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Prince Harry finds times to ride motorcycle while fighting Taliban

29 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

Prince Harry finds times to ride motorcycle while fighting Taliban

Even while fighting the Taliban, Prince Harry can’t suppress his passion for bikes. Prince William and Prince Harry’s motorcycle trip cancelled The Prince enlisted army friends to help bump-start a...

Petrol station numbers fall to lowest level since 1912

29 February 2008 by Michael Carroll

Petrol station numbers fall to lowest level since 1912

There are now fewer petrol stations in the UK than in 1912, as small profit margins force oil companies and independent retailers to look for the door, information from the Petrol Retailers...

Police offer motorcycle courses in North Wales

29 February 2008 by Liam Marsden

Police offer motorcycle courses in North Wales

Police in North Wales are offering training courses to the public to raise motorcycle awareness and lower motorcycle casualties. The training will be provided by advanced police motorcycle instructors...

Voxan GTV1200 tourer to go into production

29 February 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Voxan GTV1200 tourer to go into production

Sources in France have told MCN that the Voxan GTV1200 touring motorcycle shown at last year’s Paris Motorcycle Show is being developed ready for 2009. The quirky-looking GTV1200 was shown as a...

New accessories for Piaggio X7

28 February 2008 by Liam Marsden

New accessories for Piaggio X7

Piaggio has released an official range of accessories for its X7 scooter. The new accessories include a 44-litre top box, priced at £109.99; a taller screen, which is manufactured from anti-scratch...

MCN Daily 28/02//08: Your daily video motorcycle news

28 February 2008 by Angus Farquhar

In episode 53 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show we hear that Honda moves its American factory to Japan, more MPs retract their claims of bikers evading tax and Davide Brivio says Valentino Rossi is now free to win the MotoGP title now his tax investigation saga is over  Subscribe to this podcast with RSS  Subscribe with iTunes Check out the video below to catch up with all the news in just...

The Rock Store gets documentary

28 February 2008 by Liam Marsden

The Rock Store gets documentary

The Rock Store, a famous motorcycle rest stop in Santa Monica Mountains of California, is set to reach a new level of stardom. A new, award winning documentary has been released about the café. The...

Honda DN-01 power and weight announced

28 February 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Honda DN-01 power and weight announced

Honda has finally announced performance figures for the DN-01, four months after the production motorcycle was unveiled at the Tokyo show. The DN-01 makes a claimed 60bhp, and has a hefty claimed...

Essex Doctor to attempt land speed record

28 February 2008 by Liam Marsden

Essex Doctor to attempt land speed record

Dr. Murray Griffin, from the University of Essex will attempt to break the motorcycle land speed record for an Altered Partial Streamliner Fuel (APSF) 1350cc. Dr. Griffin will be using a 2003 Suzuki...

MPs to consider anti-motorcycle road safety policy

28 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

MPs to consider anti-motorcycle road safety policy

MPs are set to discuss whether a controversial Swedish road safety policy linked to calls to ban bikes should be brought to the UK. Vision Zero sets the goal of eliminating road deaths altogether. It...

bus lanes

28 February 2008 by Andrew Denley

Since Plymouth Council has allowed motor bikes to use bus lanes travelling across town has been far safer. The only draw back is car drivers being less than reluctent to let you in when the bus lane converges with other traffic. Also some of their faces are a picture when you sail pass in the bus lane.

Another MP retracts false claims on motorcycle tax evasion

28 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

Another MP retracts false claims on motorcycle tax evasion

A second MP behind false claims nearly 40% of motorcycles are untaxed has issued a retraction. In an email to a member of the public, Richard Bacon MP wrote: “I was certainly at fault – I believed...

Government branded ‘embarrassment’ by MP over bogus road tax figures

28 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

Government branded ‘embarrassment’ by MP over bogus road tax figures

Edward Leigh MP has branded the Department for Transport an ‘embarrassment’ over bogus motorcycle tax evasion figures. Leigh, Chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, blames the DfT over...

Steve Berry's ill-informed bus lane radio rant

28 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

Steve Berry's ill-informed bus lane radio rant

Steve Berry has made another ill-informed rant on The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 while attempting to defend motorcyclists. “Biker and motoring journalist” Berry went head-to-head with Roger...

Honda's Goldwing-building factory to cease motorcycle production

28 February 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Honda's Goldwing-building factory to cease motorcycle production

Honda has announced that all motorcycle production in its Marysville plant is to be moved to Japan, marking the end of almost thirty years of Goldwing production in the plant. Opened in 1979, the Ohio...

Andrew Shim secures cash for 2008 race season

28 February 2008 by Michael Carroll

Andrew Shim secures cash for 2008 race season

Actor Andrew Shim has secured a sponsorship deal with finance company First Response Finance. The agreement has provided him with enough cash to take him through the entire season of the Triumph...

Department for Transport “lunacy”

28 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

Department for Transport “lunacy”

Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has claimed having vehicle lights on increases fuel consumption by 5%. “Research undertaken for the Department for Transport indicated that the requirement for...

Malaysia's bikers

27 February 2008 by Jack Cuthbertson

Malaysia's bikers

Some photos of bikes in Malaysia

MCN Goes Airborne

27 February 2008 by Adam Nicholson

MCN Goes Airborne

MCN is great – I just can’t put an issue down once I pick it up. Which could have led to injuries in the snow park – but luckily didn’t!!!

Video: New 2008 Bennetts TV ads

27 February 2008

If you didn’t get to watch World Superbikes on Eurosport this weekend then you’ll have missed Bennetts new adverts. The motorcycle insurance firm has ditched its ad showing groups of riders and gone for an altogether funnier approach. Check out the videos below to see all three of the adverts then let us know what you think in the comments section below. Zoom & Watch more videos on MCN |...

Government secretive on road pricing trials

27 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

Government secretive on road pricing trials

The Department for Transport has refused to name firms applying to take part in its controversial road pricing trials. Notices in the Official Journal of the European Union invited bids to take part...

Motorcycle police officer killed in motorcade

27 February 2008 by Liam Marsden

Motorcycle police officer killed in motorcade

A motorcycle officer escorting Hillary Clinton in her motorcade through Dallas has died after he crashed while escorting her. Senior Corporal Victor Lozada’s motorcycle careered head first into a...

Zero per cent finance deal on new Triumph Daytona 675s

27 February 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Zero per cent finance deal on new Triumph Daytona 675s

Triumph is offering all new 2008 models Daytona 675s with a tempting 0 per cent finance deal. Both the Triumph Daytona 675 and Daytona 675 SE are covered by the offer, which requires a 30 per cent...

Ban motorcycles over 600cc says road safety group

27 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

Ban motorcycles over 600cc says road safety group

Motorcycles over 600cc should be banned, MPs have been told. Stephen Plowden, of influential road safety group the Slower Speeds Initiative, said the move was needed to reduce emissions. In a letter...

Video: Aprilia RSV-4 in action

27 February 2008 by Ben Purvis

Last Friday Aprilia revealed the prototype of its new RSV-4 WSB challenger at a dealer meeting in Italy – and thanks to video-equipped mobile phones you can now even see and hear it in action. The bike was fired-up on stage at its unveiling, allowing dealers present to hear its 1000cc V4 engine running through a race exhaust. Although the machine has no visible redline on the rev counter, it reads...

Drivers don't have to talk to flout phone laws

27 February 2008 by Michael Carroll

Drivers don't have to talk to flout phone laws

A shocking 45 per cent of car drivers admit to sending and receiving text messages while driving, research by the RAC Foundation shows. The RAC Foundation surveyed 2,000 users of social networking...

Video: BMW F650GS first ride

27 February 2008 by Phil West

Despite the 650 name, the BMW F650GS actually has a 798cc twin cylinder motor derived from the F800GS and has just been laiunched alongside its bigger sibling. MCN Road Test Editor Phil West travelled to South Africa to see if the motorcycle could better the ‘Funduro’ tag associated with its predecessor. Click here to watch the first ride of the new F800GS

MCN Daily 2702//08: Your daily video motorcycle news

27 February 2008 by Angus Farquhar

In episode 52 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show MP Edward Leigh apoligises to bikers after accusing them of being tax dodgers, MPs have been told bikes over 600cc should be banned and Tom Sykes highsides GSX-R1000 in Almeria today  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...

MP apologises for calling bikers tax dodgers

27 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

MP apologises for calling bikers tax dodgers

An MP has apologised for falsely claiming nearly 40 per cent of motorcycles are untaxed. Edward Leigh, Chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said in January: “Large parts of the biking...

"Bring anti-bike road safety policy to UK"

27 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

"Bring anti-bike road safety policy to UK"

The UK should adopt a controversial Swedish road safety policy linked to calls for motorcycles to be banned, an influential road safety charity has said. Vision Zero sets the goal of eliminating road...

MCN Daily 26/02/08: Your daily video motorcycle news

26 February 2008 by Jack Thorpe, Sarah Carnell, Angus Farquhar

In episode 51 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show we have the world’s first ride of the new Suzuki GSX-R600, Princes William and Harry get told not to ride to Africa and Casey Stoner says give Marco Melandri some more time.  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...

Visibility reducing barriers erected in Telford

26 February 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Visibility reducing barriers erected in Telford

New barriers that reduce visibility have been erected on a busy roundabout near Telford town centre. These pictures of the ‘Visibility Curtain’ were sent in by local biker Steve Shaw, who contacted...

“Euro politicians want to ban motorcycles”

26 February 2008 by Steve Farrell

“Euro politicians want to ban motorcycles”

Brussels politicians want us off the roads, according to the president of the Association of European Motorcycle Manufacturers. European law makers intend to ban all motorcycles from the roads for...

Motorcyclist says driver hit him with a mallet

26 February 2008 by Michael Carroll

Motorcyclist says driver hit him with a mallet

A man is standing trial in Edinburgh today, accused of hitting a motorcyclist on the head with a rubber mallet in a random attack at a set of traffic lights. Bernard Docherty is alleged to have driven...

MP Boris Johnson says motorcycles in bus lanes a “no brainer”

26 February 2008 by Michael Carroll

MP Boris Johnson says motorcycles in bus lanes a “no brainer”

London Mayoral candidate Boris Johnson says he will allow motorcycles to use bus lanes in the city, if he is elected to the post during polling in May. Luton councils view on motorcycles in bus...

Streetfighter Hayabusa kit confirmed for production

26 February 2008 by Chris Newbigging

Streetfighter Hayabusa kit confirmed for production

BFO Motorcycles has confirmed it will produce a limited run of 100 frame kits to transform a donor Suzuki Hayabusa into a lightweight 170bhp streetfighter. The kit was revealed as a sketch in MCN last...