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New arrivals of 2016 – Retros (Part 2 of 2)

10 January 2016 by MCN News

With 2016 heralding the arrival of 68 new bikes, we’re going to have a roundup of some of the most interesting metal that’s coming our way this year. All the bikes featured will be on display at the...

Danny Kent: How to build a champion

09 January 2016 by MCN Sport

Danny Kent is our first GP champion since Barry Sheene. So how did he get so good? n the cut throat world of Grand Prix racing, talent is never enough. This is a fact to which Danny Kent, Britain’s...

New arrivals of 2016 – Retros (Part 1 of 2)

08 January 2016 by MCN News

With 2016 heralding the arrival of 68 new bikes, we’re going to have a roundup of some of the most interesting metal that’s coming our way this year. All the bikes featured will be on display at the...

Thieves target Padgetts collection

08 January 2016 by MCN News

West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after a number of distinctive and historic motorcycles were stolen from the personal collection of Peter Padgett at the family’s world famous bike...

Mick's Millions: What Doohan did next

08 January 2016 by MCN

Mick Doohan won the 500cc title five times. Then he became really successful… any top motorcycle racers don’t make great businessmen. Too many cram their bank accounts with the gains of their talent,...

Try a new Street Twin on February 11

08 January 2016 by MCN News

If Triumph’s excellent new Street Twin has grabbed your attention, then you need to put February 11 in your diary for a visit to your local Triumph dealer as the firm launch the new model with a...

Lost Tengai in Powys

06 January 2016 by Bike magazine

That’s the message from Bike’s intrepid traveller Jamie. Let him explain why he’s on a stone wall in Wales and not a sandy beach in South Africa n the face of it, it’s not so very different to...

KTM go full Factory

06 January 2016 by MCN News

KTM have added ‘Factory Edition’ versions to their four-stroke 2016 SX motocross bikes. The special edition machines feature a host of new parts on the already overhauled 2016 SX range, which was...

BMW to unveil laser headlights and heads-up display helmet concepts

06 January 2016 by Liam Marsden

BMW will unveil laser headlights for the first time on a motorcycle and a heads-up display for motorcycle helmet at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. The heads-up- display...

My life in bikes: Sam Sunderland

06 January 2016 by MCN

Official KTM rally rider and Britain’s best chance of winning future Dakars reflects on a lot of ups and downs n elite rally rider, Sam Sunderland was 2015 runner-up in the FIM Cross Country World...

Video: The dangers of riding in Thailand

05 January 2016 by Liam Marsden

“Limit your speed so you can stop within the distance you can see” is what many riding instructors say, and it’s sound advice. Here in the UK there could be a tractor, or maybe an escaped farm animal...

Touring Canada; ‘It feels like a place only great explorers should reach’

05 January 2016 by Andy Davidson

The BMW R1200GS hums calmly, pottering on without a worry in the world. It has made the same journey before while I, on the other hand, am new and nervous. I haven’t seen another person in hours. I’m...

World’s greatest custom bikes shine in London

05 January 2016 by MCN News

Now in its third year, the London Custom Bike Building Championship has built a reputation as Europe’s prestige custom competition. With a huge prize purse totalling £12,000 and the backdrop of one of...

New MCN January 6: 2016 New Bikes

05 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from January 6: 2016 new bikes: 16-page special Your ultimate guide to 2016’s new metal First test: Finished Hesketh 24 Wet...

7 brilliant big singles

05 January 2016 by MCN

If all of these were hanging around in a bar, you’d want to lose your wedding ring. Ducati SuperMono (1992-1995) The 550cc DOHC liquid-cooled racing single first saw the light of day in 1992. It...

9 ways to save on gas but still have a laugh

04 January 2016 by MCN

Boosting your bike’s MPG doesn’t have to mean riding like a granny. Here’s how to go further for less cash 1. Rolling easy Start at the bottom: tyres. Tyres are an easy win for saving fuel – low...

Special edition Triumph Street Triple Rx Black announced

04 January 2016 by Liam Marsden

The standard Triumph Street Triple Rx is to be joined by a special edition Street Triple Rx Black, available in Triumph dealers this month. As suggested by the name, the special edition features a new...

Rossi Fever in Spain

02 January 2016 by MCN Sport

Three Spanish racers take on one Italian in front of 110,000 Spaniards… 109,000 of whom want the Italian to win. We soak up the Valencia madness RIDAY PRACTICE You smell a Spanish MotoGP long before...

What next for Valentino? (Part 2)

01 January 2016 by MCN

The new tech challenge – Michelin tyres and Dorna control electronics n July 2014 Valentino Rossi signed his latest Yamaha contract – for the 2015 and 2016 seasons – and explained that he wanted to...

What next for Valentino? (Part 1)

31 December 2015 by MCN

After the bitter end to last season, what does the master of reinvention need do to transform himself one last time and rule MotoGP’s new technical era? alentino Rossi has failed before, but never as...

Whatever happened to the RC-E?

31 December 2015 by Andy Downes & Ben Purvis

Honda’s innovative RC-E electric superbike concept, which took the electrical underpinnings of a Honda hybrid car and clothed them in stunning bodywork, may not have vanished without trace. The RC-E...

CB1100’s curvy new future revealed

30 December 2015 by Andy Downes & Ben Purvis

This CB1100 Concept was shown at the Tokyo show this year, and is believed to preview a next-generation CB1100. Easily the most subtle bike at the Tokyo Show – not hard given the eye-gouging offerings...

Hayden: ‘I’m ready for something new’

30 December 2015 by MCN

2006 MotoGP champ is relishing the new challenge of WSB ormer MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden says winning the World Superbike title would be an incredible way of rounding off his racing career –...

Honda CB Racer revived

30 December 2015 by Andy Downes & Ben Purvis

Honda’s achingly gorgeous CB1100R, first shown as a 2007 concept, is still a live project if freshly-filed patents are anything to go by. Concept bikes usually have a short life. They’re watered-down...

World's first customer Honda RC213V-S delivered to UK owner

29 December 2015 by Liam Marsden

John Brown, who owns and runs a Honda dealership in Manchester, is the first customer to take delivery of the ultra-exclusive Honda RC213V-S Mr Brown took delivery of the machine just before Christmas...

Inspiration for adventure

29 December 2015 by MCN News

Eight of the world’s most influential motorcycle explorers will be starring at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show on February 12-14. From Mondo Enduro and Terra Circa star Austin Vince to the...

7 Bikes named after racetracks

29 December 2015 by MCN

Want to portray a sporty image for your new bike? Best rob a name from a racing circuit. Moto Guzzi Le Mans (1976-1993) Guzzi’s immortal vee-engined sportster first appeared as an 850 in 1976, with a...

New MCN December 30: The real Rossi

29 December 2015 by Liam Marsden

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from December 30: 12-page special: The real Valentino Rossi Ducati Scrambler vs Yamaha XSR700 Honda plans hot...

Triumph triumph in 2015

28 December 2015 by MCN News

Triumph Motorcycles have announced their financial results for the year ended 30 June 2015, and it’s a much happier picture than the figure for the year before, despite a fall in overall turnover. In...

9 ways to make your bike feel fresher

28 December 2015 by MCN

If you don’t want to splash out on a new machine, these simple tips will help your bike wind back the years 1. Gearing For less than £20, shortening your gearing is quite possibly the cheapest way to...

Video: Mugen Shinden ridden

28 December 2015 by MCN News

This summer the Mugen Shinden scored a win in the one-lap TT Zero race in the hands of John McGuinness with an average speed of 119.28mph. The Mugen, which first appeared at the TT back in 2012, is...

Someone gives you £25k to spend on an Italian bike, and you buy a Tesi. You're INSANE, right?

27 December 2015 by Bike magazine

Eccentric, expensive and exclusive, Bimota’s hub-steered Tesi 3D is as rare as road bike gets. But it would be criminally insane to drop Panigale R or Ariel Ace money on one, wouldn’t it? We spent...

Jonathan Rea - I never gave up on the dream

26 December 2015 by MCN Sport

For seven years the WSB title eluded Jonathan Rea. Then, suddenly, we got to see just how gifted he is. even years is a long time in anyone’s book – especially if you’re regarded by many as the...

Project GPZ900R

25 December 2015 by Practical Sportsbikes

Kawasaki’s GPZ900R was a sportsbike masterpiece when it was released in 1984, but it’s still possible to improve the design further. So when Ian Broadfoot restored his A1 to original condition, he...

Biking heroes Christmas special (Part 6/6)

25 December 2015 by MCN

MCN has teamed up with none other than the legendary Foggy and a host of other greats to name their biking heroes as part of our Christmas special. This week we have brought you some of biking’s...

Video: World's first KTM Freeride E backflip

24 December 2015 by Liam Marsden

French trials rider Julien Dupont has caught the world’s first KTM Freeride E electric bike backflip on camera in one of his latest stunt videos. Dupont also successfully jumps a 20 metre gap over a...

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