TT & road races

Mugen confirm 2015 TT campaign

Mugen confirm 2015 TT campaign

Mugen have confirmed their 2015 Isle of Man TT Zero campaign, with 2014 podium finishers John McGuinness and Bruce Anstey returning to the Japanese manufacturer for another year. McGuinness, who won...

Tinmouth rules out TT return for 2015

Tinmouth rules out TT return for 2015

Jenny Tinmouth, the fastest woman ever around the 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT circuit, has ruled out a comeback for 2015, despite her new deal with the factory Honda MCE British Superbike team that also...

Former Irish champion Sheils to ride BikeBitsNI Kawasaki

Former Irish champion Sheils to ride BikeBitsNI Kawasaki

2013 Irish Superbike champion Derek Sheils has penned a deal with County Down-based team BikeBitsNI Kawasaki. The deal will see him compete under their colours on both supersport and superbike...

Former World Supersport rider Harms to make TT debut

Former World Supersport rider Harms to make TT debut

Danish former World Supersport front-runner Robbin Harms will make his Isle of Man TT debut in 2015.  Signing up with the experienced TC Racing/DP Coldplaning team, he is set to compete in superbike,...

Joey Dunlop voted greatest Northern Irish sportsman

Joey Dunlop voted greatest Northern Irish sportsman

Twenty-six times Isle of Man TT winner Joey Dunlop has been voted the greatest Northern Irish sportsman of all time. Dunlop beat off opposition from footballer George Best and golfer Rory McIlroy to...

Dunlop crowned Enkalon Irish Motorcyclist of the Year

Dunlop crowned Enkalon Irish Motorcyclist of the Year

Michael Dunlop has been crowned Enkalon Irish Motorcyclist of the Year at the Adelaide Motorbike awards. The 25 year old was also the winner of the International Road Racer of he Year. Dunlop, who...

North West 200 wins race of the year at Adelaide Motorbike awards

North West 200 wins race of the year at Adelaide Motorbike awards

The opening Superbike race of the 2014 Vauxhall International North West 200 has been voted the Race of the Year at the Adelaide Motorbike awards. Race winner, William Dunlop, was presented with the...

Conor Cummins at the English Institute of Sport

Conor Cummins at the English Institute of Sport

A host of top Honda Racing riders have been given a pre-season assessment at the English Institute for Sport ahead of the beginning of their 2015 campaigns. BSB riders Jason O’Halloran and Dan Linfoot...

Pre-season assessment with Olympic coaches for Honda Racing

Pre-season assessment with Olympic coaches for Honda Racing

A host of top Honda Racing riders have been given a pre-season assessment at the English Institute for Sport ahead of the beginning of their 2015 campaigns. BSB riders Jason O’Halloran and Dan Linfoot...

Supersport star Irwin gets Ulster Grand Prix backing

Supersport star Irwin gets Ulster Grand Prix backing

Northern Irish British Supersport frontrunner Glenn Irwin will have a new sponsor for his 2015 circuit campaign in the form of the world’s fastest road race. Irwin, who is planning a road racing...

Isle of Man TT world series ready to launch

Isle of Man TT world series ready to launch

Isle of Man TT organisers have crossed the final political hurdle ahead of the launch of their new world series, which looks set to take the TT format across the world from 2017. The series will see a...

Michael Dunlop: The waiting is finally over

Michael Dunlop: The waiting is finally over

The annual winter event of wondering what 11 times TT winner Michael Dunlop will be riding in the new season has been brought to a close with the announcement from Germany on Thursday that he will...

Michael Dunlop to ride new R1 Yamaha in 2015

Michael Dunlop to ride new R1 Yamaha in 2015

11 times TT winner Michael Dunlop will race the new Yamaha YZF R1 superbike in 2015. The 25 year old has just announced that he has agreed terms to ride the all new Japanese superbike on the roads...

Farquhar back on a superbike for 2015

Farquhar back on a superbike for 2015

Ireland’s Ryan Farquhar has announced that he will race Superbike and Superstock ZX10 Kawasakis on the roads in 2015. The 38 year old, who has won 4 North West 200s and 3 TTs, will return to the big...

Isle of Man promos 2015 TT

Isle of Man promos 2015 TT

The Isle of Man TT have previewed the 2015 races with the launch of their now traditional video highlights. With the usual bad acting from top TT stars, the four minute production sets the scene...

McGuinness and Cummins sticking with Honda for 2015 roads

McGuinness and Cummins sticking with Honda for 2015 roads

As widely speculated in the past weeks, John McGuinness and Conor Cummins will remain with the official Honda team for their 2015 road racing campaign. The duo will ride for the team in the superbike...

McGuinness and Cummins to tackle Superstock EWC and roads with Jackson Racing

McGuinness and Cummins to tackle Superstock EWC and roads with Jackson Racing

John McGuinness and Conor Cummins will return to the Endurance World Championship in 2015 with Jackson Racing, as they team up with Dan Stewart for the superstock class with Jackson Racing. They’ll...

MCN’s top five road races: 1st

MCN’s top five road races: 1st

William Dunlop pips his brother Michael in last lap thriller to win first international superbike race at the North West 200 North West 200 Superbike race one Finishing order: William Dunlop, Michael...

MCN’s top five road races: 2nd

MCN’s top five road races: 2nd

Michael Dunlop gives BMW their first international road race win at the North West 200 North West 200 Superbike race two Finishing order: Michael Dunlop, Josh Brookes, Alastair Seeley For many people...

MCN’s top five road races: 3rd

MCN’s top five road races: 3rd

Michael Dunlop wins four TTs for the second year in a row Isle of Man TT Senior TT Finishing order: Michael Dunlop, Conor Cummins, Guy Martin A fortnight after taking two wins on his first outing on...

TT star Anstey gets Royal recognition

TT star Anstey gets Royal recognition

Bruce Anstey, the fastest ever man around the Isle of Man TT course, is set to be officially recognised for his contributions to the sport by the Queen. The New Zealander has been awarded a Member of...

MCN’s top five road races: 4th

MCN’s top five road races: 4th

Bruce Anstey wins the Ulster Grand Prix Ulster Grand Prix Superbike race two Finishing order: Bruce Anstey, Guy Martin, Lee Johnston Valvoline Padgett’s Honda veteran Bruce Anstey might have...

MCN’s top five road races: 5th

MCN’s top five road races: 5th

Stuart Easton wins the Macau Grand Prix after a three-year absence Macau Grand Prix Finishing order: Stuart Easton, Michael Rutter, Martin Jessop When Stuart Easton ploughed into the back of MSS...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 1st

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 1st

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 2nd

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 2nd

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 3rd

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 3rd

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 4th

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 4th

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 5th

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 5th

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 6th

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 6th

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 7th

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 7th

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 8th

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 8th

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

Merry Christmas from Guy Martin!

Merry Christmas from Guy Martin!

He might be in New Zealand for the Cemetery Circuit races on Boxing Day, but Guy Martin still took time to record a quick Christmas hello before he left the truck mechanics workshop!

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 9th

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 9th

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 10th

MCN’s top ten road racing riders: 10th

The 2014 road racing season promised to be a vintage year and it didn’t disappoint. The defection of Michael Dunlop from Honda to BMW during the winter set the tone for a year of change that saw new...

Construction starts on David Wood Ulster Grand Prix House

Construction starts on David Wood Ulster Grand Prix House

Construction has begun on the new permanent home of the Ulster Grand Prix, with the breaking of ground on the site of the new David Wood House, named in honour of the legendary team manager and race...

Guy Martin, William Dunlop and Alastair Seeley form Tyco BMW dream team

Guy Martin, William Dunlop and Alastair Seeley form Tyco BMW dream team

Road racing stars Guy Martin, William Dunlop and Alastair Seeley will form a dream team for Tyco Racing as they switch from Suzuki to BMW machinery for the 2015 international road racing season. TT...