You’ve done all the necessary checks, handed over your cash, found the best insurance deal through MCN Compare (and claimed your free T-shirt!*) and now you own a brand new (to you) second hand bike. What’s the first thing you should do? Take it out for a thrash? Before you do, spend a few minutes giving it a quick safety ...
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- General news
- 16 May 2013
Watching professional racers glide around a track with incredible grace and finesse can leave even the quickest of us in awe. Riding on track is a beautiful thing, but when it comes to our turn, it can be frustrating when there’s no improvement and lap times won’t budge. Bettering them can be seriously tricky. Adam Griffin of Race Dynamics (www.race-dynamics.co.uk) ...
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- General news
- 15 May 2013
Lap time: 1:49.8Top speed at end of straight: 164.4mphMax braking (g): 1.38Max lean: 48.2 Why it’s so specialThe 1199R and HP4 may be the latest and greatest superbikes to arrive, but neither can boast two World Superbike championships like the RSV4. Reputed to have been made for Max Biaggi from the beginning, the Aprilia made the world take notice when ...
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- First rides & tests
- 15 May 2013
Valentino Rossi is still not 100% comfortable and confident on Yamaha’s factory YZR-M1 after an up and down return to the Japanese factory in 2013. The Italian made a fairytale return to Yamaha in Qatar last month when he produced a rousing recovery from seventh to second. But the 34-year-old struggled to a disappointing sixth in the inaugural Circuit of ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 14 May 2013
There are plenty of questionable biking fashions, but which is the worst?
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- General news
- 14 May 2013
BT has signed a five-year deal to exclusively show MotoGP live in the UK from 2014. How will this affect you?
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 14 May 2013
Factory Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty prevailed in the second race at Monza today to take his sixth World Superbike victory and third of the season. It was another race long battle between Laverty, Marco Melandri, Tom Sykes and Sylvain Guintoli, with Laverty moving in to first place on the penultimate lap. The Irishman was able to hold his lead and ...
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- World Superbikes
- 12 May 2013
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- Bikes
- 10 May 2013
The BBC and British Eurosport have given their reaction to the confirmation today that BT Sport has successfully bid for the exclusive UK TV rights for MotoGP from 2014 onwards. BT Sport’s new five-year deal was officially announced in London this morning, meaning fans will no longer be able to watch Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi on the BBC and ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 09 May 2013
BT has signed a five-year deal to show MotoGP exclusively live in the UK from the 2014 world championship campaign onwards. The deal, which MCN revealed would be confirmed today from last weekend’s Spanish MotoGP race in Jerez, was announced during a high-profile launch for the new digital sports channel in London. The deal means free-to-air coverage of MotoGP on ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 09 May 2013
