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Triumph launch Ride Out to Help Out campaign

16 September 2021 by Phil West

Triumph and some of our best known biking celebs have launched a scheme to get Britain biking. Star names, including Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton and TT racer Maria Costello MBE, are urging...

Lincolnshire firefighters on course to raise £2000 with 400-mile county charity ride

13 September 2021 by Dan Sutherland

Five firefighters from across Lincolnshire have ridden 400 miles in a day, visiting every fire station in the county to raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity and Prostate Cancer UK. “To see people...

Brit tennis star Emma Raducanu shares motocross memories

13 September 2021 by Andy Calton

British teenage tennis sensation Emma Raducanu shocked the sporting world by winning the US Open on Saturday 11 September, but many of the millions watching her make history may not have known that...

Mansell mania: Custom BMWs honour F1’s most committed driver

03 September 2021 by Jordan Gibbons

Greg Mansell, son of Formula One World Champion, Nigel Mansell, has launched a short production run of custom BMW R18s to honour his father’s successes. Until the arrival of Lewis Hamilton, Mansell...

Rough Crafts custom Yamaha XSR900 build joins firm’s cool Yard Built series

01 September 2021 by Jordan Gibbons

Custom builder Winston Yeh has worked his magic once again, this time turning his hand to Yamaha’s XSR900 – and you could have one just like it. Most of Winston’s customs are one-offs but this time...

Portuguese Honda dealership wins CB650R custom competition

01 September 2021 by Dan Sutherland

Portuguese Honda dealership Mototrofa has bounced back from the effects of a devastating fire to claim victory in the 2021 European CB650R Honda Customs contest. The online competition attracted over...

Guy back on track: Martin returns to Elvington as he targets 300mph barrier

24 July 2020 by Jordan Gibbons

Guy Martin has been back in action testing his turbo-charged Hayabusa as he strives to be the first person to break 300mph in a standing mile on a motorcycle. Racing on a windy Tuesday at Elvington...

Passing the baton: Women Riders World Relay honoured in National Motorcycle Museum

05 March 2020 by Jordan Gibbons

The Women Riders World Relay has come to an end after the baton was passed along 63,400 miles and across 79 countries in 333 days. Now the event is over, the baton has found a permanent home at...

Steph Jeavons leads all-female bike troop to Everest Base Camp

09 October 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Global motorcycling adventurer, Steph Jeavons, has arrived home in Wales, having lead an all-female riding troop along a 2300km (1429-mile) ride to Mount Everest Base Camp. Setting off on Sunday, 15...

Peter Hammond Motorcycles celebrates 60 years of business

26 September 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Family-run Peter Hammond Motorcycles, in Cirencester, are celebrating 60 years of trading this month with a special open weekend, featuring a ride out to the Sammy Miller Museum. Taking place on...

Yamaha tease new naked in Motorcycle Live competition

25 September 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Yamaha have revealed a teaser image for a new 2020 naked bike, set to be revealed on Wednesday, October 16, at 2pm CET. Appearing in a head-on silhouette displaying the outline of the bike and three...

Surrey police force deploy DNA spray in the fightback against motorbike theft

24 September 2019 by Ben Clarke

A police operation in Epsom and Ewell, Surrey, has resulted in 31 vehicles being stopped and the recovery of a stolen motorbike, while another machine was impounded by officers. Following a rise in...

'Tactical contact' and new security measures get big results against bike crime

17 September 2019 by Ben Clarke

The Metropolitan Police’s ‘Operation Venice’, the moped crime task force which caused controversy by using ‘tactical contact’ to end pursuits with suspects on two wheels, looks to be succeeding,...

Top custom builder creates a very special CB1100RS

17 September 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Honda UK have unleashed his stunning special-edition CB1100RS, inspired by the factory endurance racers of the 1980s. There will be 54 of the drop-dead gorgeous machines built in partnership with...

Valentino Rossi rides YZR-M1 to Misano GP

16 September 2019 by Emma Franklin

Hundreds of cheering fans saw Valentino Rossi fulfil a life-long dream last Tuesday, as he rode his MotoGP bike through the streets of his hometown, Tavullia in Italy. Aboard a full race-spec Yamaha...

Goodwood Revival plays host to best-ever motorcycling line-up

15 September 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Over 100,000 people flocked to Goodwood Motor Circuit this past weekend to witness some of motorcycling’s greatest riders do battle in the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy races. Part of the annual...

Suzuki to restore Barry Sheene race bikes at Motorcycle Live

12 September 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Suzuki GB have taken delivery of three iconic Barry Sheene race bikes, ready to be restored at the 2019 Motorcycle Live trade show. The bikes in question consist of Sheene’s final grand prix bike; a...

Off-road bike squad recover 204 stolen machines

11 September 2019 by Ben Clarke

South Yorkshire Police have been celebrating the success of their off-road bike unit, which has been in operation for two years and recovered 204 stolen bikes. Not only do they have a great record in...

Motorcycling youth charity prepares for biggest-ever fundraiser

09 September 2019 by Dan Sutherland

A charity set-up to tackle kids using motorcycles anti-socially are preparing to host their largest-ever fundraising event, with live music, displays and a group rideout across the Yorkshire...

Suzuki BSB stars battle on GSX-R125s in second-annual All-Star race

05 September 2019 by Dan Sutherland

For the second year in succession, Suzuki UK have released a video of their current British Superbike and Superstock 1000 riders racing around Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground aboard 125s. This year’s...

New breed of locks and chains is latest weapon against theft

03 September 2019 by Ben Clarke

With an average 500 bikes stolen a week in 2018 motorcycles remain the most commonly stolen vehicle in the UK, seven times more likely to be nicked than anything else, which is why security firms are...

What's it like to ride with TT legend John McGuinness on the road? Safer than you might think...

28 May 2019 by Dan Sutherland

The roads nestled among the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales are a bikers’ paradise, offering a challenging ribbon of tarmac that snakes its way past farmland and through hamlets...

Cake launch first road legal electric motorbike

18 February 2019 by MCN News

Swedish motorcycle manufacturers Cake have unveiled the Kalk& (Kalk And) – a road legal version of the Kalk OR. The original Kalk OR is billed as a halfway house between a mountain bike and a...

BMW showcase self-riding technology at CES Las Vegas

09 January 2019 by MCN News

BMW have been showing off their self-riding R1200GS at the CES technology show in Las Vegas as you can see in the video above. We first learned of the project in 2018 when BMW revealed they were set...

Honda reveal pricing for 2019 Adventure Roads programme

10 December 2018 by Dan Sutherland

Honda Motor Europe have confirmed the pricing for the next instalment of its Adventure Roads tour programme across southern Africa in March 2019. Honda will be again taking 40 riders on both standard...

The Flying Millyard: Five litres of eccentric joy

18 October 2018 by Bruce Dunn

When the judges at the exclusive Salon Privé show awarded Allen Millyard the Best in Show for his exquisite Honda SS100 V-twin, an idea formed in his mechanically mischievous mind. “I thought, if I’ve...

Zillers Garage become first Russian AMD World Champions

09 October 2018 by Dan Sutherland

The AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building 2018 has been won by a Russian builder for the first time. Zillers Garage took the title with their Yamaha SR400 based ‘Insomnia’ entry. UK entrants...

2019: Year of the true adventurers

30 September 2018 by Jordan Gibbons

At the launch of the new R1250GS, BMW said that unlike previous years the GS Adventure version will be on sale almost straight away, too. With the F850GS Adventure also believed to be imminent, that...

BMW's development wheels tell all about their prototypes

29 September 2018 by Matt Wildee

With new models set to be unveiled next week, BMW gave us an exclusive look at their testing process and special sensors that festoon their bikes to get every detail from vibration figures, to axle...

Harley’s European assault

29 September 2018 by MCN News

Harley-Davidson got everyone’s eyebrows dancing recently with their bold new Harley Pan America adventure bike and naked Streetfighter – but while both will be brave attacks on new markets for the US...

MCN's sister website Parkers awards the Mitsubishi L200 Best Pickup of the Year 2019

27 September 2018 by MCN News

Parkers.co.uk (MCN’s sister website) has chosen the Mitsubishi L200 as the Best Pickup in the Parkers New Car Awards 2019. The recently-updated pickup was praised for its excellent off-road ability...

Charity drag bike run rescheduled by rain

26 September 2018 by Dan Sutherland

Hertfordshire-based motorbike builders, Mint Customs, have built a one-off drag racing motorcycle, set to be auctioned off for charity. Using a 2007 Yamaha R1 engine with a minor fueling tune, the...

Video: MCN make triumphant return to the Ally Pally

25 September 2018 by Ben Clarke

Thousands celebrated MCN’s return to north London at the Devitt MCN Ally Pally Show and Supersprint over the weekend (September 22-23). And what a return it was, with a host of stars in attendance, a...

Billy 'Biketruck' Ward: Corporate player to adventure rider

24 September 2018 by Ben Clarke

Billy Ward has ridden through war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, toured the world as Charley Boorman’s theatre producer and racked up thousands of off-road miles on motorbikes. It’s a far cry from the...

Krazy Horse release road-legal flat track Indian Scout kit

24 September 2018 by Jordan Gibbons

Flat track racing is the latest craze storming the nation and Krazy Horse, bike dealers and customisers in Bury St. Edmonds, have been campaigning a fleet of modified Indian Scouts in the national...

Peugeot announce scooter with dash cams as standard

24 September 2018 by Ben Clarke

Peugeot have launched a new version of their Metropolis three-wheel scooter that comes with front and rear dash cams as standard. The model, celebrating 120 years of Peugeot motorbikes, is the first...