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The Africa Twin’s Highland fling

05 June 2016 by MCN

We ride the all-conquering Africa Twin to Scotland to see how it fares against BMW and Triumph’s adventure middleweight kings hen Honda’s long awaited Africa Twin was launched in a blaze of glory at...

The Gift. A short film by Michelin

05 June 2016 by Ped Baker

Michelin and Harley Davidson have teamed up to produce The Gift, a short film about a father who gives his two children Harley Davidson motorcycles. It’s a very nicely made film but were’re not...

The great summer ride guide – (Part 4/4)

05 June 2016 by MCN News

The final part of our summer special! You’ve read about the finest roads in France and Luxembourg. Now it’s the turn of Italy, Spain and Switzerland – countries rich with great biking tarmac. Every...

Event: Play in the park with MCN

05 June 2016

Event: MCN Track Day at Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire, LN11 9SE Date: June 21 MCN have teamed up with leading trackday company MSVT to offer you a brilliant day on track at the riders’ favourite, Cadwell...

Warr's wins UK Battle of the Kings competition

04 June 2016 by Ped Baker

Warr’s Harley Davidson has won the UK and Ireland round of the Battle of the Kings custom contest for the second consecutive year with ‘Rascal Racer’, a cafe racer build based on the Sportster Iron...

The great summer ride guide – (Part 3/4)

04 June 2016 by MCN News

Here’s part three of our summer special! You’ve read about the finest roads in France and Luxembourg. Now it’s the turn of Spain – a country rich with great biking tarmac. Every road has been ridden...

Victory Pikes Peak bikes gallery

04 June 2016 by Andy Downes

Victory will have two bikes competing in the 2016 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb (PPIHC) this year – one electric and one petrol powered – and this massive gallery of pictures shows off the two...

Launch video: Triumph Tiger Sport 1050

03 June 2016 by MCN News

Here’s MCN’s Senior Road Tester Adam ‘Chad’ Child in the South of France with Triumph’s new Tiger Sport 1050. For more of our motorcycle videos head over to our YouTube page here. Looking to buy your...

Goodwood gets set to GAS up the Festival of Speed

03 June 2016 by MCN News

Goodwood Action Sports (GAS) returns to the Goodwood Festival of Speed for its fifth successive year, with a veritable who’s who of action sport stars all ready for four days of two-wheel fast-paced,...

Ride to survive - how to stay upright

03 June 2016 by RiDE magazine

You’re doing 50mph and a lorry pulls out in front of you. What do you do? Our experts can help you learn from other riders’ mistakes Many dynamics are in play when you’re on your bike. Are you riding...

133: This year’s big TT number

03 June 2016 by MCN

Last year John McGuinness came within a few seconds of becoming the first man to lap the TT course at 133mph. This year there’s that barrier and another just waiting just to be beaten wo TT landmarks...

World Grand Prix Bike Legends 10-12 June - full rider and bike line-up announced

03 June 2016 by Michael Neeves

Next weekend the Sachsenring GP circuit in Germany with play host to the second annual World Grand Prix Bike Legends event. It will form part of the popular ADAC Sachsenring Classic festival. There...

Road racing comes to Coventry this weekend

03 June 2016 by MCN News

The two-day free-to-enter festival will see bikes and cars take over the city centre, with part of the ring road closed to normal traffic and turned into a temporary circuit where bikes like Michael...

The great summer ride guide – (Part 2/4)

03 June 2016 by MCN News

Unbelievable roads and destinations to escape to now Welcome to part two of MCN’s holiday special, your guide to escaping to the finest tarmac in Britain and Europe and coming home sated for another...

Fan pays ultimate tribute to Valentino Rossi

02 June 2016 by MCN News

We think we may have found something more thrilling than watching Valentino Rossi at the Catalunya Grand Prix. MCN reader John Collinson has shared his topairy Rossi tribute, which took several years...

Bradley Smith to ride YZR-500 two-stroke GP bike

02 June 2016 by Andy Downes

MotoGP rider Bradley Smith will trade his 250bhp four-stroke racing bike for a screaming 500cc two-stroke GP ROC Yamaha YZR-500 at this year’s Bikers’ Classic at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps track...

Event: Going straight at Shakespeare County Raceway

02 June 2016 by MCN News Team

Event: Public track weekend, Shakespeare County Raceway, Strafford-upon-Avon, CV37 8LL Date: June 11-12 Leave the traffic light GP behind and come and test your metal at one of the UK’s best-loved...

Honda to recall airbag Gold Wings in US

02 June 2016 by Andy Downes

Honda may be recalling Honda Gold Wing models fitted with airbags as part of a massive global recall of vehicles to replace potentially dangerous Takata airbags. The Gold Wing was available with an...

When Bike Swaps Go Bad. No 7: Mike Hailwood

02 June 2016 by MCN Sport

1965 MV Agusta to 1966 Honda RC181 ike Hailwood quit MV as triple 500 champion at the end of 1965 and won titles in 1966 on his return to Honda… but only in the 250 and 350 classes. Maybe it’s not...

The great summer ride guide – (Part 1/4)

02 June 2016 by MCN News

Unbelievable roads and destinations to escape to now Welcome to part one of MCN’s holiday special, your guide to escaping to the finest tarmac in Britain and Europe and coming home sated for another...

Kawasaki reveal ‘Final Edition’ W800

01 June 2016 by Andy Downes

Fifty years since the Kawasaki W-series was first launched the firm has announced that it will be sent out of production with a special ‘Final Edition’ model to mark the end of an era. The W800 Final...

How does Triumph’s Brilliant Thruxton R compare to the original?

01 June 2016 by Michael Neeves

The first Thruxtons came out in the late 50s and carried on for 10 to 12 years. They started life as standard Bonneville T120s, fettled by the Triumph factory. Related: Full 2016 Triumph Thruxton R...

Poll: Would you consider buying a sidecar?

01 June 2016 by MCN News

Would you consider buying a sidecar?

Victory reveals changes to Project 156 for Pikes Peak 2016 race

01 June 2016 by Andy Downes

American company Victory will be competing at the famous Pikes Peak International Hillclimb (PPIHC) event with both petrol and electric-powered motorcycles for 2016 and now MCN has been given...

World GP bike legends ride again

01 June 2016 by Andy Downes

Some of Grand Prix’s greatest legends will descend on the Sachsenring circuit in Germany on June 10-12 for the World GP Bike Legends festival. Fans will be treated to qualifying and two races,...

Norton on a mission at the TT

01 June 2016 by Oli Rushby

Norton’s factory race team are hoping for a change of fortunes at this year’s Isle of Man TT after a breakthrough with electronics saw the British firm take a huge step forward with their V4 race...

Street Triple 765 at large

01 June 2016 by Andy Downes

After months of hiding in a tree, one of MCN’s spy photographers has finally managed to grab a series of decent images of the all-new Triumph Street Triple 765 as it was undergoes final road...

Wrenchmonkees XSR900 'Monkeebeast' breaks cover

31 May 2016 by MCN News

Danish house of custom loveliness, Wrenchmonkees, have long been involved with Yamaha’s extensive Yard Built activities, and their Copenhagen workshop has just opened its doors to reveal this, the...

Buy a Shark – and you could meet Lorenzo

31 May 2016 by MCN News

SHARK Helmets have launched a UK-wide promotion for one lucky Race-R PRO Lorenzo Replica owner to meet the man himself at the OCTO British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The prize draw winner will receive...

Whatever happened to Transatlantic racing?

31 May 2016 by MCN

UK v US grudge matches starring Sheene, Roberts, Schwantz… very season between 1971 and 1991 a race series pitted a team of American riders against a team of Brits over several rounds at British...

When Bike Swaps Go Bad. No 6: Freddie Spencer

31 May 2016 by MCN Sport

1983 Honda NS500 to 1984 Honda NSR500 reddie Spencer’s nightmare came not from a change of make but of model, from nimble three-cylinder NS500 to the cumbersome V4 NSR. The NS was torquey and...

New MCN June 1: Massive TT special

31 May 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from June 1: Street Triple 765 New Norton TT racer Africa Twin v F800GS v Tiger Donington WSB RCV hits the TT New Pirellis...

When the Suzuki MotoGP bike hit 201mph at the TT

30 May 2016 by MCN

It was meant to be an historic but undramatic ride, a demonstration lap showing off the first ever MotoGP bike on the Isle of Man. Instead, the Suzuki GSV-R’s 2010 parade lap left spectators, racers,...

Video: Suzuki GSX-S1000 and Triumph Speed Triple wheelies

30 May 2016 by MCN News

Ever wondered how and where we take our legal wheelie shots? We take a sneaky look behind the scenes during a recent photoshoot. The two bikes in question are Suzuki’s GSX-S1000 and Triumph’s new...

World first test: SWM RS650R

29 May 2016 by Michael Guy

Instead, serious round-the-world riders are using smaller-capacity singles including favourites such as the ancient-but-capable Suzuki DRZ400, Yamaha XT660 or the current KTM 690 Enduro...

Triumph Thruxton R v Norton Dominator SS

29 May 2016 by Michael Neeves

We’ve been in love with the Thruxton since it’s launch but how does it compare against that other great British icon, the Norton… They might both be the best of British but the Triumph and Norton...

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