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Pay on the day at MCNLive!

13 April 2016 by MCN News

This weekend’s last ever MCNLive! at Butlins, Skegness isn’t just open to weekend ticket holders – you can also turn up and pay on the gate for all the day time events and shows. Day tickets are only...

Suzuki GSX-R750 tech special – You’ve come a long way, fast! (Part1/3)

13 April 2016 by MCN

30 years and more separates the first and latest GSX-R750 – and the differences encapsulate the evolution of sportsbikes iddle. Twist. Click. Vroom. The slabbie Suzuki bursts into life, revving to...

Which VFR is the best of the bunch?

13 April 2016 by MCN News

Which VFR is best of the bunch?

Benelli BN251 launch kicks off

12 April 2016 by Jon Urry

Like so many Italian motorcycle manufacturers, Benelli’s 105 year history contains more peaks and troughs than a rollercoaster ride. However, since the firm was taken over by the Chinese Qianjiang...

Picture story: Why you don't want Hells Angels doing security at your gig

12 April 2016 by MCN

Bikes parked at the infamous Altamont free concert on Dec 6, 1969. 300,000 people packed Altamont Speedway in California to watch the Rolling Stones headline. It was a last-minute venue change that...

Dream the Impossible trailer released

12 April 2016 by MCN News

In 2003 Talan Skeels-Piggins was riding his Honda Fireblade when he was hit by a car into oncoming traffic. Doctors gave him a 30% chance of survival and told him he would never walk again. Thirteen...

Whatever happened to BBC’s Kick Start series?

12 April 2016 by MCN

With its crazy obstacles and catchy theme, it turned a generation on to trials Fact file First show: BBC 1, August 1979 Last show: June 1988 Kick Start? A quaint trials game show in the 70s wasn’t...

New MCN April 13: Yamaha MT-07 adventure exclusive details

12 April 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from April 13: New Triumph Tiger Sport tested A2 licence bikes do battle GSX-R750 special: Old vs new vs rivals Rivals’...

Ashram Rally returns for 2016

11 April 2016 by MCN News

The Adventure Ashram Rally will return for the third consecutive year on May 7, with a route set out in the Welsh Marches and all funds from the event going to Odanadi. The route has been designed by...

Special Hog roast hots up

11 April 2016 by MCN News

Last chance to cast vote in Harley Davidson ‘Custom Kings’ shootout There’s just one week left to cast your vote and help one of 30 Harley-Davidson UK & Ireland dealerships become a top five finalist...

My life in bikes; Jason Griffiths

11 April 2016 by MCN

‘I raced neck-and-neck with Joey then beat him’ amaha race manager, bike dealer and thirteen-times TT podium man looks back on an amazing biking upbringing How did you first get into bikes? My father...

Honda reveal special edition Fireblades

11 April 2016 by MCN News

At this weekend’s debut round of the 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship, Honda unveiled two new special edition Fireblades. Honda Racing’s BSB riders Dan Linfoot and Jason O’Halloran took a break...

750s: Racing goes technicolour

10 April 2016 by MCN

A fleet of factory-prepared BSA and Triumph triples brought colour, competition, a glorious noise and a bunch of rowdy Americans to British circuits in 1971. It was one of the best ever years for...

Scott Redding: "Honda didn't really back us"

09 April 2016 by MCN Sport

It was a mixed year for Brits in the MotoGP paddock. MCN Sport asked four of our top riders for their verdicts. Today, Scott Redding tells all bviously this year didn’t go to plan. How much of that...

How to service your forks

09 April 2016 by RiDE magazine

You wouldn’t expect your engine to keep going if you didn’t replace the oil and give it a service – so don’t make that mistake with your forks. Give them a service and be rewarded with a front end...

Honda Africa Twin makes an unlikely stunt bike

08 April 2016 by Liam Marsden

Think of stunt bikes and you probably think of modified supersport bikes with rear sprockets the size of dinner plates or Mattie Griffin’s stunning BMW F800R. The new Honda Africa Twin probably...

The seven greatest 125s of all time

08 April 2016 by Neil Murray

Because they haven’t always been gutless wonders. Cagiva Mito (1991-2004) The Mito went through a number of changes and is remembered for three things. Number one, it was one of the first 100mph...

Dan Kneen: The man behind THAT TT moment

07 April 2016 by MCN Sport

The Manxman’s 2011 TT will always be remembered for that huge moment at Rhencullen 2 during the Senior TT. Not by him, though, as MCN Sport found out when they caught up with him a few weeks later n...

Last chance to book for MCNLive!

07 April 2016 by MCN News

The final few apartments are booking up fast for the last ever MCNLive! at Butlins, Skegness, April 15-18 and we’re planning on going out with a bang! This year’s Saturday ride out will again finish...

Guy Martin Wall of Death - behind the scenes

07 April 2016 by Stephen Davison

EXCLUSIVE: MCN’s Stephen Davison was one of the lucky few to be in the audience for Guy’s amazing record attempt. Here’s how the day unfolded… 3.55pm I’m amongst the first of several hundred...

Machine V Mountain - Full gallery

06 April 2016 by MCN News

In this weeks MCN (on sale today!) we pit 2016’s hottest adventure bikes against Europes highest volcano riding them both off-road and on. Here’s a gallery of the stunning pics, read the results of...

Gold Wing starts tech revolution

06 April 2016 by MCN News

Honda set to transform iconic Gold Wing range with new technology Honda’s imminent new Gold Wing is going to be a technical tour-de-force that will herald a new era of development for the company over...

New MCN April 6: Adventure bike shootout

05 April 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from April 6: Adventure bike shootout: 9-page special! New Honda Gold Wing Honda CBR600RR vs KTM 690 Duke New MCN test...

Can Lorenzo win on a Ducati?

05 April 2016 by MCN News

Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo looks odds on to become a Ducati rider for the 2017 and 2018 MotoGP seasons, ending a long career with Yamaha. The move would see Lorenzo follow in the footsteps...

My life in bikes - Suzi Perry

05 April 2016 by MCN News

Now back where she belongs – ditching F1 for MotoGP – Suzi Perry talks hot bikes What came first for you, road bikes or race bikes? I’ve ridden since my mid-twenties, just before I got into working in...

Whatever happened to 'Captain' Mark Phillips?

04 April 2016 by MCN News

He wasn’t a royal but he was only man to win a TTF1 title on a two-stroke Mark Phillips was one of Britain’s top racers of the late 1980s. He won the 1986 British TTF1 title on a bike powered by an...

Picture story: The ground-breaking V4 super cruiser in Harley-Davidson's attic

04 April 2016 by MCN

Here’s a bike that’s hard to place – it’s the Harley-Davidson Nova, of 1979/80. Intended as a counter to the growing threat of high-tech European and Japanese rivals, it was planned for launch in 1981...

Victory confirms Project 156 and Empulse RR for Pikes Peak

04 April 2016 by Andy Downes

American firm Victory has officially announced it will be racing at the famous Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in June this year. The firm will be racing both an updated versions of the 1200cc...

Pirelli Diablo Rosso III first test

04 April 2016 by Michael Neeves

We’re at the world launch of Pirelli’s new Diablo Rosso III at Aragon circuit in Spain and the surrounding roads. The new tyre replaces the Diablo Rosso II and is aimed at sporty riders who ride...

Join Colin Edwards at the MCN Festival

04 April 2016 by MCN News

Motorcycling icons, off-road gods and masters of the speedway oval will be mixing it up at the MCN Festival May 14-15 in the second annual MCN Transatlantic short-track trophy. The Texas Tornado...

1982 GSX1100EX - the joy of GSX

03 April 2016 by Practical Sportsbikes

Kevin Davison has owned many bikes over the past three decades, but the GSX1100EX he bought new in 1982 is still his favourite, especially now he’s modified it to just how he wants it. ot all...

Speedway's new hope

03 April 2016 by MCN

It’s been put down as a joke for years, but could the new National Stadium be a fresh dawn for speedway? he roads are jammed and Star Wars characters dance joyfully to a brass band as racing...

Sam Lowes: “I wish I’d been in GPs since I was 15”

02 April 2016 by MCN Sport

It was a mixed year for Brits in the MotoGP paddock. MCN Sport asked four of our top riders for their verdicts. Now it’s the turn of Sam Lowes hat’s the biggest difference between Moto2 and World...

Whatever happened to MX hero Rob Herring?

02 April 2016 by MCN

He was the golden boy of British motocross, then he vanished. Or did he? Rob Herring – 11 times British MX champion – 1994 Motocross Des Nations winner – Now does film work with credits including...

Ride your dream at MCN Festival

01 April 2016 by MCN News

More bikes have been added to the MCN Festival test bike fleet including Suzuki’s new SV650 and KTM’s stunning 1290 Super Adventure. So if you want to ride the pick of 2016’s new bikes from a whole...

The new-old café racers

01 April 2016 by MCN

It’s not just the major manufacturers doing something new and wonderful with classic British designs. Here are four of the best home-built examples in the country omething new is happening with old...

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