November
Video: Kenny Bartram at Big Air Bash and X-Games
30 November 2006 by
Watch Kenny Bartram and Andy Bell ride freestyle motorcross at the Kicker Big Air Bash and the 2006 Winter X Games. Highlight = Kenny Bartram does a backflip at Winter X using a Viosport Helmet Cam.
Video: Onboard minimoto
30 November 2006 by
onboard at finestrat kart track nr benidorm spain. good fast smooth riding by my mates. and vgood video there is about 250 meg in all this is just a short version…enjoy
Video: Suzuki GSXR Accelerating In Norway (Part 2)
30 November 2006 by
Suzuki GSXR Accelerating In Norway (Part 2)
Video: Suzuki GSXR Accelerating In Norway (Part 1)
30 November 2006 by
Suzuki GSXR Accelerating In Norway (Part 1)
Video: Time for a new tyre!
30 November 2006 by
Time for a new tyre! This is a 1:45 burnout untill I blow the tyre!
Prototype two-wheel drive bike spotted
30 November 2006 by
I was in Arizona and visited this old mining town. This hillbilly guy was rather pleased to meet a few Brits and demonstrated this 2-wheel-drive sexy MotoGP prototype to us. Superb at donuts.
A sample of irish road racing
30 November 2006 by
I thought you might like see some pictures from a road racing event we attended here in Ireland during the summer. It was the Walderstown races, organised by the Fore MCC. Road racing is still hugely...
BSB race pics by an MCN reader
30 November 2006 by
Here are some of the pictures I’ve taken at British Superbike rounds in 2006; 1. Lavilla at Mallory Park 2. Glen Richards concentrating hard going into Becketts at Silverstone, BSB 2006. 3. Leon...
Reader rebuilds bike as rehabilitation
30 November 2006 by
So there I was, sat at my computer with nowt to do…(I’m recovering from a bad crash on an R1, with a broken tibia, fibia, smasked knee, smashed wrist, two broken collar bones etc, but apart from that...
How to go as red as your Fireblade
30 November 2006 by
“Nice bike mate,” the voice said as I was about to lift the pump from the holster. “just got it ” I replied. A nice shiny 03 Fireblade in red and black livery. Almost 5000 miles on the clock, pristine. ” Oh F**k” I said following our conversation , having filled it up from empty with Shell’s finest diesel. One phone call to Bennet’s and a full recovery, and 4 hours and 124 quid later I was back on...
A vision of your motorcycling future
30 November 2006 by
It’s a shame the word ‘scooter’ got applied to little runabouts, because it’s become a term of denigration when any bike begins to show scooter-like qualities. Yet scooter-bikes or bike-scooters are...
Reader comments on NEC crash display
30 November 2006 by
I think a lot of people missed the point with the crash display at the NEC- of the bike hitting the car turning right. The biker was obviously accelerating to overtake the car as it approached a right turn junction. No experienced biker worth his salt would attempt an overtake when approaching a right turn junction. It is a definite danger zone and sadly all too clearly confirmed by the terrible...
Search for mystery Triumph owner
30 November 2006 by
The Missing Lincs, the Lincolnshire Branch of the Triumph Owners Club have received a request via the national clubs auto email system, for advice from a Steve Evans re T140s. We have no other detail other than an email address which we cannot reply to, as it keeps coming back unknown. The National Club Registrar Roy Shilling has a detailed reply but we are unable to get the message back to Mr...
Petrol station angers MCN reader
30 November 2006 by
Following the MCN article on petrol stations… Here’s one for you… A few weeks ago on a sunday morning i went into my local Jet garage on Boroughbridge Road, Knaresborough. filled up before my rideout, and on my return later also decided to fill up. When i filled up first thing in the morning i wasn’t asked to remove my helmet, on the return leg, i filled up, but on entering the shop i was asked to...
Your 1098 questions
30 November 2006
MCN Editor Marc Potter will be one of the first journalists in the world to ride the new Ducati 1098S. Following our world exclusive first tests on the standard 1098 and the world first pictures we...
Courts rule speed cameras inaccurate
30 November 2006 by
Dozens of speeding charges have been thrown out of court because cameras used in convictions have been proved inaccurate. Now the man who has helped bikers prove the devices don’t work as they...
Titanic rehearsals
30 November 2006 by
Troy Bayliss enjoys being Leonardo DiCaprio for a few minutes with his version of Kate Winslet
Underneath the brolly
29 November 2006 by
With that glint in his eye I wonder what he’s really thinking….
New MCN out November 29
29 November 2006 by
MCN’s road testers try out the new Triumph Tiger in this week’s edition, which goes on sale on Wednesday, November 29. The Triumph is tested against the BMW R1200GS, Ducati 1100 Multistrada and the...
Jones' world record stoppie
29 November 2006 by
Stunt rider Craig Jones has broken another world record for the world’s longest stoppie – this time a two-up effort on his Buell Firebolt. The breathtaking two man effort saw former European champion...
Truck mirror danger
29 November 2006 by
Truck mirrors could easily be made safer for bikes by copying coach mirrors, according to the editor or Truck & Driver magazine, the national voice of lorry drivers. MCN revealed last month that...
Hawaiian bike cop dies
29 November 2006 by
One of three police motorcyclists involved in a crash escorting President Bush in a motorcade in Hawaii has died from his injuries. It’s believed Steve Favela, 30, was hit by the two following...
MCN off-road offer
29 November 2006 by
MCN and Honda are offering readers the chance to take up an exclusive Christmas Special Off-Road experience. The experience will be returning to Matchams Park in Hampshire following a two year...
MCN man's African adventure
27 November 2006 by
MCN’s World Superbike reporter Michael Guy is currently on tour with the first Enduro Africa expedition, with 164 other fundraisers. Here’s his update after week one. Only 24 hours after setting off...
Forest riders targetted during Welsh rally
27 November 2006 by
Police in Neath Port Talbot are targeting off road rider using the tracks and woodland where the Wales GB Rally is to be held on December 1-3. Officers will make sure riders are aware they need to...
Do you like my hat?
27 November 2006 by
Perhaps he’s thinking he may need to borrow that brolly when the clouds come over…
