January

Year: 2016

Month: January

New arrivals of 2016 – Retros (Part 2 of 2)

10 January 2016 by MCN News

With 2016 heralding the arrival of 68 new bikes, we’re going to have a roundup of some of the most interesting metal that’s coming our way this year. All the bikes featured will be on display at the...

Danny Kent: How to build a champion

09 January 2016 by MCN Sport

Danny Kent is our first GP champion since Barry Sheene. So how did he get so good? n the cut throat world of Grand Prix racing, talent is never enough. This is a fact to which Danny Kent, Britain’s...

New arrivals of 2016 – Retros (Part 1 of 2)

08 January 2016 by MCN News

Thieves target Padgetts collection

08 January 2016 by MCN News

West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after a number of distinctive and historic motorcycles were stolen from the personal collection of Peter Padgett at the family’s world famous bike...

Mick's Millions: What Doohan did next

08 January 2016 by MCN

Mick Doohan won the 500cc title five times. Then he became really successful… any top motorcycle racers don’t make great businessmen. Too many cram their bank accounts with the gains of their talent,...

Try a new Street Twin on February 11

08 January 2016 by MCN News

If Triumph’s excellent new Street Twin has grabbed your attention, then you need to put February 11 in your diary for a visit to your local Triumph dealer as the firm launch the new model with a...

Lost Tengai in Powys

06 January 2016 by Bike magazine

That’s the message from Bike’s intrepid traveller Jamie. Let him explain why he’s on a stone wall in Wales and not a sandy beach in South Africa n the face of it, it’s not so very different to...

KTM go full Factory

06 January 2016 by MCN News

KTM have added ‘Factory Edition’ versions to their four-stroke 2016 SX motocross bikes. The special edition machines feature a host of new parts on the already overhauled 2016 SX range, which was...

BMW to unveil laser headlights and heads-up display helmet concepts

06 January 2016 by Liam Marsden

BMW will unveil laser headlights for the first time on a motorcycle and a heads-up display for motorcycle helmet at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. The heads-up- display...

My life in bikes: Sam Sunderland

06 January 2016 by MCN

Official KTM rally rider and Britain’s best chance of winning future Dakars reflects on a lot of ups and downs n elite rally rider, Sam Sunderland was 2015 runner-up in the FIM Cross Country World...

Video: The dangers of riding in Thailand

05 January 2016 by Liam Marsden

“Limit your speed so you can stop within the distance you can see” is what many riding instructors say, and it’s sound advice. Here in the UK there could be a tractor, or maybe an escaped farm animal...

Touring Canada; ‘It feels like a place only great explorers should reach’

05 January 2016 by Andy Davidson

The BMW R1200GS hums calmly, pottering on without a worry in the world. It has made the same journey before while I, on the other hand, am new and nervous. I haven’t seen another person in hours. I’m...

World’s greatest custom bikes shine in London

05 January 2016 by MCN News

Now in its third year, the London Custom Bike Building Championship has built a reputation as Europe’s prestige custom competition. With a huge prize purse totalling £12,000 and the backdrop of one of...

New MCN January 6: 2016 New Bikes

05 January 2016 by Simon Patterson

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from January 6: 2016 new bikes: 16-page special Your ultimate guide to 2016’s new metal First test: Finished Hesketh 24 Wet...

7 brilliant big singles

05 January 2016 by MCN

If all of these were hanging around in a bar, you’d want to lose your wedding ring. Ducati SuperMono (1992-1995) The 550cc DOHC liquid-cooled racing single first saw the light of day in 1992. It...

9 ways to save on gas but still have a laugh

04 January 2016 by MCN

Boosting your bike’s MPG doesn’t have to mean riding like a granny. Here’s how to go further for less cash 1. Rolling easy Start at the bottom: tyres. Tyres are an easy win for saving fuel – low...

Special edition Triumph Street Triple Rx Black announced

04 January 2016 by Liam Marsden

The standard Triumph Street Triple Rx is to be joined by a special edition Street Triple Rx Black, available in Triumph dealers this month. As suggested by the name, the special edition features a new...

Rossi Fever in Spain

02 January 2016 by MCN Sport

Three Spanish racers take on one Italian in front of 110,000 Spaniards… 109,000 of whom want the Italian to win. We soak up the Valencia madness RIDAY PRACTICE You smell a Spanish MotoGP long before...