September
Super speed camera
09 September 2007 by
The latest bombproof all singing/dancing speed camera relies like all other speed cameras on being able to see the vehicle. However, if someone felt so inclined as to cut some thin metal plates roughly to the shape of the toughened glass camera appertures and affix the plates to them with something like araldite it would render it useless at a stroke. Also it would be a very time consuming and...
Bikers beware, they are in the air
09 September 2007 by
Myself and a friend were out bright and early this sunday morning on our usual run from Beverley up to Helmsley, Whitby visiting various greasy spoons on the way as us bikers do. We then returned via Pickering, Malton, Wetwang and finally back home. The reason I’m writing is as we approached Wetwang we noticed a police helicopter circling so we obviously thought there had been an accident and...
Alpine disaster averted
09 September 2007 by
While on holiday in the French Alps I was caught out by a combination of a sharp left slippy overbanding repair and a bit of to much speed. I was left hanging from a bridge wall after a blow to the...
JT's No1 feline fan!
09 September 2007 by
This is a picture of our cat Kirby watching World Superbikes race 1 on Sunday. A true Toseland fan.
Fireblade on the Autobahn
08 September 2007 by
Found a clip of a Blade on an Autobahn. Gets some good speed. Us Brits could do with an Autobahn over here. What do you think?
MCN in Cyprus
08 September 2007 by
Hi to all guys & girls at MCN. Just thought you might like to see one or two pics of me and the new ride, taken in Cyprus last month. I”m not sure about her but I know the boys would love to see...
Bearing up
08 September 2007 by
Just spent a week on holiday with my two brother-in-laws and we won a very large Bradley bear in a raffle. As we were on our bikes the only way to get it home was to strap it to one of us! Well done,...
MCN in France
08 September 2007 by
Me at the Millau bridge, France en route to the south of France on honeymoon.
Motorcycle bay blues
07 September 2007 by
On my way home from work I decided to stop off at Tesco Pollok (Glasgow) for a wee bit of shopping. Despite this supermarket having a car park the size of our national stadium there are always cars parked in the motorcyle bays, a fact which I decided to point out to the young lad at the customer service desk. His response was interesting: the company which operates the car park had previously used...
New Ducati monster?
07 September 2007 by
An impression of the new Ducati Monster seen in a Spanish mag while on holiday. Looks quite nice.
Video: Trail bike challenge: Part one: Trails of the unexpected
07 September 2007 by
The mission was to buy and prepare three late 70s/early 80s trailies and ride them from Morecambe to Scarborough to find out which is the best within a budget of £1,000. Old trail bikes are suddenly becoming cool and collectable. In the 1970s and early 1980s bikes like Suzuki’s TS, Yamaha’s DT and XT and Honda’s XL were everywhere. Check out the video below to see our trail bike challenge from...
BMF cancels RoadPeace membership
07 September 2007 by
The British Motorcyclists Federation has cancelled its membership of RoadPeace after MCN revealed the safety group had called for motorcycles to be ‘downsized’. RoadPeace was on of eight transport...
Dan Thornton's Honda Hornet blog: Taking to the track
07 September 2007 by
I’ve always enjoyed track days, but for a variety of reasons I’ve ended up missing out on any circuit riding for a while now. In fact, it’s actually been a couple of years since I took part in an actual track day. But I don’t think I could have wished for a better re-introduction than the Honda Hornet and a Motosport Vision Novice Track Day (0870-8505013). The day is aimed at riders with limited...
It wooden go
06 September 2007 by
My son Jack enjoying the local scenery during a trip to Florence. I only managed to find a wooden bike (It wooden go – sorry!).
Preview of the new Ducati DesmosediciRR
06 September 2007 by
The first ride of the Ducati Desmosedici RR may have been delayed due to hurricane conditions at Misano, but while the test is rescheduled by Ducati, this video might help keep your anticipation building. Also, get to hear information regarding the bike exclusively from Claudio Domenicali himself.
2008 Honda CBR600RR motorcycle colour changes
06 September 2007 by
In keeping with Honda’s two-year update cycle the CBR600RR motorcycle has been left untouched other than colour changes. The Honda CBR600RR will now come in a new combination of white/black/red,...
Potty about MCN!
06 September 2007 by
Hollie on Crantock beach, near Newquay. Catching up on the latest MCN gossip whilst spending a penny on the potty!
Brunstrom Tasered
06 September 2007 by
Chief constable Richard Brunstrom has been zapped with a Taser for a demonstration video on North Wales Police’s website. Richard Brunstrom volunteered for a 50,000-volt shock from the electronic stun...
Exclusive first pictures of the 2008 Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR
06 September 2007 by
Here are the world exclusive first picture of the 2008 Honda Fireblade. It’s an official Honda picture, and we’ll be updating this story with more details about the motorcycle as we get...
Brunstrom: form an orderly queue!
06 September 2007 by
Woke up to find this on the BBC: Chief constable zapped by Taser. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6980867.stm I wonder how many volunteers there were….?
Speeding copper
06 September 2007 by
Is there a conspiracy going on? This copper is obviously a long way over the 40mph speed limit and yet doesn’t get flashed by the speed camera. Also when I reported this to the local police station 30 minutes later they told me that he CAN’T be prosecuted because there was “no policeman present or speed camera evidence!”. Think about the double standards and the hypocrisy in British law.
Can't lick this!
05 September 2007 by
During a recent weekend tour of the north of Scotland, members of Rollin Bones Motorcycle Club visited the village of Tongue.
Biker requires surgery after fending off thieves
05 September 2007 by
A 23-year old motorcyclist needed to have his jaw rebuilt after fending off thieves from stealing his motorcycle. The man from Coatbridge Street, Clayton, near Manchester rushed into his backyard on...
What next?
05 September 2007 by
These signs have appeared at Hill Chorlton, Staffs, on the A51 near Baldwins Gate. They appear to be rip-off copies of the biker beware signs. Are they legal? I thought you had to have permission to...
Download Bimota DB6C-1098 desktop images on MCN
05 September 2007 by
The Bimota DB6C-1098 is claimed to be the ‘world’s best handling naked motorcycle’, according to its creators. The Bimota DB6C-1098 is a limited edition motorcycle and you can read more about it in this week’s MCN out Wednesday, September 5, 2007. Click on the images to download the stunning Bimota DB6V-1098 to set as your desktop background.
Bomb-proof speed camera pictures
05 September 2007 by
Meet the world’s first super speed camera, which soon could replace familiar GATSO and Truvelo units on our roads. Here we have some exclusive images of the new camouflaged safety cameras. For more...
MCN in Switzerland
05 September 2007 by
This is a photo of me on top of the Schilthorn Mountain while on a trip to Switzerland in August on my BMW R1200GS.
New MCN out Wednesday, September 5, 2007
05 September 2007 by
In this week’s MCN we take an exclusive look at the new Honda CB1100 motorcycle. Also in this edition out Wednesday, September 5, 2007, MCN investigates how government MP’s have been urged to consider...
Lonely Planet Guide to Spain
05 September 2007 by
Once away from the holiday costas, you could only be in Spain. In the cities, narrow twisting old streets suddenly open out to views of daring modern architecture, while spit-and-sawdust bars serving...
Biased BBC
05 September 2007 by
Watching the Look North (East) news late on 28th August, I was appalled by the biased coverage of the bank holiday’s accident reporting (covering Lincolnshire, and where bikes featured heavily thanks to Cadwell BSB and a few ‘juicy’ pictures & videos). I was fuming, so I sent the following to the BBC: During this news bulletin at approx 22:30, a great deal of airtime was devoted to the...
Not for the squeamish
04 September 2007 by
My injuries came on my Gixer 1000 K6. One broken fibula and severe bruising came… off quite lightly really. Ran wide at a bend coming on to a roundabout and ended up smashing into the roundabout!
ASBO for a wheelie?
04 September 2007 by
We live in a small Scottish country town and in May 2007 my boyfriend was issued with an “Antisocial Behaviour ETC.(SCOTLAND) Act 2004 Section 127” for alleged… “Riding motorcycle on road on one wheel” He had just come from an off-road on to a main road with some dirt on his tyres. As he pulled off on to the main road the front wheel lifted up. At that exact moment, a cop car came round the bend...
Checkpoint Charlie
04 September 2007 by
Riding home from the swimming pool last night, came across a strange sight in Belfast – plod stopping everything with a pulse on the Holywood road. Natch, I got stopped. I got asked what my name was, where I was going, where I’d just come from, if it was my bike I was riding – and how long I’d owned it! The copper then walked to the back of the bike and shone his torch at the numberplate. It was...
Calls to ban powerful bikes
04 September 2007 by
MPs have been urged to ‘insist’ Government looks at ‘downsizing’ motorcycles in a letter signed by some of the UK’s most influential road safety groups. The letter, dated August 1, 2007, says...