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Bikers plan anti-barrier protest in Telford

24 July 2008 by Sarah Carnell

A motorcycle group will be protesting this weekend in Telford after new barriers were installed on a roundabout to reduce rear shunt accidents. Members of the Bugsplatz MCC are spending Saturday on...

New Weise Twister jacket

24 July 2008 by Liam Marsden

Weise has introduced a new paddock-style jacket for the summer, the Twister jacket, which can be worn both on and off a motorcycle. Shop for motorcycle jackets here The jacket is waterproof and...

Biking is the way forward!

24 July 2008 by Mike Griffiths

I have just got back into biking, we always had motorbikes as kids but never managed to get a road bike until now. Two years ago I got a job smack in the middle of Cardiff at a large solicitors, living on the east of the city only gives me one commute option using public transport. I bought a yearly bus pass and experienced a year of hell: Buses were never on time. If I was two yards from a bus...

Video: Tigcraft racer for the road

24 July 2008 by Adam Child

This motorcycle may look a bit weird, but that’s because it is a bit different. This is race-bike makerTigcraft’s first road bike, and what a bike it is. Tigcraft normally make single cylinder race bikes but the owner of this one liked it so much he wanted to ride it on the road. Watch the video below to see if the project worked, then read the full review in the July 23 edition of MCN.

Bag a bargain scooter from Peugeot

24 July 2008 by Michael Carroll

Peugeot has slashed the price of its scooter range as it looks to promote two-wheelers as a means of beating the credit crunch. The firm has cut the price of its Satelis 125cc by £300 to £2,799, and...

Quad-death father charged with manslaughter

24 July 2008 by Michael Carroll

The father of a seven year old girl who was killed when her quad bike collided with an oncoming vehicle was charged with manslaughter yesterday. Gary Cooke was leading his daughter Elizabeth up a...

How to win Carole Nash Britain's Got Biking Tallent

24 July 2008

Britain’s got Biking Talent with Carole Nash is back for 2008, but fon’t worry you’ve got a month to make any modifications to your bike before the deadline for entering. To help, we asked some of last year’s winners to tell us about the inspiration behind their efforts so read their stories then get your overals on, finish your motorcycle and upload it to our gallery for the chance to win £1000s...

Win a replica Troy Bayliss helmet with MCN

23 July 2008 by Sarah Carnell

MCN is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a Troy Bayliss Suomy helmet signed by the double World Superbike Champion. Video: Troy Bayliss and his Xerox Ducati team Also part of the prize is...

New MCN Shop lets you find the best deal on products and kit

23 July 2008

The UK’s first online motorcycle shop that lets you track down all your biking kit in just a few seconds and compare prices to get the best deal goes live this week. MCN has teamed up with some of the...

Bikes on TV: July 23-29

23 July 2008 by Alison Silcox

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...

Britain’s Got Biking Talent with Carole Nash: Show us your motorcycle special to win

23 July 2008

Think you’ve got a special motorcycle? Spent thousands getting it just how you want it? Well now’s your chance to show it off and win something back in the second Britain’s Got Biking Talent with...

Harley-Davidson Softails tweaked for 2009

22 July 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Harley-Davidson has made a series of detail changes to the eight-bike Softail range for the 2009 model year. The minor mechanical and styling changes are listed on Harley’s new model information...

2009 Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic trike revealed

22 July 2008 by Chris Newbigging

This is the new 2009 Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic, which is basically a trike version of the two-wheeled Ultra Classic tourer. Harley Davidson will not be bringing the Tri Glide Ultra...

New Buell 1125CR leads 2009 range

22 July 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Buell has just unveiled the new 1125CR for 2009. The new café racer inspired super naked is based closely on the Buell 1125R sportsbike but with various changes to suit the fairing-less restyle. Read...

Win one of five 'Wright around America' DVDs

22 July 2008 by Michael Carroll

MCN is offering you the chance to win a copy of a DVD that charts the progress of former footballer Ian Wright as he rides across the U.S.A. on his Harley-Davidson. Wright recently undertook a...

Kent to London

22 July 2008 by matt potter

Having travelled four hours a day on the train for 10 years, I decided that I’d had enough of wasting my existence and took my direct access test in October 2004. Since that point I haven’t looked back and now travel from the seaside town of Herne Bay in Kent upto central London daily. Now on my fith bike, currently an ’06 Kawasaki ZX-6R, I wouldn’t go back to the train if it was free. It’s a pity...

Six month old Rossi!

22 July 2008 by bigbones

Caitlin aged six months of her daddy’s Yamaha R6.

Fuel price war begins at supermarkets

22 July 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Bikers are to benefit from a fuel price war that’s started between the UK’s leading supermarkets. Asda is set to cut both fuel by 3p a litre from today while Morrisons has gone one further with a...

Video: Is the Suzuki GSX-R750 still the top road sports bike?

22 July 2008 by Michael Neeves

MCN reader Craig Carr wanted help deciding if he should trade his Suzuki K6 GSX-R750 for the K8 version or a Ducati 848 in this video road test. Senior road tester Michael Neeves added Kawasaki’s ZX-10 and Yamaha’s R6 to the test and then took Craig for a spin around the local roads before finishing off at Bruntingthorpe Proving Grounds. Watch the video below to see which one Craig chose and read...

Bikers declare Gatso jihad

22 July 2008 by Steve Farrell

Two bikers have made headlines by setting fire to a roadside speed camera and posting footage of it burning on YouTube in a clip entitled “Gatso Jihad”. The pair, on a distinctive Rizla Suzuki replica GSX-R1000, are shown setting light to a tyre placed around the neck of the camera, a practice known as “necklacing”, and staying to watch it burn in broad daylight as traffic streams past. French...

A joyful ride ending in tears

22 July 2008 by Anonymous

Ahhhh…..a warm sunny Monday morning it was in May and boy was I glad going to work on two wheels! My just washed and polished Triumph Speed Four with a glistening stubby exhaust that would wake up the...

Government considering “zero deaths” road safety policy

21 July 2008 by Steve Farrell

The UK may adopt a Swedish road safety policy once said by its own creator to be incompatible with motorcycles. Claes Tingvall, the author of Vision Zero, said there was “no room for motorcycles” in...

A great lap of the Isle of Man

21 July 2008 by Sharon Speake

My husband Terry and I have just returned from a few days holiday on the Isle of Man. We took my husband’s Honda 400 four over so he could ride it around the course which is what he has wanted to do...

Concerned motorist looking for injured biker

21 July 2008 by SarahC

A concerned motorist is looking for three bikers she met near Machynlleth, Wales on July 13 at about 7.30pm. One of the three had come off his motorcycle and she met them at the entrance to the Centre for Alternative Technology as she headed to a nearby picnic area. The three were waiting for the crashed bike to be collected before they could head home. The lady, Eileen, made them a cup of tea and...

Hein Gericke offer £200 off Alpinestars and Arlen Ness kit

21 July 2008 by Michael Carroll

Hein Gericke has slashed up to £200 off the cost of high-end Arlen Ness and Alpinestars riding kit, as part of a summer sale. The price of Arlen Ness’ LS1 suit has been reduced from £599.99 to...

Soldier wins Toseland’s Yamaha R1

21 July 2008 by Michael Carroll

A Yamaha R1 ridden by James Toseland during a promotional event at Silverstone has been given away by insurance firm Bennetts. Army Sergeant Richard Green won the motorcycle, after his name was...

2009 Triumphs: Thunderbird 1600, Daytona 675 and Street Triple R

21 July 2008 by Chris Newbigging

These are the world-first pictures of Triumph’s complete 2009 range unveiled at a dealer conference last night (Sunday), including the Thunderbird 1600 cruiser, Street Triple R and revised Daytona...

Green means go

20 July 2008 by Alex Lucas

I have been riding my Yamaha FZ600 for less than a year and have enjoyed a crashless run thus far (touch wood). I was sitting at the lights on one of the large roundabouts that make Elephant and Castle a truly inspiring place to sit back and admire. I had heard that when you are sitting at the lights and they turn green expect to be shunted from behind by a four-wheeled lunatic! I had barely...

My heart belongs to MCN

20 July 2008 by rusty51

Took a fly drive to America but couldn’t go without my MCN in case I got withdrawal symptoms. And while others left their heart in San Francisco, I certainly wasn’t leaving my MCN!

A word of thanks

19 July 2008 by BigBenLRSM

Just thought iId say a few thank you’s to people out there who deserve it. Thank you to my two mates, Ken and Ian for making a trip to Germany a couple of weeks ago such fun. Thank you to Belstaff for...

Boom Trikes now offering trike rental

18 July 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Boom Trikes are offering bikers the chance to rent any of their range of trikes for a day, weekend or even a week. Prices start from £110 per day for the Fun 500 to £150 per day for the X11 Fighter,...

New sporty feel for Sachs SX1 scooter

18 July 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Scooter manufacturer Sachs has given its sporty looking SX1 a facelift for Summer 2008. New for this summer are a 190mm wavy disc brake on the front alloy tri-spoke wheel, the addition of stylish...

Driver who rammed biker escapes jail

18 July 2008 by Steve Farrell

A driver who repeatedly rammed a motorcyclist because he was in a hurry has escaped jail. School teacher Christopher Parker, 56, received only a fine and driving ban for bumping his Volvo into...

Taking the Bandit by the horns

17 July 2008 by Steve Hughes

Saturday 12th July I’m standing on the forecourt of Sinclairs VW dealer Bridgend, I must be sensible as Gordon Brown seems determined to rob me at the petrol pump point, so I look past the Golf GTi’s and stare at the 1.9tdi Passats, nice cars but as exciting as a pair of socks. The salesboy has been on all the courses and oozes smarm by the tub load, as he snorts out another laugh in an effort to...

New exhausts for fuel-injected Triumph Bonneville from Norman Hyde

17 July 2008 by Michael Carroll

Triumph accessories specialist Norman Hyde has just released a set of silencers designed to fit straight onto the new fuel-injected Bonneville model. The Classic-styled silencers are claimed to boost...

Ride to Work day... on a Desmosedici!

17 July 2008 by Mark Hills (slickhillsy)

Gernerally I never commute to work. I keep my biking pleasure for hot weekends, trips to Europe (touring and watching top racing) or a bunch of track days. With this year’s “MCN ride to work day” I...

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