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Supercross gears up for 2016 season

06 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Supercross gears up for 2016 season

The AMA Supercross season is gearing up for the launch of the 2016 season, which kicks off this weekend in Anaheim, California with the first round of the season’s seventeen regular races. If you’ve...

Honda sweep podium as Barreda takes lead in overall standing

05 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

Honda sweep podium as Barreda takes lead in overall standing

With the third race day, the Dakar circus continues to head north towards the Bolivian border passing through the regions of Catamarca and Salta.  With the timed section reduced once again for the...

VR46 to take over Yamaha MotoGP merchandise

05 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

VR46 to take over Yamaha MotoGP merchandise

VR46 Racing Apparel, Valentino Rossi’s own merchandising company, have signed a three-year deal with his factory Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team to become their official supplier of merchandising. The...

Watch Marquez take on Baker and Mees at Superprestigio

05 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Watch Marquez take on Baker and Mees at Superprestigio

Watch Marc Márquez, Brad Baker and Jared Mees go for the win at the 2015 Superprestigio at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain in awesome highlights video.

2016 Isle of Man TT teaser released

05 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

2016 Isle of Man TT teaser released

With this year’s Isle of Man TT now less than 150 days away, the organisers have released the sort of video that’s guaranteed to get you excited if you’re a bike fan – and get you interested in the TT...

Price draws first blood as racing finally gets underway

04 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

Price draws first blood as racing finally gets underway

akar is more than a race, it’s an adventure and the 354 competitors of the 2016 edition (143 bikes, 46 quads, 110 cars and 55 trucks) had to cover 1000 km and wait two days to enter into the real...

2016 Dakar contenders: Pablo Quintanilla

04 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

2016 Dakar contenders: Pablo Quintanilla

There are a lot of expectations for the 38th edition of the Dakar, which will take place on January 2-16 in Argentina and Bolivia. The route will lead the 354 race vehicles from the start in Buenos...

Could 2016 be the year of the GOAT?

04 January 2016 by MCN News

Could 2016 be the year of the GOAT?

2016 may officially be the Chinese year of the monkey, but after an excellent 2015 season which saw Valentino Rossi finish second in the championship, and with new tyres and elecronics, could 2016...

Lorenzo confirms Shark switch after HJC helmet problems

04 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Lorenzo confirms Shark switch after HJC helmet problems

Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed his widely speculated switch to Shark helmets, after suffering repeated problems with his HJC throughout the 2015 season. Losing out on a chance at...

Grass tracker Shanes wins Pinhard Trophy

04 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Grass tracker Shanes wins Pinhard Trophy

Grass track racer James Shanes has won the prestigious Pinhard Trophy, awarded annually by the Sunbeam Motorcycle Club to the best under-21 competitor racing under an ACU licence. Shanes has had an...

2016 Dakar contenders: Matthias Walkner

04 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

2016 Dakar contenders: Matthias Walkner

There are a lot of expectations for the 38th edition of the Dakar, which will take place on January 2-16 in Argentina and Bolivia. The route will lead the 354 race vehicles from the start in Buenos...

Sepang set to close for resurfacing

04 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

Sepang set to close for resurfacing

The Sepang International Circuit is set to close immediately after this year’s opening MotoGP test in early February, as the Malaysian track undergoes a complete resurfacing ahead of the 2016...

2016 Dakar contenders: Jordi Viladoms

03 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

2016 Dakar contenders: Jordi Viladoms

There are a lot of expectations for the 38th edition of the Dakar, which will take place on January 2-16 in Argentina and Bolivia. The route will lead the 354 race vehicles from the start in Buenos...

Opening Dakar stage cancelled after heavy rain

03 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

Opening Dakar stage cancelled after heavy rain

The first stage of the 38th Dakar was cancelled due to extreme weather on the route. The 2016 Dakar didn’t start in the best possible way. The competitors have already travelled 1000kms and raced just...

2016 Dakar contenders: Paulo Goncalves

03 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

2016 Dakar contenders: Paulo Goncalves

There are a lot of expectations for the 38th edition of the Dakar, which will take place on January 2-16 in Argentina and Bolivia. The route will lead the 354 race vehicles from the start in Buenos...

2016 Dakar contenders: Joan Barreda

03 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

2016 Dakar contenders: Joan Barreda

There are a lot of expectations for the 38th edition of the Dakar, which will take place on January 2-16 in Argentina and Bolivia. The route will lead the 354 race vehicles from the start in Buenos...

Barreda and Faria lead the way

03 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

Barreda and Faria lead the way

The 2016 Dakar Rally started with a long applause to Marc Coma, the new Sports Director of the South American African Rally. The 354 competitors (143 bikes, 46 quads, 110 cars and 55 trucks) gathered...

2016 Dakar contenders: Toby Price

03 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

2016 Dakar contenders: Toby Price

There are a lot of expectations for the 38th edition of the Dakar, which will take place on January 2-16 in Argentina and Bolivia. The route will lead the 354 race vehicles from the start in Buenos...

Brits ready for epic Dakar challenge

03 January 2016 by Maria Guidotti

Brits ready for epic Dakar challenge

The Dakar is more than a race. It’s an adventure.  For many, the dream is worth many sacrifices. For the 44 year old Chris Cork from Devon it was worth his house. The builder inherited the passion...

Opinion: SPOTY nominations reflect motorcycling as a niche

19 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Opinion: SPOTY nominations reflect motorcycling as a niche

There’s been a huge uproar in the biking community in recent weeks, since the BBC announced their shortlist for Sports Personality of the Year, due to be held tonight and notably not including any of...

Opinion: Exclusion of Kent and Rea from SPOTY an insult

19 December 2015 by Stephen Davison

Opinion: Exclusion of Kent and Rea from SPOTY an insult

This weekend sees the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards taking place in Belfast. Usually an event that celebrates the very best in British sporting success, this year’s event has been...

Lorenzo: “Surely the intention is for Stoner to do wildcards”

18 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Lorenzo: “Surely the intention is for Stoner to do wildcards”

2015 MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo says he’ll be very surprised if fellow champion Casey Stoner doesn’t return to track next year, after signing a new deal to become a Ducati test...

Trailer released for I, Superbiker: Clash of Nations

18 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Trailer released for I, Superbiker: Clash of Nations

The trailer has been released for I, Superbiker: Clash of Nations, the official film review of the 2015 MCE British Superbike season. The film tells the tale of the season with exclusive behind the...

Doctor John Hinds wins posthumous SPOTY award as HEMS gains momentum

18 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Doctor John Hinds wins posthumous SPOTY award as HEMS gains momentum

Doctor John Hinds, Irish road racing’s ‘flying doctor’ who tragically los this life at the Skerries 100 race in July, has been honoured by the BBC with a posthumous Sports Personality of the Year...

GBmoto confirm Haslam BSB return for 2016

17 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

GBmoto confirm Haslam BSB return for 2016

As exclusively reported in yesterday’s Motorcycle News, JG Speedfit Kawasaki have this morning confirmed that Leon Haslam will return to the MCE British Superbike championship with the team for...

Homologation changes for World Superbikes

16 December 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Homologation changes for World Superbikes

Arguably most significant of all the new rules announced today by World Superbike organisers Dorna are that there will be less stringent homologation rules in terms of outright numbers of new machines...

World Superbikes to end two-race format

16 December 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

World Superbikes to end two-race format

The long-awaited official notification that WSBK racing will now be run in a two-day format has come through from the FIM. In a heavily revamped weekend schedule WSBK race one will now be held on...

Leon Haslam to make BSB return with GBmoto

15 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Leon Haslam to make BSB return with GBmoto

Leon Haslam is set to make a dramatic return to the MCE British Superbike championship in 2016. MCN understands the 32-year-old will be teaming up with JG Speedfit Kawasaki in an 11th-hour deal that...

Baker wins Superprestigio as Marquez takes class win

12 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Baker wins Superprestigio as Marquez takes class win

AMA Flattrack champion Brad ‘the Bullet’ Baker has become the first person to win two Superprestigio titles, by taking victory from double world champion and four-time AMA champon Jared Mees in the...

Brit Brindley dark horse in Superprestigio qualifying

12 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brit Brindley dark horse in Superprestigio qualifying

2015 British Dirt Track Championship runner-up Oil Brindley has emerged as a dark horse in this year’s Superprestigio flattrack races in Barcelona, holding off American champions Brad Baker and Jared...

Watch Superprestigio live here!

12 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Watch Superprestigio live here!

This evening sees the third Superprestigio taking place in Barcelona’s Palau Sant JOrdi, with double MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez taking on the cream of the American flattrack crop in the form...

Rossi withdraws Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Rossi withdraws Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal

Valentino Rossi has drawn a line under his 2015 season with the withdrawal of his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for his incident with Marc Marquez at Sepang. Rossi suffered three...

Endurance World Championship set to become winter series

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Endurance World Championship set to become winter series

The FIM Endurance World Championship will see a major shake-up from the end of 2016, as the season makes the switch from a traditional summer season to become a winter series instead. Traditionally...

Pedrosa and Marquez take to track on 500GP machines

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Pedrosa and Marquez take to track on 500GP machines

Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez have had the chance to take to the track on Honda’s special NSR500 two-stroke Grand Prix machines for the first time at an event at Motegi. Joining...

GP stars line up for Superprestigio

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

GP stars line up for Superprestigio

Some of the top talent from MotoGP have assembled in Barcelona for this weekend’s Superprestigio flat track race, with the entry once again led by double world champion and defending winner Marc...

Eugene Laverty ties the knot

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Eugene Laverty ties the knot

Aspar Ducati racer Eugene Laverty has tied the knot with long time partner Pippa Morson in a star-studded ceremony at Ireland’s Dromoland Castle. Pippa and the 29 year old Laverty, who first met while...