The £100 million revamp of Donington Park was revealed this weekend and includes a 200mph straight into a dead-stop hairpin, a plunging downhill left-hander that drops away steeper than the infamous Craner Curve and a dramatic uphill drive into a tight right-hander. Donington Park CEO Simon Gillett explained: “I’ve always thought of Donington as a 3D race track, it’s got ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- 08 September 2008
Prince William and Prince Harry have been given the go-ahead to ride across southern Africa on motorcycles as part of a charity visit in the style of Ewan McGreggor and Charley Boorman's Long Way Down. MCN reported in January that the royal brothers, who are both keen bikers, had been planning the motorcycle trip but it was cancelled over security fears. ...
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- General news
- 08 September 2008
MCN reader Ben Leeves got the chance of a lifetime this weekend as the Yamaha World Superbike team of Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser rode both WSB races at Doningotn Parkwith a paint scheme designed by him. Ben entered his design in a competition on motorcyclenews.com in July, but the winning design wasn't revealed until the race this weekend. He beat ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- World Superbikes
- 08 September 2008
Nick Sanders has sent another instalment from his amazing Parallel Worlds round the world ride as he becomes the first person to cross the Alto Plano in Bolivia on a Yamaha R1 The roads are so rough on the 14,000ft pass that the exhaust fell off. He managed to fix it and sent us this video report when he got ...
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- General news
- 03 September 2008
Motorcycle helmets are a lot more fragile than you might think but as we all know they're pretty damned important for protecting your head. MCN has put together 10 tips to keep your helmet in top shape and protecting you properly for longer. Choose from a massive selection of motorcycle helmets to buy Treat your helmet as if it was ...
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- Helmets
- 28 August 2008
Voting is now open in the UK’s biggest and most important motorcycle competition – MCN’s Britain’s Got Biking Talent contest with Carole Nash. Hundreds of hopeful riders have entered by uploading pictures of their motorbikes creating a virtual bike show of the country’s best one-off specials. Click here to vote now Now you have until September 19 to wander the ...
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- Custom & modified bikes
- 26 August 2008
Leon Haslam has taken the double win after the second race at Cadwell Park British Superbikes. Haslam took his third race win in a row by pulling exactly the same move that won him race one. Tom Sykes lead the race from the start but Haslam out breaked him at the end of Park straight on lap 7 leaving him ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 25 August 2008
Leon Haslam has taken the win in the first British Superbikes race at Cadwell Park after a race-long battle with Tom Sykes. Sykes lead the first half of the race but Haslam was always on his back until he managed to slip past at the end of Park straight. Sykes was fighting hard to stay with the HM Plant Honda ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 25 August 2008
Leon Haslam has taken his first pole of the season after the qualifying session for the Knockhill round of the British Superbikes championship. Haslam put in a storming lap on his HM Plant Honda Fireblade to finish the wet session 0.2 seconds faster than second placed man Michael Rutter. Rutter had looked set to take pole on his North West ...
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- British Superbikes
- 09 August 2008
It’s all change at the top for the final free practice session of the Knockhill round of the British Superbike championship with Tom Sykes taking the fastest lap. Leon Haslam and Shayne Byrne had been fighting over the top spots in the first two dry sessions but the rain came down for the final practice before qualifying and let Tom ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- British Superbikes
- 09 August 2008
