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Video: How to make a Kalex Moto2 frame

22 December 2017 by Simon Patterson

German chassis manufacturers Kalex have been the dominant force in the Moto2 world championship for the last few seasons, taking almost every single victory and every championship since Marc Marquez...

Roads: Webb sticks with Penz13 BMW for 2018

21 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Former Moto3 GP racer Danny Webb will remain with Penz13 BMW for the 2018 Isle of Man TT races. Webb joined the Penz13 team back in 2016. Prior to that the young Brit established his reputation on...

Roads Rider of the Year: 5th - Glenn Irwin

21 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

After another epic season of racing, MCN’s sports team of Michael Guy (Sports Editor), Simon Patterson (MotoGP Reporter) and Oli Rushby (Superbike Reporter) sat down to discuss who impressed them the...

Podcast: Contenders for 2017 MCN Man of the Year

20 December 2017 by Simon Patterson

After another epic season of racing, MCN’s sports team of Michael Guy (Sports Editor), Simon Patterson (MotoGP reporter) and Oli Rushby (Superbike reporter) sat down to discuss who impressed them the...

Who is your 2017 MCN Man of the Year?

20 December 2017 by MCN Sport

After another epic season of racing, MCN’s sports team of Michael Guy (Sports Editor), Simon Patterson (MotoGP reporter) and Oli Rushby (Superbike reporter) sat down to discuss who impressed them the...

Roads: McLean signs for Team IMR

19 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Young gun Adam McLean will join the quinnstheprinters.com Team IMR squad for the 2018 international road races. The 21-year old will campaign a full complement of machinery for the squad, a BMW...

Most spectacular crashes of the year 2017

19 December 2017 by MCN Sport

After another epic season of racing, MCN’s sports team of Michael Guy (Sports Editor), Simon Patterson (MotoGP reporter) and Oli Rushby (Superbike reporter) sat down to discuss some of the biggest...

Jonathan Rea runner-up in 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year

17 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Three-time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea smashed all expectations to finish runner-up in the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Finishing only 3000 votes behind multiple athletics...

Video: Eskil Suter takes to Jerez on the MMX500

17 December 2017 by Simon Patterson

There’s few things as glorious as the sound of a 500cc two-stroke machine, even if it’s a sound that we don’t get to hear too often since the premier class made the switch to two-stroke power back at...

How to vote Jonathan Rea for 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year

15 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Three-time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea will go up against sporting stars such as Lewis Hamilton, Anthony Joshua, Chris Froome and Johanna Konta at this weekend’s BBC Sports Personality of...

BSB: OMG Racing excited to make debut with Rea

13 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Gino Rea heads to the British Superbike Championship for 2018 with an all-new team for next year, OMG Racing. Managed by former racer Paul Curran of PCR Performance, OMG Racing is owned by Chris...

Bayliss to make full-time racing comeback

13 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Three-time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss will come out of retirement to race full-time in the Australian Superbike series in 2018. The 49-year-old will race for the factory-supported Ducati...

Assen set for grandstand expansion

13 December 2017 by Simon Patterson

The home of the Dutch TT will see a radical expansion of its grandstand seating in the future, as the TT Circuit Assen expands the final corner’s seats to create what should be one of the best viewing...

BSB: Gino Rea to make BSB debut with new OMG Racing team

13 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Supersport race winner Gino Rea will make his British Superbike debut in 2018 as he joins the OMG Racing team. Racing a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for the all-new set-up run by former Superstock racer...

Moto-e: Energica selected as one-make manufacturer

12 December 2017 by Simon Patterson

Italian electric bike manufacturer Energica has been selected as the one-make factory supplier for MotoGP’s new electric support class, set to make its debut on the grid at selected rounds of the...

Roads: Sheils joins Penz13 BMW for 2018 TT

12 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Derek Sheils, multiple Irish road racing champion, will join the Penz13 BMW team for the 2018 Isle of Man TT. The move comes after Riko Penzkofer’s squad enjoyed their best ever TT races in 2017 with...

BSB: Champ Byrne launches special end of season book

11 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Six-time British Superbike Champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne has launched a limited-edition book to celebrate his 2017 title success. ‘Back to back’ tells the story of what Byrne has called his ‘toughest...

Roads: Hutchinson and Johnston confirmed at Honda

11 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ian Hutchinson and Lee Johnston will form Honda Racing’s 2018 roads line-up, as reported in MCN last month. 16-time TT winner Hutchinson will make a sensational switch to the squad after parting ways...

Video: Monza Rally victory for Valentino Rossi

08 December 2017 by Simon Patterson

Now the most successful racer in the history of the event after a sixth Monza Rally Show victory this weekend, we caught up with Valentino Rossi just after the race to talk about his success at the...

BSB: 'Seeing Red' season review now on sale!

08 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

‘Seeing Red’, the definitive photographic record of the 2017 British Superbike Championship is now on sale. Published by the series’ official photographers, Double Red, who also work for MCN, Seeing...

WSB: Gagne joins Camier at Red Bull Honda

07 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

American racer Jake Gagne will join Leon Camier to complete the Red Bull Honda line-up for the 2018 Superbike World Championship. The 24-year-old made his World Superbike debut with the squad at...

Podcast: Julian Ryder and the MotoGP riders' rider of 2017

07 December 2017 by Simon Patterson

MCN Sport reporters Simon Patterson and Oli Rushby sit down with special guest Julian Ryder to discuss his career in Grand Prix racing and his riders’ rider of 2017 – a secret ballot to decide who the...

Exclusive Interview: Jonathan Rea on 2017, his competition and MotoGP

07 December 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

After another year of total domination, Jonathan Rea is fast becoming the Valentino Rossi of World Superbikes. Winning three WSB crowns in a row had never been one before – not even by former series...

NW200: Seeley to ride EHA Yamaha in Supersport class

07 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

21-time North West 200 victor Alastair Seeley will race for the EHA Racing Yamaha squad in the Supersport class at the 2018 North West. The British Supersport squad return to the North West for the...

Guintoli: 'I will be racing in 2018'

05 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Sylvain Guintoli has confirmed he will be racing in 2018 after losing out on rides in both the World and British Superbike championships towards the end of this year. The Frenchman had been hotly...

Opinion: Hutchy to Honda... Will it work?

04 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

Last week news broke that Ian Hutchinson is set to join Honda’s road racing squad for the 2018 season. While it’s yet to be officially confirmed – Honda will be unable to announce the news until...

A pint with Michael Rutter... Fast at 40 something!

04 December 2017 by Oli Rushby

“How long have I even been racing? I think my first year was in 1989,” a perplexed Michael Rutter responded when I asked how he’s still going almost 30 years from that debut season. I’d hazard a guess...

Roads: Two pronged attack from Cookstown Burrows Engineering Racing in 2018

30 November 2017 by Oli Rushby

Cookstown Burrows Engineering Racing, arguably the top privateer team of motorcycle road racing in recent years, will mount a two-pronged attack in 2018. Dubliner Derek Sheils will ride for the John...

WSB: Rea 'feels better' with 2018 spec bike

29 November 2017 by Oli Rushby

Three-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has said the ZX-10RR Kawasaki have produced for him to suit the 2018 regulations feels better than previous iterations of the bike. World Superbike...

Opinion: Let's get behind Jonathan Rea and make it count

28 November 2017 by Oli Rushby

For the first time in ten years a motorcycle racer has been recognised by the BBC with a nomination for the prestigious Sports Personality of the Year award. Three-time World Superbike champion...

Video: A quick look at Marc Marquez's Allianz Junior Motor Camp

28 November 2017 by Simon Patterson

Every year, six-time world champion Marc Marquez and sponsor Allianz organise the Allianz Junior Motor Camp at the Rufea circuit near his home, with the goal of helping to develop the next generation...

Moto2: Suter to take a year out in 2018

28 November 2017 by Simon Patterson

Swiss chassis manufacturer Suter have announced that they will sit out the 2018 Moto2 season, as they concentrate on developing a new machine built especially for the Triumph 765cc engine that will...

WSB: Andrew Pitt joins Lowes as crew chief

27 November 2017 by Oli Rushby

Last week’s Jerez test saw a big change for Alex Lowes with double World Supersport Champion Andrew Pitt joining the PATA Yamaha team as his crew chief. Lowes will be joined by Pitt, who won the World...

MotoGP: Last chance to win a stunning Scott Redding replica Pramac Ducati 959

27 November 2017 by Simon Patterson

British MotoGP racer Scott Redding has launched a raffle to be in with the chance to win a stunning Ducati 959 replica of his Pramac Ducati Desmosedici GP16 machine, with tickets now on sale to be in...

Roads: Hutchinson set to make shock Honda switch

25 November 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ian Hutchinson is set to make a shock move to Honda for the 2018 road racing season. MCN understands the 16-time TT winner is in advanced negotiations with the Louth-based squad, which endured a...

McWilliams and Edwards set to rip it up Down Under

24 November 2017 by Michael Neeves

Former MotoGP legends Jeremy McWilliams and Colin Edwards will battle it out at Phillip Island in the 2018 International Challenge match races, alongside stars, past and present, from WSB, BSB, TT,...

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