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See Guy Martin tow girls on skates this weekend

John Westlake, 17 November 2011 09:09

Road-racing superstar Guy Martin will headline a new event called Rollerburn this weekend featuring scantily-clad women being towed behind bikes. The event is at the Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire on Saturday November 19 between 2pm and 11pm. Besides the roller derby, there will also be a bike show, live bands and of course a bar… Tickets are £10 on the gate.

How not to buy a ringer or clone: best guide yet

John Westlake, 09 November 2011 16:27

One of Britain’s leading racing clubs has compiled the best guide yet on how to avoid buying a stolen bike or engine. The British Motorcycle Racing Club (Bemsee) has produced a short booklet clearly showing what chassis and engine numbers should look like, along with their forged equivalents. There are also clear descriptions of how ringing and cloning works. The ...

Free tickets for next year's NEC Show

John Westlake, 21 December 2010 16:34

If you bought a ticket in advance for the Carole Nash Motorcycle Live Show at the NEC in November, but were unable to attend because of the atrocious road conditions, you can get a free ticket to next year's event. All you have to do is keep your unused 2010 ticket, bring it along to the NEC in 2011 and ...

Win an all-expenses paid Spanish trackday on the new ZX-10R!

John Westlake, 26 November 2010 11:45

To celebrate the relaunch of the Kawasaki Riders Club, Kawasaki is offering an “all expenses paid” Spanish trackday riding the new Ninja ZX-10R. Every new member of the club signed up during Carole Nash Motorcycle Live at the NEC will have a chance to win, as well as getting all the other club benefits, including: BSB and World Superbike pit ...

Get a non-biking mate into a dealer and win kit!

John Westlake, 10 June 2010 14:56

If you take a non-biking mate into a participating bike dealership you could win yourself an Arai Chaser helmet, a full set of Weisse clothing and a biking holiday abroad. What's more, your non-biking mate could win an Apple Ipad, Ipod or Samsung camera just for stepping into a bike dealership. The campaign to get more people riding bikes, called ...

Bradley Smith pulls in crowds at MCN Show

John Westlake, 04 February 2010 16:28

British GP star Bradley Smith – the most successful British GP racer since Barry Sheene – spent hours signing autographs at the Carole Nash MCN Show in London before he heads off to California tomorrow. Smith was signing posters and chatting to fans on the Aprilia stand and said: “I’m off to California tomorrow, otherwise I would have been here ...

Julian Ryder reveals MotoGP paddock secrets

John Westlake, 31 December 2009 11:30

Eurosport’s MotoGP commentator and long-time motorcycle journalist Julian Ryder will be a special guest at Honda dealer Tippets in January. Ryder – one of the most knowledgeable and affable members of the MotoGP paddock – will hold forth on all things bike racing, and then answer questions on January 21, from 7.30pm-10.00pm. Tickets to the evening are £5 (buy them ...

Pick your technical highlights of 2009

John Westlake, 16 December 2009 15:28

MCN’s technical expert Kevin Ash is currently deciding who should receive the MCN Golden Piston Award for technical innovation in 2009. Should it be Honda for its off-set crank pins in the VFR1200F? Or Yamaha for its crossplane crank in the R1? Or BMW for its combined ABS and traction control on the S1000RR? Or is there something else Kev ...

Boorman at a bookshop near you

John Westlake, 14 October 2009 15:46

Adventurer Charley Boorman will be signing copies of his new book Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means over the next few months. The hardback book, which has been serialised in MCN and costs £18.99, accompanies his TV show on Sunday nights at 9pm. If you order the book through www.bigearth.co.uk and quote MCNBAM241, you’ll get a ...

Watch best ever classic GPs

John Westlake, 21 April 2009 17:22

MCN has just spotted that ESPN Classic (Sky Channel 442) is showing a classic MotoGP race each night this week at 19.40. Tonight is Schwantz v Doohan v Barros at the untamed and utterly terrifying Assen. As we remember that was one awesome race! See www.espnclassicsport.com/tvguide.php