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First picture of Aprilia’s cheaper RSV4R

22 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

First picture of Aprilia’s cheaper RSV4R

This low-resolution leaked picture reveals the finished RSV4-R – the cheaper version of the WSB homologation RSV4 Factory. Shown here in the white colour option, black is also known to be the second...

Exclusive Puma line now available in the UK

21 September 2009 by Rob Hull

Exclusive Puma line now available in the UK

MCN brought you the first news of the imminent arrival of Puma leathers last year from the Cologne Intermot Motorcycle Show. Compare and buy motorcycle products And the new line is now available...

Easy Rider comeback jacket

21 September 2009 by Rob Hull

Easy Rider comeback jacket

Like the return of the Easy Rider film to the big screen, the jacket famously worn by Peter Fonda is also coming back into production for a limited time only. Compare and buy motorcycle...

Davida release updated Universal Face Mask

21 September 2009 by Rob Hull

Davida release updated Universal Face Mask

Whether to complete an authentic 70’s styling, as a traditional winter accessory or just to create a funky look, the face mask is a handy addition for the open face helmet rider. Compare and buy...

Batman replica bike suit available in UK

21 September 2009 by Rob Hull

Batman replica bike suit available in UK

Universal Designs, the guys behind the Batman replica motorcycle suit, has now the United Kingdom to their territories of distribution for direct to consumer sales at www.udreplicas.com. Compare and...

Rally ace inspires chopper

21 September 2009 by Laura Kennerley

Rally ace inspires chopper

This Suburu-inspired chopper was unveiled at the Goodwood Revival as a tribute to rally-ace Richard Burns. It has been created by Brit-based Ironside Choppers and will be auctioned off to raise money...

Motorcyclists ‘should automatically be blamed for cycle crashes’

21 September 2009 by Steve Farrell

Motorcyclists ‘should automatically be blamed for cycle crashes’

Motorcyclists would automatically be blamed for collisions with cyclists under proposals by Government advisers. Liability for compensation claims should be assumed to lie with the most powerful...

New Yamaha dealer’s MotoGP reps

21 September 2009 by Laura Kennerley

New Yamaha dealer’s MotoGP reps

The owners of these two Yamaha R1’s were like children in a candy store – picking all the trick parts available – when they visited Surrey’s newest Yamaha dealer Carbontek. The Tech 3 Colin Edward’s...

400 letters for North Wales police chief

21 September 2009 by Steve Farrell

400 letters for North Wales police chief

Four hundred motorcyclists have signed an MCN letter demanding action from new North Wales police chief Mark Polin over his force’s treatment of motorcyclists. Hundreds signed at our Reclaim North...

Video: When wheelies go bad

21 September 2009 by Trevor Franklin

Video: When wheelies go bad

This video shows the end result of a wheelie onboard a Moto Morini Scrambler that landened slightly off-skew with an MCN staffer on it, or off it as was the case.  As far as we know there isn’t a...

RIP Greencheezeeta

21 September 2009 by screemin187

RIP Greencheezeeta

Although most of us in the UK will not have known Gavin Butts from Riderforums personally almost all Z1000 and street/customfighter enthusiasts will be familiar with his bike which graced many forums...

Taz Motorcycles takes over Stamford Superbikes

21 September 2009 by James Keen

Taz Motorcycles takes over Stamford Superbikes

Leading dealership Taz Motorcycles is taking over Stamford Superbikes and plans to turn it into the largest off-road centre in the Peterborough area. Stamford Superbikes is already a flagship...

Honda VFR1200 spied in finished form

21 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Honda VFR1200 spied in finished form

Honda’s new VFR1200 V4 has been spied in completely finished form in the Alps – the first time the production specification, colours and looks of the bike have been seen in action. More info on the...

Boss Hoss LS3-425PK/460KG

20 September 2009 by Marcus Kingma

We made an impression from the Boss Hoss LS3. 6.0 liter V8 aluminium Block with 425 Horsepower. Weight 460 kg. 0-100km/hour in 3 sec. 100-200km/hour in 3 sec.

Many training schools unlikely to survive the winter

18 September 2009 by Anonymous

As an instructor I have grown to accept that the new module 1 test is here to stay and can understand both sides of the argument for and against it. My main concern is the effect it will have on the training industry due to the lack of forward planning by the DSA. I understand from conversations with other instructors that the whole training industry will be lucky to survive the next few...

HEL Performance launch Youtube channel

18 September 2009 by Rob Hull

HEL Performance launch Youtube channel

If you need to know anything about how HEL brake lines are manufactured then you can find all you need to know of the manufactures own Youtube channel. They’ve got a multitude of different video...

Video: KTM RC8R McWilliams replica

18 September 2009 by MCN

Video: KTM RC8R McWilliams replica

KTM have ‘extreme’ written through them like a stick of rock, and this bike is their wildest road bike yet. The £16,500 KTM 1190 RC8R Akrapovic/Jeremy McWilliams replica is – truly – just like a pukka...

Duke release Joey Dunlop tribute DVD

18 September 2009 by Rob Hull

Duke release Joey Dunlop tribute DVD

The popular Ulsterman and the iconic TT Mountain Circuit will be forever linked, and now Duke has brought together all available surviving footage of Joey’s TT glories in one action packed...

A cracking time in North Wales

18 September 2009 by phil ball

I would like to say thank you to Mike and the guys at Welshpool Yamaha for dury rigging the gear change lever on my BMW 800 ST. It was broken off when I droped the bike in a gravel layby just outside town. With bruised ribs and dented pride I was able to carry on to Swallow falls. The 200 mile trip home the next day was a bit painful but well worth it

Armstrong braking now available from Bikebits4You

18 September 2009 by Rob Hull

Armstrong braking now available from Bikebits4You

Armstrong performance wavy brake discs are now available through Bikebits4You. The discs are available in wavy floating front and wavy solid rear designs, optimising performance with a more efficient...

Ben Spies replica Yamaha R1 on Sale

18 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Ben Spies replica Yamaha R1 on Sale

A British Yamaha dealer has beaten the Japanese firm to bring out the world’s first Ben Spies World Superbike replica Yamaha YZF-R1. CMC has done the Spies replica as a follow-up to successful...

DVLA rooftop protest over lost bike licence

18 September 2009 by Steve Farrell

DVLA rooftop protest over lost bike licence

An MCN reader is planning a rooftop protest after the DVLA lost all records of his motorcycle licence and then denied he’d ever had one. Dave Hill, 46, says he will scale DVLA headquarters in Swansea...

Solar roads to generate heat, light and stay dry

18 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Solar roads to generate heat, light and stay dry

An American scientist has been given a grant by the US Department of Transportation to carry on work on his idea of roads that generate solar power to create LED light and keep warm to fend off...

New Aprilia RSV4 official parts line

18 September 2009 by Rob Hull

New Aprilia RSV4 official parts line

Aprilia’s stunning RSV4 Factory may have been launched back in April but the manufacture has stalled up until now to release an official line of products, all developed directly from their successful...

Dainese 2010 first look

18 September 2009 by Rob Hull

Dainese 2010 first look

Check out next week’s issue of MCN, on sale on Wednesday 23 September, for a full products exclusive of the new 2010 Dainese range. MCN is heading out to Italy early next week to check out the kit in...

Well done to everyone who Reclaimed North Wales

18 September 2009 by Brian Martindale

I was late leaving Newbury on my way to Reclaim North Wales and then made a BAD choice; taking the M42/M6 round Birmingham instead of my usual M42/M5 as it was one huge speed limit, but hey, this was meant to be an enjoyable day out! I waved to the gaggle of bike cops on the bridge over the M42 and got a couple of nods in return, maybe they were going to Reclaim North Wales as well! Overtook a few...

Legal advice: Where do I stand with iffy indication?

18 September 2009 by Chris Dabbs

Legal advice: Where do I stand with iffy indication?

Here’s MCN reader Ryan Little’s plight… So there I was on a nice national speed limit road and I come round a corner at 40mph and there’s a farm quad with a trailer, two-up going about 20mph. The guy...

Classic bikes, Hailwood and Read memoriblia on offer at Stafford Show

18 September 2009 by Laura Kennerley

Classic bikes, Hailwood and Read memoriblia on offer at Stafford Show

A selection of classic bikes, including a Velocette KTT MkVII, previously owned by the Swedish TT rider, will go under the hammer at the Stafford Show next month. A rare ex-works Vincent Rapide –...

Me at the I Want to Wheelie School

17 September 2009 by kevin

Me at the I Want to Wheelie School

Me at the I Want To Wheelie School at Finmere Aerodrome. Thanks to Paul, Steve, Dave, Big Kev, Mikey and Ian

My nephew on my R6

17 September 2009 by dcaudell

My nephew on my R6

Me (Dave Caudell) and my nephew on my Yamaha R6. I’m trying to get him into biking early!

Torquay to Llangollen

17 September 2009 by clivecookie

What a day! I had asked my brother if he wanted to join me for a ‘ride out’ on Sunday. Not sure he knew what he was letting him self in for. We left the English riviera at 7.30am, he set the pace on his t595 homebrew special and I admired his funky new BIG number plate. We saw only one other bike heading north until we got to the M54 heading for Telford, then we got a warm feeling as more and more...

South Yorkshire to North Wales

17 September 2009 by gary brough

South Yorkshire to North Wales

Having set off from Dronfield near Sheffield it was fantastic to see so many people united in one great gathering and all with the same agenda. Well done to everyone who made the ride over to North...

New cheap off-roaders

17 September 2009 by Trevor Franklin

New cheap off-roaders

These new 150cc and 250cc off-roaders aren’t the usual Chinese fare. They’re made for American company SMC (Southern Motorcycles), who aim to deliver affordable and reliable intermediate trail...

Who is filming them?

17 September 2009 by Anonymous

Who is filming them?

So how many laws are these two breaking stopped for a chat in London at 10:00 this morning. Does this mean two tickets for the price of one?

Turbo Harley flat-tracker!

17 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Turbo Harley flat-tracker!

Jesse Rooke’s wild street-tracker shows how to mix flat-track style with street bike design – with a turbo thrown in. Next week’s MCN will have all the details of the 2008 Harley-Davidson Sportster...

World’s best trackday Yamaha R1?

17 September 2009 by MCN

World’s best trackday Yamaha R1?

Any idiot can throw 20,000 Euros at a 2009 Yamaha R1. But the race-ready special featured in next week’s MCN (out September 23) is almost five stone lighter than standard and shows how to spend that...