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Summer opening times for Sammy Miller Museum

11 February 2009 by MCN News Desk

Summer opening times for Sammy Miller Museum

The Sammy Miller Museum will be opening its doors for summer opening hours from next Monday (February 16). The museum, which houses more than 400 fully restored motorcycles, will now open every day...

Top five products for the 2009 Yamaha R6

11 February 2009 by Marc Abbott

Top five products for the 2009 Yamaha R6

Yamaha’s 2009 R6 met its updated rivals at Calafat in the February 4 edition of MCN. Here, we’re showing you some of the official accessories you can throw at it to make it faster and look...

Florida to Alaska - Coll de la Bonette

11 February 2009 by marcus Kingma

Coll de la Bonette-Sunrise and downhill.

Got a good deal on a new CBR600RR

10 February 2009 by bigfoot68

Some deals to be had out there… Bought a new CBR600RR in October for £6.5k, which ain’t bad, but also got £500 more than expected for a trade in. Seemed too good to be true so shook hands quickly. Really boring running it in- initially at 5000 revs = 56mph in 6th! so was overtaken by camper vans, lorries, skodas the lot. 1st service next week and looking forward to more right hand and better...

Florida to Alaska - Redwood Forest

10 February 2009 by marcus Kingma

The latest stage in the epic Florida to Alaska road trip – Redwood Forest.

New MCN February 11: BMW S1000RR full specs revealed!

10 February 2009 by Liam Marsden

New MCN February 11: BMW S1000RR full specs revealed!

In this week’s edition of Motorcycle News we reveal the first official pictures of the new BMW S1000RR along with the full specifications. The inline four S1000RR is expected to be ready to buy with...

Hammond's KTM

10 February 2009 by Simon

KTM 690 duke is the bike to have, everyone says i look just like hammond, i get it all the time, strangers in the street stop me sometimes. Unknowingly he brought a black and white KTM, recently so did i, what an amazing bike. light, super quick and what a looker and brilliant round the twisters- a great piece of Austrian designing. How about a KTM tour hammond? get clarkson and may on one, uk to...

Join MCN’s Biking Britain Survey!

10 February 2009 by MCN

Join MCN’s Biking Britain Survey!

This is your chance to take part in the biggest survey of motorcyclists ever attempted. Week by week MCN will use the information you give to highlight the very best buys in motorcycling – as well as...

MCN's Biking Britain Survey Prizes

10 February 2009 by MCN

MCN's Biking Britain Survey Prizes

Everyone who fills out the MCN Biking Britain survey will be entered into a prize draw to win some top new gear. Each day we’ll pick a winner so you could end up winning anything from a Ducati T-shirt...

Video: 2009 Yamaha R1 roadtest teaser

10 February 2009 by MCN

Video: 2009 Yamaha R1 roadtest teaser

The 2009 Yamaha R1 is like no in-line-four cylinder sportsbike ever produced. It’s simply sensational. The Yamaha R1’s ultra-short-stroke engine has a cross-plane crankshaft, with its crank pins set...

New Gaia Jacket from STT

10 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

New Gaia Jacket from STT

The new Gaia jacket from STT proves that women’s kit doesn’t all come in lurid colours. The textile jacket has a removable thermal lining, a waterproof insert, and Knox CE armour on elbows and...

Triumph Bonneville SE picture special

10 February 2009 by James Keen

Triumph Bonneville SE picture special

In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale Wednesday 11th February, MCN Road Tester Trevor Franklin braves the snow and takes the new Triumph Bonneville SE for a spin. Here’s some more pictures and close-up...

Seller beware

10 February 2009 by andy hames

I sold my son’s bike through MCN, three out of the four enquiries where from people who made dodgy requests to send the motorcycle abroad for a relative! Seemed an obvious scam to me, however they must succeed occasionally or they wouldn’t persist. We have moved on from buyer beware to seller beware.

Brunstrom on Radio 2

10 February 2009 by Anonymous

As I write this the bikers best mate and North Wales Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is co presenting Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2 lunchtime show. Why? You would think that he has far more important things to do like harass motorcyclists. Maybe as he’s coming up for retirement he is looking for a new job. Appealing to Daily Mail reader’s “shootings too good for them” views will no doubt go down really...

Three questions for Brunstrom on BBC Radio 2

10 February 2009 by Steve Farrell

Three questions for Brunstrom on BBC Radio 2

Controversial top cop Richard Brunstrom is to co-host The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 from 12pm today. The North Wales Chief Constable has a history of treating motorcyclists with zero tolerance...

Cynic wanted to help test the new ABS Honda Fireblade

10 February 2009 by Alison Silcox

Cynic wanted to help test the new ABS Honda Fireblade

MCN was looking for a cynical reader who thinks that the ABS braking system on the new Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade won’t work. Michael Neeves, Senior Road Tester, will be testing the bike at...

Skidmarx parts for 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R

10 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

Skidmarx parts for 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R

Race-proven motorcycle parts don’t have to cost the earth, as these new Skidmarx accessories for the 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R show. The firm has just launched a double-bubble screen developed in...

X-Games champ Jeremy Lusk dies after crash

10 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

X-Games champ Jeremy Lusk dies after crash

Reigning X-Games champion Jeremy Lusk has died following a serious accident during an event in Costa Rica on Saturday. The 24 year-old freestyle motocross rider crashed his Yamaha YZ250 heavily after...

Day ride in Sumatra

10 February 2009 by Bob Taylor

Day ride in Sumatra

A couple of photographs of us in Central Sumatra, Indonesia on a ride out in the jungle. This includes hairy bridge crossings, dodgy ferry crossing and the usual wildlife to contend with i.e. snakes,...

Ventura luggage kit for 2009 Yamaha R1

09 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

Ventura luggage kit for 2009 Yamaha R1

Wannabe Nick Sanders can turn their 2009 Yamaha R1 motorcycle into a tourer with this new Ventura luggage kit. Compare and buy motorcycle luggage It’s made up from an L-shaped mounting bracket...

Suzuki release all-weather jacket

09 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

Suzuki release all-weather jacket

Suzuki motorcycle riders can show their true colours with the firm’s latest official all-weather jacket. The textile Hawk jacket comes in Suzuki’s traditional blue and white colours, has a waterproof...

2009 Budget naked test: Which would you buy?

09 February 2009 by James Keen

2009 Budget naked test: Which would you buy?

In this week’s issue of MCN the latest budget naked bikes are put to the test in a road trip to Ramsgate. See how the Kawasaki ER-6n compares to the Suzuki Gladius, Yamaha XJ6 and Ducati Monster 696.

New MotoGP helmet designs

09 February 2009 by Rob Hull

New MotoGP helmet designs

MotoGP testing doesn’t just give us an insight into what’s new with each manufactures prototype 800cc machine and who is going to be on form – it’s also a good sign of what products we could see in...

Zen and the art of motorcycle purchases

09 February 2009 by Derek Taylor

Zen and the art of motorcycle purchases

I would like to say thank you eatcs01 and BIKEFAR for your comments about what I had to say. If I may, I would like to say that  I have as recently as last summer spent a very enjoyable week floating...

Video: Triumph Daytona 675 2009 v 2008

09 February 2009 by MCN

Video: Triumph Daytona 675 2009 v 2008

Triumphs quest for domination of the 600cc supersport category took another leap forward with the introduction of the 2009 Daytona 675. While at first glance the new 675 looks identical to the...

Video: 600cc Supersport track shootout

09 February 2009 by MCN

Video: 600cc Supersport track shootout

The 600cc supersport class is one of the most fiercely contested, with bikes such as the Honda CBR600RR and Triumph Daytona 675. The supersport shootout at Calafat had one aim  – to find out which...

Beware of scammers!

09 February 2009 by Ross Allison

After reading this weeks MCN which I buy every week, I came across an artitcle about cyber scam crooks, which has happened to myself. I recieved emails from a guy called kelvin brooks wanting to buy my bike and willing to pay the full asking price and shipping cost, which i thought was to good to be true. After recieving a couple of emails from him telling me he would like to send me a cheque for...

Top five products for the Kawasaki ZX-6R

09 February 2009 by Marc Abbott

Top five products for the Kawasaki ZX-6R

The 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R has been hailed as a massive improvement on the old model. We put the 2009 model up against its rivals on the track in the February 4 edition of MCN to see which is king of the...

BMW S1000RR in detail

09 February 2009 by Andy Downes

BMW S1000RR in detail

BMW recently released the first images of its all-new superbike – the S1000RR – in road trim. The BMW S1000RR been seen in race-trim before, but are there any differences between the two? Compact...

Snow ain't new ya know!

08 February 2009 by BusaBeater

I remember the winter of 1981(?) – I had a Honda CB250N Superdream. That year it snowed heavily for a few days, then the temperature went down to around -26 degrees in Staffordshire. The compacted snow froze solid. Road salt didn’t work, all the controls on the bike froze up, trucks were abandoned everywhere because diesel went like jelly. I only had the bike back then, but still travelled back...

Pan Handling in the Snow

08 February 2009 by adamcollinge

I got caught out on the A37 at Clay Pigeon on my 1300 Pan on Friday 6th Feb. It was raining in Weymouth when I left home and only started snowing just before the kart track; however within half a mile it was thick snow with stranded lorries on the downward decent into Hollywell Cross. I carefully dropped the speed right down and kept in second gear as I decended only dabbing the rear brake and...

Tough Bike, Tough Times

08 February 2009 by Jon Fife

Tough Bike, Tough Times

Seattle, Washington. February 05 2009. Simple fact, as the economic crisis of 08 and 09 deepens more folks are becoming more creative. Jon Fife of Seattle, Washington is case in point. Unable to...

CBT Instructors demonstrate riding on ice

07 February 2009 by STEVEACER

CBT was cancelled today because our training pad was a sheet of ice so we made a film clip on the ice.

Fell off in the snow

07 February 2009 by Rilusi

Nearly forgot. I fell off on my way home. Taped my indicator up & hammered the brake pedal back into shape then went to work on it the next day…. on Icy Snow.

A bike is for life...

07 February 2009 by Rilusi

A bike is for life...

A bike is for life, not just for sunny weekends

Launch report: KTM RC8R

07 February 2009 by Trevor Franklin

Launch report: KTM RC8R

KTM’s new RC8R is one of the best sports bikes on the planet, says MCN’s Trevor Franklin who has just ridden the bike in Portugal. The new bike is the long-awaited ‘R’ version of the already popular...