February

Year: 2009

Month: February

Croft axes bike track days after court ruling

12 February 2009 by Steve Farrell

Croft racing circuit has axed 80% of its motorcycle track days after a devastating High Court ruling over noise. The circuit has pulled the plug on 19 of 23 bike track days set for 2009 following an...

Triumph Scrambler gets luggage option

12 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

Triumph motorcycle accessories specialist Norman Hyde has taken a one-sided approach to fitting luggage to the Triumph Scrambler. The Scrambler’s high-level exhausts on the right mean riders can’t fit...

New Yamaha R1 starts to edge out Honda Fireblade

12 February 2009 by Marc Potter

Our world first test of the 2009 Honda Fireblade against the 2009 Yamaha R1 is taking place in the South of France right now. We took the first bikes in the country, strapped them in a van and drove...

BMW S1000RR a Yamaha R6 copy?

12 February 2009 by Guy Procter

Is the new BMW S1000RR a Yamaha R6 rip-off? YouTuber mca8690 certainly thinks so, and he’s gone to the trouble of producing this video to prove it. The S1000RR was spotted early in its development sporting modified R6 panels, which it wore ‘with space to spare’ according to BMW development boss Peter Mueller. We don’t agree with mca8690’s embittered suggestion the bike is a rip-off, but it does...

Get your hands on a KTM t-shirt with MCN’s Biking Britain Survey

12 February 2009 by Rob Hull

You’ve got the chance to pin your views on products that you own and rate as part of the MCN Biking Britain Survey as of this week, and you can also win one of 30 KTM team t-shirts for your...

Graves exhausts for the 2009 Yamaha R1 and R6

12 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

Any excuse to show you another picture of Graves Motorsports’ latest offerings for the new Yamaha R1… Compare and buy motorcycle exhausts We’ve just had word that Graves has an official UK dealer,...

Cult biker film Stone available on DVD

12 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

Cult biker film Stone will be available on DVD for the first time in the UK from April.20 – 35 years after it was first released. Motorcycle DVDs for sale The two-disc DVD set features extras...

Taking dad's bike for a test ride

11 February 2009 by mike cassidy

Ava-Marie Cassidy taking Daddys new bike for a test run.

Win an AGV K4 helmet with MCN’s Biking Britain Survey

11 February 2009 by Rob Hull

Today we’ve got five AGV K4 helmets up for grabs if you sign up to MCN’s Biking Britain Survey. It’s your chance to have your say on what products you rate, and which ones you don’t. And to celebrate...

Crescent slashes price of Arai helmets

11 February 2009 by Marc Abbott

Crescent Suzuki are selling the Arai Viper GT Sensu helmet with a massive saving of £150! The lid, available only in this design, in sizes S-L, is now for sale for just £350. But hurry, stocks are...

Give bad drivers the finger!

11 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

You might not be able to see much that’s behind you, but these mirrors will show car drivers what you really think of them Shop for motorcycle products online They have a 10mm thread, and cost £5...

Jardine exhausts come to the UK

11 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

Jardine Performance Products is bringing its 37 years’ experience of making bike exhausts to the UK for the first time. Heading the charge is the RT5 end can for the 2008/09 Honda Fireblade, which is...

A proper motorcycling adventure

11 February 2009 by Marc Abbott

Uneasy Rider, in shops on March 5, is a refreshingly unpatronising read, detailing the largely unplanned adventures of Mike Carter through Europe on a GS. Charley and Ewan it ain’t – there’s no...

Two new Vectrix scooters to be unveiled at Ireland show

11 February 2009 by Sarah Carnell

Two new Vectrix electric scooters will be unveiled at the Irish Motorbike and Scooter show in the RDS centre in Dublin from February 27-March 1. The VX-2, said to be the equivalent of a 50cc...

Summer opening times for Sammy Miller Museum

11 February 2009 by MCN News Desk

The Sammy Miller Museum will be opening its doors for summer opening hours from next Monday (February 16). The museum, which houses more than 400 fully restored motorcycles, will now open every day...

Top five products for the 2009 Yamaha R6

11 February 2009 by Marc Abbott

Yamaha’s 2009 R6 met its updated rivals at Calafat in the February 4 edition of MCN. Here, we’re showing you some of the official accessories you can throw at it to make it faster and look...

Florida to Alaska - Coll de la Bonette

11 February 2009 by marcus Kingma

Coll de la Bonette-Sunrise and downhill.

Got a good deal on a new CBR600RR

10 February 2009 by bigfoot68

Some deals to be had out there… Bought a new CBR600RR in October for £6.5k, which ain’t bad, but also got £500 more than expected for a trade in. Seemed too good to be true so shook hands quickly. Really boring running it in- initially at 5000 revs = 56mph in 6th! so was overtaken by camper vans, lorries, skodas the lot. 1st service next week and looking forward to more right hand and better...

Florida to Alaska - Redwood Forest

10 February 2009 by marcus Kingma

The latest stage in the epic Florida to Alaska road trip – Redwood Forest.

New MCN February 11: BMW S1000RR full specs revealed!

10 February 2009 by Liam Marsden

In this week’s edition of Motorcycle News we reveal the first official pictures of the new BMW S1000RR along with the full specifications. The inline four S1000RR is expected to be ready to buy with...

Hammond's KTM

10 February 2009 by Simon

KTM 690 duke is the bike to have, everyone says i look just like hammond, i get it all the time, strangers in the street stop me sometimes. Unknowingly he brought a black and white KTM, recently so did i, what an amazing bike. light, super quick and what a looker and brilliant round the twisters- a great piece of Austrian designing. How about a KTM tour hammond? get clarkson and may on one, uk to...

Join MCN’s Biking Britain Survey!

10 February 2009 by MCN

This is your chance to take part in the biggest survey of motorcyclists ever attempted. Week by week MCN will use the information you give to highlight the very best buys in motorcycling – as well as...

MCN's Biking Britain Survey Prizes

10 February 2009 by MCN

Everyone who fills out the MCN Biking Britain survey will be entered into a prize draw to win some top new gear. Each day we’ll pick a winner so you could end up winning anything from a Ducati T-shirt...

Video: 2009 Yamaha R1 roadtest teaser

10 February 2009 by MCN

The 2009 Yamaha R1 is like no in-line-four cylinder sportsbike ever produced. It’s simply sensational. The Yamaha R1’s ultra-short-stroke engine has a cross-plane crankshaft, with its crank pins set...

New Gaia Jacket from STT

10 February 2009 by Michael Carroll

The new Gaia jacket from STT proves that women’s kit doesn’t all come in lurid colours. The textile jacket has a removable thermal lining, a waterproof insert, and Knox CE armour on elbows and...

Triumph Bonneville SE picture special

10 February 2009 by James Keen

In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale Wednesday 11th February, MCN Road Tester Trevor Franklin braves the snow and takes the new Triumph Bonneville SE for a spin. Here’s some more pictures and close-up...

Seller beware

10 February 2009 by andy hames

I sold my son’s bike through MCN, three out of the four enquiries where from people who made dodgy requests to send the motorcycle abroad for a relative! Seemed an obvious scam to me, however they must succeed occasionally or they wouldn’t persist. We have moved on from buyer beware to seller beware.

Brunstrom on Radio 2

10 February 2009 by Anonymous

As I write this the bikers best mate and North Wales Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is co presenting Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2 lunchtime show. Why? You would think that he has far more important things to do like harass motorcyclists. Maybe as he’s coming up for retirement he is looking for a new job. Appealing to Daily Mail reader’s “shootings too good for them” views will no doubt go down really...