Latest Motorbike News

What you are saying…

02 September 2001

The most important people in the Kawasaki-Suzuki deal are you the riders who buy the bikes. So to find out what MCN readers make of the tie-up, we visited the Greyhound meet in Folkingham,...

Hunt is on for the UK’s finest Blades

02 September 2001

Does your FireBlade always draw a crowd when you park at a bike meet? MCN is looking for the best in the UK for a feature celebrating Honda’s finest. It doesn’t matter what year your Blade is, as long as it’s far from standard. We’d need you to be available for a day next week and be able to bring your bike to MCN’s offices in Peterborough. Hey, we’ll even stretch to some lunch as well as making...

Yes, it’s a ZZ-R1200

02 September 2001

Hot on the heels of a new 636cc ZX-6R and a revamped ZX-9R, here’s Kawasaki’s 2002 ZZ-R1200. The fast tourer’s bodywork is considerably changed from the ZZ-R1100 which precedes it, the lights are...

T-shirts that make you smile

02 September 2001

Got a comedy T-shirt? If it’s got something to do with bikes, share it with the hundreds of thousands of motorcyclenews.com users. We got sent a few we thought you’d find amusing. Check them out and...

Novice trackdays from Carnell-City

02 September 2001

Never mind the rows and rows of bikes sat in the Mallory Park pitlane, my mind is on one thing. Kneesliders. There are 98 other riders milling around, all of them trackday virgins. At least, that’s...

What people thought…

02 September 2001

Everyone wanted a go and we were happy to let them.

Going to Assen? Take our tip

02 September 2001

Roadworks in Holland threaten to ruin your trip from the ferry to Assen if you’re going to this weekend’s Assen WSB round. The A28 to Zwolle (the road most people would take at some point on their...

Video: How to tackle the Nurburgring’s six toughest corners

02 September 2001

The Nurburgring is a track you can never learn completely, but this exclusive video guide to the six toughest corners to conquer will help you tackle it with more confidence. And if you aren’t one of...

Around the ring with an expert

02 September 2001

Gavin Mason has been riding the Ring for 12 years this is how he describes a lap. ” When you leave the pits there are a couple of kinks, but the first real complex is Hatzenbach, which I have been...

Video: On-board for a flying lap of the Nurburgring

02 September 2001

Widely acknowledged as the hardest road circuit in the world, many people will never find the nerve to tackle the Nurburgring. Just the statistics are frightening enough. 13 miles, 157 corners with a...

Suzuki’s TL-powered giant trailie spotted

01 September 2001

Suzuki’s 1000cc V-twin trailie has been spied for the first time, so here’s your first chance for a look. It’s called the DL1000 V-Strom (and no, that isn’t a typing error). It has an all-new alloy...

Special edition bikes to mark 100 years of Triumph

01 September 2001

Triumph is launching a special edition of its T955i Daytona superbike and its Bonnie to mark the firm’s 100th birthday. The 955i comes with a single-sided swingarm (as previous models had but which...

Jamie Dobb, in his own words

26 August 2001

MCN: Jamie, how does it feel to be a British Champion after we’ve all gone so long without one JamieDobb: It’s not really sunk in yet. I’ve been trying for so long. It’s going to take a little bit of time to sink in. I can probably answer that question better in a few weeks MCN: How come road racers where thick leather suits, and you guys just seem to have sweatshirts on? JamieDobb: The difference...

He’s come a long way

26 August 2001

The Boxer factory was started by a man with a dream. The man is Thierry Henriette, and the dream was to give the public the kind of bikes he liked to build for himself. The 45-year-old had been...

Reynolds on GPs and why it has to be Doohan over Foggy

26 August 2001

Championship contender John Reynolds spent an hour answering questions in our Talk Bikes chatrooms on Thursday lunchtime and touched on everything from racing advice for beginners to his experience in...

Kawasaki’s official line

26 August 2001

Kawasaki released this official statement on the link with Suzuki on Thursday Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd and The Suzuki Motor Corporation have announced an agreement to work together on research and development projects. The companies will work together in the future on the development of new models in a variety of categories. The collaboration between Kawasaki and Suzuki signals a growing...

Tweaking for trials success

26 August 2001

What it takes to prep a Gas-Gas for world competition

Kawasaki issues statement on link with Suzuki

26 August 2001

Updated at 10.45am, Thursday, August 30, 2001 Kawasaki has issued an official release explaining how its tie-up with Suzuki will work from its point of view. You can read the statement in full by...

What the letters and number stand for

26 August 2001

Here are how each region will be represented on the new UK registration plates: AA-AN:-Anglia-Peterborough, AO-AU:-Anglia-Norwich, AV-AY:-Anglia-Ipswich, BA-BY:-Birmingham-Birmingham, CA-CO:-Cymru-Cardiff, CP-CV:-Cymru-Swansea, CW-CY:-Cymru-Bangor, DA-DK:-Deeside to Shrewsbury-Chester, DI-DY:-Deeside to Shrewsbury-Shrewsbury, EA-EY:-Essex-Chelmsford, FA-FP:-Forest and Fens-Nottingham,...

The great Gatso con

26 August 2001

The statistics bandied about to prove Gatsos save lives, the big excuse used for their ever-growing numbers, are hand-picked and thoroughly mis-leading, our inquiries have revealed. Counties with the...

Suzuki GSX-R7/11

26 August 2001

Chad Church, Colorado, Suzuki GSX-R7/11 1985 GSX-R750 frame, 1990 GSX-R1100 engine, daily driver. ” I ride this bike everyday and bring it here for its holidays. Last year it was all standard except...

Tell us your story

26 August 2001

We’re looking for your help with three special features destined for pubication on motorcyclenews.com and in MCN. The first is for those of you who spend a lot of time and money fettling, tweaking and...

First test on Boxer VB1 Sport

26 August 2001

If there’s one race that can really appreciate beauty, it’s the French. Look at their women, their art, their fashion, their food and – just to make doubly sure – have another look at their women...

Bonneville Speed Week

26 August 2001

Lee Burkey stares out into the white and blue yonder. ” The worst thing that can happen is that I fall on my butt ” he muses. There are, of course, various degrees of falling on your arse. Falling...

How it all started

26 August 2001

The salt flats were named after Captain Benjamin Bonneville a high-ranking soldier in the American army who decided to use his stature to scout land in the then uncharted west. He never actually...

Hideous 1000

26 August 2001

Marc and Charles Hornbrook, Missouri, Hideous 1000 Kawasaki ZX-10, Unidentified Yamaha frame, Ugliest bike of the event. ” We built this for a $1000. What keeps us coming back? The hope we can pass...

Ural 650 combination

26 August 2001

Fredda Cole, Massachusetts, Ural 650 combination Blueprinted engine, lightweight sidecar, made in Russia. ” The Ural Club decided to see how fast one of these things could go and it developed into...

Triumph 650

26 August 2001

Roosevelt lackey, Michigan, Triumph 650. Partial streamliner calls, custom bodywork, fuel-injected old Triumph twin. I love coming here. It’s one of the wonders of the world. I’m a motorsport guy, and God you’ve got it all here. I’ve owned this bike since the mid-70s and I’ve been rebuilding it for two years. It last raced here in 1981. It runs on nitro and is good for 150mph. "