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MCN Live! show & shine competition - get your entry form

17 March 2010 by MCN

Want to show off your pride and joy whilst staying onsite at MCNLive! Butlins Skegness? Then we’re putting on the competition for you. Click here to download your entry form We are running 4...

Video test: MV Brutale 990R v KTM 990 Super Duke v Ducati Streetfighter

17 March 2010 by MCN

MV’s new 990 Brutale is now both more user-friendly and cheaper than a Yamaha R1, but does that make it the best of the affordable super nakeds? Find a super naked for sale Watch the video to see...

Video: Meet the new Suzi Perry

16 March 2010 by MCN

Jennie Gow is the new face of MotoGP on the BBC. The former Sky Sports News presenter is all set to cover the 2010 season following Suzi Perry’s decision to step down. Read the full story in this...

New wall-mounted workstations

16 March 2010 by Marc Abbott

This new Action Station folding workstation from PAF Systems is ideal for those of us who are short of space in the garage. It’s simplicity itself – you just fit the uprights to the wall and attached...

BMC air filters down in price

16 March 2010 by Marc Abbott

UK prices of BMC performance air filters have been dropped on average by 24%, making, for example, the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R system is now £57. Save £££s on motorcycle products The filters, which...

I'm not worthy

16 March 2010 by Gary Cotterill

I have just moved to Chester and with spring approaching I took my Suzuki TL1000R to Two Wheel in Ellesmere Port for a service. It’s a really friendly place with good service. Imagine my surprise to find the fastest woman round the TT circuit, Jenny Tinmouth working on my bike! Where else could you find a record holding racer servicing bikes? To top it all I had never heard of her until now, which...

Afghan Heroes Bike Ride

16 March 2010 by Richard Stoodley

Hi, I’m Richard Stoodley, I live in Malmesbury. Here are a few photos I took as the riders left Hullavington en route through Malmesbury to Wootton Bassett. It really was a great spectacle to see all...

A good time in Wootton Bassett

16 March 2010 by andy dobson

It was a great day at Wootton Bassett with a very big turn out. Everyone was well behaved. Our gang did a round trip of round 400 miles each and it was worth every penny!

Bikes on TV: March 17-23

16 March 2010 by Alison Silcox

KEY TO CHANNELS: DRT – Discovery Real Time SHED – Discovery Shed (used to be DRTE) DSC – Discovery Channel DHD – Discovery Channel HD EXS – Extreme Sports Channel MM – Men and Motors MOT – Motors...

New MCN March 17: Suzi Perry's replacement revealed

16 March 2010 by Liam Marsden

In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale March 17, we talk Rossi, riding bikes and replacing Suzi Perry in an exclusive interview with Suzi’s replacement. How the new Yamaha FZ8 and Fazer8 spawned from...

Wootton Bassett video

15 March 2010 by S. Clark

I was one of the 15,000 bikers at Wootton Bassett and thought some of you may want to see some bike mounted camera footage of the ride. I had a broken hand and was in a lot of pain during the full days riding. In the saddle from 0800-2000. A very small price to pay in my view. A very rough edit from the Muvi cam showing the initial gathering. Part two, un-edited footage of the ride from...

Suzuki releases special edition GSX-R600

15 March 2010 by Andy Downes

Suzuki has just released information about a new GSX-R600 which has an exclusive paintscheme harking back to the 1999 factory World Superbike racing bike. Read the Suzuki GSX-R600 review The bike...

Our Experience of Wootton Bassett

15 March 2010 by Peter Rooney

We arrived at the airfield at half ten in the morning after travelling down from Liverpool the previous day. Because of the sheer number of people there we did not leave for the ride till four in the...

We need your pothole pictures and stories

15 March 2010 by Andy Downes

MCN needs your pothole stories and pictures as part of an in-depth national investigation into the reported two million potholes littering the UK roads. If you have seen a massive and dangerous...

Yamaha XT660 Tènèrè Spirit

15 March 2010 by Oberdan Bezzi

This is my vision for a classic series version of the Yamaha Tenere. I call it the Yamaha XT660 True Tènèrè Spirit.

Wootton Bassett Afghan Heroes ride is stunning success

15 March 2010 by MCN

More than 15,000 motorcyclists turned out yesterday to show their support for the people of Wootton Bassett and honour those troops killed in Afghanistan. The 10,000 riders and 5000 pillions raised...

Big bore kit for Triumph Thunderbird

12 March 2010 by Emma Sulway

Triumph has released a factory, fully-homologated big bore kit for their Thunderbird model. Save £££s on motorcycle products Fitting the kit takes the cc, bhp and torque of the standard T-Bird from...

Honda CB1100 not coming to the UK

12 March 2010 by Emma Sulway

Honda UK have re-iterated their decision not to import the new CB1100 to the UK stating “it was not deemed that there would be sufficient demand across Europe to make the development and production of...

MCN reader to be Bennetts Babe judge

12 March 2010 by Steve Farrell

One MCN reader is guaranteed to be on a panel of judges choosing a model squad for bike insurer Bennetts. The chosen reader will face the arduous take of helping the firm pick models to front its...

Wootton Bassett, Sunday 14th March: MCN wants your photos

12 March 2010 by Emma Sulway

Are you attending the ride-out for Afghan Heroes this Sunday in Wootton Bassett? If so, MCN needs your help. We want photos of all the day’s action: the bikes, the supporters and the ride-out. So get...

NCP corrects misleading signs after MCN investigation

12 March 2010 by Steve Farrell

Misleading parking signs which told motorcyclists they had to pay have been clarified following an MCN investigation. We revealed in December how car park giant NCP had effectively introduced an...

Best of bikemart: Modern classics up for grabs this week

12 March 2010 by Phil West

We’ve been browsing MCN bikes for sale every day to bring you some of our top picks from over 9,000 motorcycles for sale. Read more modern classics news and features Here’s just a few of...

The Wednesday Morning Breakfast Club

12 March 2010 by ojosef

The latest message to Westminster from the No To the Bike Parking Tax campaign is this: “IF YOU TREAT US LIKE CARS, WE WILL BEHAVE LIKE CARS”…”NO MORE TALKING!” From now on every Wednesday there will be a gathering of motorcycles and scooters in undisclosed locations around Westminster Council. Notice of the location will be sent out flash mob via SMS a few hours before the gathering. Of course...

Storz XR1200S for sale in the UK

12 March 2010 by Ped Baker

The only one of its kind in the UK, this Storz XR1200S has just been put up for sale on motorcyclenews.com. Click here to view the ad Based on a 2000 1200cc Sportster, the XR is built from kit...

Space-saving stand in action

12 March 2010 by Marc Abbott

The new Universal Bike Stand from the makers of the Biker Tidy shelving system is claimed to save you space by eradicating the need to use a sidestand. Watch the video here, and make your own mind up. This could be the way to squeeze just one more bike into your garage without her indoors realising! It costs £99 from www.bikertidy.co.uk