Getting stuck upside-down in a ditch wearing your bike on top of you, watching it overheat as you get stuck between two tree trunks, or getting roosted in clods of mud by your mates. These have become my guilty pleasures in the last few weeks. In the winter lull when riding road bikes on slippery, greasy roads covered in salt ...
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- 18 January 2012
Leon and Ron Haslam officially opened the new 3.66-mile Silverstone GP track last week. And to honour the occasion Silverstone has just given us incredible footage of the father and son team taking their first laps of the track, stalked by David Coulthard in a Red Bull Formula One car. World Superbike championship leader Leon is riding his own Suzuki ...
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- 07 May 2010
Yamaha MotoGP stars Valentino Rossi, James Toseland, Colin Edwards and Jorge Lorenzo appear in this new Yamaha spoof video. Find a Yamaha for sale Read Yamaha bike reviews The film was made in anticipation of next week’s launch of the new YZ450F motocross bike. It shows Rossi asking James “Bubba” Stewart if the bike runs on Espresso, and Colin Edwards asking if ...
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- 02 September 2009
MCN Editor Marc Potter has clocked up 5500 trouble free miles on his long term test BMW R1200GS. Here’s a short video review of the bike in action showing it’s more than capable of anything Potter can throw at it. Read the BMW R1200GS Adventure review Find a BMW R1200GS Adventure for sale Zoom & Watch more videos ...
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- 31 July 2009
Yamaha’s new V-Max is the most powerful production motorcycle we have ever put on our dyno. The new 2009 Yamaha V-Max made a whopping 184bhp at the rear tyre, and 116ft lb of torque. In numbers it has more torque than a Yamaha R6 has got in horsepower, and makes it more powerful than our previous best – the Suzuki ...
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- 26 February 2009
Forty years after the first Japenese invasion Honda has built a bike to take on Europe's best, the Honda CB1000R and you can see it in action below. MCN's editor Marc Potter travelled to Italy to take the motorcycle for a spin on the streets of Milan and the twisty roads near Lake Como. Watch the video below to see ...
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- 23 April 2008
Watch an exclusive video of MCN's Editor, Marc Potter, at the launch of the Suzuki B-King motorcycle at the Lausitzring circuit in Germany. We've already brought you his first impressions on the Suzuki B-King, so see his final verdict of 1340cc, 181.5bhp Suzuki motorcycle. Read Marc Potter's full Suzuki B-King track test in this week's MCN, available to buy from Wednesday, August 8, 2007. Zoom & Watch more ...
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- 07 August 2007
