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Yamaha Yard Built 'Son of Time' revealed

13 June 2016 by Andy Downes

Based on a stock XV950, this latest bike in Yamaha’s Yard Built series comes from Amsterdam custom bike shop Numbnut Motorcycles but has also been done in collaboration with Dutch watchmakers TW...

Royal Enfield's mad Dirty Duck debuts

13 June 2016 by Andy Downes

Indian company Royal Enfield revealed two factory-built custom bikes at the Wheels & Waves custom bike show in Biarritz, France over the weekend. The bikes were both built in the UK, and this is the...

Video: Roland Sands reveals custom Indian Scout

13 June 2016 by Andy Downes

Created by bike builder Roland Sands, this pared-back custom Indian Scout gives a clear indication of where the Indian brand is able to go as future models are unveiled. Revealed at the recent Wheels...

12 great motorcycling presents for Father's Day

13 June 2016 by Tony Hoare

You know it’s Father’s Day this Sunday (June 19, 2016) don’t you? Present and card all sorted, aren’t they? Of course they’re not. So absorb MCN’s list of 12 great ideas for the motorcycling father in...

Pitlane: Michael Scott's final column for Bike

12 June 2016 by Bike magazine

Back in 1997, our old, greedy and cynical GP reporter indulges in his final column, which began in 1985. “That Michael Scott has become terribly cynical. He’s only in it for the money.” The character...

Gallery: Wheels and Waves 2016

11 June 2016 by MCN News

Wheels and Waves, the coolest of cool custom bike shows in Biarritz wrapped up yesterday (June 12). What started as an annual club meeting for local bike club The Southsiders is fast turning into a...

MotoGP's Best Battles: No1 Estoril 2006

11 June 2016 by MCN Sport

Our pick of the 10 greatest premier-class multi-rider dogfights of all time. his was the infamous race in which Dani Pedrosa skittled Honda team-mate and championship leader Nicky Hayden. With both...

Speed Triple S v GSX-S1000 v Z1000

11 June 2016 by Adam Child

You know the feeling. Your mate has just bought a brand new bike, the bike he’s been banging on about for ages. He then turns up on your drive bursting with pride and beckons you out of the house to...

Are Popes electric? They are now!

10 June 2016 by Tony Hoare

It’s always handy to have God on your side – and BMW have made themselves closer to Holiness than most by loaning electric scooters to assist one of the Pope’s main 2016 projects. The two BMW...

Gallery: Riding the Suzuki GSX-R1000 and Honda Fireblade

10 June 2016 by MCN News

Enjoying the sun and delights of the Isle of Man? The MCN road test team were on the rock before practice week riding Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 and Honda’s Fireblade. TOP STORIES First ride: 2017 KTM EXC...

New Yamaha scrambler 'under evaluation' for Europe

10 June 2016 by Tony Hoare

Yamaha America are joining the Scrambler fun with a new 2017 model called the SCR950. It’s based on the XV950, using the same 942 air-cooled V-twin motor in the same steel double-cradle chassis, with...

Gallery: Behind the scenes with the Speed Triple S, Z1000 and GSX-S1000

10 June 2016 by Adam Child

The MCN road test team have just returned from several days testing, including a day speed testing at Bruntingthorpe Proving ground. On test were: Triumph Speed Triple S, Kawasaki Z1000 and Suzuki’s...

TT test: CBR1000RR vs GSX-R1000

10 June 2016 by MCN Sport

o matter how many times I’ve raced at the TT or visited the island I still feel a buzz as Douglas prom comes into view. This time it’s a little different because I won’t be racing. It’s a couple of...

On it since the 60s: now's a good time to remember Suzuki's race winners

09 June 2016 by Mat Oxley

From rinky-dinky 50cc racers to big ’n’ brutal superbikes, Suzuki have won pretty much every championship going on the global racing scene – though it’s been easy to forget in the years it’s taken the...

Experience Yamaha's MT Dark Side Tour

09 June 2016 by MCN News

There’s a dark cloud forecast over Squires Café this weekend, but it doesn’t mean rain is on its way. Yamaha’s MT Dark Side Tour comes to the famous Yorkshire bikers’ haunt, bringing with it a host of...

Sample a taste of the States this weekend in Leicester

09 June 2016 by MCN News

Make a date with Leicester’s Victory and Indian destination dealership Specialist Motorcycle Group (SMG) this Sunday, June 12 to experience the best in American motorcycles. SMG’s open house demo...

Meet the man who's mad about OW01s

09 June 2016 by Practical Sportsbikes

To most of us Yamaha’s FZR750R OW01 is a gloriously exotic, achingly desirable production racer too rare and expensive to ever make it into our sheds. But Peter Day isn’t most of us. He’s the UK’s...

Gallery: BMW Concept Lac Rose

09 June 2016 by Richard Newland

BMW have unveiled this stunning Paris Dakar replica at Wheels & Waves, and MCN believes it’s destined to be a production model for 2017, as part of BMW’s new Heritage division. Underpinned by the R...

BMW reveal Lac Rose – a modern R80G/S

09 June 2016 by Richard Newland

In yesterday’s MCN we unveiled our vision of an R nineT-based R80G/S homage, and two further heritage models, which our sources suggest BMW have in development for release as 2017 models – and just...

Video: Austria by Sidecar

09 June 2016 by Andy Davidson

MCN recently spent some time in Austria taking a ride in a Ural sidecar for some mad, terrifying fun. You can read all about our trip in this week’s paper or by viewing the article on MCN Plus. For...

Half bike, half car, all nuts

08 June 2016 by Classic Bike magazine

Meet Alfred Angas Scott, inventor of the kickstart, potholer and designer of race bikes so successful they had to be mathematically handicapped. Born in 1875, he began by designing and developing...

World Exclusive: BMW confirm 'Heritage' R nineT range

08 June 2016 by Andy Downes

BMW will reveal three new R nineT spin-off models using the air/oil-cooled engine and chassis as it surges ahead with the development of a separate ‘Heritage’ department to run alongside the existing...

Chris Walker on sidecars: 'It's a wild ride'

08 June 2016 by MCN

After racing motorcycles for over 20 years, British Superbike star Chris Walker has added an extra wheel to his career. hris Walker spent 20 years racing British Superbikes, World Superbikes, World...

An idiots guide to riding a sidecar

08 June 2016 by Neil Murray, used bike expert

It was a Jawa 350 combo and I was pretty sure it was going to be a doddle, because nothing serious could happen at 45mph. Ha! Within 10 minutes, I nearly clobbered a pedestrian when I let the sidecar...

Should Guy Martin return for the 2017 TT?

07 June 2016 by MCN News

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Foggy: What other racers really think

07 June 2016 by MCN

Just what do the British WSB riders who followed in his tyre marks make of Foggy’s achievements? First published in 2010 Cal Crutchlow I was 14 when he stopped racing, but I remember him on the...

My life in bikes: 'Dutch' Van Someren

07 June 2016 by MCN

‘I’ve always had a thing about removing stuff from my bikes’ ‘Bike Shed’ founder talks Maico 600s and riding around the capital When did you first get into bikes? I was 16. It was the only way to get...

New MCN June 8: Hutchy Double

07 June 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from June 8: Rossi back in title fight Celebration of Sidecars Lorenzo slams Iannone TT scorcher: 10-page special 3 new...

Join MCN for a summer trackday at Cadwell Park

07 June 2016 by MCN News

Book now for the latest MCN trackday run in association with specialist firm MSVT. After the success of our Brands day back in the spring, this time we are turning our attentions to the brilliant...

Coventry MotoFest gets a taste for two wheels

06 June 2016 by MCN News

Coventry came alive to the sound of engines and the smell of burning rubber over the weekend, as the Coventry MotoFest roared back into action for 2016, turning the city’s ring road circuit into a...

Air Ambulance gets a boost

06 June 2016 by MCN News

The Henry Surtees Foundation has presented the Midlands Air Ambulance with a cheque for £18,275 to help fund specialist equipment designed specifically for critical care transport, including a Zoll X...

Get Built bought

06 June 2016 by MCN News

Dedicated to the burgeoning retro customs movement, MCN sister-title Built enjoyed a fantastic first issue, featuring some of the world’s best custom bike building houses, with visits to Revival...

Whatever happened to GP star Daryll Beattie?

06 June 2016 by MCN

After a YZR500 ate his toes, Aussie found his calling in dirt bike touring inner of the prestigious Suzuka 8-Hour, second in the 500cc world championship behind Mick Doohan in 1995, winner of three...

Aussie Rules: Doohan v Stoner

06 June 2016 by MCN Sport

Comparisons are inevitable when you’ve got two uncannily fast, feisty Aussie battlers born 65km apart making history on Repsol Hondas. Originally published in 2011 ick Doohan and Casey Stoner –...

First ride: Bultaco Brinco R

06 June 2016 by Ped Baker

To most people Bultaco means one thing and that’s trials bikes. Incredibly successful in the 1960s and ’70s, the marque went on to dominate the sport with eight world titles and four Scottish six-day...

MCN's 10-minute workshop tips: Removing fork reflectors

06 June 2016 by Ped Baker

If you’re lucky enough to have bought a new bike recently you’ll have noticed it came with some horrible Euro4 compliant reflectors stuck on the forks. On a bike like Triumph’s beautifully styled...

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