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Meeting over motorcycle fatalities

04 July 2007 by Rob Hull

Meeting over motorcycle fatalities

In the next few weeks, council road safety officers and emergency services are set to have a meeting in Staffordshire. The meeting is regarding the number of fatal accidents involving motorcyclists...

Never-raced 500GP prototype

04 July 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Never-raced 500GP prototype

THE Ducati motorcycle heritage stand at World Ducati Week, exhibited a 1970’s 500GP prototype that never made it to a racing grid.   The 90-degree air cooled v-twin used the tried and tested...

Military Monster at World Ducati Week

04 July 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Military Monster at World Ducati Week

The Italian military were on hand at World Ducati Week to take Troy Bayliss for a spin in a helicopter gunship, and brought this military-themed 900 Monster.     Painted in olive-green, the bike also...

Sheene tribute Monster

04 July 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Sheene tribute Monster

Barry Sheene never raced any Ducati motorcycle, let alone a Monster.     So quite why the great man was the inspiration for this retro-themed Monster is anyone’s guess. But it’s hard to deny that it...

Bikers warned of DVT risk

04 July 2007 by Blake Woulds

Bikers warned of DVT risk

Half of all UK motorcyclists risk leg problems and in worst cases deep vein thrombosis due to riding long distances without rest breaks, according to the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).   Up...

Bike demo

04 July 2007 by mount-georgia

As a learner rider along with my hubby in the Lossiemouth area, if we are to sit our test we might have to go to Inverness, which is 43 miles there and back! If the proposed changes to the bike test get the go-ahead. I feel that would have a big effect on new riders both young and old. I feel so strongly about this that I want to have a rally to show the people in charge that we are prepared to...

Take a look at the new KTM 2008 range

04 July 2007 by Nicola Fox

Take a look at the new KTM 2008 range

There’s something for everyone in KTM’s 12-bike off-road line-up for 2008.    KTM  has well and truly set the benchmark  for off-road  bikes, somehow managing to improve their models year on year.  ...

Stuntin'

03 July 2007 by ross

Stuntin'

I’m 21 and have just got into stunting. I’ve got a 1996 SRAD GSX-R750 – not the best for the job but I’m doing my best. There is nowhere in England that sells stunt parts; it is a pain getting cages,...

Police out training

03 July 2007 by videobike

I was out in Wales last year, just leaving Bala, when we came across two police motorcyclists. They had to be filmed and I later found out that the lead rider was being trained. Watch out for the Fireblade rider. Speeds were within the national speed limit.

Design Rossi’s Yamaha MotoGP bike

03 July 2007 by Ben Purvis

Design Rossi’s Yamaha MotoGP bike

The Fiat Yamaha team is giving you the chance to design the paint scheme for Rossi’s bike at the Valencia round of MotoGP. The Draw&Gooo! competition can entered by going to www.fiatyamahateam.it and...

A wet week in motorcycle heaven

03 July 2007 by steve burns

A wet week in motorcycle heaven

It was a combination of events which inspired me to take a week off work and head for England in June 2007. I had recently purchased a 1989 FZ750 Yamaha, paying 800 euros for a stunning example with...

New MCN July 4

03 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

New MCN July 4

After all the waiting the new Suzuki Hayabusa is finally here. In this week’s MCN we bring you full coverage of the launch from Italy with all the news and views on the new GSX1300R with its 198bhp...

First European tour

03 July 2007 by Anonymous

I’ve just done my first ever European tour: 7 days, 2166miles on a ZRX1200R. The trip took me and my girlfriend through France, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy. We had never toured before – always wanted to when I was younger. Now we are back we are planning another trip in September to Germany for five days. The tour we have just been on cost just £758. That included food, hotels, campsites,...

Stephen Ladyman replaced

03 July 2007 by Steve Farrell

Stephen Ladyman replaced

Stephen Ladyman has been replaced as transport minister by Rosie Winterton, MP for Doncaster and formerly the Department of Health minister. A motorcyclist himself, Ladyman was recently praised by the...

New Suzuki prices and availability announced

03 July 2007 by Ben Purvis

New Suzuki prices and availability announced

Suzuki has confirmed that the new 2008 Hayabusa, which was officially unveiled on Monday night.  The new motorcycle is set to cost between £8,900 and £9,100 when it goes on sale later this...

See a preview of the Hot Rod film, and play the official game

03 July 2007 by Dan Thornton

See a preview of the Hot Rod film, and play the official game

If you’ve ever dreamt of emulating Evel Kneivel, then the new film Hot Rod will make you glad you never got around to it. With two actors and a director from U.S comedy show Saturday Night Live, and...

Video: First look as Suzuki launches 2008 Hayabusa

02 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Video: First look as Suzuki launches 2008 Hayabusa

Suzuki launched it’s new 2008 Hayabusa in Rome at 5:30pm on Monday night and we’ve got the first video of the new bike. Check out the player below to see the bike in the flesh and in action on the...

Testing the new Kawasaki GTR1400: first impressions

02 July 2007 by Adam 'Chad' Child

Testing the new Kawasaki GTR1400: first impressions

Adam Child is today riding the brand new Kawasaki GTR1400 in Germany and France, here’s what he’s discovered so far: “Kawasaki are billing its new GTR1400 as a grand tourer, but it was also keen to...

Hayabusa history lesson

02 July 2007 by Frank Green

Hayabusa history lesson

Original 1960s Adam West Hayabusa Prototype. Just to prove nothing is completely original, except maybe the shift in fashion towards the Power Rangers.

Video: Ducati launch 1098 R World Superbike homologation motorcycle

30 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Ducati has launched the long awaited R version of the 1098 at the World Ducati Week in Misano. The bike is launched following the recent change of World Superbike rules to allow 1200cc twin-cylinder motorcycles to compete against the 1000cc fours. Watch the video of the unveiling of the Ducati 1098 R below and see the bike in action for the first time on footage sent back live from the...

Video: Motorists lose speed camera ruling

29 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Video: Motorists lose speed camera ruling

Two motorists have lost a ruling in the European Court of Human Rights that many were hoping would see the end of speed cameras. Watch the video below to see the reactions of one of the defendants,...

Motorists lose speed camera humans rights case

29 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Motorists lose speed camera humans rights case

Speed cameras do not breach our human rights, the European Court of Human Rights ruled this morning. The verdict is massive defeat for anti-speed camera campaigners and means speed camera use can...

Bike in the flood

28 June 2007 by Sharon and Sarah

Bike in the flood

This happened Tuesday 26th June around 2pm. We were stood on a bridge in Killamarsh near Sheffield overlooking traffic trying to get through some really bad flooding, when along came this poor chap on...

Ruth Kelly is new transport secretary

28 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Ruth Kelly is new transport secretary

Ruth Kelly has been appointed Transport Secretary in Gordon Brown’s cabinet shake-up. The former Communities and Local Government Secretary will take over from Douglas Alexander. Kelly has previously...

Video: BBC's Steve Parrish rides the Kawasaki MotoGP bike

28 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Video: BBC's Steve Parrish rides the Kawasaki MotoGP bike

BBC Sport’s Steve Parrish got to find out what makes Kawasaki’s ZX-RR MotoGP bike so competetive when he rode it round Donington Park before the MotoGP race. Check out the video below to see Steve in...

Motorcycle deaths up

28 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Motorcycle road deaths rose by 5% between 2005 and 2006, according to dismal new Government accident figures published this morning. The number of children killed also rose by 20%, sparking fresh criticism of the Government’s speed camera programme. There were 599 rider fatalities last year, according to Road Casualties Great Britain 2006: Main Results. The number of rider deaths and serious...

2008 Suzuki GSX1300-R Hayabusa first official look

28 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

2008 Suzuki GSX1300-R Hayabusa first official look

This is the new 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa – though you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise, as Suzuki has kept the design close to the original. Under the skin of the Hayabusa however, no part of the...

MCN in NYC

27 June 2007 by C.Boyson

MCN in NYC

Taking the time to catch up on all the weekly MCN news in Times Square, New York.

Misano WSB on a pair of GSX-Rs

27 June 2007 by steve oleary

Misano WSB on a pair of GSX-Rs

My friend Dave and I rode to Misano WSB last week, covering 2300 miles in the process; through the Pyrenees on the way down, arriving in Rimini on Friday evening. The next 2 days off the bike were...

Video: See the Victory vision in action and hear its designers talk

27 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Video: See the Victory vision in action and hear its designers talk

Victory’s stunning all-new Vision full-dress tourer is designed to take on Electra Glides and Goldwings and the designers think it will go down in history. Check out the video below to see the bike in...

The longest day

27 June 2007 by fatal2

I’m writing this after being on my GSX-R1000 K6 for just short of two days, with a mate on his 2006 ZX-10R. We went to Scotland for the longest day, despite the crappy weather forecast. We started from Chester-le-Street (that’s Co. Durham if you don’t watch cricket!) at 7.30am on Thursday June 21, and heading up the A68 through Jedburgh to Edinburgh without a stop. We refuelled at Forth road...

Carl Fogarty and Scott Russell speak about their 1994 race bikes at Goodwood Festival of Speed

26 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Carl Fogarty and Scott Russell speak about their 1994 race bikes at Goodwood Festival of Speed

In this week’s MCN (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)our road testers ride a pair of stunning retro WSB homologation motorcycles – the 916SPS and ZXR750R from 1994. The bikes are the road going versions of...

Spy chips for motorcycle number plates could be on the way

26 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Spy chips for motorcycle number plates could be on the way

The Government has given a new indication that electronic tags in motorcycle number plates could be on the way. The chips would transmit a bike’s identity to roadside beacons to help police identify...

Comment: If speeding doesn't cause accidents, then why do we have speed cameras?

26 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Comment: If speeding doesn't cause accidents, then why do we have speed cameras?

The Government has just published its response to a call from MPs for motorcycles to be fitted with speed limiters to cut accidents. The response is: It wouldn’t work. Only 4% of motorcycle accidents...

Video: Batman's motorcycle unveiled in the US

26 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Video: Batman's motorcycle unveiled in the US

Fictional hero Batman has ditched his traditional Batmobile and turned to two wheels for the new Movie “The Dark Knight” and you can see the bike at it’s launch on the video below. The bike may look...

MCN reader wins dream ticket to British MotoGP with Metis Gilera

26 June 2007 by Tom Rayner

MCN reader wins dream ticket to British MotoGP with Metis Gilera

MCN reader Dave Woollands won a dream VIP ticket to the British MotoGP at Donington Park last weekend in an MCN competition in collaboration with Gilera. Woollands, and his guest, got to spend the day...