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Cool new ladies jacket from Alpinestars

13 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Cool new ladies jacket from Alpinestars

This new ladies leather jacket from Alpinestars pulls off the trick of being functional and gorgeous to look at. The Stella Anouke is made from 1.3mm leather, has CE-approved shoulder and elbow...

Alpinestars Chelsea boot revealed

13 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Alpinestars Chelsea boot revealed

This new shoe in Alpinestars’ 2010 range is called the Parlor, and it’s ideal for the motorcycling city gent! Save cash on motorcycle boots Featuring a water-resistant leather upper and lining,...

Yamaha FZ8 and Super Tenere prices leaked?

13 January 2010 by Guy Procter

Yamaha FZ8 and Super Tenere prices leaked?

French site MotoStation says ‘reliable sources’ have leaked the price of Yamaha’s star bikes of 2010.   2010 Yamaha FZ8: official first picture They claim the R1200GS-rivalling Super Tenere will...

Funky new mesh jacket from Alpinestars

13 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Funky new mesh jacket from Alpinestars

This addition to the Alpinestars range, the Furies Air jacket, has a polyester mesh outer, knitted collar, waist and wrists, removable elbow and shoulder foam padding (CE-approved armour is available...

Australia Blog: Day 5 - Wild day with Extreme Creations

13 January 2010 by Michael Neeves

Australia Blog: Day 5 - Wild day with Extreme Creations

Today has been by far the wildest day in Oz for me. I’ve been with the guys from Extreme Creations, the most prolific specials builders in Australia. To cut a long story short, these guys are...

New limited edition McQueen off-road lid

12 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

New limited edition McQueen off-road lid

Troy Lee Designs have announced a three-year deal to produce a limited edition range of Steve McQueen helmets. Save £££s on motorcycle helmets The Troy Lee/Lucas Oil/Honda Racing team of Wil Hahn...

Snap-On become partners with Harley-Davidson

12 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Snap-On become partners with Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson announced today that it has appointed Snap-on as its ‘Approved Workshop Design and Facilitation partner’ for the design, development and implementation of all new Harley-Davidson...

Rare classic racer stolen – reward offered

12 January 2010 by Phil West

Rare classic racer stolen – reward offered

Following the theft of this 1967 Paton 500cc GP racer just before Christmas a reward is being offered for information leading to its recovery. The bike featured in last year’s Goodwood Revival and was...

Legal advice: It's you versus the Highways Agency

12 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Legal advice: It's you versus the Highways Agency

“I was travelling home at night on a minor country road. Next thing I knew, I was spinning around like a top as I came around the corner and had to let go of the bike. I haven’t injured myself...

Bikes on TV: January 13-19

12 January 2010 by Alison Silcox

Bikes on TV: January 13-19

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 January 13: 2010 BMW R1200GS first ride

12 January 2010 by Liam Marsden

New MCN January 13: 2010 BMW R1200GS first ride

In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale January 13, we test the new twin cam BMW R1200GS. We also ride the new Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Limited. The tech secrets of Stoner’s 2010 big-bang...

MCN Awards: Have your say

12 January 2010 by MCN

MCN Awards: Have your say

The MCN Awards are all about celebrating the best in biking. We want your help in deciding who deserves the coveted ‘MCN Man of the Year’ and ‘MCN Biking Hero of the Year’ awards.       MCN Man of...

Elephant and Dragon Rally stories needed

11 January 2010 by Andy Downes

Have you ever been to the Dragon or Elephant Rally? If so, MCN would love to hear your stories and see some pictures explaining what it was all about and why you braved the weather to make it. It doesn’t matter when you made it to either of the rallies – we just want to hear from you as you explain how and what happened. Perhaps you have ridden through even more extreme conditions on your bike –...

TTXGP rules will be wiki-based in 2011

11 January 2010 by Guy Procter

TTXGP rules will be wiki-based in 2011

Rules are better written by fans and race teams themselves rather than faceless suits shut away in rooms reckons TTXGP organiser Azhar Hussain. That’s why the rules for his series from 2011 will be...

Ride off-road with John McGuinness

11 January 2010 by Andy Downes

Ride off-road with John McGuinness

Honda is offering the chance to ride with Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness on a two-day off-road riding holiday to Spain. The Redtread trip runs from February 6 to February 9 and includes...

Foggy to launch Carl Fogarty carbon Ducati parts range

11 January 2010 by Guy Procter

Foggy to launch Carl Fogarty carbon Ducati parts range

Four-time World Superbike champ Carl Fogarty is set to launch a range of high-end carbon parts to rival Ducati’s own Ducati Performance range. Save money on motorcycle parts The Carl Fogarty Carbon...

Alpinestars 2010 spring collection revealed

11 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Alpinestars 2010 spring collection revealed

MCN can exclusively reveal the first items from the 2010 Alpinestars range, including this fantastic-looking trials-style jacket, the ‘Calgary’. Save £££s on motorcycle products It a waxed cotton...

Yoshimura release exhaust for 2010 Yamaha YZ450F

11 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Yoshimura release exhaust for 2010 Yamaha YZ450F

Yoshimura’s new RS-4 exhaust systems for the fuel-injected 2010 Yamaha YZ450F have been developed using experience gained from racing, offering what Yoshimura calls: “great horsepower gains, weight...

Thruxton Café racer special from Pure Triumph

11 January 2010 by Ped Baker

Thruxton Café racer special from Pure Triumph

When the World’s largest Triumph dealer decides to build a café racer you’d expect something pretty special – and this Thruxton-based machine from Pure Triumph is just that. Just about everything that...

Biking snow chain equivalent

11 January 2010 by boxertwin

Biking snow chain equivalent

Since so many are going out on the ice and coming off, here’s an idea from German company MV Motorrad, one of our Euro K Club members posted up on the forum regarding these. Wunderlich also do a set...

Australia Blog: Day 4 - Riding with Deus Ex Machina

11 January 2010 by MCN

Australia Blog: Day 4 - Riding with Deus Ex Machina

Deus Ex Machina is undoubtedly the best shop I’ve ever been to. The showroom is choc-full full of retro-style custom bikes, mainly based on the Kawasaki W650, Yamaha SR400 and a variety of Triumphs.

Best fake motorcycle news story ever?

11 January 2010 by Andy Downes

Best fake motorcycle news story ever?

We just found this and after spending a couple of seconds wondering if it was real we then realised it was a brilliant fake and hilariously funny. The ‘story’ was linked from the original Best News...

Bubba and Dungey debut Nike MX boots

11 January 2010 by Marc Abbott

Bubba and Dungey debut Nike MX boots

Supercross legend James ‘Bubba’ Stewart won the first round of the AMA 450cc Supercross at Anaheim, California this weekend, wearing Nike’s new 6.0 motocross boot. Save cash on motorcycle...

One day in July

11 January 2010 by Anonymous

One day in July

July 8, 2009 was definitely a bad day. I won’t go into too much detail as legal proceedings are ongoing. But what started out as a good day with my Triumph Sprint ST went horribly wrong when a van...

Hot air balloon motorcycle jump

10 January 2010 by JLauriFilmworks

First man to fly a motorcycle from a hot air balloon at 5000 feet in Chesaning, Michigan. Produced by J. Lauri Filmworks.

Bike 1-0 Car

10 January 2010 by cjh33

I always use my bike for work, but woke up the other day to find the snow had frozen so decided to take the car. I couldn’t even shift it off drive, so it was out with the bike as usual. It was a bit dicey around the small roads that hadn’t been gritted, but good fun. I was amazed to find how many car drivers hadn’t made it into work!

Knobblies Trail Bike Club members video

10 January 2010 by boxertwin

A video of some of the members of Knobblies Trail Bike Club, both on and off road.

Australia Blog: Day 3 - Ducati Streetfighter and the Old Pacific Highway

10 January 2010 by MCN

Australia Blog: Day 3 - Ducati Streetfighter and the Old Pacific Highway

Today’s the day we rode the Old Pacific Highway with Jeff Ware, Editor of Rapid Bikes mag, with a couple of mates in tow. Jeff had said he’d try and get ex-GP racers Kevin Magee and Daryl Beattie (his...

Honda Frozenblade

09 January 2010 by scottashcockayne

Honda Frozenblade

All this cold weather has turned my Honda Fireblade into the Frozenblade I thought id start her up and let her run for a bit, but getting back inside proved rather hard since theres a tad too...

Australia Blog: Day 2 - Ducati Streetfighter in Sydney

09 January 2010 by Michael Neeves

Australia Blog: Day 2 - Ducati Streetfighter in Sydney

After an eight-hour sleeping pill-induced shut-eye session, I woke this morning to see the Australian sunshine for the first time since landing. God, I love it here. An English mate of mine, Andy, who...

Save Donington Park campaign

09 January 2010 by LeroyBoyce

Save Donington Park campaign

I was very concerned about the future for Donington Park, so I set up a support group. The interest has literally taken off, and there is now a website, email address, podcast, local radio and press...

Fist gen Yamaha R6 still has it

08 January 2010 by XSVideo

The original Yamaha R6 is a truly great bike and a great bargain buy with mint low miles examples around the £2-3k mark. Here’s another tribute from XSVpro. Enjoy!

Goodbye 2009

08 January 2010 by XSVideo

With the weather truly biblical and zero riding weather looking likely to stay for at least a few weeks, XSV put this slow motion production together. We can’t wait to get out and shoot new footage. Here’s goodbye to 2009 and welcome the 2010 biking season!

Street skate

08 January 2010 by JoePhillips

Street skate

I gave up the bike and got my skates on. I’m probably the only person in London that doesn’t want anymore grit!

Grit running out

08 January 2010 by Steve Farrell

Grit running out

The nation’s supply of grit for de-icing roads is running perilously low. Council’s have been forced to ration supplies as the country’s salt mines struggle to meet demand.       A special Government...

Petition challenges road tax hike

08 January 2010 by Steve Farrell

Petition challenges road tax hike

A petition challenging plans to raise motorcycle road tax has gained over 2,000 signatures within hours of appearing on Number 10’s website. Sign the petition here Bike tax is set to rise by between...