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NEC Show: Latest Knox protection unveiled

28 November 2008 by Michael Carroll

NEC Show: Latest Knox protection unveiled

Body armour is losing its bulk, as manufacturer Knox unveiled a new range of protection at the NEC show today. Shop for motorcycle products The firm’s 2009 range includes new back protectors,...

Picture gallery: Ridley custom bikes

28 November 2008 by Michael Carroll

Picture gallery: Ridley custom bikes

Ridley Motorcycles has three new bicycle-style machines for 2009 with small 49cc or 70cc engines. A small fuel tank is located on the cross-bar of the bike’s rigid frames, and drive comes from a pair...

Picture gallery: Miller 33

28 November 2008 by Michael Carroll

Picture gallery: Miller 33

Miller Motorcycles has come up with the ‘33’ which is intended to mimic machines from the early 1900s. It’s built around the Harley-built, 492cc, air-cooled single-cylinder engine from the US-only,...

Picture gallery: Thomas Harvey Racer

28 November 2008 by Michael Carroll

Picture gallery: Thomas Harvey Racer

Thomas Harvey’s Racer is designed to run a Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 or 1200cc Evolution engine, but the firm will fit other engines depending on customer’s specifications. Buying a complete bike...

Picture gallery: Vintage customs

28 November 2008 by Michael Carroll

Picture gallery: Vintage customs

Bike builders on both sides of the Atlantic are leading a new trend in customising – the veteran or vintage-inspired look. Their aim is to build original bikes with all the style of original machines,...

NEC Show: Charley Boorman planning latest adventure

27 November 2008 by Andy Downes

NEC Show: Charley Boorman planning latest adventure

Charley Boorman has revealed he is already planning a new ‘By Any Means’ which will be more hardcore and take in the Pacific Rim area as well as using motorcycles more than the previous...

Terminator 4 movie features motorcycles

27 November 2008 by Laura Kennerley

Terminator 4 movie features motorcycles

These are the first pictures of the Moto-Terminator, the part-cyborg, part motorcycle killing machines which are to star in the fourth instalment in the Terminator saga, Terminator Salvation. The new...

Track tuition video

26 November 2008 by no1bloke

Here is a video overview of the on track tuition work I have done with some clients. Enjoy!

MCN in Havana

26 November 2008 by yoozy

MCN in Havana

My daughter Boo Boo flying the flag for MCN at Ernest Hemingways favourite mojito bar in Havana, Cuba.

What are the Police thinking?!

26 November 2008 by Anonymous

Only about 3 months ago there was a speit of car thefts and garages broken into in the small village I live in just inside the Welsh border. About ten cars were damaged in this act of robbery and to people I know well. When the Police turned up to interview locals the story unfolded that there were only two police vehicles available to cover a 70 mile radius, but they can certainly find the extra...

Fourth man found guilty of Hells Angel’s murder

26 November 2008 by Steve Farrell

Fourth man found guilty of Hells Angel’s murder

A fourth man has been found guilty of murdering Hells Angel Gerry Tobin. Dean Taylor, 47, from Coventry, was found guilty by unanimous verdict at Birmingham crown court. He was also convicted of...

Poll: Should Aprilia put the Mana X into production

26 November 2008 by Liam Marsden

Poll: Should Aprilia put the Mana X into production

Aprilia recently unveiled the Mana X prototype at the Cologne Show – a wild flat-track style motorcycle based on the semi-automatic Aprilia Mana 850. As oppose to the plain, commuter style of the...

Video: Aprilia RSV4 road bike

26 November 2008 by Andy Downes

MCN was granted exclusive access to the new Aprilia RSV4 superbike at the Noale factory last week and we were also able to get this video of the bike showing details of the 180bhp V4 machine. See pictures of the Aprilia RSV4 World Superbike racer The bike will not be on show at the NEC bike show so this will be the closest many people can get until the bike hits dealers in the middle of...

SHARP safety ratings for flip-front helmets

26 November 2008 by Steve Farrell

SHARP safety ratings for flip-front helmets

New safety ratings for flip-front helmets are revealed exclusively by MCN today. The star ratings, based on Government tests, cover 20 of the most popular flip-front helmets on the market. Only two...

Third biker found guilty of Hells Angel’s murder

26 November 2008 by Steve Farrell

Third biker found guilty of Hells Angel’s murder

A third man has been found guilty of murdering Hells Angel Gerry Tobin as he rode back from last year’s Bulldog Bash. Malcolm Bull, 53, of Milton Keynes, was convicted by jury yesterday at Birmingham...

R6 2 SLO numberplate

26 November 2008 by Helen Battelley

R6 2 SLO numberplate

I have the numberplate ‘R6 2 SLO’ for sale, I was told it would be a great plate for a Yamaha R1! I am a dance teacher and a mum of three boys who bought a Chrysler Grand Voyager last year with the...

New MCN November 26: Inside the Aprilia RSV4

25 November 2008 by Liam Marsden

New MCN November 26: Inside the Aprilia RSV4

In this week’s edition of MCN we get exclusive access to the Aprilia factory in northern Italy as Aprilia reveals its plans for a V4 range, including a supermoto! Click here for your free digital...

Biker paints his own motorcycle bay

25 November 2008 by Steve Farrell

Biker paints his own motorcycle bay

An MCN reader took matters into his own hands when the local council refused to provide more motorcycle parking spaces – by painting his own bay.    He painted a space for one motorcycle and...

MCN Babes Competition: Last chance to enter!

25 November 2008 by MCN

MCN Babes Competition: Last chance to enter!

The MCN Babe competition is back at the MCN London show for the sixth year and this week is the last chance for budding babes to enter. Do you know a babe who has what it takes to impress not only our...

Bikes on TV: November 26 - December 2

25 November 2008 by Alison Silcox

Bikes on TV: November 26 - December 2

KEY TO CHANNELS: DRT – Discovery Real Time DRTE -Discovery Real Time Extra DSC – Discovery Channel  DHD – Discovery Channel HD EXS – Extreme Sports Channel MM – Men and Motors MOT – Motors TV   SS1...

Video: Ducati 1198 Promotional video

25 November 2008 by Trevor Franklin

Just as we were all thinking the Ducati 1098 was the best V-twin ever, out of nowhere Ducati’s 1198 appears and you can see it here in our video. Watch Troy Bayliss larking about on the new Ducati 1198 in their promotional video below and read the full article on the motorcycle in MCN, Wednesday, 26 November, 2008.

Avon unveils new VP2 tyre

24 November 2008 by Michael Carroll

Avon unveils new VP2 tyre

Add some British flair to your Japanese sportsbike with the latest rubber from Avon Tyres. The firm will launch its first multi-compound tyre, the VP2, in 2009 to replace its current Viper...

Two men found guilty of Gerry Tobin murder

24 November 2008 by Liam Marsden

Two men found guilty of Gerry Tobin murder

Two bikers have been found guilty of murdering Gerry Tobin in a shooting on the M40 after last year’s Bulldog Bash. Dane Garside, 42, of Coventry and Simon Turner, 41, from Nuneaton have both been...

X-Lite unveils new Carl Fogarty replica

24 November 2008 by Michael Carroll

X-Lite unveils new Carl Fogarty replica

A replica of Carl Fogarty’s famous racing lid is among a new range of classic replicas launched by X-Lite on its X-801RR helmet. Riders include Marco Lucchinelli, Renza Pasolini, and Franco Uncini. It...

RiDER Power: The world's best handling motorcycles aren't sportsbikes

24 November 2008 by James Keen

RiDER Power: The world's best handling motorcycles aren't sportsbikes

In the 2008 RiDER Power survey, the bikes rated highest for handling and suspension aren’t Japanese. Even more surprisingly, they’re not even sportsbikes… As Ben Miller writes in this month’s RiDE...

Heated grips

22 November 2008 by gscottbrown01

Does anyone have a good alternative to these Oxford heated grips, which while being hot are very difficult to operate and mine frequently cut out?

Dangerous trucks ok, small plates no!

22 November 2008 by tobytruck

While insisting that there should be a crackdown on foreign trucks travelling in Wales, North Wales police Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom has warned that any action should not deter trade from the region. Speaking to a group of cross-party ministers of the Welsh Assembly, Brunstrom said: “Something like 1% of lorries on our roads here in the UK are registered in other European countries, but...

North Cape in Winter

21 November 2008 by marcus Kingma

R1 Sjaak & Marcus Kingma (MC King) went to the North Cape on February 2008 for KiKa (Children’s Cancer). From Oslo to The Cape they drove on Ice and snow. Only 20 people did it before on two solo motorcycles in winter. Normally the Cape is closed for four months.

Did I deserve it?!

20 November 2008 by GixxerDream

I know you hear this a lot but i just wanted to be heard. I am not a fan of the police but i have my reasons. In july 2007 i was convicted of dangerous driving. I was out for a Sunday ride (on my own) and fancied a wheelie. Thought nothing of it till i got a letter two weeks later. I had been reported. Cutting a long story short I was in and out of court for 10 months and ended up with a £400...

Ewan McGregor’s Moto Guzzi for sale

20 November 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Ewan McGregor’s Moto Guzzi for sale

Ewan McGregor is selling his Moto Guzzi California to raise money for children’s charity UNICEF. McGregor picked the bike up personally from the Moto Guzzi factory and rode it back to the UK, but is...

Video: Ducati 1198 first ride

20 November 2008 by Trevor Franklin

Just as we were all thinking the Ducati 1098 was the best V-twin ever, out of nowhere Ducati’s 1198 appears and you can see it here in our video. MCN senior road tester Trevor Franklin travelled to Portugal’s Circuito de Algarve to get the first ride of Ducati’s 1198 to see if bigger does mean better. Watch the video below to see how the motorcycle got on and read the full article in MCN,...

The PB100: 6 - 1998 Yamaha R1

19 November 2008 by Performance Bikes

The PB100: 6 - 1998 Yamaha R1

The 100 bikes to ride before you die, brought to you by the guys at MCN’s sister title, Performance Bikes. It stunned the senses… In the 1990s the FireBlade was the sportsbike to have. Fast, agile and...

Police stopping bikes on Edgware Road

19 November 2008 by Anonymous

Police have blocked off bus lane in Edgware road W9 all day to stop every bike that passes (except AA and own bikes). They hide behind large white van and then step out to pull in the bikes. Any problems found, they confiscate the bike. I have seen two large vans full of bikes being driven away – replaced by another straight away. Still there now….(can’t take photo as I’m emergency service...

MCN in Fiji

19 November 2008 by steve booth

MCN in Fiji

Me on the remote south pacific island of tokoriki, fiji, when the wife caught me reading my ‘porn’ as she calls it. Well, a man has his needs…..

New MCN 19 November: Hyde Harrier Bonnie is back!

18 November 2008 by James Keen

New MCN 19 November: Hyde Harrier Bonnie is back!

In this week’s issue of MCN, we have details of the new Norman Hyde Bonneville-engined Hyde Harrier, take a test ride on the Ace Cafe Racer and reveal the tech secrets behind Aprilia’s V4 WSB bike.

Vaillante MotoGP

18 November 2008 by Oberdan Bezzi

Vaillante MotoGP

Between fiction and reality. The new French team for 2010 World MotoGP Champhionship. The VAILLANTE MotoGP V4 will be equipped by pneumatic valve engine, chassis completely in carbon fibre and...