March

Year: 2016

Month: March

Remembering John Surtees: Two and four-wheel world champion

11 February 2019 by MCN News

John Surtees is the most honoured English motorcycle racer of all time, having been awarded a CBE, MBE and OBE. Surtees sadly passed away at the age of 83 and would have celebrated his 85th birthday...

Biking runs in Royal blood

21 February 2018 by MCN News

Four princes, four bikes – and proof that biking runs in the royal blood. In the first picture, Prince Albert (he who will become George VI, not to mention subject of The King’s Speech) and his...

Ride your dream at MCN Festival

01 April 2016 by MCN News

More bikes have been added to the MCN Festival test bike fleet including Suzuki’s new SV650 and KTM’s stunning 1290 Super Adventure. So if you want to ride the pick of 2016’s new bikes from a whole...

The new-old café racers

01 April 2016 by MCN

It’s not just the major manufacturers doing something new and wonderful with classic British designs. Here are four of the best home-built examples in the country omething new is happening with old...

Experience Motocross at MCNLive!

31 March 2016 by MCN News

The AMCA Yamaha MX Experience will be heading to MCNLive! at Butlins Skegness, April 15-18, giving you the opportunity to have a go at off-road riding. Yamaha will be bringing along an assortment of...

The man who's been doing the TT forever

31 March 2016 by MCN Sport

But he still wants a 200mph lap… f you’ve read a TT programme in the last 30 years you can’t fail to have clocked the name Dave Madsen-Mygdal. He’s been racing on the Island since 1979, and at the TT...

My life in bikes: Chris Walker

31 March 2016 by MCN

‘I did my first 100mph when I was just three years old’ Whether it’s on two wheels or three, Chris Walker shares his love of speed How did you first get into bikes? My dad and granddad both had bikes,...

Ducati Scrambler becomes Mike’s bike

31 March 2016 by Andy Downes

This Ducati Scrambler has been built by Ducati Thailand as a tribute to the legendary racer Mike Hailwood, with his son David on hand to see the first example of just 58 being built. The Hailwood...

Road test: 2016 Zero SR

30 March 2016 by Bike magazine

Zero’s SR is the latest in an increasingly long line of electric bikes, and it’s good. No wonder Harley, Yamaha and Honda fancy a piece of the action… hat a difference a few years make. Five or six...

Video: Best new retros - Triumph Thruxton R v BMW R nineT Sport v Yamaha XJR1300

30 March 2016 by MCN News

We fell in love with the Thruxton R at its launch a few weeks ago and couldn’t wait to get our hands on it again. So we took two of its best retro rivals to Triumph’s launch location in Portugal to...

MV Agusta in crisis

29 March 2016 by Andy Downes

MV Agusta will have to get smaller in order to survive over the long term, and that process has already started according to boss Giovanni Castiglioni. The Italian marque is to undergo a complete...

'I always thought I'd thrashed it senseless' – a love letter to the Yamaha R6, by James Whitham

29 March 2016 by MCN

In 1999 James Whitham took a one-off ride in the World Supersport series. What followed was the start of a love affair with the YZF-R6. Prepare to want one all over again. he fact I even ended up...

Who’s your money on for BSB glory in 2016?

29 March 2016 by MCN News

Who’s your money on for BSB glory in 2016?

New MCN March 30: Best new retros

29 March 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from March 30: Triumph’s new Thruxton R takes on old-school rivals MV Agusta battles for survival Inside the BMW GS Trophy...

Guy Martin breaks Wall of Death record

29 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Millions of television viewers watched Guy Martin set a new Wall of Death world speed record on Easter Monday during a spectacular live broadcast on Channel Four. The 34 year old blasted around the...

TT Tales - Being a fan

28 March 2016 by MCN Sport

‘Never mind what you’ve seen on telly, brilliant though the coverage is. When you get there you simply won’t believe it’ s soon as you arrive, you’ve got to do a lap. Be humble, be cautious, be...

Guy Martin’s Wall of Death (Part 3)

28 March 2016 by Andy Davidson

Today is the day that Guy Martin will ride around the largest Wall of Death ever built, aiming for a top speed of 60mph and a Guinness Word Record, all live on TV. Here’s everything you need to know...

So long, Ryan

27 March 2016 by MCN Sport

This feature, from late 2012, marked the retirement (albeit only temporary, as it turned out) of Ryan Farquhar. At the time of his retiurement he had amassed 80 more Irish National races than Joey and...

Guy Martin’s Wall of Death (Part 2)

27 March 2016 by Andy Davidson

This Easter Monday Guy Martin will ride around the largest Wall of Death ever built, aiming for a top speed of 60mph and a Guinness Word Record, all live on TV. Here’s everything you need to know...

Grand Day Out: Vintage Performance Bikes

26 March 2016 by Performance Bikes

It was January 1998 and it was a typical post photo shoot piss-up. The usual insults flowed: Ronnie’s ferret, Gus’s willy, Alex’s teeth, and so on. By closing time it’d turned ugly. And a race was on:...

Cal Crutchlow: “I feel I’m always riding injured”

26 March 2016 by MCN Sport

It was a mixed year for Brits in the MotoGP paddock. MCN Sport asked four of our top riders for their verdicts. First up: Cal Crutchlow ou’ve just turned 30. How does your body feel? My body is tired.

Guy Martin’s Wall of Death (Part 1)

26 March 2016 by Andy Davidson

Take your bike down the strip at MCNLive!

24 March 2016 by MCN News

We’ve teamed up with the East Kirkby Straightliners to give MCNLive! visitors a chance to take their bikes down the drag strip at a Straightliners’ championship round on Sunday April 18. There will be...

Better Riding: Braking for corners

23 March 2016 by RiDE magazine

The brakes are used for more than emergency stops – and how we use them reveals a lot about our riding ometimes you’ll approach a tight corner and need to slow down quickly – which is a job for the...

Yamaha RD125LC restoration

23 March 2016 by Practical Sportsbikes

Mark Rouse had been without a bike for 26 years when his mate Chris Tring found him the dream machine from his youth, a Yamaha RD125LC. It started him on the path to resto redemption… ark Rouse has...

Buzz around new BMW lid

23 March 2016 by Andy Downes

BMW are developing a helmet that uses haptics – the transmission of information via touch – rather than the more common visual or audible signals. A few years ago ‘haptic’ wasn’t a common word, but...

Poll: What do you think of wings on MotoGP bikes?

23 March 2016 by MCN News

What do you think of wings on MotoGP bikes?

Still cock o’ the north

23 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

The great and the good have been racing on mainland Britain’s only closed roads circuit for 70 years – and in the eyes of many riders and fans Scarborough’s rollercoaster track remains the finest in...

Super Adventure breeze buster

23 March 2016 by Andy Downes

Despite the apparent periscope fitted to the back of this test mule, we’re as certain as we can be that KTM aren’t actually readying a new submersible version of the 1290 Super Adventure just yet. But...

Great MCN Festival ticket deal

22 March 2016 by MCN News

For a very limited time, there’s 15% off group and camping tickets to the MCN Festival. Up until midnight on March 29 you can purchase three day tickets for £37.50 (which works out as £12.50 each)...

Honda Africa Twin goes hardcore

22 March 2016 by Andy Downes

Honda also added a new more hardcore version of the recently launched Africa Twin which was presented as a concept bike but will be on sale as the ‘adventure’ spec bike in the range within a year we...

New MCN March 23: Guy Martin's Wall of Death

22 March 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from March 23: Guy Martin’s Wall of Death world record attempt Honda Africa Twin manual vs DCT 90 years of Ducati Ducati...

8 ways to make your bike safer from the thieves

22 March 2016 by MCN

Someone out there wants to part you from your bike – don’t make it easy 1. Out of sight, out of danger Bikes aren’t commonplace, so thieves have to know they’re there to stage a theft – burglars can...

Honda gets serious with CB1100

21 March 2016 by Andy Downes

It’s described as a concept bike but insiders say this bike is not far from production as part of new twin-pronged CB1100 range Are Honda finally about to get serious with the CB1100 retro roadster?...

Go West, Doctor and the Medics headline MCNLive!

21 March 2016 by MCN News

Eighties band Go West will headline the last ever MCNLive! at Butlins Skegness April 15-18, alongside eighties chart toppers Doctor and the Medics. The two bands will be joined by the biggest ever...

My Life in bikes: Troy Bayliss

21 March 2016 by MCN

‘A local copper told me he was keeping an eye on me’ x-British Superbike and three-times World Superbike Champion talks about being a young idiot and racing for Ducati in WSB How did you get started...