July

Year: 2017

Month: July

Moped yobs arrested following life-changing acid attacks

14 July 2017 by James Archibald

Police in London have arrested a teenager following a spate of robberies that involved two suspects riding around on stolen mopeds attacking victims with acid. The attacks happened over a 90-minute...

Video: Harley-Davidson at DirtQuake

14 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

This past weekend saw the sixth DirtQuake event take place at King’s Lynn, and this year’s was better than ever, with Harley-Davidson, Triumph and Indian all taking part in some capacity. The event...

Join the freedom fighters

13 July 2017 by Justin Hayzelden

You’ll see MAG at almost motorcycle rally or event in the UK, but do you know what they do and what it means for you? The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) was founded in 1973 to campaign against the...

Pub chain bans bikers

13 July 2017 by James Archibald

A pub chain which recently barred people from swearing has now also banned motorcyclists. The daft ruling emerged after a rider parked up at The Royal Oak pub at Ulley before being told that he would...

Triumph introduce armed forces discount

13 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

Triumph have announced discounts on new models for all current serving members of the British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Territorial Army. Two levels of discounts will be...

GB Olympic sprinter targeting track return after bike crash

13 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

British Olympic sprinter James Ellington wants to be back racing by next year’s Commonwealth Games, despite suffering what could have been career-ending injuries in a motorcycle crash in...

Video: Somersaulting over a BMW R nineT Racer

13 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

What happens when a stuntman has a few minutes to spare and sees a BMW R nineT Racer knocking about? He jumps over it, of course. While it’s moving towards him. The stuntman in question is Olol...

New Yamaha X-Max 400 announced

13 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

Yamaha have unveiled the new X-Max 400, set for release in autumn 2017, which the firm says has better comfort, performance and practicality than ever before. The 400cc liquid-cooled single cylinder...

News podcast episode 5

12 July 2017 by MCN News

Senior News Reporter Jordan Gibbons is joined by Web Producer Liam Marsden for the fifth MCN news podcast to chat about this week’s news in the motorcycling world. This week the guys discuss the...

17-year-old clutter transforms into Kawasaki H1 Flattracker

12 July 2017 by James Archibald

A discovery of Kawasaki H1a parts, disregarded as a pile of neglected boxes for 17 years, left Dave Riley from Lancashire with no choice but to purchase the lot and form the basis of flattrack...

MCN users show us their knee down pics

12 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

Last week we published a story detailing the most important points to achieving the holy grail for many motorcycle riders; getting your knee down. We also shared the article to our Facebook page, and...

Rough Crafts MV Agusta Dragster 800RR “Guerilla Tre”

12 July 2017 by James Archibald

Rough Crafts have been at it again with another MV Agusta build, only not quite as radical this time. Called the Guerilla Tre, the bike is based around a 2015 Dragster 800RR and was commissioned with...

You can now get a tattoo with ink from an Indian burnout

12 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

“There is definitely a connection between riding and tattooing for me,” says former freestyle motocross competitor Carey Hart. But just riding bikes and getting tattooed wasn’t enough, the American...

Company fined for selling defective motorcycle helmets

12 July 2017 by James Archibald

A company in Nantwich and one of its directors have been heavily fined after being convicted of selling defective motorcycle helmets following an accident in which one shattered. The conviction...

Video: The moment Foggy broke 11 ribs, a shoulder & punctured a lung

12 July 2017 by MCN News

Multiple World Superbike champion and ‘I’m A Celebrity…’ winner Carl Fogarty was airlifted to hospital last night for emergency surgery after a massive crash at DirtQuake, in Norfolk. The moment he...

In this week’s issue: Guy Martin’s dream machine

11 July 2017 by MCN News

Guy Martin rides his ultimate dream motorcycle – the six-cylinder, 297cc Honda Six. “It’s the most amazing motorcycle that I have ever ridden.” Also in MCN this week The last Panigale The 1299...

Who makes the best retro machines?

11 July 2017 by MCN News

Retro machines are all the rage right now. Bikes like the Ducati Scrambler, Triumph Thruxton and BMW R nineT are impressing everyone who rides them and flying out of showrooms. To celebrate the...

Video: Man takes his three dogs for a ride

11 July 2017 by MCN

Popping out for a Sunday ride with your significant other or one of your kids riding pillion is pretty normal, but popping out with not one, not two, but three of your dogs on the back is pretty out...

Kawasaki launch motorcycle care products

11 July 2017 by James Archibald

Kawasaki are launching their own range of motorcycle cleaning and care products in conjunction with their Team Green partner Team 6t9. The products will be officially launched at the sixth round of...

Ride with the Flying Millyard at Llan Bike Fest

11 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

Visitors to the Llan Bike Fest from August 5-6 will have the chance to ride in convoy with bike builder Allen Milyard and his 5-litre V-twin Flying Millyard. Allen Millyard is well known for creating...

101-year-old granny leads motorbike convoy

11 July 2017 by James Archibald

Maud Cartlidge, who celebrated her 101st birthday on Sunday was pleasantly surprised when she had the opportunity to ride pillion and lead a motorcycle convoy of nearly 100 bikes around...

Ducati 1299 Panigale R Final Edition unveiled

11 July 2017 by Jordan Gibbons

All good things must come to an end, or so the Chaucer saying goes. In this case, it’s true – the Panigale line is coming to a close, so Ducati have honoured it with a bang by releasing the 1299...

Elspeth Beard Lone Rider book launch at Vines of Guildford

11 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

BMW dealer Vines of Guildford will be hosting the book launch for Lone Rider, the book written by the first British woman to ride around the world, Elspeth Beard. In 1982 Elspeth, aged just 23, set...

Video: Guy Martin on the Honda RC174

10 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

You might have thought getting the opporunity to ride the new Honda Fireblade was enough to sway Guy Martin into signing for Honda earlier this year, but according to the man himself one of the big...

The Philippines' first off-road school

10 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

Despite 93% of the Philippines’ village roads being unpaved the only way to learn how to ride off-road in the country was to get out on dirt roads and ride, but that’s all changed with the country’s...

Check out Norway aboard an Indian

10 July 2017 by James Archibald

Indian are now offering motorcycle hire in Norway thanks to Eagle Rider. When visiting Norway, riders can head to the Twin Thunder dealership in Lyngdal and hire one of three Indian Roadmaster...

K-World goes to Cadwell

10 July 2017 by James Archibald

Kawasaki made their second appearance of their K-World Tour, this time at Cadwell Park. Kawasaki have been stopping at Select No Limits trackdays to give potential customers the opportunity to test...

BMW's new TFT dash explained

10 July 2017 by Jon Urry

When MCN posted a picture of the R1200GS’s new TFT dash on social media, the response was huge. So huge in fact that we have decided to dedicate a whole story to it! So here we go… First of all the...

The Sunday Social with Indian PR guru Steve Cain

09 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

What better way to spend a Sunday than for MCN to sit down with a fellow biker for a chinwag about life and bikes, of course. This week we caught up with Indian Motorcycle’s External Relations Manager...

Gallery: KTM v Honda v Ducati v BMW adventure bikes

07 July 2017 by MCN News

Our trusty road testers are out and about again. This week they’ve been comparing, KTM’s 1290 Super Adventure, Honda’s Africa Twin DCT, Ducati’s Multistrada 1200 Enduro and BMW’s R1200GS Adventure...

RAF Shawbury promise a charity track weekend for the whole family

07 July 2017 by Dan Sutherland

RAF Shawbury is hosting a charity track weekend between July 15 and 16, with the majority of the proceeds going to the RAF Benevolent Fund. Now in its fifth year, the event sees the Shropshire airbase...

New colours and accessories for BMW range

07 July 2017 by James Archibald

BMW have announced a new raft of colours for a number of motorcycles in their current line-up and a host of new accessory options. BMW have also added a full-colour 6.5 inch TFT optional display which...

SC Project pipe-up with new silencers

06 July 2017 by James Archibald

Italian exhaust manufacturer SC Project has a new range of end-cans designed to meet Euro4 standards for some of the best-selling machines on the market right now. The new line-up includes three...

Honda introduce fixed price service plans

06 July 2017 by James Archibald

Honda have rolled out a fixed price service plan option when you buy a new motorcycle. It’s simple in the way it works too – buy a new bike and pay a fixed amount extra that will cover it for the...

Carl Fogarty and Gary Johnson star at DirtQuake

06 July 2017 by Liam Marsden

Four time World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty and TT winner Gary Johnson will go head-to-head this weekend in the Best of British flat track race at DirtQuake. The two racers will compete for top...