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Picture special: Moto Morini Cosaro Avio - Taming the beast

07 May 2008 by Chris Pearson

MCN Road Tester Chris Pearson has been trying out Moto Morini’s new Corsaro Avio and here’s what he thought. If you’re struggling to keep up with the avalanche of new models from the more mainstream...

Police check mopeds power output at the roadside

07 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

Hampshire Police stopped 48 moped riders in the space of two and-a-quarter hours, as part of a crackdown on motorcyclists de-restricting their machine. The force used a roadside dyno to check the...

Hein Gericke motorcycle riding gear helps journalist search for Brunel.

07 May 2008 by Grant O'Brian

When Australian journalist Grant O’Brian knew he was going to be riding 550 miles in two days on a motorcycle searching for the greatest works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the most versatile and...

Video: Custom Ducati goes into production

07 May 2008 by Ben Purvis

Custom motorcycle designer Jens vom Brauck has decided to put his Moto Scrambler Ducati special into production. Vom Brauck was crowned winner of the Design Your Dream Ducati competition in 2004 and we have already ridden the special that the new bike is based on. Watch the video to above to see the Scrambler in action and the video on the right to see one of his other Ducati Monster...

MCN Daily 07/05/08: Your daily video motorcycle news

07 May 2008 by Angus Farquhar

In episode 100 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show we celebrate our centinary by looking back to our first ever MCN Daily show way back in 1958. Subscribe to this podcast with RSS Subscribe with iTunes Check out the video below to catch up with all the news in just three minutes then email us here to let us know what you think of the new show.

Bernie Ecclestone warns Michael Schumacher to be careful riding motorcycles

07 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

The boss of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone says he can’t understand Michael Schumacher’s new-found obsession with motorcycle racing, telling the general press that he worries Schumacher might injure...

BBC refuses to hand over speed camera video

06 May 2008 by Steve Farrell

The BBC has refused to hand over a video showing cars braking heavily and crashing as they approach a speed camera. The video was shown on BBC Breakfast news and briefly on the BBC News website bit...

Redspeed Cameras with No Home Office Approvals

06 May 2008 by Anonymous

I think that your readers would like to know that the new Redspeed average speed cameras on the A13 in East London will not be able to prosecute any one as they do not have home office type approval and are months if not years away from getting it. This also applies to the ones at the Blackwall tunnel. The other Redspeed digital cameras on 3 lane carriageways also do not have type approval as do...

SHARP helmet tests remain a work in progress

06 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

The first round of results from the Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Program (SHARP) helmet test scheme are on-track to be published during the spring, a spokesman for the Department for Transport...

Government data on motorcycle tax evasion "could have been made up"

06 May 2008 by Steve Farrell

Government data suggesting nearly 40% of motorcycles are untaxed could have been made up, an MP has said. Department for Transport admit tax evasion figures were wrong The suggestion came as senior...

Police admit new “workman’s van” speed camera broke rules

06 May 2008 by Steve Farrell

Police have admitted they should have told DVLA they had painted a white speed camera van plain blue. Derbyshire Police own up over sneaky police camera Derbyshire Police previously claimed the...

BMF calls for Boris Johnson to open up bus lanes to motorcycles

06 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

The British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) has added its voice to calls from motorcycling organisations for London’s new Mayor, Boris Johnson, to deliver on his pre-election promise to allow...

Automatic Motorcycle Detection Systems for Derbyshire

06 May 2008 by Drew Smith

It Looks like the ever persecuted motorcyclist is to be trageted again on some of our favourite routes in Derbyshire. I came accross the tender below for “automatic motocycle detection system” to be linked to anpr etc. Big brother is about to get a little more sophisticated. Pity they cannot spend this ammount of energy or funding catching criminals! 1. Title: AUTOMATIC MOTORCYCLE DETECTION...

Top day at Ron Haslam Race School

03 May 2008 by alam pollard

On April 30 I did something I had been meaning to do for ages – I went on the Honda Ron Haslam Race School and took the premier cource on the Honda CBR600RR. It was amazing. I learnt loads about riding a motorcycle on track. The whole session, staff and everything was just spot on. Big thanks to Gary Dickinson my instrutor for the day. Donington is great to ride around and the Honda CBR600RR’s...

Motorcycle groups welcome new London Mayor Boris Johnson

03 May 2008 by Steve Farrell

Motorcycle groups today welcomed Boris Johnson as new London Mayor – and called on him to keep his promise to let motorcyclists use bus lanes. Johnson swept to victory with 1,168,738 first and second...

Crushing Blow

03 May 2008 by kcmc

A Kilmarnock Court has ordered Steven Bryen to stand trial. After seeing his Kawasaki ZZ-R1100 being crushed by his ex-wife on the internet, he emailed her to ask her to get in touch, threatening to post compromising pictures of her on the internet.

Aerosmith co-owns Motorcycle manufacturers

02 May 2008 by kcmc

Did you know that Aerosmiths Frontman Steven Tyler has got together with a guy called Mark Dirico and AC custom motorcyles to start his own small m/cycle manufacturers called Red Wing M/cycles and are opening a shop in Tokyo, Japan.

Advance Warning For Bank Holiday Weekend

02 May 2008 by Gizmo1967

According to the BBC Website the Surrey Police are going to be having a crackdown on small plates & speeding etc this weekend at Newlands Corner, Guildford & Box Hill. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/7380166.stm Hope this is of some use. Gizmo.

MCN Daily 02/05/08: Your daily video motorcycle news

02 May 2008 by Angus Farquhar

In episode 98 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show James Toseland is not too worried about finishing 13th in Shanghai, Jorge Lorenzo is a doubt for this weekend’s Chinese MotoGP and Harley are to put the XR1200 into full production. Subscribe to this podcast with RSS Subscribe with iTunes Check out the video below to catch up with all the news in just three minutes then email us here to let...

Video: Nick Sanders second report from his Parallel Worlds tour

02 May 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Nick Sanders has sent back his second video installment from his Parallel Worlds tour in which he swaps his motorbike for a balloon. Watch the video below as he takes to the skies with a bike magazine reader across stunning Syria and then meets the locals in Turkey. Check back regularly to see how Nick is getting on as he crosses from country to country on his final cirumnavigation of the...

Police say motorcyclists are using roads as a personal racetrack

02 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

A motorcyclist from Penicuik, Scotland caught speeding at 120mph has prompted concern at Lothian and Borders Police, which says some motorcyclists are using quiet roads in the Borders region as...

Ear pieces are illegal in Spain and France

02 May 2008 by kevin o neill

Thought you would like to know about a little problem I had while riding my Triumph Tiger up through Spain. I was making my way from Moratalla, Murcia to Lourds in France. All was well until I got close to the Spain/France border when a Guarda Civil came along side me and told me to pull over. I pulled over trying to think what i had done wrong. Two Guarda officers got out of the car and came over...

Looking for a Shooting Star

01 May 2008 by geoffdyer

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF A BIKE I OWNED IN THE SIXTIES. I HAVE E-MAILED THE DVLA AND IT IS STILL REGISTRED IT IS A SHOOTING STAR 500CC TWIN REG NO 37 THK, SEE THE PICTURE, THANKS,...

Petition: Delay the super test centres

01 May 2008 by alex pinch

My names Alex and I am a motorcycle instructor living and working in Cornwall. First off I understand that the DSA will be introducing this new test and has to because our Government has said it will. The problem is and I’m sure you are aware that these new centres are taking time to be completed. Even when all 66 sites are completed there will be large areas of our country which aren’t covered.

Full production of Harley’s XR1200 is underway

01 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

Production of Harley Davidson’s XR1200 kicked off at the firm’s manufacturing facility in Missouri yesterday. The model is one of the most significant motorcycles produced by the manufacturer because...

Suzuki V-Strom latest motorcycle to get Micron exhausts

01 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

Aftermarket exhaust manufacturer Micron has expanded the number of motorcycles that can use its end cans, by unveiling a pair of silencers designed for Suzuki’s DL1000 V-Strom. Micron’s Delta cans are...

MCN Daily 01/05/08: Your daily video motorcycle news

01 May 2008 by Angus Farquhar

In episode 97 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show a sneaky blue speed camera van is still registered as white, the number of motorcycle offences dealt with by police or traffic wardens fell in 2006 and Nicky Hayden admits his speed fear. Subscribe to this podcast with RSS Subscribe with iTunes Check out the video below to catch up with all the news in just three minutes then email us here to...

Motorcycle offences fell in 2006

01 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

The number of motoring offences dealt with by the police or traffic wardens involving motorcycles fell from 6000 in 2005, to 5400 in 2006, official statistics released today show. Figures in the...

Video showing “speed cameras cause crashes” vanishes from BBC website

01 May 2008 by Steve Farrell

A video showing cars losing control and crashing as they approach a speed camera has mysteriously vanished from the BBC’s news website. The video, provided by Norfolk Safety Camera Partnership,...

Video: Bennetts Babes

01 May 2008 by Liam Marsden

This video from motorcycle insurance firm Bennetts reveals its babe squad for the 2008 motorcycle season. The 12 new babes will be representing Bennetts at all the British Superbike rounds and at the British rounds of World Superbikes. 2008 is the fifth year the competition has been running and this year it was headed by High Street Honey Kayleigh Pearson.

Test case could spell the end of green laning for motorcyclists

01 May 2008 by Michael Carroll

Motorcyclist’s rights to ride on green lanes and byways in England could be in jeopardy, after public school Winchester College successfully overturned a court ruling that allowed motorised vehicles to use public paths on Twyford Down in Hampshire. The reversal by the Court of Appeals yesterday is viewed as something of a test case for the rest of England, and was the culmination of a 3-year legal...

Aprilia spares

30 April 2008 by Roland

Further to your item in todays MCN regarding problems with supply of Aprilia spares. I bought a new Pegaso Strada from J&S in Doncaster in December 2007. It was supplied without an Owners manual. I am still waiting for one! No-one seems to be interested.

MCN in Egypt

30 April 2008 by Remo Rossi

Me with one of the seven wonders of the world behind me. I brought the eighth with me and I have it in my hand.

Sneaky blue speed camera van still registered as white

30 April 2008 by Steve Farrell

Speed camera authorities claim the legal requirement to notify DVLA of vehicle colour changes does not apply to a sneaky new plain blue camera van. Derbyshire Police own up over sneaky camera...

Video: Nick Sanders first report from his Parallel Worlds tour

30 April 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Round the world adventurer Nick sanders has set off on his final cirumnavigation of the globe, Parallel Worlds, and will be sending back exclusive video reports as he makes his way on the massive adventure. Check out the video below to see Sanders first report from the trip and check back regularly to see how nick is getting on as he crosses from country to country.

Cloud could have caused Steve Hislop to lose control of helicopter

30 April 2008 by Michael Carroll

The helicopter crash that killed British Superbike star Steve Hislop likely happened when the rider climbed sharply to get clear of cloud, an air accident investigator stated during day two of a fatal...

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