January

WSB: Savadori mixes up the order on Day 2 in Jerez

WSB: Savadori mixes up the order on Day 2 in Jerez

Italian youngster Lorenzo Savadori impressed in Jerez this week as he mixed it up with the factory Kawasaki and Ducati machinery to place second at the end of the two days on track. The former...

WSB: Rea quickest as Savadori impresses in Jerez

WSB: Rea quickest as Savadori impresses in Jerez

World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea remained in control as the 2017 season got underway in Jerez this week as he set the quickest time on both days of the first pre-season test.  Rea was almost...

MotoGP: Baz ready for season with ‘brand new foot’

MotoGP: Baz ready for season with ‘brand new foot’

Avintia Ducati rider Loris Baz says he’s ready to get the 2017 MotoGP season underway, following an injury-hit 2016 that saw him miss many races and forced him into multiple surgeries to repair damage...

MotoGP: Rossi impressed with new bike potential

MotoGP: Rossi impressed with new bike potential

Valentino Rossi says he’s now much more upbeat about the potential of the 2017 Yamaha M1 for the coming season, finally coming to terms with the bike’s abilities in a private test in Sepang after the...

WSB: 'Stopping and turning' holding Laverty back in Jerez

WSB: 'Stopping and turning' holding Laverty back in Jerez

Eugene Laverty is hoping to reap the benefits of the work done by Aprilia in their title winning year in 2014 as the 2017 Superbike World Championship gets underway. Laverty, alongside new team-mate...

MotoGP: British Talent Cup a go for 2018

MotoGP: British Talent Cup a go for 2018

MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta has confirmed that their new British Talent Cup, a one-make series designed at bringing young Talent from the UK up through the ranks to the premiere class, will be a go...

Video: Guy Martin & John McGuinness - Team-mates talk business

Video: Guy Martin & John McGuinness - Team-mates talk business

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you might not know that Guy Martin has signed a deal with Honda Racing that will see him return to the iconic Isle of Man TT alongside 23-time TT...

WSB: Encouraging new Fireblade debut for Hayden

WSB: Encouraging new Fireblade debut for Hayden

Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl got a first taste of the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 they will campaign in the 2017 Superbike World Championship as testing got underway at Jerez today. As would be...

MotoGP: Crutchlow wins prestigious Torrens Trophy

MotoGP: Crutchlow wins prestigious Torrens Trophy

Double MotoGP race winner Cal Crutchlow has been awarded the prestigious Torrens Trophy, the Royal Automobile Club’s award for the promotion of motorcycling in the United Kingdom. Awarded only nine...

WSB: Rea quickest as 2017 testing gets underway

WSB: Rea quickest as 2017 testing gets underway

World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea started the 2017 season where he left off last year as he stormed to the top of the timesheets on the first day of testing at Jerez. The double champ pipped...

Gallery: Milwaukee Aprilia team launch

Gallery: Milwaukee Aprilia team launch

As the first test of the 2017 Superbike World Championship got underway in Jerez this morning, the British-based Milwaukee Aprilia squad lifted the covers off the RSV4-RF Aprilia Eugene Laverty and...

Gallery: Up close and personal with the Ducati GP17

Gallery: Up close and personal with the Ducati GP17

With Ducati pulling to covers off their 2017 MotoGP machine last week at their Bolgona factory, we went up close and personal for a look at the machines that new signing Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea...

MotoGP: Rossi and Viñales get rave reception in Indonesia

MotoGP: Rossi and Viñales get rave reception in Indonesia

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP racer Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales have received a rave reception in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta, when the two visited this week to help unveil Yamaha’s new...

WSB: Milwaukee Aprilia lift covers off RSV4 challenger

WSB: Milwaukee Aprilia lift covers off RSV4 challenger

Milwaukee Aprilia this morning lifted the covers off the all new RSV4-RF Eugene Laverty and Lorenzo Savadori will campaign in the 2017 Superbike World Championship. Unveiling the livery for the...

MotoGP: 2017 calendar finally fully confirmed

MotoGP: 2017 calendar finally fully confirmed

The 2017 MotoGP calendar has finally been fully confirmed, after the last races still marked as provisional have finally been now confirmed. The calendar was first issued as far back as September, but...

Roads: McGuinness: 'New Blade less physical to ride'

Roads: McGuinness: 'New Blade less physical to ride'

John McGuinness has said he expects Honda’s new CBR1000RR Fireblade will turn into a strong Isle of Man TT contender given how it is less physical to ride than the outgoing model. McGuinness spent two...

Roads: Stephen Thompson to run Rutter on Yamaha R6

Roads: Stephen Thompson to run Rutter on Yamaha R6

Michael Rutter is set to race a brand new Yamaha YZF-R6 on the roads this year provided by former team-mate and close friend Stephen Thompson who suffered life-changing injuries in a crash at the 2015...

Supercross: Dungey takes control as crash ends Roczen’s title hopes

Supercross: Dungey takes control as crash ends Roczen’s title hopes

Ryan Dungey has taken command of the 2017 AMA Supercross series by taking the win on Saturday night’s Anaheim II round of the series – and previous points leader Ken Roczen’s season was brought to a...

MotoGP: Red Bull Ring voted best round of 2016 season

MotoGP: Red Bull Ring voted best round of 2016 season

MotoGP newcomers the Red Bull Ring, home of the first Austrian Grand Prix in twenty years in 2016, has been voted the best round of the season in it’s inaugural year on the calendar. Awarded for...

BSB: Linfoot gives verdict on new Fireblade

BSB: Linfoot gives verdict on new Fireblade

Honda’s MCE British Superbike duo got their first taste of the all new CBR1000RR Fireblade at the Portimao circuit as they joined journalists at the world press launch. Riding both the standard ‘RR’...

Video: McGuinness intrigued by new teammate Guy Martin

Video: McGuinness intrigued by new teammate Guy Martin

John McGuinness will once again line up for the 2017 isle of Man TT as a part of the official Honda Racing squad as he sets out to match Joey Dunlop’s record of 26 TT wins on a brand new...

Video: Rossi 'officially' meets new teammate Viñales

Video: Rossi 'officially' meets new teammate Viñales

They might be old acquaintances on and off the track, but the Movistar Yamaha team have ‘officially’ introduced new teammates Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales, in a season teaser clip shown...

MotoGP: Lorenzo appears in red as Ducati reveal 2017 machines

MotoGP: Lorenzo appears in red as Ducati reveal 2017 machines

Jorge Lorenzo has made his first official appearance in Ducati red, as he and 2017 MotoGP teammate Andrea Dovizioso pulled the covers off the colours that they will campaign in the upcoming...

Video: Yamaha unveil 2017 MotoGP machine

Video: Yamaha unveil 2017 MotoGP machine

Yesterday in Madrid, Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales pulled the covers off their 2017 Yamaha M1 MotoGP machine – and now the Japanese firm has given us an up-close look at the machine in all its...

Video: Guy Martin on the state of the bike industry

Video: Guy Martin on the state of the bike industry

With the shock TT news that Guy Martin will be returning to the race in 2017 as part of the factory Honda Racing team alongside John McGuinness, MCN caught up with the racer and TV personality to...

MotoGP: Lorenzo unveiled in Ducati colours live

MotoGP: Lorenzo unveiled in Ducati colours live

Today sees Jorge Lorenzo’s first appearance in Ducati red, as he and teammate Andrea Dovizioso pull the covers off their new bikes at their Bologna headquarters – and you can watch the whole thing...

WSB: Brookes to be reunited with BSB-winning R1 for Phillip Island wildcard

WSB: Brookes to be reunited with BSB-winning R1 for Phillip Island wildcard

Josh Brookes will be reunited with his 2015 MCE British Superbike-winning YZF-R1 as he makes a one-off wildcard appearance in the opening round of the Superbike World Championship at Phillip...

Gallery: A look back at Guy Martin's TT career

Gallery: A look back at Guy Martin's TT career

With the news that Guy martin will make his return to the Isle of Man TT in 2017 as part of the factory Honda squad alongside John McGuinness, we took to the photo archives for a look back at the...

Video: Guy Martin on his motivations for 2017

Video: Guy Martin on his motivations for 2017

With the shock TT news that Guy Martin will be returning to the race in 2017 as part of the factory Honda Racing team alongside John McGuinness, MCN caught up with the racer and TV personality to...

WSB: Lavilla explains controversial grid rules

WSB: Lavilla explains controversial grid rules

When World Superbike bosses announced they would introduce a radical new system to compose the grid for Sunday’s second races, it’s fair to say there was a mixed response. Reverse grids are nothing...

MotoGP: Yamaha unveil 2017 Movistar colours in Madrid

MotoGP: Yamaha unveil 2017 Movistar colours in Madrid

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team of Valentino Rossi and new signing Maverick Viñales have pulled the covers off their 2017 M1 colours in a ceremony at the Spanish television company’s Madrid...

Roads: McGuinness: 'No reason Guy won't be quick'

Roads: McGuinness: 'No reason Guy won't be quick'

Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness has said there is no reason his new team-mate, fans’ favourite Guy Martin, won’t be quick as he makes his return to racing with the factory Honda squad this...

Dorna aiming to launch British Talent Cup

Dorna aiming to launch British Talent Cup

MotoGP organisers Dorna have confirmed that they’re considering setting up a British Talent Cup series, aimed at developing young talent from the British Isles and headed by hugely experienced rider,...

MotoGP: Watch Rossi and Viñales unveil their 2017 Yamahas live

MotoGP: Watch Rossi and Viñales unveil their 2017 Yamahas live

Today sees the first MotoGP team launch of the 2017 season, as Mavericnk Viñales and Valentino Rossi pull the covers off their Movistar Yamahas at the firm’s Madrid headquarters. The launch will be...

Video: McGuinness excited to be back with Honda

Video: McGuinness excited to be back with Honda

John McGuinness will once again line up for the 2017 isle of Man TT as a part of the official Honda Racing squad as he sets out to match Joey Dunlop’s record of 26 TT wins on a brand new Fireblade. We...

Video: Guy Martin on why he signed for Honda

Video: Guy Martin on why he signed for Honda

With the shock TT news that Guy Martin will be returning to the race in 2017 as part of the factory Honda Racing team alongside John McGuinness, MCN caught up with the racer and TV personality to...