Atlas for featuring us.
Total Motorcycle featured in Bike Trader
February 20th, 2004: Thanks to the United Kingdom’s Bike Trader for featuring us in their magazine. We thank them very much for taking notice of our (Total Motorcycle) growing website and for the line “It has more or less anything that any biker – from novice to life-ling rider – could wish for”… Many thanks from all of us at TMW!
Total Motorcycle featured on BBC Radio 4 (Radio)
November 25th, 2006 on Radio 4 at 1545: Program name Engines on Song; BBC 4.
Engines On Song
Friday 25 November 2005 15:45 (Radio 4 FM)When a car engine is in tune, it is said to be ‘On Song’. What a good excuse to immerse ourselves in the songs and stories that have been inspired by car engines over the years!
Singer/songwriter Chris Rea and experimental guitarist Jeff Beck join Alun Lewis for 15 minutes of gratuitous engine revs, and with the help of James May from Top Gear, find out how and why different cylinder engines can produce such evocative sounds.
It will air at 15:45. Thanks to the BBC Radio 4 for featuring us on BBC Radio Four.
Total Motorcycle featured in Rocky Mountain News
Rocky Mountain News – June 12, 2006
Total Motorcycle featured in the Los Angeles Times Newspaper
December 6th, 2006: A special thank you to Susan Carpenter, Times Staff Writer for the Los Angeles Times for involving Total Motorcycle with her Believable MPG Figures column in the L.A. Wheels section. We are more than happy to help her out and gratefully thank Susan and the Los Angeles Times Newspaper for mentioning Total Motorcycle in the column. Many thanks from all of us at TMW!
You can also see this column in the L.A. Wheels section online here at The Los Angeles Times
Total Motorcycle featured on CISL 650 Vancouver Radio
Rolling Thunder Radio
Monday 21 May 2007 8:25pm-8:45pmOn May 21st, 2007, Total Motorcycle founder Mike Le Pard has been invited to talk about the world of motorcycles and motorcycling on CISL Radio 650 Vancouver. Be sure to check it out and listen live on your radio or via the Internet!
About the show
Join Brodie Giles and Roberta Horwood as they hit the airwaves at 650 CISL to talk about riding. They will look at the entire spectrum of transportation from Show ‘n Shine Classics to 4×4’s; trail bikes to Hot Rods; Vespas to Harleys. They will look for the best places to ride, on or off road and discuss the best places to stay when you’re on a long ride. They will also look for the best places to get rides serviced, repaired, or rebuilt. If it moves on wheels, Brodie and Roberta will be covering the latest insight and information.
Schedule
Monday- 8:00 pm 8:59 pm (Pacific Time)
Who Visits? Countries the Total Motorcycle Website is Visited From:
Motorcycling has a massive worldwide appeal, and so does Total Motorcycle.com; take a quick look at where our visitors are coming from in our list below:
Total Motorcycle extends a warm friendly welcome to all our international visitors regardless where they are from.
199 Countries around the world and counting…
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe (French), Guam (USA), Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire), Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique (French), Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia (French), New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Polynesia (French), Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion (French), Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis Anguilla, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Samoa Islands, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (USA), Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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