2017

Year: 2017

Month: ALL

It's not too late to enter Fantasy Road Race

05 April 2017 by MCN News

With the BSB, WSB and MotoGP championships now underway the 2017 biking season has truly begun, and there’s still time to sign of to our Fantasy Road Race. If you think you’ve got what it takes to...

Gallery: Supersized KTM Adventure bikes

05 April 2017 by MCN News

KTM’s V-twin adventure bikes have jumped in capacity for 2017 – but is bigger really better? You’d be forgiven for being confused by KTM’s big V-twin adventure bike family. I know I was. After all,...

CCM plan new Spitfire Scrambler

05 April 2017 by MCN News

Big sales success prompts off-road ready Scrambler CCM revealed their limited-edition Spitfire at the Carole Nash MCN Show in February – and just one week later they had sold all 150 units and the...

Superbike shootout: The tale of the tape

05 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

It’s that time of year again, when we take the best superbikes on the planet and put them through their paces, and this year our superbike shootout is more thorough than ever before. Over seven days...

First ride of new Ducati Scrambler Café Racer incoming.

05 April 2017 by Michael Neeves

We’ll be riding Ducati’s new Scrambler Café Racer at its world launch in Italy on Friday The £9305, 803cc air-cooled, 50bhp L-twin Café Racer is the latest addition to the hugely popular Scrambler...

Ducati Scramblers available with £500 deposit contribution

04 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

All of Ducati’s Scrambler Sixty2 and Euro3-specification Scrambler models are currently available through the firm’s TriOptions PCP Finance with a £500 deposit contribution until May 31. The deposit...

First Ride: New range-topping Indian Chieftain Elite

04 April 2017 by Richard Newland

Factory custom specials have long been the preserve of Harley-Davidson’s Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) department, but this is new territory for Indian. Yes, there have been specials (the two Jack...

Poll: Has missing Donington wrecked Shakey’s title hopes?

04 April 2017 by MCN News

Has missing Donington wrecked Shakey’s title hopes?

Free quick charger with Zero Motorcycles in April

04 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

Electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles are offering customers a free quick charger worth £800 when they purchase a new bike during April. The quick charger speeds up charging using standard...

Event: Novice-only trackday with Chris Walker

04 April 2017 by MCN News Team

Chris Walker has joined forces with the guys at Cadwell Park to offer a novice-only trackday and it’s taking place this Saturday, April 8. It costs £119 for the day and this includes tuition from...

In this week's issue: Sportsbike shootout

04 April 2017 by MCN News

In this week’s issue, we put Honda’s new Fireblade SP and the new Suzuki GSX-R1000R against five other top superbikes to see who is the undisputed 2017 superbike king. We ride all seven bikes in...

6 motorcycle gifts you need in your life

03 April 2017 by MCN News

We’ve had a look at some motorcycling gifts that will make your life that little bit better both on and off the bike. All these products and more are available from the MCN merchandise shop. TOP...

Adventure Ashram celebrate 10 years with UK rally

03 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

UK-based charity Adventure Ashram are celebrating 10 years of fundraising in 2017 with the Adventure with Purpose UK Car and Bike Rally on Saturday 6 May. This year’s rally – the fourth since 2014 –...

BMW R1200GS Rallye: A trail blazer

03 April 2017 by Adam Child

At the end of 2016 BMW updated its R1200GS to make it Euro 4 compliant. While the GS was in the workshop they made some cosmetic changes and revised and smoothed the drivetrain. For 2017 BMW have...

Triumph announce motorcycle steering wheel

01 April 2017 by Liam Marsden

It’s that time of year again, where you momentarily get taken in by outlandish stories before glancing at your phone and noticing it’s April 1. This year both Honda and Triumph have both tried their...

Riding clinic: Banish your roundabout demons

01 April 2017 by Mark Edwards

Learn to whiz through junctions quickly and safely Don’t rush into anything On the face of it negotiating a roundabout seems like pretty basic stuff – especially if you have been driving cars for...

MCN visits the Iron Horse bike night #ride5000miles

31 March 2017 by James Archibald

Doesn’t everyone love a bike meet? We headed over to a location near MCN HQ – the Iron Horse Ranch House in Market Deeping, where they’ve just kicked off their weekly bike night that will be running...

Get mud-plugging with Suzuki’s MX 0% finance offer

31 March 2017 by James Archibald

Suzuki will be making their Arenacross championship-winning RM-Z450 and RM-Z250 available on a 0% finance deal from 1 April for a limited time. The RM-Z450 has won the Arenacross title for three...

A lower and longer CB350

31 March 2017 by James Archibald

Despite the twin not being as popular as its four-cylinder siblings, the Honda CB350 can make a great base bike for any custom and for Richard South it provided the perfect donor for his latest...

Video: French electric motorcycle claims 115-mile range

31 March 2017 by Liam Marsden and Maria Vallahis

Electric motorcycles are getting better all the time, with companies such as Energica, Alta Motors and Zero Motorcycles leading the way. Remember this Aero E-Racer we saw at EICMA last year? Although...

'#ride5000miles is a brilliant way to get Britain biking'

30 March 2017 by MCN News

MCN’s #ride5000miles campaign has kicked-off with a real bang. Our Facebook group has reached over 1,500 members and counting. Bringing the biking community closer together, here are a few members...

Osaka motorcycle show reveals show-stopping customs & concepts

30 March 2017 by Jordan Gibbons

While the big European shows are the places to reveal important new models, the Osaka and Tokyo shows are where Japanese manufacturers like to show off some of the fun work they’ve been doing on the...

A bike meet that's 'the full English'

29 March 2017 by Jason Hayzelden

Deep in the heart of the rolling Essex countryside is one of the most perfect picture postcard settings imaginable, the quintessential English village of Finchingfield. With its chocolate box...

The Kings of Bling

29 March 2017 by Jordan Gibbons

We ride the cream of the crop from Harley-Davidson’s Battle of the Kings Harley-Davidson held their first Battle of the Kings competition in 2015 to showcase the phenomenal depth and range of...

Steve Parrish & Evel Knievel help better your riding!

29 March 2017 by James Archibald

Bedfordshire Councils road safety team have released an interactive 360-degree video to help highlight the importance of positioning and observation while riding. The film puts the viewer in the...

In this week's issue: MotoGP 2017 is go

28 March 2017 by MCN News

In this week’s issue of MCN we’ve got a 12-page 2017 BSB preview pullout, an interview with Dougie Lampkin and a naked shootout: Triumph’s Street Triple 765 v Kawasaki’s Z900. Also in MCN this...

Meet new riding mates with the #BikerBuddy campaign

28 March 2017 by James Archibald

Ever wished you had more mates to ride with? Carole Nash have the answer with their #BikerBuddy campaign which is aiming to help fellow riders meet, promoting the social element that makes...

Yamaha XSR900 Abarth: 'A retro streetbike success story'

28 March 2017 by Simon Hargreaves

Yamaha’s 2016 XSR900 is a retro streetbike success story. And deservedly so, because it takes the MT-09’s stunningly charismatic, wheelie-tastic 847cc, 115bhp inline triple motor, its die-cast ally...

What are your top #ride5000miles weekend destinations?

28 March 2017 by MCN News

Have you joined the MCN #ride5000miles campaign? What’s your top weekend destination to clock-up the miles? What are your top #ride5000miles weekend destinations?

Gallery: Cruiser chooser

28 March 2017 by MCN News

There’s a much wider range of bobbers available than even just a few years ago, and surprisingly, they’re not all Harleys. At one end of the spectrum we had the Indian Scout Sixty, a smaller capacity...

2017 Yamaha SCR950 launch: Scrambling, cruiser-style

27 March 2017 by Simon Hargreaves

Scrrrrsh! The sound of footrest-on-tarmac contact makes me jump; it’s only the first corner, and the Yamaha SCR950’s Bridgestone Trail Wings aren’t even warm yet. But we’re already grinding dusty...

7 great motorcycle gift ideas

27 March 2017 by MCN News

If you’re looking for some motorcycle goodies to spice up your life both on and off the bike then look no further. We’ve picked out some belting biking products from the MCN merchandise shop just for...

Yamaha XSR900 Abarth: First ride coming soon

27 March 2017 by Simon Hargreaves

MCN will be grabbing a full first ride on Yamaha’s rather foxy, new, limited edition XSR900 café racer today. With an identical chassis set-up as the hugely popular standard XSR900 streetbike, Yamaha...

Not long till we get off-road with Yamaha's SCR950

27 March 2017 by Simon Hargreaves

MCN will be slipping and sliding, and rolling and riding Yamaha’s new SCR950 today, both on the road and off it. As its name suggests, SCR is short for Scrambler – this is Yamaha’s Faster Sons retro...

Go Naked at the MCN Festival

25 March 2017 by Ped Baker

The line up of test bikes at this years Carole Nash MCN Festival is growing every day and the latest additions to the fleet will be some of the most sought after machines of 2017. The naked...

Copycat used bargains

25 March 2017 by Neil Murray

Good news, the brace of Suzuki TS250s I dragged out from the back of my lock-up (one of them needed a lot of dragging as the chain had seized and the other required multiple drags as it was all in...