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SWM appoint 3X Motorcycles as UK dealer

21 January 2019 by Ben Clarke

SWM, the Italian motorbike manufacturer famed for their off-road exploits in the 1970s and ’80s have appointed 3X Motorcycles as their official UK distributor. The deal means that 2019 models will be...

R5K members who've ditched the car to travel by bike

19 January 2019 by MCN News

For every 20k miles a year superstar there’s another type of riding hero, someone who’s achieved perhaps the most difficult thing in biking: starting to ride, and there’s plenty of those who’ve signed...

Revisited: 1990-1992 Kawasaki KR-1S

17 January 2019 by Bruce Dunn

The Kawasaki KR-1S was one of the most exciting two-stroke performance bikes produced in the 1990s and here in Britain we absolutely lapped them up. So, what’s it like 28 years on? MCN finds out. MORE...

BMW's loose spoke woes

16 January 2019 by Richard Newland

Up to a thousand BMW bikes sold in the UK last year with spoked rims could be at risk of multiple spokes working loose, leading to compromised wheel integrity. The issue also affects all spoked-rim...

Complicated sales fraud catches out unwitting bike buyers

16 January 2019 by Jordan Gibbons

Used motorcycle buyers are being warned to be extra cautious and vigilant after a sophisticated new fraud emerged, which involves the theft and selling of three similar motorcycles. The fraud catches...

GYTR race kit transforms Yamaha YZF-R3 into Supersport 300 racer

16 January 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Alongside the introduction of a revised YZF-R3 road bike for 2019, Yamaha have revealed a new GYTR performance kit to transform the standard machine into a World Supersport 300 (WSSP300) race...

Poll: Which was the greatest late 80s/early 90s Japanese sportsbike?

15 January 2019 by MCN News

As Kawasaki’s ZXR750 turns 30, we are on a quest to discover the greatest late 80s to early 90s Japanese superbike ever produced. In the running is the Honda RC30, Yamaha OW01 and the aforementioned...

CES Las Vegas 2019 motorbike tech on display

15 January 2019 by MCN News

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is where technology companies from all over the world display their latest and greatest ideas. This year a few motorcycle companies made the trip, including...

Mutt Super 4 roadster celebrates 1970s Japanese classics

15 January 2019 by MCN News

Birmingham cool kids Mutt have made a name for themselves with an array of trendy, low-capacity machines that’s seen them curry favour with the likes of James May and Tom Hardy and now they’ve...

Adventure Spec Challenge is perfect for bikers new to off-roading

14 January 2019 by Jordan Gibbons

After the success of last year’s Wales 500 the organisers, RallyMoto, have expanded the event into a series called the Adventure Spec Challenge. For 2019 there will be three ‘500’ events in...

Yamaha's 2019 Tracer 700GT explored

14 January 2019 by Dan Sutherland

Yamaha have revealed that their popular Tracer 700 will recieve the GT treatment for 2019, gaining an adjustable larger touring screen, roomy, comfortable padded seat and a set of colour-matched...

Motoz Tractionator first ride

14 January 2019 by Jordan Gibbons

Of all the questions we get here at MCN, ‘what tyres should I buy?’ is easily the most common. Everyone wants the magic combination of good grip with decent wear, perfect in the wet and in the dry...

Honda's sportier 2019 CBR650R will cost £7729

14 January 2019 by Richard Newland

Part of the ‘Fs are off’ theme, the Honda CBR650F – which suffered the same worthy-but-dull image as it’s naked sibling – has succumbed to the R treatment for 2019 to become the Honda CBR650R. Priced...

Honda unveil 2019 CB650R price

14 January 2019 by Richard Newland

The Honda CB650F has been a decent performer, but it was a little ‘ordinary’ in terms of styling and delivery. But Honda claim that’s all changed with this completely restyled and revamped version –...

Ride 5000 miles: The 2019 miles are already flowing

12 January 2019 by Tim Thompson

New year, fresh start and for most #ride5000miles members that doesn’t mean hitting the gym or giving up booze, but snapping a pic of the bike’s 2019 start mileage and getting off the mark as quickly...

MV Agusta announce A2-friendly Brutale 800 and F3 675

10 January 2019 by Jordan Gibbons

Never ones to be accused of not looking after the interests of young people, MV Agusta have homologated A2-compliant versions of the MV Agusta Brutale 800 and MV Agusta F3 675 that can be...

BMW showcase self-riding technology at CES Las Vegas

09 January 2019 by MCN News

BMW have been showing off their self-riding R1200GS at the CES technology show in Las Vegas as you can see in the video above. We first learned of the project in 2018 when BMW revealed they were set...

Join the high miles club in 2019 with #ride5000miles

05 January 2019 by MCN News

When MCN started the #ride5000miles campaign back in July 2017, we had no idea it would become so popular. It’s gone from nothing to more than 8000 members (on the Facebook group) in just 18...

Special edition Yamaha GYTR R1 costs £35,000

03 January 2019 by Dan Sutherland

It’s now 20 years since Yamaha released the first R1; a model that redefined sportsbikes and set litre bikes on the path they’re still following to this day. Even back in 1998 it had a claimed 140bhp...

Lightning ramp up electric bike assembly line

03 January 2019 by Jordan Gibbons

Just as the electric bike market is heating up with more manufacturers and increasing sales, US firm Lightning have entered the next stage of mass production with their LS-218 sportsbike. MORE FROM...

Exploring Royal Enfield's stunning V-twin Concept KX

02 January 2019 by Jordan Gibbons

Royal Enfield stunned the world in Milan by unveiling this Concept KX bobber – a modern re-imagining of a 1930s Royal Enfield model. They say the project was started to show the talents of their...

Mike Hailwood Ducati TT replica auctioned

02 January 2019 by MCN News

This NCR Ducati replica, identical to the bike Mike Hailwood rode to historic victory at the 1978 TT, is the star lot at the Mecum auction in Las Vegas later this month. NCR were a tuning shop down...

Newmarket gets UK’s largest Harley-Davidson dealership

02 January 2019 by Dan Sutherland

After 22 years of service at its Black Bear Lane premises, Newmarket Harley-Davidson have moved location to a new purpose-built showroom for the first time today. Promising to be both ‘bigger and...

McAMS Yamaha's Jason O'Halloran gives trackday tuition

02 January 2019 by Ben Clarke

Aussie BSB star Jason O’Halloran will be giving special one-to-one tuition at Almeria, courtesy of Focused Events, in an exclusive Golden Ticket promotion. MORE FROM MCN Celebrity favourite bikes of...

Biking personalities reveal the motorcycles they are most looking forward to in 2019

02 January 2019 by Dan Sutherland

With the year’s trade shows done and dusted and motorcycle launch season well and truly underway, there are a raft of tantalising new machines to look forward to ahead of 2019. From superbikes, to...

2019 #ride5000miles starts today!

01 January 2019 by MCN News

One of the stand-out aspects of #Ride500miles is the way members have encouraged and inspired each other; not least with some incredible pictures of their riding adventures. When we asked you to show...

The motorcycle highs and lows of 2018

30 December 2018 by MCN News

2018 has been a busy year in the world of motorcycling. We enjoyed the joint hottest summer on record, saw new models from top manufacturers and a blistering new lap record from Peter Hickman at the...

Biking personalities pick their favourite bikes of 2018

29 December 2018 by Dan Sutherland

With another 12 months of motorcycling fun drawing to a close and thoughts of longer, warmer riding opportunities in the new year beginning to fill our heads, it seemed only right that we recapped...

Revisited: 2000-2001 Honda VTR1000 SP-1

27 December 2018 by Bruce Dunn

The Honda VTR1000 SP-1 was built with competition in mind. Sick of Ducati ruling the limelight in World Superbikes‘ golden era, the Japanese firm’s V-twin thumper proved to be a capable machine with...

Plum Pudding Races 2018: Boxing Day at Mallory Park

26 December 2018 by Ben Clarke

Now that Christmas is over, we’re looking towards today’s Plum Pudding Races at Mallory Park. MORE FROM MCN Top bargains available on the MCN Shop Win prizes with MCN Subscribe to MCN this...

Top 9 craziest motorbikes of 2018

26 December 2018 by Ben Clarke

There’s been no shortage of exciting motorbike announcements in 2018, from new models or manufacturers to updates for exciting bikes and a raft of concepts and customs. While we’re excited for bikes...

Gallery: A motorcycling Christmas

25 December 2018 by MCN News

Welcome to MCN’s Christmas photo gallery; celebrating everything festive in the world of motorcycling from the last 50 years. Ranging from professional racers past and present revelling in yuletide...

Best electric bikes of 2018

24 December 2018 by MCN News

As much as we may attempt to fight it, the end appears nigh for internal combustion engine powered production motorcycles. In 2016, Germany voted to ban the fossil-fuel-powered polluting motors by...

Walt Siegl Motorcycles develop Ducati 1098-powered sportsbike

22 December 2018 by Richard Newland

It feels like the world is suddenly full of custom bike builders, each trying to out-do each other. But undoubtedly one of the best are Walt Siegl Motorcycles (WSM); the eponymous business formed by...

Police need help to crack plate crime

20 December 2018 by MCN News

A freedom of information request to the police by the AA has revealed that 29,256 numberplates were reported stolen last year. This has gone some way to answering why so many citizens going about...

Honda X-ADV recalled for potential loss of power

19 December 2018 by MCN News

Owners of Honda’s oddly attractive scooter-adventure crossover X-ADV should check with their dealer whether their model is affected by a FEMA listed recall for model year 2018/18-plate bikes. Read...

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