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This week's issue: Cal can win again

30 August 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from August 31: Cal: “I can win again” MotoGP race winner Cal Crutchlow on why it’s determination as much as skill that’s...

True Heroes Racing line up at Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival

29 August 2016 by Liam Marsden

True Heroes Racing, the UK’s first injured serviceman’s motorcycle team are set to attend the Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival on Sunday September 4. True Heroes Racing was set up to prove injured...

How the hell do you... Make a bike defy gravity?

29 August 2016 by Andy Davidson

Here’s part 2 Answered by Dougie Lampkin MBE – Trials legend Dougie has won the FIM World Trial Championship a staggering 12 times and the Scottish Six Days Trial ten times. On a trials bike you can...

Guy Martin goes Trannie racing

29 August 2016 by MCN News

Persistent speed junkie, occasional motorcycle racer and full-time lorry mechanic, Guy Martin, is back with another series of his wildly popular Speed programme, on Channel 4. In the new series Guy...

Dynamic designer Sacha Lakic talks custom classics with Built

29 August 2016 by Maria Vallahis

Sacha Lakic is a world famous designer, better known for his James Bond set-style approach to architectural concepts, such as the Nest (pictured), a luxury home suspended 1000m high above the Colarado...

CFMoto plans a cheap 650 twin

27 August 2016 by Ben Purvis

CFMoto are revamping their range and adding this Versys-style budget 650 twin model to their line-up. Called the 650MT, the bike takes its chassis and 650cc parallel-twin engine from the firm’s...

MV Agusta F4Z custom superbike revealed

26 August 2016 by Liam Marsden

MV Agusta have revealed images of the upcoming F4Z a week before the bike was due to be unveiled. The F4Z is the result of a collaboration between MV Agusta and Milan-based design house Zagato, who...

Infinity Motorcycles gives free reign to street artist for office wall design

26 August 2016 by Dan Sutherland

Infinity Motorcycles’ Camberley warehouse have transformed a plain, breezeblock wall into a vibrant mural to motorcycling with the help of street artist Nathan Bowen. Nathan was commissioned for the...

Akrapovič donate limited-edition exhausts to Day of Champions

26 August 2016 by Simon Patterson

Slovenian exhaust manufacturers Akrapovič will donate the first in a series of special edition exhausts launched to celebrate their 25th anniversary to the Day of Champions, MotoGP’s annual charity...

Kawasaki tie-in gets serious with new Kymco 650 roadster

26 August 2016 by Ben Purvis

Kymco and Kawasaki have already been in cahoots to create Kawasaki’s first attack on the scooter market with the J300 and J125 – and now Kawasaki are repaying the favour by helping Kymco take a shot...

Triumph Bobber confirmed

26 August 2016 by Ben Purvis

Triumph have been developing hordes of new bikes around their water-cooled Bonneville engine family and one of the strangest will be the bobber that’s been spotted on test a couple of times in the...

Picture story: Militarisation of police? It started with bike cops

26 August 2016 by MCN

It’s air-cooled, belt-fed and gas-powered – not the bike, that is, but the machine gun this US policeman has mounted to his 990cc Indian v-twin. 1918 was a good time to be a bike cop in New York,...

IAM Roadsmart female-only bike skills day to be held next month

25 August 2016 by James Archibald

The Institute of Advanced Motorists is holding its first ever female-only bike skills event on September 19 at the Thruxton circuit in Hampshire. The track event has been designed to focus on riding...

ARM1: The story of one man's return to biking

25 August 2016 by Liam Marsden

aRm1 from Roos Brothers on Vimeo. It takes a certain kind of person to lose a limb in a motorcycle accident and be back in the saddle just six months later. Chris Ganley is that type of person. A road...

BMW retro range set to grow

25 August 2016 by Ben Purvis

At least two further versions of the BMW R nineT are set to go on sale in 2017, just as MCN exclusively revealed earlier this year. Information from emissions certification paperwork in America shows...

The ultimate motorcycling high. Riding the Himalayas

25 August 2016 by Andy Davidson

Mountains are earth’s giants. They’re behemoths, slowly pushing their way through the clouds over millions of years to scratch at heaven’s belly. The ancient rocks offer us the highest ground we can...

Honda to unleash mad 750 adventure scooter

25 August 2016 by Ben Purvis

When Honda showed the City Adventure concept bike at last year’s EICMA show in Milan few people took it seriously. A cross between a big scooter and an adventure bike, Honda refused to reveal any...

Honda resume full production at earthquake damaged factory

24 August 2016 by James Archibald

Honda has resumed full production of motorcycles at the Kumamoto plant that was wrecked by two major earthquakes that hit Japan back in April. Severe damage occurred to both the buildings and...

Triumph record attempt set for September

24 August 2016 by Liam Marsden

After achieving a top speed of 274.2mph during their practice session at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Triumph have confirmed they will return in September to attempt to set a new motorcycle land speed...

213.3mph wheelie sensation

24 August 2016 by James Archibald

Dutch rider Egbert van Popta has set a new record for the world’s fastest wheelie at Elvington Airfield, North Yorkshire. A stunning 213.3mph saw him overtake the 209.8mph record set by Liverpool’s...

Harley-Davidson reveal new engines for 2017 range

23 August 2016 by Andy Downes

Harley-Davidson have unveiled the complete range of new touring models which now feature the company’s most-powerful engine yet – the new Milwaukee-Eight V-twin. The Milwaukee-Eight is, slightly...

This week's issue: Cal Strikes Gold

23 August 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from August 24: Cal strikes Gold Crutchlow takes stunning Brno GP victory – ending Barry Sheene’s 35-year record Ducati 1299...

See your Yamaha before you buy it

23 August 2016 by James Archibald

Yamaha have released a new app for their Sports Touring range of motorcycles that lets you customise the bikes with accessories and colours to see what it looks like before going to the dealership and...

National Motorcycle Museum Live returns

23 August 2016 by MCN News

The National Motorcycle Museum Live open day returns on Saturday 5 November with free entry and a host of activities throughout the day. New for 2016 is the live start up feature, wihch will see...

Gallery: Travelling the world on a Vespa

22 August 2016 by MCN News

Think all round-the-world adventures need months of planning, top-of-the-range adventure bikes and plenty of money? Think again. In April 2015, 24-year-old fine art graduate Emma Trenchard embarked on...

How the hell do you...Ride on water?

22 August 2016 by Andy Davidson

Here’s part 1 Answered by Robbie Maddison – Robbie is one of the world’s biggest nutcases, with a mile-long list of stunts and first feats to his name, from jumping Tower Bridge to the world jump...

Gallery: Around the world for £5000

22 August 2016 by MCN News

There’s no doubt the current leaders in the adventure bike sector are amazing bikes. Loaded with top-spec electronics such as electronically adjustable suspension, rider modes and ABS, there’s not...

The Sheene Machines (Part 2/2)

22 August 2016 by Stuart Barker

He liked his handlebars set wide and preferred aluminium crankcases, Heron Suzuki mechanic Martyn Ogborne reveals the secrets behind Barry’s winning bikes We all know the story of Barry Sheene’s...

Poll: Now Cal has won Brno, will he win Silverstone?

22 August 2016 by MCN News

Now Cal has won Brno, will he win Silverstone? TOP STORIES A bit of a GS obsession Cal Crutchlow wins at Brno ending 35-year British drought Knox Hadleigh: Handy protection for lady riders Moto3:...

8 best bits from the go-faster books

21 August 2016 by MCN

We’ve burned the midnight oil digesting the finest biking bibles so you don’t have to. Read and learn… 1: The need to focus “When you ride you should try to forget everything else. Don’t think...

Gallery: Adventure pioneers

20 August 2016 by Andy Davidson

We’ve got it so easy. The first man to motorcycle around the world did it over 100 years ago. Carl Stearns Clancy circumnavigated the globe on a 1912 Henderson Four in 1913. In 1932, a 23-year-old...

The Sheene Machines (Part 1/2)

20 August 2016 by Stuart Barker

He liked his handlebars set wide and preferred aluminium crankcases, Heron Suzuki mechanic Martyn Ogborne reveals the secrets behind Barry’s winning bikes We all know the story of Barry Sheene’s...

Shelsley attracts the iconic and eccentric

19 August 2016 by MCN News

Shelsley Walsh Bike Festival returns on Sunday, September 4 drawing in the weird and wonderful bikes of the motorcycle world. This diverse celebration of engineering excellence features rare, classic,...

The hottest bikes from Suzuka

19 August 2016 by Simon Patterson

There is no other motorcycle race like the Suzuka 8-Hour. Like the Isle of Man TT, the Bol d’Or and the Daytona 200 it is one of bike racing’s classics, a standout event that has a flavour and an...

Harley ordered to pay $12M fine over 'Super Tuner' device

19 August 2016 by Ped Baker

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined Harley Davidson $12M (£9.12M) over the firms Screaming Eagle Super Tuner device, an official plug in module that allows owners of certain models...

Gallery: 9 of our favourite customs from Pure & Crafted

19 August 2016 by James Archibald

Pure & Crafted took place last weekend on the streets of Berlin and is a celebration of music and custom motorcycles with heavy backing from BMW. As such there were some beautifully put together...