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Video: TT parade lap - listen to that Honda

Video: TT parade lap - listen to that Honda

I’ve just been watching the start of the parade lap here at the TT. Listen to this lot…     Click here for the Latest TT news

Foggy gives advice to Lorenzo before TT parade lap

Foggy gives advice to Lorenzo before TT parade lap

WSB legend and former TT lap record holder Carl Fogarty gives words of encouragement to Jorge Lorenzo as the MotoGP rider prepares for his TT debut today. Dainese backed Lorenzo is making his first...

Best of bikemart: Modern classics up for grabs this week

Best of bikemart: Modern classics up for grabs this week

We’ve been browsing MCN bikes for sale every day to bring you some of our top picks from over 10,000 motorcycles for sale.                                       Read more modern classics news and...

Video: Tucano Urbano's cool urban bike boots

Video: Tucano Urbano's cool urban bike boots

They might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you’re looking for a cool pair of shoes for urban riding that have actually been designed for that purpose, then Tucano Urbano are well worth a...

Rossi in his early days?

Rossi in his early days?

Is this Rossi in his early days? No, it’s my three year old daughter, Amber, waiting for the racing to start.

Bikes “should have front number plates”

Bikes “should have front number plates”

Motorcycles should be fitted with front number plates so they can be detected by front-facing police cameras, according to the RAC Foundation.  The move would allow our registrations to be read by...

Mirror columnist Paul Routledge is a 'knob'

Mirror columnist Paul Routledge is a 'knob'

A Facebook group branding anti-bike Daily Mirror Columnist Paul Routledge a ‘knob’ has gained hundreds of members within hours of being set up. Routledge claimed in a recent column: ‘Far too many...

Get a non-biking mate into a dealer and win kit!

Get a non-biking mate into a dealer and win kit!

If you take a non-biking mate into a participating bike dealership you could win yourself an Arai Chaser helmet, a full set of Weisse clothing and a biking holiday abroad. What’s more, your non-biking...

Top ten adventure bikes

Top ten adventure bikes

More than 12,000 MCN readers have responded to our Biking Britain survey this year, and your combined scores on the bikes you own and love (or hate) have allowed us to put together this definitive...

You'd want to stay out of the fast group at this one...

You'd want to stay out of the fast group at this one...

I am at the Focused Events track day at the new Silverstone Circuit riding the Team Vari-Trac BMW Park Lane S1000RR I’m racing this season. Theoretically, on this bike, I should be one of the faster...

Lorenzo's bike arrives at the TT

Lorenzo's bike arrives at the TT

The Yamaha R1 that MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo will be riding on Fridays Parade lap has arrived on the Isle of Man. The specially prepared bike features a unique paint scheme designed by MCN reader and...

Tuned, lightened Desmosedici claimed to be ‘world’s most exclusive motorcycle’

Tuned, lightened Desmosedici claimed to be ‘world’s most exclusive motorcycle’

In the world of specials, NCR already produce some of the very best. But this, the Italian firm’s all-new, 200bhp Millona 16, or M16 for short, takes things to an all-new level.  The M16 is based on...

Nothing can interfere with new Acumen alarm

Nothing can interfere with new Acumen alarm

Acumen’s next generation alarm, the Tempest Cat 1, features a receiver that reduces transmitter interference from unwanted radio waves, like mobile phone masts.    Tested and approved to Thatcham...

New Rukka AiRoad jacket for all weather

New Rukka AiRoad jacket for all weather

Rukka’s new AiRoad jacket is claimed to as comfortable to wear in stifling heat as it is in the cold, thanks to clever use of the detachable lining. The jackets itself is made from what is claimed to...

See your design on Stuart Easton’s helmet

See your design on Stuart Easton’s helmet

Scottish superbike rider Stuart Easton will be wearing a one off helmet at his home round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Knockhill, and you have the opportunity to design it. ...

BMW F800 RS

BMW F800 RS

For those who believe a modern Superbike or Supersport too stressful, but still want a fun and dynamic bike. Behold the new BMW F800 RS, 99 hp, 180 Kg, enough for a human-oriented sport bike.

A pink Cat on an R1 at the TT

A pink Cat on an R1 at the TT

Believe it or not, this is celebrity biker ‘Cat’ from Red Dwarf – AKA Danny John-Jules. John-Jules, who recently circumnavigated the Mediterranean for charity and is currently on the Isle of Man, had...

Staff bikes: Suzuki GSX-R600 - Thundersprint 2010

Staff bikes: Suzuki GSX-R600 - Thundersprint 2010

I’m not a racer – I haven’t even done that many track days. So it was surreal to end up in the start line queue behind the likes of Chris Walker, Danny Webb and Steve Parrish ready to compete in this...

Lowest Isle of Man TT Mad Sunday Casualties Ever

Lowest Isle of Man TT Mad Sunday Casualties Ever

Isle of Man police are ‘overwhelmed’ by the reduction in casualties on Mad Sunday this year. The number of road accidents was reduced from 26 in 2009 to just 8 this year, none of which were serious.

Art for TT art's sake

Art for TT art's sake

The work of Manx artists Adam Berry, Paul Parker, and Peter Hearsey, along with a range of 59 Club archive material, was showcased  in an exhibition at the Ace Café TT exhibition in the Sayle Gallery...

Volume three of 2010 IoM TT action in the shops now!

Volume three of 2010 IoM TT action in the shops now!

Duke Video’s third DVD of onboard Isle of Man TT action features action from the Superstock, Superbike and first Supersport TTs, following Michael Dunlop (watch out for the ‘moment’ under braking for...

Isle of Man onboard Superbike and Sidecar TT laps

Isle of Man onboard Superbike and Sidecar TT laps

Isle of Man TT On-Bike Laps 2010 Volume 2 has been rushed out to the shops, offering four complete laps of the 37.73-mile Mountain circuit. The first three come from the six-lap Superbike TT, while...

CB1000R riders support When You Wish Upon A Star

CB1000R riders support When You Wish Upon A Star

Those of us with bike licences are lucky. The experience of riding a bike is unlike anything else in my opinion and something that everyone should be able to experience at some point in their life. ...

Yamaha Super Tenere - full review

Yamaha Super Tenere - full review

The Yamaha Super Tenere has been ridden and rated by MCN – you can read the full web review in the bike reviews section.                          Read the Yamaha Super Tenere review “There was a...

Last chance for cheaper Silverstone GP tickets

Last chance for cheaper Silverstone GP tickets

There’s less than 48 hours left to take advantage of the Advance ticket prices for the upcoming Silverstone MotoGP.    At the moment, fans booking tickets for the event qualify for Advance Tickets at...

Triumph Sprint GT - full review

Triumph Sprint GT - full review

The Triumph Sprint GT has been ridden and rated by MCN – you can read the full web review in the bike reviews section.                Read the Triumph Sprint GT review “Take Triumph’s superb Sprint...

New Weise Tatu ladies boot

New Weise Tatu ladies boot

The new Weise ladies Tatu boot is designed to look good on and off the bike, while also doing its job of protecting the wearer. Save £££ on ladies motorcycle boots in the MCN Shop It features a...

Win a day as an MCN road tester

Win a day as an MCN road tester

MCN has teamed up with forum HondaCB1000R.com to offer you the chance to win a day as an MCN road tester. Click here to place your bid HondaCB1000R.com are raising money for When You Wish Upon A...

Video: Yamaha Super Tenere v BMW GS v Multistrada v KTM 990

Video: Yamaha Super Tenere v BMW GS v Multistrada v KTM 990

Who needs to go abroad on an adventure biking holiday when the roads, weather and people of the UK can be this good? These adventure bikes made every bit of our 2-day 640-mile road trip to the...

Old school cool – Z900

Old school cool – Z900

How’s this for a new, cool take on Kawasaki’s venerable 1976? This example has been built by Spanish custom shop La Perra Bikes, based between Malaga and Seville, and blends the rustic, tarnished,...

Timewarp TT: Surtees (MV) v Miller (MotoCzysz)

Timewarp TT: Surtees (MV) v Miller (MotoCzysz)

MotoCzysz may have annihilated the TT Zero competition in practice on Monday, but it’s still fighting it out with fifties machinery in combustion-engine terms. In a single-lap sprint round the 37.73...

Yamaha XT 1200Z in ACTION!!!

Lot off people think the new Yamaha XT 1200Z Super Ténéré is only a motorbike for the road. We show you it isn’t. Camera & Edit by Marcus Kingma

MCN’s Top 10 concept bikes that were never made

MCN’s Top 10 concept bikes that were never made

We’ve all drooled over Honda’s CB1100R concept bike, willing Honda to bring it to the UK. On the other hand there was Suzuki’s B-King and Yamaha’s MT-01 that did hit the showroom floors.    But what...

The pill that could cure you of motorcycling

The pill that could cure you of motorcycling

You better hope nobody from the EU reads this, but there’s a pill that some experts think could ‘cure’ you of motorcycling. The new drug ­called co-trimoxazole­ has been proven ten times more...

Öhlins announce nine new UK service centres

Öhlins announce nine new UK service centres

Suspension experts Öhlins have announced nine new UK service centres which will cater not just for road and race users but also its off-road and ATV products. They are at: Crescent Motorcycles of...

Bikes pouring onto Isle of Man

Bikes pouring onto Isle of Man

This year’s TT is looking set to be the best attended in years, according to latest official figures. The Steam Packet ferry company says that last Friday was it’s busiest day so far, with over 2000...