June

Year: 2007

Month: June

Win great prizes by registering with www.motorcyclenews.com

05 July 2007 by Rob Hull

You could win a prize every day, ranging from helmets to one-piece leather suits, just by registering with this website. Whether you’re a new visitor to the site, you’ve never got round to...

Video: Ducati launch 1098 R World Superbike homologation motorcycle

30 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Ducati has launched the long awaited R version of the 1098 at the World Ducati Week in Misano. The bike is launched following the recent change of World Superbike rules to allow 1200cc twin-cylinder motorcycles to compete against the 1000cc fours. Watch the video of the unveiling of the Ducati 1098 R below and see the bike in action for the first time on footage sent back live from the...

Video: Motorists lose speed camera ruling

29 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Two motorists have lost a ruling in the European Court of Human Rights that many were hoping would see the end of speed cameras. Watch the video below to see the reactions of one of the defendants,...

Motorists lose speed camera humans rights case

29 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Speed cameras do not breach our human rights, the European Court of Human Rights ruled this morning. The verdict is massive defeat for anti-speed camera campaigners and means speed camera use can...

Bike in the flood

28 June 2007 by Sharon and Sarah

This happened Tuesday 26th June around 2pm. We were stood on a bridge in Killamarsh near Sheffield overlooking traffic trying to get through some really bad flooding, when along came this poor chap on...

Ruth Kelly is new transport secretary

28 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Ruth Kelly has been appointed Transport Secretary in Gordon Brown’s cabinet shake-up. The former Communities and Local Government Secretary will take over from Douglas Alexander. Kelly has previously...

Video: BBC's Steve Parrish rides the Kawasaki MotoGP bike

28 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

BBC Sport’s Steve Parrish got to find out what makes Kawasaki’s ZX-RR MotoGP bike so competetive when he rode it round Donington Park before the MotoGP race. Check out the video below to see Steve in...

Motorcycle deaths up

28 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Motorcycle road deaths rose by 5% between 2005 and 2006, according to dismal new Government accident figures published this morning. The number of children killed also rose by 20%, sparking fresh criticism of the Government’s speed camera programme. There were 599 rider fatalities last year, according to Road Casualties Great Britain 2006: Main Results. The number of rider deaths and serious...

2008 Suzuki GSX1300-R Hayabusa first official look

28 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

This is the new 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa – though you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise, as Suzuki has kept the design close to the original. Under the skin of the Hayabusa however, no part of the...

MCN in NYC

27 June 2007 by C.Boyson

Taking the time to catch up on all the weekly MCN news in Times Square, New York.

Misano WSB on a pair of GSX-Rs

27 June 2007 by steve oleary

My friend Dave and I rode to Misano WSB last week, covering 2300 miles in the process; through the Pyrenees on the way down, arriving in Rimini on Friday evening. The next 2 days off the bike were...

Video: See the Victory vision in action and hear its designers talk

27 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Victory’s stunning all-new Vision full-dress tourer is designed to take on Electra Glides and Goldwings and the designers think it will go down in history. Check out the video below to see the bike in...

The longest day

27 June 2007 by fatal2

I’m writing this after being on my GSX-R1000 K6 for just short of two days, with a mate on his 2006 ZX-10R. We went to Scotland for the longest day, despite the crappy weather forecast. We started from Chester-le-Street (that’s Co. Durham if you don’t watch cricket!) at 7.30am on Thursday June 21, and heading up the A68 through Jedburgh to Edinburgh without a stop. We refuelled at Forth road...

Carl Fogarty and Scott Russell speak about their 1994 race bikes at Goodwood Festival of Speed

26 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

In this week’s MCN (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)our road testers ride a pair of stunning retro WSB homologation motorcycles – the 916SPS and ZXR750R from 1994. The bikes are the road going versions of...

Spy chips for motorcycle number plates could be on the way

26 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

The Government has given a new indication that electronic tags in motorcycle number plates could be on the way. The chips would transmit a bike’s identity to roadside beacons to help police identify...

Comment: If speeding doesn't cause accidents, then why do we have speed cameras?

26 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

The Government has just published its response to a call from MPs for motorcycles to be fitted with speed limiters to cut accidents. The response is: It wouldn’t work. Only 4% of motorcycle accidents...

Video: Batman's motorcycle unveiled in the US

26 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Fictional hero Batman has ditched his traditional Batmobile and turned to two wheels for the new Movie “The Dark Knight” and you can see the bike at it’s launch on the video below. The bike may look...

MCN reader wins dream ticket to British MotoGP with Metis Gilera

26 June 2007 by Tom Rayner

MCN reader Dave Woollands won a dream VIP ticket to the British MotoGP at Donington Park last weekend in an MCN competition in collaboration with Gilera. Woollands, and his guest, got to spend the day...

Bikes on TV: June 27 to July 3

26 June 2007 by Alison Silcox

KEY TO CHANNELS: DRT – Discovery Real Time DRTE -Discovery Real Time Extra DSC – Discovery Channel DHD – Discovery Channel HD EXS – Extreme Sports Channel MM – Men and Motors MOT – Motors TV SS1...

Stripped-back Suzuki M1800RN motorcycle revealed

26 June 2007 by Ben Purvis

Suzuki is set to reveal its 2008 motorcycle range to dealers in America on Wednesday night, June 27,2007. And this will be among the new bikes; the new Suzuki M1800RN. Originally shown to dealers last...

New MCN: June 27, 2007

26 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

This week in MCN we have a 14-page special looking at the highs and lows of the British MotoGP at Donington Park last weekend. There was a record crowd at the Leicestershire circuit despite the heavy...

Hairy biker

26 June 2007 by Carly Smith

Our American Bulldog “Woody” dressed and ready to watch the Donington GP.

Motocross track gets reprieve at cost of supermotos

26 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

A Suffolk motocross track at the centre of a dispute over planning permission has been given permission to remain open. WildTracks at Chippenham was created four years ago without permission, and...

Gleeful from Glastonbury

25 June 2007 by MHDarlington

I bought MCN on my way down to Glastonbury 2007 last Wednesday morning and was very glad I did during the four grey, wet mornings that followed. Anyway, MCN great, Glastonbury amazing as ever and sod the weather. Can’t wait for a full test on the Aprilia Shiver.

More Brunstrom antics

25 June 2007 by jezz-z1000

Visit the BBC News (Wales) web page on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/6236934.stm – for a more indepth report of a pregnant woman who had her car impounded. A computer error showed her to have no insurance (when in fact she did). The police took her keys and left her stranded, refusing to take her home.

Councillor blames bikers for UK's most dangerous road

25 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Motorcyclists are to blame for the UK’s most dangerous road, according to a local councillor. Councillor Tony Martin, in charge of the A682 in Lancashire, named today as the country’s most dangerous...

North Yorkshire could get first speed camera

25 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Talks between the new Chief Constable of North Yorkshire and councils in the county could lead to a new speed camera partnership being established in the area. Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell was...

Motorcycle licence test scams on the rise

25 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Bikers who’ve never passed a bike test are getting full licences by paying someone to fraudulently take the exam for them, according to the Driving Standards Agency (DSA).Tens of thousands of learners, including motorcyclists and drivers, have paid impostors with a passing resemblance to attend tests centres and pretend to be them by presenting their photocard provisional licence. A DSA...

Blackspot road 'not dangerous' say police

25 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

Police in Great Barton have said that the A143 is not a dangerous road after a motorcyclist was killed on Monday June 18. The 31 year-old was involved in a collision with a tractor between Great Barton and Ixworth in Suffolk. Local residents were calling for road improvements to reduce the accident rate.

Britain's most dangerous road named as the A682

25 June 2007 by Steve Farrell

Some of the UK’s most popular biking routes have been named as the country’s most dangerous roads. A route which attracts thousands of riders every year is the most dangerous road in Britain, a survey...

New Piaggio Carnaby 125cc scooter goes on sale

25 June 2007 by Ben Purvis

Piaggio has revealed its new Carnaby 125 scooter – on sale now for £2411 on the road. Italian firm Piaggio is out to show that riding a scooter is a simple option for commuters, selling the Carnaby on...

TV celebrity Jonathan Ross gets a Piaggio MP3

25 June 2007 by Chris Newbigging

TV Talk-show host Jonathan Ross was spotted in London last week riding a Piaggio MP3. The three-wheeled 125cc is the latest Piaggio-built scooter to be ridden by the star, who was snapped riding in...

Youngest bike fan in England?

24 June 2007 by Martin White

Here’s a picture of our new baby boy called Ben who was born on the 19th June 2007.

Winners return from Yamaha’s trip of a lifetime

24 June 2007 by Ben Purvis

One of the best prizes ever offered to motorcyclists must have been that awarded by Yamaha to 24 winners from across Europe to mark the launch of the 2007 Yamaha R1. The winners, including three...

My daughter's R1!

23 June 2007 by Ian Nicholls

This is my five-year-old daughter getting her first feel of the R1.

The A6 from Bakewell - Experimental footage

23 June 2007 by videobike

Here is another clip with a difference. I don’t know if it works that well, but here goes. It is a clip put together from footage obtained on a training course. 2 bikes, each mounted with cameras and the Pan European rider doing the commentary while I am filming him. In the meantime he is filming the road ahead as well. The clip is edited and at one point we get passed by a Triumph; nice engine...