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King of the swingarms! 400bhp Triumph Speed Triple 1200RR built by Thornton Hundred costs £55k

King of the swingarms! 400bhp Triumph Speed Triple 1200RR built by Thornton Hundred costs £55k

Thornton Hundred’s supercharged Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR drift bike, the one that appeared at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, is now up for grabs – and it could be yours for just...

KTM to restart production after securing creditor approval for €548m restructuring plan

KTM to restart production after securing creditor approval for €548m restructuring plan

KTM’s fight for survival has taken a major step forward after creditors approved a €548 million restructuring plan, allowing the ‘Ready to Race’ brand to restart production and begin repaying...

Fuelling the past: Brooklands Museum backs sustainable petrol with vintage motorcycle test

Fuelling the past: Brooklands Museum backs sustainable petrol with vintage motorcycle test

Historic automotive and aviation centre, Brooklands Museum have successfully trialled sustainable fuel in a batch of their antique motorcycles – hinting to the energy source’s potential as a greener...

Hinckley-based Triumph Motorcycles celebrate record-breaking year with 134,635 bikes sold in 2024

Hinckley-based Triumph Motorcycles celebrate record-breaking year with 134,635 bikes sold in 2024

Triumph Motorcycles are celebrating their best sales year yet, with over 100,000 bikes leaving dealerships globally across 2024. A total of 134,635 machines were sold across the world in 2024 –...

SuperBike Factory South opens in Crawley with over 400 used bikes at Former P&H site

SuperBike Factory South opens in Crawley with over 400 used bikes at Former P&H site

SuperBike Factory have expanded again, recently opening a new showroom in Crawley on February 8. Related: SuperBike Factory open new showroom in Bristol with 400 used bikes in stock  The...

Many happy returns! BMW mark Valentino Rossi's 46th birthday with M4 CS Edition VR46 sports car

Many happy returns! BMW mark Valentino Rossi's 46th birthday with M4 CS Edition VR46 sports car

BMW‘s four-wheeled division have announced a limited edition M4 CS Edition VR46 sports car in celebration of nine-time Grand Prix world champion, Valentino Rossi turning 46 years old. Read about...

Top biking bosses call for greater certainty on decarbonisation as factories urged to embrace change

Top biking bosses call for greater certainty on decarbonisation as factories urged to embrace change

Representatives from the UK motorcycle industry are once again urging ministers to deliver a clearer roadmap to decarbonisation, as well as consider an open-source approach to the future of...

Indian Motorcycle discontinue FTR roadster with fresh focus on baggers, tourers, and cruisers

Indian Motorcycle discontinue FTR roadster with fresh focus on baggers, tourers, and cruisers

Indian Motorcycle have confirmed that their flattrack-inspired FTR range will go off sale, with their focus now revolving around the tourer, bagger, and cruiser markets. First launched for 2019...

Italian brand Virus Power create synthetic racing suit meeting AAA status without using leather

Italian brand Virus Power create synthetic racing suit meeting AAA status without using leather

World Superbike rider, Scott Redding turned heads with news that for 2025 he will use a new race suit featuring no animal-based leather materials of any kind. The MGM Bonovo Racing Ducati rider...

Public appeal reunites Blood Bikes charity with stolen BMW just one day after it is taken

Public appeal reunites Blood Bikes charity with stolen BMW just one day after it is taken

A stolen blood bike has been recovered in just one day after a public appeal by SERV OBN Blood Bikes.  The charity transports medical supplies and blood free of charge to support the NHS across...

Nürburgring restructure sees motorcycle access to Nordschleife restricted to four days across 2025

Nürburgring restructure sees motorcycle access to Nordschleife restricted to four days across 2025

Motorcyclists planning to take a lap of the world-famous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany in 2025 have been restricted to just four dates all year, all under the supervision of trained...

Dainese create line of 46 racing suits and AGV helmets marking Valentino Rossi's 46th birthday

Dainese create line of 46 racing suits and AGV helmets marking Valentino Rossi's 46th birthday

Dainese Group are celebrating Valentino Rossi’s 46th birthday with a limited run of 46 racing suits and AGV helmets for the lucky few. The Italian rider, who took nine Grand Prix world...

Moto Morini 500 V-twin duo raise over £7000 for MS Society charity at London MCN show

Moto Morini 500 V-twin duo raise over £7000 for MS Society charity at London MCN show

A pair of classic Moto Morini twins have sold at auction, raising £7705 for a leading UK multiple sclerosis (MS) charity. The bikes, a mostly original, unrestored 1981 500 Sport and a 1978 500...

Double Dakar Rally winner Sam Sunderland joins forces with Triumph Motorcycles as brand ambassador

Double Dakar Rally winner Sam Sunderland joins forces with Triumph Motorcycles as brand ambassador

Two-time Dakar Rally winner and FIM World Rally-Raid Champion Sam Sunderland has joined Triumph as an official brand ambassador. The rally racing star has signed with the Hinckley brand to help...

Paralysed motorcyclist gets back in the saddle and defies the odds to pass full test on three wheels

Paralysed motorcyclist gets back in the saddle and defies the odds to pass full test on three wheels

A motorcyclist who was left paralysed from the chest down has fought his way back into the saddle, passing his full bike test just months after getting his CBT.   Jacob Davies-Pyke was involved in...

Guy Martin to star at Straightliners Speed Show at Elvington Airfield ahead of world record attempt

Guy Martin to star at Straightliners Speed Show at Elvington Airfield ahead of world record attempt

Elvington Airfield, in York, is set to welcome stars of two- and four-wheeled top speed racing action for a two-day celebration of sprints later this month. The Speed Show 2025 will take place on...

Resto racer reborn: Ex-GP rider James Whitham restores Yamaha YZR500 race bike over two years

Resto racer reborn: Ex-GP rider James Whitham restores Yamaha YZR500 race bike over two years

Former British champion turned racing TV commentator, James Whitham has meticulously restored a Yamaha YZR500, first raced in the 1995 Grand Prix 500 season. Lovingly pieced together across two...

What a weekend! If you missed the London Motorcycle Show, here's our round-up and image gallery

What a weekend! If you missed the London Motorcycle Show, here's our round-up and image gallery

London’s Royal Victoria Docklands lit up this past weekend with three days of high-octane action at the 2025 Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show. A total of 29,122 bikers descended on the...

Watch Pedro Acosta chat with MCN Sports Editor Michael Guy in this exclusive video interview

Watch Pedro Acosta chat with MCN Sports Editor Michael Guy in this exclusive video interview

Pedro Acosta called into the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show on Saturday February 15 and our Sports Editor, Michael Guy, jumped at the opportunity to sit down for a chat. Read...

That's a wrap for day two of the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show 2025!

That's a wrap for day two of the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show 2025!

Thousands of motorcycle fans have visited the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show today (Saturday) to see and sit on the latest metal, ask questions of the manufacturers, buy the latest kit...

See TT legend Michael Dunlop at the 2025 Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show

See TT legend Michael Dunlop at the 2025 Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show

Michael Dunlop will be joining thousands of bike fans at the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show this Sunday (February 16). The 2023 MCN Rider of the Year winner will be chatting about an...

UK bikers have their say on potential licence structure reforms being considered by Government

UK bikers have their say on potential licence structure reforms being considered by Government

The Department for Transport (DfT) have confirmed they are considering changes to the UK’s current three-tier motorcycle licence structure, first introduced in early 2013. The comments were made by...

Why you should come and see the racing action at the 2025 Devitt Insurance London Motorcycle Show

Why you should come and see the racing action at the 2025 Devitt Insurance London Motorcycle Show

2025 sees the return of racing action at the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show with racers from across the generations duking it out for top spot. Read more Five reasons to visit the...

Five reasons you HAVE to visit the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show this weekend!

Five reasons you HAVE to visit the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show this weekend!

There are plenty of reasons to visit the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show at the ExCel this weekend, but here are five brilliant excuses to get along and join in the fun! Read...

Motorcycle safety roadshows revealed for five cities across Scotland in Feb 2025

Motorcycle safety roadshows revealed for five cities across Scotland in Feb 2025

Motorcyclists across Scotland are invited to attend a new weeklong safety roadshow aimed at reducing biker-related incidents.  Related: How to safely ride like a road test pro Following the...

See highlights from day one at the 2025 Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show!

See highlights from day one at the 2025 Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show!

Check out some of the photos and videos from the first day of the Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show! Get your tickets here. View this post on Instagram A post...

Stunt legend Eddie Kidd to make special appearance at Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show

Stunt legend Eddie Kidd to make special appearance at Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show

Legendary stunt performer Eddie Kidd OBE will make a special appearance at this weekend’s Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show, held at ExCeL London from February 14-16. Eddie and his...

We are LIVE from the 2025 Devitt Insurance London Motorcycle Show!

We are LIVE from the 2025 Devitt Insurance London Motorcycle Show!

The doors are open for the 2025 Devitt Insurance MCN London Motorcycle Show! Come and celebrate MCN’s 70th anniversary live with us at the London ExCel. We’ve got loads of famous faces from the...

Search is on after ram-raiding thieves steal van load of off-road motorbikes in just four minutes

Search is on after ram-raiding thieves steal van load of off-road motorbikes in just four minutes

A motorcycle business in Derbyshire, owned and run by a British Superbike Crew Chief, has been ram-raided by thieves, with five off-road motorcycles stolen. MJW Specialists, in Killamarsh, was set...

The X-Factor: Ducati pack extra muscle into their cruiser line-up with new XDiavel V4 model

The X-Factor: Ducati pack extra muscle into their cruiser line-up with new XDiavel V4 model

Just when it seemed like Ducati had nothing left up their sleeve, the Bologna brand have pulled the covers off a highly revised XDiavel, giving Lucifer’s ride of choice two extra cylinders, more poke...

Bike registrations drop in Jan as MCIA data shows worst start to sales year since 2021 for dealers

Bike registrations drop in Jan as MCIA data shows worst start to sales year since 2021 for dealers

January new motorcycle registration statistics have revealed a sluggish start to bike sales in 2025, with figures at their lowest level in four years. Related: Bike market sees end-of-year...

Green lanes get red light: Isle of Man Government plan rural route closures during TT fortnight

Green lanes get red light: Isle of Man Government plan rural route closures during TT fortnight

Several green lane routes on the Isle of Man face temporary closure during the TT fortnight. The Island’s Department of Infrastructure submitted the application to restrict access to a number of...

Watch: Welsh motorcyclist banned after failing to stop on Honda FireBlade in 120mph police pursuit

Watch: Welsh motorcyclist banned after failing to stop on Honda FireBlade in 120mph police pursuit

A Welsh motorcyclist, who failed to escape from Police officers aboard a black 1998 Honda FireBlade, has been banned from riding for 12 months, and ordered to pay £200 in additional costs. Paul...

Kent Police urge bikers to be vigilant after string of motorcycles stolen across January

Kent Police urge bikers to be vigilant after string of motorcycles stolen across January

Kent Police have issued a warning to bikers across the county after multiple motorcycles were targeted by thieves in January. Related: MCN’s guide to keeping your bike safe in the...

Royal Enfield and Icon reveal limited-edition Shotgun 650 model with only 100 available worldwide

Royal Enfield and Icon reveal limited-edition Shotgun 650 model with only 100 available worldwide

Royal Enfield have joined forces with US-based Icon Motosports to create a limited-edition Shotgun 650, set to launch via an exclusive online drop on February 12, 2025.   Priced at £7399 in the UK,...

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