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Gorgeous Yamaha TZR250 cafe racer

MCN, 08 June 2012 17:29

This gorgeous, retro-styled, all-black café racer is based on a Yamaha TZR250 V-twin two-stroke. It’s been built by Japanese custom shop 09Racing and uses the rear wheel and swingarm from a Honda RVF400R. For more info: www.09racing.com.

Video: New Victory Judge turned into cafe racer

MCN, 08 February 2012 11:22

Victory Motorcycles isn't a firm you normally associate with cafe racers, but all that could be about to change thanks to Zach Ness, grandson of customising demi-god Arlen Ness. The bike you see below is the NessCafe. Designed and built by Zach Ness and publicly displayed for the first time at last month's New York motorcycle show, it's based on ...

Warr's custom competitions at Ace Cafe

MCN, 25 March 2011 14:37

Warr’s Harley-Davidson will host a year long series of Harley nights at the Ace Cafe, London, on the last Thursday of every month, starting on Thursday 31 March. The opening event will feature an exhibit from Warr’s Kings Road Customs and there will be a customisation competition. Judging will take place on the night, with the winners crowned each month. ...

Harley-Davidson youth plan spawns £6000 Sportster

MCN, 25 February 2011 17:46

This pop-art Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 is the first sales success in a British dealer's masterplan to get younger riders into bikes. The bike was built for Brighton DJ Casper Gaday after he was introduced to motorcycles by Shaw Harley-Davidson's youth ambassador Polly Taylor. The tank and seat are from a Harley-Davidson 48, wheels are standard but powder coated, and the ...

Honda CBR250R gets Japanese tuner treatment

MCN, 15 December 2010 16:54

Japanese tuning houses Mugen and Moriwaki have already managed to get their hands on the new Honda CBR250R to give it a performance and styling makeover. 2011 Honda CBR250R first ride Both Mugen and Moriwaki were set-up in the early 1970s – Mugen by the son of Honda founder Soichiro, and Moriwaki by Mamoru Moriwaki (the husband of one of ...

Anyone want a V12 for Christmas?

MCN, 09 December 2010 11:25

The standard Boss Hoss comes with 5700cc, eight cylinders and 355bhp. Not bad, if bigness is your thing. But here we have a German who has gone several steps better - he's fitted a 6000cc V12 from an Aston Martin which, depending on the model he pinched it from, makes anything from 420 to 514bhp. Weight is unknown, though it's likely ...

MCN Live! show & shine competition - get your entry form

MCN, 17 March 2010 09:06

Want to show off your pride and joy whilst staying onsite at MCNLive! Butlins Skegness? Then we're putting on the competition for you. Click here to download your entry form We are running 4 categories in which you can enter your bike, they are Sports, Modern Classic, Naked and Custom plus an overall Best in Show award. Book tickets to ...

MCN Live: Show and shine highlights - customs and modern classics

MCN, 04 October 2009 18:00

Here are some of the best bikes from the customs and modern classics category of the Show and Shine contest at MCN Live. The customs and modern classics categories are always hard to judge because of the wide range of bikes that enter.

Only two days left to vote for the best bike in Britain

MCN, 16 September 2009 09:27

This is your last chance to pick Britain’s best bike. Voting for MCN’s Britain’s Got Biking Talent competition in association with Carole Nash closes this Friday. Click here to vote You can vote for your favourite bike in each of the six categories: Sports, Classics, Choppers & Customs, Concours & Restored, Streetfighters and Street Modified. It’s easy to do – ...

Entries flood in for Britain's Got Biking Talent

MCN, 31 July 2009 14:20

Britain's Got Biking Talent with Carole Nash is underway and we've had a vast array of entries covering all makes and models. View the latest BGBT entries Entries range from lightly modified Fireblades to beautifully restored classics, all of which will be in with a chance of winning. There's still plenty of time to enter - you have until August ...