February
New MCN February 12: Four exclusive first rides in bumper issue
11 February 2014 by
In this week’s MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from February 12: World exclusive: New Yamaha R-series bike incoming Free 36-page MCN Motorcycle Show guide World first tests:...
Plan your London Motorcycle Show day
10 February 2014 by
The MCN Carole Nash London Motorcycle Show isn’t just about getting the chance to see all of the latest, 2014 bikes under one roof. It’s not just about being able to get the latest offers from our...
Meet Cal and Bradley this Friday!
10 February 2014 by
MotoGP superstars Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith will be appearing live on stage this Friday at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show. The British duo are flying in especially from testing in...
First Ride: Triumph 2014 Thunderbird Cruisers
10 February 2014 by
Triumph’s two new 2014 Thunderbird-based cruisers, the ‘Road King’ style LT bagger and the fat, reto-styled Commander, are currently being put through their paces for the first time by MCN Executive...
James May's Meccano bike at London Show!
10 February 2014 by
James May’s Meccano bike, which the Top Gear star rode around the Isle of Man TT circuit, will be on display at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show February 14-16. May built the bike from over...
Reading MCN with Cal
07 February 2014 by
Reading MCN with Cal at the Sepang test with Pole Position Travel.
Would you really take a BMW R1200GS round the world?
07 February 2014 by
Fancy an adventure bike? BMW’s new R1200GS Adventure costs £12,600 for the base model, £14,750 for the XE and £15,350 for the TE model. We’re talking big money here, but would you really take a bike...
Meet MCE BSB riders at the MCN London Motorcycle Show
07 February 2014 by
The MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship will be coming to town as London’s Excel hosts the MCN London Motorcycle Show on 14/15/16 February with fans able to get up close to some of this...
Stars line up for MCN London Show
07 February 2014 by
In just eight days the doors will open to the most exciting and feature-packed motorcycle show of 2014. Starring biking’s biggest names, the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show will be packed with...
Over-sized middleweight owners needed
06 February 2014 by
MCN is on the hunt for owners of over-sized middleweight naked bikes. Specifically we’re looking for current owners of: Suzuki GSR750 Kawasaki Z800 BMW F800R We’ll be using the information to help...
YOUR VOTES DECIDE - Classic Bike of The Year at this year's MCN London Motorcycle Show
06 February 2014 by
There are 10 fantastic finalists, but there can only be one winner – so vote now! See these bikes for yourself at the Carole Nash MCN Motorcycle Show, from February 14-16 at ExCeL in London’s...
Taking a break with MCN on the slopes
06 February 2014 by
Me (Dave) and my partner (Nerys), in the centre, and our biking and skiing friends Jamie and Sophie enjoying MCN during a hot chocolate break high up the slopes at Meribel, France. Great times!
New MCN 5 Feb: World first test - BMW R1200GS Adventure
04 February 2014 by
In this week’s MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from February 5: World first test: BMW R1200GS Adventure MV’s maddest naked yet: New Dragster 800 stunning first pics Hailwood:...
Yamaha MT-07 "Street Racer concept"
04 February 2014 by
The MT-07 in ‘Continental Circus’ sauce. What do you think?
Close Motor Finance raise £25k for motoring charity
03 February 2014 by
Close Motor Finance, one of the UK’s leading providers of financing for motorbikes, has managed to raise a huge £25,000 for BEN, the motoring industry charity, after a year of fundraising through its...
Filippo Preziosi resigns from Ducati
28 February 2013 by
Filippo Preziosi has resigned from Ducati before he was due to start his new role as Director of R&D, citing poor health. Preziosi was the engineer in charge of the development of the Desmosedici...
Free Barry Sheene DVD from Duke!
28 February 2013 by
Barry Sheene, MBE – probably the most famous star on two wheels ever to have come out of Britain – was a cheeky cockney inspiration to millions. Incredibly, it’s a decade since we lost Bazza to...
Kevin Ash memorial fund
28 February 2013 by
World-respected journalist Kevin Ash, who died in January, was an MCN columnist and the Daily Telegraph’s motorcycling correspondent. MCN and The Telegraph have been overwhelmed by the tributes since...
New Yamaha R1 spied testing
28 February 2013 by
Early prototypes for Yamaha’s next-generation R1 superbike have been spied being put through their paces by the firm’s test riders. Two of the machines were caught by our colleagues at Australian...
Save money at Lidl with MCN
27 February 2013 by
German supermarket chain Lidl are holding another of their budget motorcycling sales starting on the 28th February, and you can save 10% exclusively with MCN! Featured items include a Crivit Sport...
Enfield loses its UK distributor
26 February 2013 by
Fourteen years after acquiring the UK distribution rights for Royal Enfield, Cotswold-based Watsonian Squire has announced that they are ceasing distribution of the Indian-made motorcycles. The firm,...
You Ask/You Answer: Problems with Cornering
26 February 2013 by
“I’m a new rider and have a problem with cornering. I seem to stiffen up when cornering and do not have the confidence to lean – I keep thinking the bike will slip over or I’ll completely lose the...
New limited edition Moto Morini Scrambler
26 February 2013 by
The latest from Italian firm Moto Morini is this Scrambler special, lavished with goodies and priced at £9394. The Scrambler 1200 Military Green comes with leather saddlebags, slipper clutch and...
Breganze 750 SFC concept
26 February 2013 by
Here’s my concept for the Italian Laverda soul in a new brand!
The best biking decade was...
25 February 2013 by
What was the heyday of biking? Was it the arrival of cheap machinery in the 1970s, the exotica of the 1980s, the screaming two-stroke 500s of the 1990s, the technology of the 2000s? Or is it the...
CCM’s new adventure bike
25 February 2013 by
This is CCM’s all-new, road legal, middleweight adventure bike – the GP 450 – set to go into production in May this year! Although by the 450cc single cylinder Dakar-style racers it’s a fully road...
Ex-racer Emmett’s new bride dies
25 February 2013 by
The new wife of ex-500GP racer Sean Emmett has died after apparently falling from a hotel window while the newly married couple were on honeymoon in Dubai. Abbie Emmett, 27, died just days after...
My motorcycle fleet is...
23 February 2013 by
How many bikes is too many bikes? Have you just got your trusty all-rounder that’s capable of everything, something like a CBR600F? Or do you keep an everyday bike and a trackday tool? Or is more...
Feb 20: Bikes on the Box
21 February 2013 by
KEY TO CHANNELS. DRT – Discovery Real Time DSC – Discovery Channel DHD – Discovery Channel HD EXS – Extreme Sports Channel EUR1 (2, HD) – Eurosport 1 (2, HD) MOT – Motors TV CH4 – Channel...
Insurance Advice: What to do if you're convicted?
21 February 2013 by
If you’re ever unfortunate enough to find yourself convicted of a motoring offence with your bike you’ll have a lot of questions flying through your head. MCN Compare have taken some of the most frequently asked questions about motoring convictions and answered them here for you; to help take some of the mystery our of insurance. What to do if you’re convicted What it means to you premium: A...
New Ducati Hypermotard first ride
21 February 2013 by
Ducati’s all-new, water-cooled, 2013 Hypermotard is currently being put through its paces in southern Spain by MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves. Here are his first impressions: “It’s track this...
Video: New Triumph Daytona 675 vs Old
21 February 2013 by
With Triumph launching their new Daytona 675, MCN road tester Adam Child took the new bike up head-to-head against the old bike to see what changes Triumph has made to the new model.
See the London Motorcycle Show on TV
21 February 2013 by
This week’s new edition of the Bike World television programme is brought to you from the MCN London Motorcycle Show at ExCeL, where the Bike World team take a first look at the new Triumph Tiger...
Video: Triumph Tiger Sport First Ride
20 February 2013 by
Last week senior road tester Michael Neeves traveled to the mountains outside Barcelona to try out Triumph’s updated Tiger Sport. Check out the full review on the Bike Channel on Thursday 21st Feb at...
Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D hits the big screen with world record breaking stunt
20 February 2013 by
Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D is coming to a cinema near you – and what better way to spend an evening than gasping at the bravery, balls and blind stupidity of Travis Pastrana and his adrenalin-junkie...