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Triumph Sprint GT - full review

09 June 2010 by James Keen

The Triumph Sprint GT has been ridden and rated by MCN – you can read the full web review in the bike reviews section. Read the Triumph Sprint GT review “Take Triumph’s superb Sprint...

New Weise Tatu ladies boot

09 June 2010 by Marc Abbott

The new Weise ladies Tatu boot is designed to look good on and off the bike, while also doing its job of protecting the wearer. Save £££ on ladies motorcycle boots in the MCN Shop It features a...

Win a day as an MCN road tester

09 June 2010 by James Keen

MCN has teamed up with forum HondaCB1000R.com to offer you the chance to win a day as an MCN road tester. Click here to place your bid HondaCB1000R.com are raising money for When You Wish Upon A...

Video: Yamaha Super Tenere v BMW GS v Multistrada v KTM 990

09 June 2010 by MCN

Who needs to go abroad on an adventure biking holiday when the roads, weather and people of the UK can be this good? These adventure bikes made every bit of our 2-day 640-mile road trip to the...

Old school cool – Z900

08 June 2010 by Phil West

How’s this for a new, cool take on Kawasaki’s venerable 1976? This example has been built by Spanish custom shop La Perra Bikes, based between Malaga and Seville, and blends the rustic, tarnished,...

Timewarp TT: Surtees (MV) v Miller (MotoCzysz)

08 June 2010 by Guy Procter

MotoCzysz may have annihilated the TT Zero competition in practice on Monday, but it’s still fighting it out with fifties machinery in combustion-engine terms. In a single-lap sprint round the 37.73...

Yamaha XT 1200Z in ACTION!!!

08 June 2010 by MarcusKingma

Lot off people think the new Yamaha XT 1200Z Super Ténéré is only a motorbike for the road. We show you it isn’t. Camera & Edit by Marcus Kingma

The pill that could cure you of motorcycling

08 June 2010 by Guy Procter

You better hope nobody from the EU reads this, but there’s a pill that some experts think could ‘cure’ you of motorcycling. The new drug called co-trimoxazole has been proven ten times more...

Öhlins announce nine new UK service centres

08 June 2010 by Phil West

Suspension experts Öhlins have announced nine new UK service centres which will cater not just for road and race users but also its off-road and ATV products. They are at: Crescent Motorcycles of...

Bikes pouring onto Isle of Man

08 June 2010 by Adam Child

This year’s TT is looking set to be the best attended in years, according to latest official figures. The Steam Packet ferry company says that last Friday was it’s busiest day so far, with over 2000...

Jorge Lorenzo TT replicas

08 June 2010 by Marc Potter

GEORGE WHITE motorcycles will make a limited number of Jorge Lorenzo TT replicas. The replicas will ape the bike that Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha R1 will ride at the Isle of Man TT on Friday. Lorenzo is...

Chris Pfeiffer victorious at the German Stuntriding Open

08 June 2010 by James Keen

Chris Pfeiffer won the German Stuntriding Open for the second year in a row last weekend on his BMW F800R. Read the BMW F800R review Pfieffer was pleased with his result: “I am very happy to win.

Ride a Desmo at Oulton Park

08 June 2010 by MCN

Is there a cooler bike in the world than the Ducati Desmosedici RR? Well, apart from the motorcycles used by health workers to deliver health care in rural Africa, we aren’t sure. Now Riders for...

Reader's race reps needed for MCN road test

08 June 2010 by Michael Neeves

MCN needs to get hold of some specific models for a race rep road test. If you have one of the following bikes and you’d like to see it in the paper, please get in touch: 2008-current Repsol...

Bike test to be reviewed

08 June 2010 by Steve Farrell

A controversial new riding test which has seen hundreds of learners crash and bookings plummet is to be reviewed by the Government. In his first formal interview since taking his new post, to be...

New MCN June 9: Rossi - "I'll be back"

08 June 2010 by James Keen

In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale June 9, GP legend Valentino Rossi speaks from hospital following his 106mph highside at Mugello on Saturday. The new Yamaha Super Tenere takes on the adventure...

Moto Rumi Sport

07 June 2010 by Anonymous

As a teenager in the 60’s I rode all over England and from Nottingham to Cornwall (where I now live) on my Italian Moto Rumi scooter a 125 twin twostroke which was rare even then. I regretfully...

HONDA AFRICA TWIN 1200

07 June 2010 by Oberdan Bezzi

A new rival for BMW and Yamaha. HONDA AFRICA TWIN 1200. The Queen is back!

Moto Guzzi Nevada Anniversario

07 June 2010 by Michael Neeves

To celebrate twenty years of the middleweight Moto Guzzi Nevada cruiser, the Italian firm have created a new addition to their model line-up: the Nevada Anniversario, which will only be available in...

Buy Haslam print, win prizes!

07 June 2010 by Marc Abbott

his 16x12in print, celebrating Leon Haslam¹s Phillip Island WSB victory earlier this year (and co-signed by the Pocket Rocket himself) costs £20, but buying one could net you a day at the Ron Haslam...

Isle of Man TT 2010 on DVD now!

07 June 2010 by Marc Abbott

Duke Video has just released ‘Isle of Man TT On-Bike Laps 2010 Volume 1’ in fact it was released within 36 hours of Wednesday night practice finishing last week! The DVD features footage of John...

Video: The world's wackiest trike?

07 June 2010 by MCN

This awesome drag car-powered monster is currently laying claim over in the US to be the world’s best trike. Watch the video to see it in action:

Staff bikes: CBR600F - The proud (and skint) owner of a 1998 Honda CBR600F

07 June 2010 by Andy Downes

Nobody in the world is more relieved I have actually been successful in finding a new bike than those MCN staff who sit closest to me at work. No longer do they have to look at what I have just found...

Staff bikes: Enfield Clubman - I can see clearly now

07 June 2010 by Marc Abbott

I have an addictive personality; I horde things, lots of things. There are approximately 30 pairs of shoes scattered around my house, my garage looks like a library, the loft is full of old C90...

Win a signed Helmet by Carl Fogarty plus a copy of SBKX game and bag!

07 June 2010 by MCN

We have four copies of the SBK game for runners up: a copy of the game ( either PS3 , X-Box or PC DVD), Carl Fogarty’s autograph and SBK X bags. SBK X is the official Superbike World Championship game...

DUCATI DESMOLIGHT 450 CONCEPT

04 June 2010 by Oberdan Bezzi

This concept bike is dedicated to pure riding pleasure. Based on the new hypothetical Mono Desmo 450cc. Little bastard

Yamaha R1 and R6 owners needed to help break world record

04 June 2010 by James Keen

The Yamaha R1 and R6 Owners Club GB will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for ‘Largest Parade of Yamaha Motorcycles’ on Sunday 27th June 2010 – and they want your help. The club...

Poll: What will be king of the adventure bikes in 2010?

04 June 2010 by MCN

This week we’re testing the new Yamaha Super Tenere XT1200Z against its established rivals in Scotland. The £13,499 Yamaha faces stiff competition from Ducati’s brilliant new Multistrada 1200 S...

Yamaha Tenere world first group test

04 June 2010 by Marc Potter

We’re off to Scotland to test the new Yamaha Super Tenere XT1200Z against its established rivals. The long-awaited 1200 parallel has just landed in the UK so we’ve whisked the first one in the country...

Most incredible race replica ever

04 June 2010 by Gary Pinchin

This bike claimed the first MV victory on the Isle of Man since Agostini won there in 1972. Except there’s not a single genuine MV part on this exquisite three-cylinder bike. In next week’s MCN –...

Spy shots: Touch-screen multi-mode suspension Fireblade spied

04 June 2010 by Guy Procter

MCN’s spies have struck gold – ‘the original gold’ in fact – capturing this unique Fireblade with Multistrada-beating multi-mode suspension. The development mule was spotted near the Swedish HQ of...

Triumph Street Triple Tracker

04 June 2010 by Chris Newbigging

German dealer Motorcorner is putting this sexy Street Triple R-based Street Tracker on sale for £12,000. Read the Triumph Street Triple R review The transformation is an unusual twist for...

First ride: Thruxton 904 Ace Special

04 June 2010 by Michael Neeves

Few bikes tick the boxes in so many ways as Triumph‘s Thruxton. Its big, meaty air-cooled parallel twin-cylinder engine has chunky power all the way through the revs and it¹s as enjoyable purring...

Kymco KR Naked 125 ridden

04 June 2010 by Luke Brackenbury

The first thing that strikes you about the new KR 125 is just how aggressive and good looking it is. If it wasn’t for that tiny engine hanging from the beefy aluminium spars of the frame, most of us...

Jawa 350 first ride

04 June 2010 by Peter Henshaw

Twin shocks, four gears and a dead simple 350cc two-stroke twin – the Jawa is back. For those who don’t know, the Czech-made Jawa has been around nearly as long as Royal Enfield’s Bullet, and now you...

2010 North West 200 DVD review

04 June 2010 by Marc Abbott

Duke Video’s DVD coverage of last month’s NW200 is now available to buy. Here’s a glimpse of the best of the action to get you in the mood. It costs £16.99 from www.dukevideo.com.