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Which pairing most excites you for the Classic TT?

Which pairing most excites you for the Classic TT?

Bruce Anstey will be racing a full factory Yamaha YZR500 grand prix bike at this year’s Classic TT in August. It arguably doesn’t get much madder than that, but what pairing are you most looking...

Ago, Dunlop and McGuinness set for Mallory Bike Bonanza

Ago, Dunlop and McGuinness set for Mallory Bike Bonanza

Fifteen time world champion and ten time TT winner Giacomo Agostini will headline this weekend’s Mallory Bike Bonanza, as a full weekend of activities descend upon the Leicestershire track, with the...

We ride the Ariel Ace at Goodwood

We ride the Ariel Ace at Goodwood

Looking for our full review of the Ariel Ace? Click to see the 2014 model or the Ace R 2018 model.   It’s hard to believe the Ariel Ace cruiser really is a new bike. It’s seemingly come out of...

Meet MCN and help out with an MCN feature

Meet MCN and help out with an MCN feature

Can you help with an MCN feature? Do you want to be in MCN? Do you want free coffee (and maybe a chip butty) at Squires café, Sherburn in Elmet on Wednesday night? Chad will also be at Boxhill on...

New MCN July 9: Guy Martin vs mountain

New MCN July 9: Guy Martin vs mountain

In this week’s new look MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from July 9. Guy Martin takes on Pikes Peak with his 273bhp home-made GSX-R1100 1800-mile shootout: New VFR800F vs...

Simply Ballistic: Can MV's new Dragster 800 out-gun its rivals?

Simply Ballistic: Can MV's new Dragster 800 out-gun its rivals?

The MV Agusta Dragster is the latest model to come from the iconic Italian brand – and it’s a bit of a confused beast. Using the 798cc triple and cycle parts from the Brutale 800 roadster, it has a...

Clamp down on illegal exhausts

Clamp down on illegal exhausts

Hampshire Police has vowed to clamp down on illegal motorcycle exhausts, but also reassured riders that only those who are breaking the law will be targeted. The police response followed a joint...

Spy Shots: K1600 ‘Bagger’ spied

Spy Shots: K1600 ‘Bagger’ spied

This is a new BMW K1600 bagger spied testing at a top-secret test track last week and signals a new direction for the straight-six engine first seen in the K1600GT and GTL, launched in 2011. While...

Old Wheels, New Waves

Old Wheels, New Waves

A few weeks ago, MCN rode down to the south of France for a custom motorcycle and surfing festival. We can almost hear your sighs from here, but maybe – just maybe – there’s more to this scene than...

Thousands descend on Barton Bike Night

Thousands descend on Barton Bike Night

Thousands of biker have descended on the Lincolnshire town of Barton-upon-Humber for the annual Bike Night celebrations last Wednesday, with organisers believing the event, which attracted an...

Riding the icons: Suzuki RG500

Riding the icons: Suzuki RG500

This Suzuki RG500 is in superb condition. It’s bog-stock, like the bike then-MCN road tester Mat Oxley would’ve raved about back in 1985. Like the rest of the biking world, Oxley was in awe of this...

New MCN Sport on sale now!

New MCN Sport on sale now!

The latest edition of MCN Sport is in stores now, priced at £4.99. Edited by well respected motorcycle journalist Rupert Paul, the issue mostly focuses on the 2014 Isle of Man TT where most of the...

Win great prizes with MCN!

Win great prizes with MCN!

Our giveaway site is bursting at the seams with brilliant prizes, with loads being added every week. It’s so easy to be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is register at...

New Suzuki DR200S for US

New Suzuki DR200S for US

Suzuki has recently unveiled their 2015 off-road range, which includes the DR200S you see here. The DR200S uses a 199cc air-cooled engine which should provide enough punch for town riding without...

Whitham and Lowes on bikes, battles, and the KTM Freeride

Whitham and Lowes on bikes, battles, and the KTM Freeride

Give two racers dirt bikes and a place to ride and the chances are you won’t see them for hours – or until one of them needs an ambulance. Luckily when KTM lent Sam Lowes and James Whitham a pair of...

Every TT winner at Barton Bike Night!

Every TT winner at Barton Bike Night!

Thousands of bikers are set to descend upon the North Lincolnshire town of Barton tomorrow night for the annual Barton Bike Night, with organisers expecting somewhere in the region of 20,000 bikes to...

New MCN July 2: Suzuki's secret super naked

New MCN July 2: Suzuki's secret super naked

In this week’s new look MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from July 2. We reveal Suzuki’s secret super naked Ducati Monster 821 and new Ariel first rides Honda CB650F takes on...

Top 10 infamous bike ads

Top 10 infamous bike ads

Adverts from a pre-political correctness age. They certainly don’t make ’em like this anymore…     Life helmets | 1979 Californian-made Life caused a massive stir in the late ’70s with its...

Harley-Davidson Livewire: First Test

Harley-Davidson Livewire: First Test

When the news broke last week that Harley-Davidson – that American bastion of tradition, big cubes, petrol and iron – had a ready-to-ride all-electric naked roaster waiting in the wings, we were as...

New MCN June 25: Harley-Davidson LiveWire first ride

New MCN June 25: Harley-Davidson LiveWire first ride

In this week’s new look MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from June 25. We ride the electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire Two new Ariel bikes revealed MV Agusta Dragster takes on...

Norton TT Racer On The Road

Norton TT Racer On The Road

You can’t underestimate how hard it is to compete at the Isle of Man TT. It’s a mammoth task, and it’s almost impossible to convey with mere words the sheer scale of the mountain they have climbed,...

500cc two-stroke for £60,000

500cc two-stroke for £60,000

If you hanker after 500cc two-strokes and have £60,000 burning a hole in your wallet then the Ronax 500 might be your ideal track bike. The Ronax, built in Germany, is powered by a two-stroke V4,...

Video: Harley-Davidson Livewire in New York

Video: Harley-Davidson Livewire in New York

Harley-Davidson has just released this video showing a group of Livewires – their new electric bike – being ridden through the streets of New York. Harley claims the bike makes the equivalent of 74bhp...

Join Ross Noble on his Last Mile Ride

Join Ross Noble on his Last Mile Ride

Comedian Ross Noble is launching a nationwide motorcycle ride out with a difference in support of international charity, Riders for Health. The Last Mile Ride, which takes place on tomorrow, Saturday...

Fancy winning a Yamaha MT-09?

Fancy winning a Yamaha MT-09?

Everyday frustrations on the road now at the mercy of your keyboard! Play Motorcycle Mayhem, a new game brought to you by MCN Compare for a chance to win some awesome prizes. The game, which follows...

Discover your Dark Side

Discover your Dark Side

Yamaha is launching a 5-weekend test ride tour at selected venues around the UK, where riders can ‘Experience the Dark Side of Japan’ by riding one of the latest MT models, including the MT-09 Street...

Can anyone stop Shane Byrne?

Can anyone stop Shane Byrne?

Three time BSB champion Shane Byrne has won five of the first six races. Can anyone stop him?

Would you buy a new Hesketh 24?

Would you buy a new Hesketh 24?

Famous British bike name Hesketh has returned with an all-new £35,000 bike – a limited – edition special dubbed ‘24’. Would you consider buying one?

Rossi’s #thisisforSIC58 suit up for grabs

Rossi’s #thisisforSIC58 suit up for grabs

The Dainese D-Air Racing suit worn by Valentino Rossi at the Italian Grand Prix is up for auction. The auction listing can be accessed via dainese.com, and the lucky bidder will receive the authentic...

Harley goes electric with Livewire

Harley goes electric with Livewire

Harley-Davidson has now officially released information and images on the all-new Livewire which is the firm’s first foray into the world of electric power and also makes it the first mainstream...

Win a Vincent Rapide worth £35k

Win a Vincent Rapide worth £35k

This year the National Motorcycle Museum is celebrating 30 years since first opening to the public by holding a series of events including a raffle with a Vincent Rapide worth £35,000 as top...

Best British Racer Ever?

Best British Racer Ever?

From Surtees to Hailwood to Sheene to Fogarty to Dunlop to McGuinness to Hodgson, Toseland, Sykes and at least one more Dunlop – these are the men who made British racing great. MCN’s experts...

Return of the Urban Tiger Fireblade

Return of the Urban Tiger Fireblade

Honda Racing rocked up to Snetterton at the weekend with Julien Da Costa riding an Urban Tiger liveried Fireblade, enough to get any red-blooded Fireblade fan reminiscing about the second-generation...

New look MCN June 18: Norton TT racer on the road

New look MCN June 18: Norton TT racer on the road

In this week’s new look MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from June 18. We ride Norton’s TT bike on the road! Honda CBR650 first test Bimota BB3 ridden New Hesketh 24...

500bhp Suzuki Hayabusa vs Honda CBR600RR

500bhp Suzuki Hayabusa vs Honda CBR600RR

When Steve Bland – tree surgeon, Red Bull addict and speed freak – told us he could beat a sportsbike around a track on his unlimited class World Speed Record-challenging Hayabusa we were, it has to...

First Ride: Bimota BB3

First Ride: Bimota BB3

MCN is at the world launch of Bimota’s new BB3, powered by a revised BMW S1000RR engine, at the Tazio Nuvalari circuit in Italy today. Senior Road Tester Adam Child will be testing the all-new Bimota,...