Irish custom bike builders Medaza Cycles took top honours last weekend at the AMD World Custom Bike Building Championships in Germany with this stunning Guzzi powered creation called Rondine. Based around a single cylinder 500cc Nuovo Falcone engine, the bike features hand formed aluminium bodywork, a scratch built frame and an innovative girder fork that started life as a V-Rod ...
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- Custom & modified bikes
- 14 May 2013
122 of the world’s finest custom bikes were on display last weekend as the 10th annual AMD World Custom Bike Championships kicked off in Essen, Germany. 23 countries were represented in the five competition classes with motorcycles, scooters and sidecars all vying for the top prizes. Of the 66 bikes in the Freestyle class, (where pretty much anything goes) the ...
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- Custom & modified bikes
- 13 May 2013
A couple of years ago I asked an MCN work experience girl what she thought of motorcyclists. I was hoping she’d use words like ‘cool’, ‘exciting’, perhaps even ‘sexy’ but instead she said, “They’re all old blokes... you think they could be a bit of alright and then they take their helmets off... and they’re all my dad’s age.” She ...
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- First rides & tests
- 24 April 2013
My longterm Harley-Davidson Street Bob Dark Custom has turned up this morning. No camp metal flake, trinkets or radio here! Old Skool chopper styling looks ace but it could do with some louder pipes and those chrome bits have to go... BLOG13 | STREETBOB13
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- First rides & tests
- 17 April 2013
Harley-Davidson is perhaps the most iconic brand in the biking world, but despite its popularity, you'll always find plenty of Harley haters. If you won a Harley, what would you do with it?
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- New bikes
- 04 April 2013
This weeks MCN features amazing new interactive content that you can bring to life with your mobile phone. Simply download the free yo2mo window app from your phones app store, find the ads and images in MCN that include the yo2mo logo and hover your phone over them to activate video, interactive features and more. Click here to download the ...
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- General news
- 12 February 2013
MCN has launched a new on-line TV channel called MCN-TV. Featuring the world’s best biking movies, TV shows and documentaries, MCN-TV can be watched on any on-line device running a standard web browser including lap-tops, phones and tablet devices. From blockbuster movies such as On Any Sunday to fascinating documentaries on motorcycling's heroes such as Barry Sheene and David Jefferies, ...
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- General news
- 26 September 2012
TCX X-Street Sneaker boots, £79.99Miles covered/time: 986/two monthsWhat’s good: The Street Sneakers look like normal Converse-style boots but feature a slightly thicker denim material, hard ankle armour and brushed leather on the toes and heel. The boots are all-day comfortable and despite the stiff-ish sole and ankle armour, walking isn’t hampered in any way. Each pair is hand ‘distressed’ so ...
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- Boots
- 23 August 2012
Don’t miss your chance to help raise money for biking’s top charity – Riders for Health, which provides bikes for medical workers in Africa – and be in with the chance to win exclusive paddock passes for next year’s British MotoGP at Silverstone. Some of the most sought after tickets in British motor racing could be yours, all you have ...
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- General news
- 11 July 2012
According to figures from the Motorcycle Industry Association, by the end of July new Chinese bikes will outsell new Japanese machines in the UK for the first time ever, mostly as mopeds or scooters. How tempted are you to buy a Chinese bike? pollcomment
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- New bikes
- 11 July 2012
