Biking news from around the world

The new MV Agusta F5 will make 183bhp when it is unveiled at the Munich Show in September. MCN revealed in February how the F5 will be the most powerful production bike in the world, seeing off the Kawasaki ZX-12R, which claims 176bhp.

Heightened tensions in the Middle East are being blamed for a six-month high in the price of crude oil on the London Stock Exchange.Experts predict it will be mirrored on the petrol forecourts in as little as three weeks. Prices have already risen an average 4p per litre this year.

A peition to get John Surtees knighted is gathering pace, as campaigners target bike meeting places. They have already collected 12,500 signatures and will be at the Goodwood Fetsival of Speed in July and the BMF Show in Peterborough on May 18-19.

Surtees claimed seven world titles and remains the only man ever to net the Formula One car championship as well.

You can read these stories in full in the new MCN, out April 10