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New MCN 21 May: New Super Power?

20 May 2014 by MCN

New MCN 21 May: New Super Power?

In this week’s MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from May 21. New Super Power: We test the Ducati Superleggera Free Triumph guide: 24-page supplement on the bikes and the...

New bikes you can afford: Used alternatives

16 May 2014 by MCN

New bikes you can afford: Used alternatives

Over the past few years, PCP finance schemes have exploded into the motorcycle world to such an extent, dealers are now reporting that over half their sales are from buyers using the Personal Contract...

Discover what your bike is really worth with MCN

16 May 2014

Discover what your bike is really worth with MCN

There’s now an exciting new feature on motorcyclenews.com that allows you to quickly find and compare accurate, real world used bike prices. Using data gathered from recently advertised bikes on our...

Speed Triple 94 to lead a trio of special Triumphs

16 May 2014

Speed Triple 94 to lead a trio of special Triumphs

Triumph has three new special edition machines in the wings for launch later this year, according to new vehicle certification information. The bikes will be based on its Speed Triple 1050,...

Get your FREE Oxford Aqua50 Roll Top Bag worth £59.99

16 May 2014

Get your FREE Oxford Aqua50 Roll Top Bag worth £59.99

Subscribe to MCN now, and you can claim a FREE Oxford 50-litre AQUA-50 all-weather roll-bag! The AQUA-50 boasts and integral Velcro base strap and double D-ring adjustable straps to secure the bag to...

Valentino Gromit

15 May 2014 by mermer

Valentino Gromit

My Gromit is a Valentino rossi replica. I’m his biggest fan and bought my own Gromit to paint – this is the result! I’d love for him to sign it one day. If dreams came true!

Arai: 'Protection above all else'

14 May 2014 by MCN

Arai: 'Protection above all else'

It’s easy to criticise Arai for standing still, for failing to innovate or follow the latest trends and fashions in helmet design. Its RX7 has looked fundamentally the same for almost two decades, and...

Carole Nash to kick start birthday celebrations

14 May 2014 by MCN Staff

Carole Nash to kick start birthday celebrations

Bike insurance company Carole Nash is celebrating 120 years of the motorcycle with the chance to win a Suzuki GSX-R600 and it’s open to anyone who submits an insurance quote through the firm in the...

Former MAG employees awarded £42,000

13 May 2014 by Peter Swingler

Former MAG employees awarded £42,000

The Motorcycle Action Group has been told to pay three former employees more than £42,000 following their resignations. M.A.G. (UK) Ltd of Oakslade Station Road, Hatton, near Warwick, was formed in...

Win four tickets to the spectacular Triumph Live!

13 May 2014 by MCN

Win four tickets to the spectacular Triumph Live!

MCN have teamed up with Triumph Motorcycles to bring a special prize to readers, with four tickets to the amazing Triumph Live up for grabs to a lucky reader. Moving to a new venue for 2014, it’s a...

New MCN May 14: Norton's new TT weapon

13 May 2014 by Liam Marsden

New MCN May 14: Norton's new TT weapon

In this week’s MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from May 14. Norton’s new TT weapon revealed as Cameron Donald gets his first test Yamaha’s new MT-125 100 years of brilliant...

New Africa Twin: Grab a classic adventure bike

09 May 2014 by MCN

New Africa Twin: Grab a classic adventure bike

MCN first uncovered patent and trademark files in the summer of 2013 pointing towards a new Africa Twin and now it looks like the bike is just a few months away from being launch. The original,...

Fantasy Road Race's big winners

09 May 2014 by MCN

Fantasy Road Race's big winners

Intense competition has not only been taking place on track in MotoGP, it’s also been seriously tough in MCN’s new-look Fantasy Road Race competition in association with BTSport. With the opening game...

Should the Nürburgring split cars and bikes?

07 May 2014

The new owners of the Germany’s world-famous Nürburgring circuit are proposing segregating cars and motorcycles to improve safety. Good idea, or are they ruining one of the circuits unique features? Should the Nürburgring split cars and bikes?

Can the new Africa Twin steal the GS' crown?

07 May 2014

Honda is just months away from launching an all-new Africa Twin boasting a 1000cc parallel-twin, and serious off-road potential. But can it really take on the market-dominating BMW R1200GS?

New MCN May 7: Rossi's still got it

06 May 2014 by Liam Marsden

New MCN May 7: Rossi's still got it

In this week’s MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from May 7. Rossi’s still got it: Major changes pay off  New Honda Africa Twin: Secret details inside New bikes you can...

Bike insurance due? Get £10 to spend at Sportsbikeshop with MCN Compare

02 May 2014 by MCN

Bike insurance due? Get £10 to spend at Sportsbikeshop with MCN Compare

MCN’s bike insurance comparison site, MCNcompare.com has been designed especially for you and the average saving on our site is a whopping £150*! And that’s not all, to celebrate these fantastic...

Keith Flint talks the Isle of Man TT with BTSport

02 May 2014 by MCN

Keith Flint talks the Isle of Man TT with BTSport

Prodigy front man Keith Flint details his assault on this year’s Isle of Man TT with rider Steve Mercer. Watch MotoGP Tonight on BT Sport 1 at 8pm on Tuesdays after a MotoGP race weekend. For more...

Who would you most like to see replace Bridgestone?

01 May 2014 by MCN

Who would you most like to see replace Bridgestone?

With Bridgestone announcing today that 2015 will be their last year as MotoGP tyre supplier after years as the sole choice of rubber in the class, there’s a huge hole left to be filled in the premiere...

All-new Ariel prototype spied testing

01 May 2014 by MCN

All-new Ariel prototype spied testing

An eagle-eyed MCN reader snatched this exclusive spy shot of the prototype Ariel roadster undergoing testing close to the firm’s Somerset factory. The picture reveals the bike has much more radical...

Keith Flint takes on the 'Lean Machine'

01 May 2014 by MCN

Keith Flint takes on the 'Lean Machine'

Prodigy front man and keen biker Keith Flint takes on the ‘Lean Machine’ during BTSport’s MotoGP Tonight. Watch MotoGP Tonight on BT Sport 1 at 8pm on Tuesdays after a MotoGP race weekend. For more...

Can Marquez 'clean sweep' the 2014 season?

30 April 2014 by MCN

Can Marquez 'clean sweep' the 2014 season?

With three rounds done in the 2014 MotoGP season, and Marc Marquez currently three for three at the top of the table, whispers have started about whether or not he’s got the potential to complete the...

Steve Parrish tackles the 'lean machine'

30 April 2014

Steve Parrish tackles the 'lean machine'

Steve Parrish takes on the ‘lean machine’ during BTSport’s MotoGP Tonight…     Watch MotoGP Tonight on BT Sport 1 at 8pm on Tuesdays after a MotoGP race weekend. For more MotoGP coverage, go to...

Sammy Miller autojumble cancelled

29 April 2014 by Tony Hoare

The Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum has been forced to cancel this Sunday’s (May 4) autojumble because persistent rain has left the venue’s fields waterlogged. The museum in the New Forest had planned to have around 100 stalls, some on the hard-standing car park with the overspill in its fields, and car parking was also due to be on the same fields. But the potential quagmire has forced them to...

New MCN April 30: The Guy Martin story

29 April 2014 by Liam Marsden

New MCN April 30: The Guy Martin story

In this week’s MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from April 30 The Guy Martin story: Guy’s real life revealed in new book  All-new Ariel V4 prototype spied McGuinness spills his...

Modern Retro owners wanted

28 April 2014

Modern Retro owners wanted

MCN is on the lookout for ‘Modern Retro’ owners. Specifically we’re looking for current owners of: Royal Enfield Bullet models Moto Guzzi V7 models Kawasaki W800 We’ll be using the information to help...

Don’t fall for copycat charges

25 April 2014 by Tony Hoare

Don’t fall for copycat charges

Riders are being warned they could be paying over the odds when using the internet to carry out essential tasks like applying for a tax disc, declaring a bike as SORN or replacing their driving...

Go off-road for £25

25 April 2014 by Andy Davidson

Go off-road for £25

The Motorcycle Industry Association and leading manufacturers are again joining forces to offer another off-road experience day. A four-day mini ‘try out’ festival will be held in Bevercotes,...

Suzuki GSX-R750 owners needed!

23 April 2014 by MCN

Suzuki GSX-R750 owners needed!

MCN is on the lookout for Suzuki GSX-R750 owners. Specifically we’re looking for current owners of: 2004/05 GSX-R750 2006/2010 GSX-R750 2011 – Current GSX-R750 We’ll be using the information to help...

What annoys you most about riding on the Queen's Highways?

23 April 2014 by MCN

With all sorts of things seemingly on the roads just to annoy you, we have an important question – which one really grinds your gears the most? Is it the idiots babbling away on their mobile phones, potholes the size of the North Sea, or just the sheer number of other vehicles on the road these days?

Win a set of Pirelli Angel GT tyres

23 April 2014

Win a set of Pirelli Angel GT tyres

Fancy a free set of new Angel GT tyres for your bike? MCN has teamed up with Pirelli to give away 10 sets of its new sports tourer rubber – the winner of the MCN 2013 Tyre of the year!   Launched this...

New MCN out Wednesday 23rd!

22 April 2014

New MCN out Wednesday 23rd!

In this week’s MCN paper, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from April 23:  – BMW R Nine T takes on super-stylish rivals – Off-Road Guide: Get your bike & body ready – Ultimate MV: Ago F800...

Ducati unveils airbag option for Multistrada

17 April 2014 by Tony Hoare

Ducati unveils airbag option for Multistrada

Ducati project engineer Paolo Versari demonstrated the airbag with a trial firing at the press conference at the company’s factory in Bologna, Italy Ducati has unveiled the first rider airbag to be...

Tamburini-designed bikes for sale

17 April 2014 by MCN

Tamburini-designed bikes for sale

On April 5 2014 motorcycle designer Massimo Tamburini passed away at the age of 70. Tamburini is arguably the most influential motorcycle designer of modern times, and was responsible for designing...

TfL launches campaign to reduce bike accidents

16 April 2014 by MCN

TfL launches campaign to reduce bike accidents

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new motorcycle safety initiative it hopes will reduce the number of motorcyclsits killed and injured in the capital by 40% by the year 2020. TfL has targeted...

Are you an MCN Subscriber?

16 April 2014 by MCN Staff

Are you an MCN Subscriber?

MCN is looking for a subscriber to take part in a discussion group at the MCN office on April 22. Lunch will be provided and we’ll even chuck some MCN goodies your way! If you think you could help...