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Kawasaki replaces MCN reader’s cracked ER-6 frame

09 August 2007 by MCN News Desk

Kawasaki is to replace the cracked frame of an MCN reader’s ER-6f as a goodwill gesture but has not acknowledged a fault with the model. The firm has attributed failures on the ER-6n naked version to...

Video: MCN sees what happens when you put a Supercharger on a Rocket III

09 August 2007 by Adam Child

TTS Performance are famous for taking powerful motorcycles and making them even more mental. So guess what happened when they put a supercharger on the side of the 2300cc Triumph Rocket III motorcycle (more). Check out the video as MCN road tester Adam Child puts the motorcycle through its paces.

Top service from Motografix

09 August 2007 by Andrew Beer

I purchased a set of Motografix number boards for my Yamaha R6 a few weeks ago. What a great peice of kit, it really makes the bike look racey as well as protecting it from stone chips. Well after a...

Motorcycle trackdays launched for novice bikers

09 August 2007 by Dan Thornton

If you dream of taking your motorcycle onto some of the UK’s most famous tracks, but don’t want to be intimidated by more experienced riders, then MotorSport Visions new Novice Bike Trackdays are the...

Serious bike crashes up

09 August 2007 by Steve Farrell

Serious and fatal motorcycle crashes have risen while slight casualties have fallen, according to Government figures published today. Department for Transport (DFT) provisional estimates for the...

Lonely Planet guide to Italy

09 August 2007 by Lonely Planet

Europe’s kinky over-the-knee boot has it all: popes, painters, polenta, paramours, poets, political puerility and potentates. Its dreamy light and sumptuous landscapes seem made for romance, and its...

Suspected bike thief traced by severed finger

09 August 2007 by Tony Carter

A suspected motorcycle thief has been traced by police after he left one of his fingers at a crime scene. The severed finger was found at the Persimmon Homes building site in the West Harton area of South Shields when workers called police following the theft of a motorcycle on Tuesday. Police found a man missing a finger in a nearby accident and emergency unit of a nearby hospital – they think...

When I grow up...

08 August 2007 by martin1968

This is a picture of our daughter Caitlin (aged 7). It was taken at WSB at Brands Hatch and the Ducati Supermotard was her favourite bike.

Veteran enthusiast dies at 88

08 August 2007 by Lee Hall

Tributes have been paid to a veteran motorcyclist who died at the weekend. Cyril Purvis, 88, will be remembered for his passion for motorbikes and love of life. The biker, of Hipsburn Drive, Barnes in Sunderland, was forced to pull out of the Beamish Run this year for the first time in three decades after suffering from blood disorder MDS. He had vowed illness would not force him to give up his...

Can you outdo Britain's best biking talent?

08 August 2007 by Dan Thornton

Do you reckon your motorcycles out-blings these beauties? MCN has hand picked five of the most outstanding entries so far into the “Britain’s got biking talent” competition where the one winner walks...

Video: Black box could revolutionise bike testing

08 August 2007 by Angus Farquhar

A new electronic device could change the way bike tests and CBTs are carried out in the future and solve problems caused by planned changes to the riding test. Under the European Third Driving Licence Directive (3DLD), riders are set to undergo much more rigorous off-road testing, requiring test centres to have huge asphalted areas to carry out the test. This in turn means that from next year,...

Ban bikes petition

08 August 2007 by Rob Hull

A new petition has been created on the 10 Downing Street website calling to ban the sale and use of motorcycles. The petition, which was set up on October 1 by a Peter A Jordan, says: “Motorbikes are...

Living with....Honda Hornet round-up for July

08 August 2007 by Dan Thornton

The summer sunshine has prompted me to make the most of my Honda Hornet, with two big rideouts, a dyno run, and taking the scenic (longest and twistiest) route home every day. Oh, and a trip to the...

Could the Husqvarna STR motorcycle go into production?

08 August 2007 by MCN News Desk

There’s hope that the most desirable supermoto motorcycle ever made could go into production. The Massimo Tamburini-designed Husqvarna STR motorcycle was created in the hope the firm could buy the BMW...

Exclusive spy shots of Triumph's new 1500cc cruiser

08 August 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Triumph Motorcycles is just weeks away from launching its long-awaited 1500cc parallel twin cruiser – the motorcycle which could give Triumph the success in the USA it so badly wants. Take a look at...

Police driving criticised

08 August 2007 by hughbastard

When I see a police car, I will follow and observe for a while. This police car makes a number of basic errors. Watch the video and see how many you spot. OK I am being pedantic, but it seems like there’s one rule for them and one for everybody else. This video was shot Tuesday 7th August 2007 at 5.45pm. The police car drives in the left lane predominantly. 5.56-57pm: Speeding at 50mph in a 40...

A leaning trike you say? Surely not?

07 August 2007 by Ian Jubb

This is the Hobbs R8, a prototype based around a Monkey bike that has been designed to prove that it is possible to build a trike that leans in to corners like a normal bike. Check out the video below to see the impressive bike in action

Living with: Kawasaki ZX6-R

07 August 2007 by Tony Carter

There are many films released every year, but few have anything like the impact that Star Wars first made on the world when the first instalment (at the time, confusingly called Episode IV: A New...

World’s wildest Triumph Rocket III?

07 August 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Whether you like American custom styles or not, it’s impossible to deny the DuSold designs Triumph Rocket III grabs attention. The 2300cc Triumph Rocket III engine is barely recognisable under a coat...

Kawasaki facing pressure over ER-6 frames

07 August 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Pressure is mounting on Kawasaki to take action over cracking ER-6 frame brackets after a crash bung maker and an owner dismiss Kawasaki’s explanation for the issue so far. The apparent problem lies...

New MCN August 8, 2007

07 August 2007 by Nicola Fox

In this week’s MCN we have the World’s first test of the incredible Suzuki B-King. Also in this edition, available from Wednesday, 8 August, 2007, we have the latest spy pictures of the Triumph...

Bike insurance premiums on the rise

07 August 2007 by Steve Farrell

Motorcycle premiums have risen by nearly 10% in the last six months and are matching a trend which has pushed car premiums higher than ever before, according to AA Insurance. The AA’s Insurance Premium Index reported that car premiums have risen by 8% in the last 12 months and more than doubled since 1994. AA Insurance spokesman Ian Crowder, said: “Motorcycle premiums had risen by 9% in the same...

Death crash driver keeps licence

07 August 2007 by Richard Hodge

From BBC Scotland homepage on 07/08/07… http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6933735.stm Death crash driver keeps licence. The sheriff said he had to take into account the degree of carelessness A man who admitted causing a fatal crash which killed a motorcyclist has escaped a jail term and a driving ban. Richard Johnson, 22, came off his bike when Robert Buchan pulled out in...

North Cape tour

06 August 2007 by peter jones

On Friday 29th June, me (Peter Jones) and two friends from Sheffield, Frank Norman and Andrew Hizzard, began a 5000-mile motorcycle tour through Europe. We rode to Newcastle and caught a ferry to...

CBR900-RRN: the best ever!

06 August 2007 by mark carroll

Here’s some pictures of my FireBlade. It’s totaly standard from new, it’s done 25k-ish. I was left it by my best friend’s mum. I found my friend dead in his back garden with his leathers on ready to...

Nuisance mini-motorcycle riders to be tackled

06 August 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Norfolk Police is stepping up its response to nuisance riders on mini-motorcycles in the Mile Cross area after complaints from residents. Youths are regularly spotted riding across Sloughbottom Park, causing problems for walkers. A residents meeting was held to discuss ways to tackle the problem, and police have set up a special team to clamp down on offenders.

New Ducati supermoto

06 August 2007 by neill forbes

Here’s a pic of my 1977 Ducati 125 six-days trials bike with the BST wheels from my son’s 125 honda GP bike loosely fitted. I was thinking of fitting the brakes and using it as a sort of retro motard.

New Kymco Nexxon 125

06 August 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Kymco has just released a new budget commuter motorcycle, the Kymco Nexxon 125. Similar in idea to the Honda C90, the Kymco Nexxon 125 is a step-through scooter with a horizontal-cylinder air-cooled...

Spy chip proposals slammed

06 August 2007 by Steve Farrell

A rider’s rights group has slammed DVLA proposals for spy chips in motorcycle number plates first revealed in MCN in May. The British Motorcycle Federation (BMF) said the move would be ‘akin to...

MCN's motorcycle babe of the day: Brands Hatch special August 6

06 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

James Toseland’s double World Superbike win was not the only thing going on at Brands Hatch this weekend. We bring you a MCN’s motorcycle babe of the day Brands Hatch special.

Hog heaven

06 August 2007 by wildy

Taken on the car park of Lake Bala, Wales.

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman reach Cape Town

05 August 2007 by Rob Hull

Eighty-five days after setting off from John O’Groats, actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have completed their Long Way Down voyage by reaching Cape Town, South Africa. Three months and 18...

Coastguards' MCN

04 August 2007 by Mick Cook

Mick, John and Andy enjoying a good read at Shannon in-between ‘jobs’ off the West Coast of Ireland.

Hornet vs junky

04 August 2007 by Bri55hornet

So there I was after just a week of owning a ex-demo 2007 Hornet CB600F. I returned to my dealers to take a look at the latest one in stock to see if rad grill was a tighter fit, which it was, but I didn’t plan for what happened next. Two arguing junkies had run across the road and bumped into my new bike, knocking it over. They of course ran off. All I saw was a bike on the deck outside the...

Brunstrom: my two cents

04 August 2007 by Anonymous

I think the problem is Richard Brunstrom being so adamant on bikers being big, bad and notorious for unacceptable behavior when that’s not how they/we are now. All we hear is how bikers are in the wrong, all the statistics, yet how many of these road accident statistics don’t involve motorcycles? How many are there where the car has been in the wrong? If there is a 40mph limit put in place, how...

Neon blue Triumph Daytona 675

03 August 2007 by Chris Newbigging

An MCN reader has spotted one of next year’s Triumph Daytona 675s on a recent factory tour. Triumph Speed Four owner Steve Robinson told MCN: “I went on the tour of the Hinckley factory – it was a...

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