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MCN Festival goes large

22 February 2016 by MCN News

With more retail stands, more clubs, more live action and a brand new autojumble, everything about this year’s MCN Festival is bigger, except the ticket price! After the success of last year’s MCN...

New ZX-10R takes on its rivals

22 February 2016 by Michael Neeves

To find out if Kawasaki’s new ZX-10R has what it takes to beat its rivals, we’ve begun a week-long comparison test, which starts at MCN’s Peterborough HQ today and finishes at the Alcarras circuit in...

Whitby's Arenacross blackout at Wembley

21 February 2016 by MCN News

The final round of the Monster Energy Arenacross Tour takes place at the SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday February 27, and will see top Brit freestyle motocross ace Dan Whitby launch himself into the...

In The Pits For Foggy's 40th win

21 February 2016 by Bike magazine

Uncompromising and fanatical – Carl Fogarty’s your nightmare workmate. Back in August 1997, Bike’s Olly Duke joined team Ducati Corse as Foggy became superbike’s best rider lorious sunshine beats down...

Tornado hits MCN Festival 2016!

20 February 2016 by MCN News

Texas Tornado Colin Edwards, one of the most exciting and charismatic racers of his generation, has been confirmed as star guest at the MCN Festival of motorcycling held on May 14-15 at the...

Whatever happened to Bodywork side panels?

20 February 2016 by MCN

Once a visual centerpiece of every bike, why are they now so rarely seen? n the days before fairings, most machines had round headlights, so it was the profile of a bike’s petrol tank and side panels...

We Want It! Bimota YB8

19 February 2016 by Practical Sportsbikes

In the days before razor-sharp big-bike handling, Bimota were the torch-bearers for brilliant chassis. This YB8 is a piece of (almost) affordable exotica that makes the most of the FZR1000 EXUP’s...

All-new Victory Octane revealed

19 February 2016 by Andy Downes

The rebirth of American firm Victory as a more performance-orientated company has been kick-started with the all-new Victory Octane model revealed here for the first time. The Victory Octane features...

Final showdown for Arenacross at Wembley

19 February 2016 by MCN News

The 2016 Monster Energy Arenacross Tour is preparing for the climax of what has been an electrifying eleven-round series. It approaches its grand finale at the SSE Arena, Wembley on Saturday February...

Video: 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R top speed run

19 February 2016 by MCN News

Go onboard with the 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R as senior road tester Adam Child takes it on a top speed run at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground.

Chris Walker still stalking titles (Part 2)

19 February 2016 by Simon Patterson

On the eve of his sidecar debut, we sat down with one of Britain’s favourite racers to look back over an incredible 20-year career ew racers of any generation have managed to reinvent themselves as...

Circuit of Wales moves a step closer

18 February 2016 by Simon Patterson

Work may finally be set to get underway at the proposed new home of the British Grand Prix, after reports emerged that the Circuit of Wales has secured £300 million in funding from insurance giant...

The five greatest injury comebacks in MotoGP history

18 February 2016 by MCN Sport

Racers treat injuries with a disdain that looks utterly deranged. But they still feel pain. They just ignore it. And that takes real courage rash. bang, wallop. And then ouch. Crashes are part of...

360º onboard video at the North West 200

18 February 2016 by Liam Marsden

Onboard videos from road races such as the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT are always spectacular, but this video – uploaded to Youtube recently by the BBC NI Technology Innovation Group – takes...

Chris Walker still stalking titles (Part 1)

18 February 2016 by Simon Patterson

On the eve of his sidecar debut, we sat down with one of Britain’s favourite racers to look back over an incredible 20-year career ew racers of any generation have managed to reinvent themselves as...

Honda plans RVF1000 V4 superbike

17 February 2016 by Andy Downes

As well as the new Blade that is expected in 2017, Honda’s plans include an all-new RVF1000 V4 superbike and there is also the chance of a slightly less expensive version of the RC213V-S MotoGP...

MCN London Show spectacular

17 February 2016 by Andy Downes

As the doors closed on Sunday night, almost 40,000 bike fans had poured through the doors at London’s ExCeL to face ultimate temptation head-on at the three-day Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle...

Should Lorenzo sign for Ducati?

17 February 2016 by MCN News

The 2016 MotoGP season hasn’t even begun, but reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo is already Ducati’s prime target for 2017. Should Lorenzo make the switch? Should Lorenzo sign for Ducati?

Win a trip of a lifetime with Harley Davidson

17 February 2016 by James Archibald

Harley Davidson are running a competition that will see one winner and a friend embark on the trip of a lifetime, anywhere in the world with a purse of £5000 at their disposal. The ‘Discover More’...

New Fireblade to rule the roads

17 February 2016 by Andy Downes

This MCN computer-generated image of the next Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade is the most accurate interpretation currently possible of the bike Honda hope will take them back to the sharp end in the...

Triton seals classic glory

16 February 2016 by Andy Downes

The 2016 Classic Bike of the Year competition drew to a close on Sunday at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle show with a stunning Triumph-engined Norton special, built by 55-year-old Doncaster...

Road racing’s 150mph jump

16 February 2016 by MCN

Ryan Farquhar dominated the racing at Kells in Ireland back in 2009. Not hard to see why… his is Irish road racer Ryan Farquhar landing at 150mph on his Kawasaki ZX-10R from a 40ft long jump over...

Brough come home

16 February 2016 by Andy Downes

The first owner of an all-new Brough Superior SS100 was handed the keys to his motorcycle at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle show during the weekend. Eric Patterson, 69, is no stranger to the...

New MCN February 17: Honda's new Fireblade

16 February 2016 by Liam Marsden

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from February 17: Details of Honda’s new Fireblade Triumph Tiger Explorer first ride 2016 theft special Chris Walker’s mad...

2016 Triumph Tiger Explorer first ride

15 February 2016 by Michael Neeves

Triumph has combined state of the art electronics with a host of chassis, engine and comfort upgrades to transform its big adventure bike. It might look the Tiger Explorer we know and love on the...

My life in bikes; Brian Sansom

15 February 2016 by MCN

‘I was a bit of a punk, and used to dress up like Johnny Rotten’ hirty years after starting BKS, Managing director Sansom talks bikes, bands, and kitting out royalty… What was the first motorcycle...

Triumph Explorer first ride incoming

15 February 2016 by Michael Neeves

We’re at the world launch of Triumph’s new Explorer. We get to ride the all-singing off-road (XCA) version tomorrow, but tonight Triumph are letting us know what makes the new bike tick. The new...

10 quick questions with Valentino Rossi

15 February 2016 by MCN Sport

In 2013, MCN Sport grabbed five minutes with The Doctor and fire 10 quickfire questions at him. Here are his answers… ou can travel in time. Where to? “First of all I want to fight on a 500 for one...

Barry Sheene comes to the big screen

15 February 2016 by Richard Newland

Development is well underway to bring the incredible life story of the cheeky, charismatic racing legend Barry Sheene to the silver screen. Universally loved, Sheene was many things, a cockney rebel...

Suzuki reveal special edition GSX-S1000

15 February 2016 by Andy Downes

Suzuki have revealed special edition versions of the GSX-S1000 and GSX-S1000F with both bikes coming with a host of Yoshimura components, new graphics and genuine Suzuki accessories too. The GSX-S1000...

Picture story: Meet the woman racer who made the men look stupid

14 February 2016 by Classic Bike magazine

Meet Marjorie Cottle (1900–1987), racer on road and off, until in 1925 the ACU banned women from road racing (imagine if one got hurt!), forcing her to concentrate on trials. Marjorie won an...

Final day at Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show!

13 February 2016 by MCN News

Tomorrow (Sunday February 14) is the final day of the 2016 Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show – your last chance to see the Slide show and 20 years of BSB celebration under one roof! Our 20 years...

25 Years of the VFR: Part 1

13 February 2016 by RiDE magazine

In the first of our two-part series, originally published in 2011, RiDE takes a look at how close the VFR came to being stillborn n its various guises it’s been called the most perfect motorcycle ever...

Superbike Saturday at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show

12 February 2016 by MCN News

The Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show is the place to be for all you British racing fans this weekend as we celebrate 20 years of BSB and have some of the new bikes which will be competing in the...

BMW reveals Iconic 100 special editions

12 February 2016 by Liam Marsden

Four limited edition BMW models will celebrate 100 years since the beginning of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG in 2016. The BMW R1200RT, R1200RS, R1200GS and R1200GS Adventure all get limited edition...

BMW; ‘MotoGP has no appeal for us’

12 February 2016 by Andy Downes

The boss of BMW Motorrad has said the company has no interest in competing in MotoGP, and places much more importance in the BMW S1000RR winning press group tests. Stephan Schaller (no relation to...

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