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Video: A glass cylinder head is about as strong as you'd expect

05 September 2016 by Liam Marsden

Glass isn’t a common material when it comes to constructing engines, but that didn’t stop one motorcyclist from removing the standard cylinder head from his bike and replacing it with a thick piece of...

Ducati announce new PCP finance plans

05 September 2016 by Liam Marsden

Ducati UK have just launched their latest PCP finance scheme, with deposits as low as £1000 or £399 across the entire Ducati range. The new plan is based on the popular TriOptions finance plan with 37...

How to drift a bike into bends

05 September 2016 by Andy Davidson

Racer Christian Iddon talks to us about how to drift a bike into bends. Iddon says: “Most people think that backing a bike into a bend involves the rear brake, but it doesn’t. If you just jump on the...

Gallery: Utterly brilliant engines

04 September 2016 by MCN News

We are truly living in a blessed time when to comes to two-wheeled development. Gone are any signs of the ‘Universal Japanese Motorcycle’, now every manufacturer is striving to stand out from the...

First ride: Bultaco Brinco

04 September 2016 by MCN News

Tech spec Price £4495 Motor brushless electric, AC Power 2Kw (2.6bhp) Weight 42kg Seat height 1011mm+ On sale Now Contact www.bultaco.com ‘It certainly gets the endorphins going’ “Forget the...

Whatever happened to British exhausts?

03 September 2016 by MCN News

British exhausts? I thought the best pipes were all foreign? You’re probably thinking of Akrapovic (from Slovenia) and Termignoni (from Italy). Or perhaps Yoshimura (Japan) or Vance & Hines (USA).

Gallery: Classic TT

02 September 2016 by MCN News

The fourth Classic TT festival proved to be a huge hit with thousands travelling to the Isle of Man to watch TT stars of past and present race the Mountain course on historic race machinery. Current...

Triumph build supercharged T120s for Glemseck 101

02 September 2016 by MCN News

Triumph Motorcycles have entered two stonking supercharged Thruxton R bikes in the ‘Essenza – The Essence of Motorcycles’ challenge races that take place tomorrow, September 3 at the Glemseck 101. The...

Fancy lapping Donington with Thundersport GB?

02 September 2016 by Michael Neeves

Spectators will get the chance to ride their road bikes around Donington Park at the penultimate round of the Thundersport GB championships on the 24/25 September. Tickets are just £6.00, if you book...

Husqvarna reveals new TC50 and TC65

02 September 2016 by Liam Marsden

Husqvarna has revealed two new two-stroke motocross models for 2017 – the TC50 and TC65 mini motocross bikes. The TC50 is powered by a two-stroke engine using a three shaft design to bring the...

Batman’s Batpod goes up for sale in the UK

02 September 2016 by Dan Sutherland

Batman’s Batpod is to be sold in the UK later this month as part of an auction block of over 500 items worth a total of more than £1.5 million. The bike, which featured in both The Dark Knight and The...

Indian riders invited to ride to Faak Am See

02 September 2016 by Liam Marsden

The Indian Motorcycle Riders Group is inviting Indian riders around Europe to join them on a huge Indian ride to Faak Am See, Austria on September 9 as part of European Bike Week. Riders are asked to...

KTM offers £1800 savings across Adventure range

02 September 2016 by Liam Marsden

KTM UK is offering a promotion across all four models in the Adventure range, that could result in a saving of up to £1800. Any rider purchasing a new 1050 Adventure, 1190 Adventure, 1190 Adventure R...

MV Agusta F4Z revealed

01 September 2016 by Andy Downes

This one-off MV Agusta F4Z has been built by famous Italian styling house Zagato for a Japanese collector who already owns rare Zagato cars. Low resolution images of the bike were mysteriously leaked...

Win a trip to meet Rossi in Valencia. Only one week left!

01 October 2015 by MCN News

Riders for Health and Movistar Yamaha are offering the chance for one lucky person and a friend to meet Valentino Rossi at the Valencia MotoGP as part of a VIP weekend on November 6-8. But you’ll have...

Kawasaki GPz1100: The last king of a vanished clan – aircooled superbikes

30 September 2015 by Practical Sportsbikes

Kawasaki’s meanest Zeds haven’t always been green – the GPx1100 was slathered in bodywork painted red by the blood of its inferior rivals. or a fairly brief, incandescent, riotous period in the early...

Underneath Aleix’s Suzuki GSX-RR

30 September 2015 by Performance Bikes

Suzuki’s last MotoGP bike was a bit of a dud. During 10 years of racing, the GSV-R scored a single victory, and that was in the rain at Le Mans with rain-master Chris Vermeulen on board. So how are...

Honda announce Concept models at Tokyo Motor Show

30 September 2015 by James Archibald

Honda have announced its line up of production and concept motorcycles that will be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show at the end of next month (Oct 29 – Nov 8). Models include a Lightweight Super Sports...

Suzuki GSX concept revealed

30 September 2015 by Andy Downes

Suzuki has shown this single image of a concept bike it will unveil at the Tokyo show next month which may well be the preview of an all-new GSX-R1000 to be unveiled later this year. Unfortunately the...

Moped Madness

30 September 2015 by Liam Marsden

Need an antidote for the speed and seriousness of modern life? Try a weekend on the utterly bonkers Red Bull Alpenbrevet rally in Switzerland he needle on the miniscule speedo is stuck firmly at...

Suzuki’s 300bhp turbo charged hybrid

30 September 2015 by Ben Purvis

We’ve seen motorcycle firms developing turbocharged machines and hybrids, but Suzuki’s plans mark the first time both technologies have come together – along with a four-cylinder petrol engine –...

Classic or crusher? Aprilia Moto 6.5

29 September 2015 by MCN

Designed by Philippe Starck, the Moto 6.5 is proof that just being a talented designer isn’t necessarily enough to guarantee success when it comes to a production motorcycle. Famed for his work in the...

Ducati Hypermotard family goes large

29 September 2015 by MCN News

The best laid plans of mice and motorcycle manufacturers have once again been scuppered by America’s California Air Resources Board filing emissions certification for as-yet-unannounced new...

BMW: Going small to go big

29 September 2015 by Andy Downes

BMW is expected to reveal a range if 300cc single-cylinder four-stroke bikes in a matter of weeks and these machines will be a key part of BMW’s strategy as they have the potential to expand sales...

The Forgotten Class - BMW 1200RS vs Triumph Sprint GT

29 September 2015 by MCN

Once the mainstay of manufacturers’ ranges, sports-tourers have gradually slid from our affections – can BMW’s RS reignite the spark? f you define biking as the joy of speed and corners versus the...

Triumph founder honoured

29 September 2015 by MCN News

The Lord Mayor of Coventry, Councillor Michael Hammon, unveiled a blue plaque tribute to one of the city’s automotive pioneers on Saturday. 64 years after his death, Siegfried Bettmann – the founder...

New MCN 30 September: IT'S WAR!

29 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from September 30: It’s war: Lorenzo vs Rossi kicks off! Cheap adventure used metal tested 17 pages of used bikes and...

Video: Retro refit

29 September 2015 by James Archibald

Bikes for sale The above video shows a 1949 Royal Enfield Model G being rebuilt over two hours at the Revival. Rod Gaskell worked on the bike with guidance from 81 year-old Maurice Mumford, who worked on the...

The S1000RR of its day. Yes, seriously

28 September 2015 by Classic Bike magazine

Lists of weird motorcycles always feature a machine called the Megola – a bike with a banana-shaped chassis and the engine in the front wheel. It’s good for a chuckle before moving on. But far from...

Save up to £20 on MCNLive! 2016 tickets

28 September 2015 by MCN News

The build-up to MCN’s Skegness pilgrimage for MCN Live! has started. With John McGuinness, Chris Walker and John Reynolds already confirmed for the season-starting party weekend, 2016’s event is...

Used bike spotlight: Limited editions

28 September 2015 by MCN

Last week, Yamaha revealed a special edition R1 in Kenny Roberts yellow speed block colours to celebrate their 60th anniversary. The new bike will cost £15,749 and will come with an Akropovic slip-on...

Jonny Rea exclusive interview

28 September 2015 by MCN

With the dust settling on his title-winning celebrations in Jerez, Jonathan Rea has finally had time to reflect on the fact he’s joined an illustrious list of WSB champions – including fellow Brit...

Blown away by the ultimate NSR rep

27 September 2015 by Practical Sportsbikes

Stunning build quality, brakes that defy belief and the world’s coolest wife have all merged to make James Mansfield’s Honda NSR500 replica the best special we’ve ever ridden. Seriously… t’s all our...

Video: “The fastest Sledge in Huddersfield”

26 September 2015 by MCN Staff

64mph is hardly a dizzying top speed when associated with a motorcycle; maybe with another hundred it could become more interesting but with a sledge tied to the back, piloted by BSB rider Jenny...

Video: Yamaha R1 World Superbike

25 September 2015 by James Archibald

Yamaha are returning to the World Superbike paddock in 2016 with Alex Lowes and Sylvain Guintoli at the helm of the mighty YZF-R1. In line with this, Yamaha have released a dramatic new video showing...

Jonathan Rea cloned in celebration of WSB title

25 September 2015 by MCN News

Jonathan Rea clinched the World Superbike title last Sunday and the star racer, born in Northern Ireland but revered on both sides of the border, is now seeing his achievements celebrated in a variety...