April

Year: 2007

Month: April

Video: 4000 miles to Moscow in six days

20 May 2007 by biggee1968

Moscow and back for charity in just six days – watch the best bits here…

New look MCN from Wednesday

02 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Just when you thought MCN couldn’t get any better, it has! And you can take a look here. From today, May 2, 2007, the way we bring news to you will completely change as through the website and the...

Just when you thought MCN couldn’t get any better it has! From Wednesday, May 2, 2007, you can see new columnists, more reviews, even more bikes and lots of exclusives. Watch the video preview below...

Bonhams hold £1 million bike auction

30 April 2007 by Tony Carter

Bonhams were hailing the weekend’s auction success after selling over 85% of lots, and a sale total of £1,050,000. The biggest money maker was a rare Vincent White Shadow. This stunning machine is...

'Brunstrom has torn my family apart'

30 April 2007 by Tom Rayner

In an exclusive interview with MCN, the brother of Mark Gibney said: “Richard Brunstrom has torn my family apart – he must be removed from power”. Paul Gibney told MCN how he is desperately trying to...

Brunstrom: "The man is not human" says widow

30 April 2007 by Tom Rayner

The widow and father of the decapitated biker paraded by Chief Constable Richard Brunstom have both called for his immediate dismissal. Images of Mark Gibney’s horrific injuries were shown to...

Friendly warning about Sandbach roads

29 April 2007 by Boult

A friendly warning for other bikers who have the mis-fortune of having to pass through Sandbach, Cheshire. If you come in to the area on the ‘by-pass’ you will first come throught the lights. The road here is now 22 years old and starting to wear. However, take care at the first roundabout you come to – there are several areas on this where chunks of tarmac are missing, other areas are polished...

Councillor who criticised looters is investigated over £15K BMW

29 April 2007 by Rob HUll

Tory councillor Stuart Hughes appeared on TV condemning looters, passed out receiver of wreck forms for people who removed items from the stranded MSC Napoli and later called for the area to be closed...

Looking for Honda FMX 650s

28 April 2007 by Ray

Are there many Honda FMX 650’s out there? I live in Belfast and this bike has become an interest to all who see it. No other has been seen. One fault with this bike is that there has been this...

Masterbike Video: Day 4 - Italian superbikes

28 April 2007 by Howard Boylan

Day four of the massive Masterbike test in Jerez sees the guys take to the track on Italian superbikes. The Masterbike test is held every year and sees every road going sports bike ridden around Jerez...

A very enjoyable time

28 April 2007 by twitntwat

This is the first time we have been to the MCN Butlins bash and it was brilliant! We had a good time, laughed a lot, drank a lot and noshed far too much. The stunt show was awesome with very...

Honda launch ABS commuter scooter

28 April 2007 by Rob Hull

HONDA is looking to put a firm grasp on the urban commuter scooter market with the release of the new S-Wing 125 – the first scooter to feature the firm’s Dual Combined ABS system. The combined-ABS...

X-Bow numbers to increase

28 April 2007

With such positive reaction coming for KTM’s first four-wheeled sports car, the X-Bow, the Austrian firm has decided to forget it’s cautious 100-model initial production run and try to whack out 1,000...

Don't sell it: where is it now?

27 April 2007 by anksenior

Don’t ever sell your bike. It was back in the 1960’s when I had the same rush of blood and I sold my Bonnie. The girlfriend became my wife and we became grandparents. I collected the models and prints and dreamed, on and on. Then before I knew it 40years had slipped by so after a visit to my local Triumph dealer left me shaking and queasy. I swear blind that if I squinted, there in the showroom...

Roadside clutter still causing problems

27 April 2007 by Rob Hull

The campaign to Protect Rural England has hit out at the amount of roadside ‘clutter’ on Britain’s rural roundabouts and how it could cost lives. The CPRE say the hoardings and signs – designed...

Scrubs star scared mum will say no to Harley

27 April 2007 by Rob Hull

Zach Braff, 32, star of US comedy Scrubs has fulfilled his longterm ambition to own a Harley, but has admitted if his mother says she doesn’t want him to ride it, he’ll take it back; “My parents are...

Honour for Robert Dunlop

27 April 2007 by Rob HUll

TT hero and Ulster legend Robert Dunlop is following in the footsteps of his late brother Joey by receiving the freedom of his hometown, Ballymoney. “I am privileged and honoured,” said Dunlop. “My...

Racing for fifty quid

27 April 2007 by Chris Newbigging

There isn’t much opportunity to do a day’s racing for £50, but that’s exactly what Daytona Motorsport are offering. At Daytona’s karting circuits at Sandown Park in Surrey and in Milton Keynes you can...

Toseland on a Blade vs Fifth Gear's Needell in a Civic Type R

27 April 2007 by Dan Thornton

Watch James Toseland and a Honda FireBlade take on Tiff Needell in Honda’s new Civic Type R. Motoring show Fifth Gear wanted to see if the new Civic was worthy of the ‘R’ badge, so what better test...

"Now if I can just reach the throttle Dad,I can go to the TT too this year!"

26 April 2007 by Vikki Halliday

Our two month old daughter Johanna, (who incidentally was conceived at the Isle of man TT last year whilst on our honeymoon), gets into the biking spirit early on my Suzuki.

Masterbike Video: Day 3 - Japanese superbikes

26 April 2007 by Howard Boylan

Day three of the Masterbike supertest sees the riders out on the big four Japanese superbikes. The Masterbike test is held every year and sees every road going sports bike ridden around Jerez circuit by some of the worlds top test riders to find out which is the ultimate track machine. MCN man Michael Neeves is sending back a daily video blog to so you can see what goes on behind the scenes at...

Highway to heaven for bikers

26 April 2007 by Dave Stewart

Those wanting to cut a dash en route to their final resting place can now do so thanks to a motortrike hearse service being launched by a businesswoman. Mother-of-three Julie Gibbings’ glittering 12-foot-long motortrike will tow a £10,000 custom made black two-wheeled hearse, which can be hooked up for funerals. The 44-year-old, whose working outfit is black leathers, black crash helmet and...

Video: Derbi Mulhacen v BMW X-Country

26 April 2007 by Angus Farquhar

BMW’s newly launched X-Country sits in the middle of the new G650 range and is the bike BMW think will sell the best in the UK so we took it out for a spin against it’s closest rivals. The test...

Speed Ferries cancellation fiasco

26 April 2007 by Tom Rayner

MCN readers have contacted us to say the first they knew about their cross channel ferries tickets being cancelled is when they read it in MCN. Stuart Mathews had a crossing booked from Dover to...

Sick Brunstrom parades headless biker

26 April 2007 by Tom Rayner

North Wales Police have unveiled photographs of a decapitated biker in its latest anti-speeding campaign. The image showed the man’s head with his eyes still open lying on a grass verge. In another...

Video: Aprilia Shiver 750 first ride

25 April 2007 by Angus Farquhar

MCN got an invite to test one of only Two of the new Aprilia Shiver 750s in existence so, of course, we videoed the whole thing. Watch the clip below to see Michael Neeves’ opinion of the bike and...

Fix punctures with a quick kick

25 April 2007 by Tom Rayner

Motorcycle mechanic Dashrathi Parichha has invented a new instrument which will allow a tyre to be re-inflated at the roadside. The device, small enough to store in bike toolkit, uses the air forced...

MCN victory over 'killer' mirrors

25 April 2007 by Steve Farrell

Volvo has redesigned its truck fleet to fix a blind spot exposed by an MCN investigation. From June all large Volvo trucks will feature modified wing mirrors after we revealed existing ones could...

Forefather of North-East racing dies

25 April 2007 by Cliff Goodwin

Steve Binns – the man credited with bringing organised motorcycle racing to the North-East – has died at the age of 87. A founding member of the North-East Motorcycle Racing Club, which he helped organise after his return from the Second World War, Steve dedicated himself to race and rider safety. A Tyneside railway worker by profession, Steve devoted his spare time over three decades to acting...

Masterbike Video: Day two at the supertest

25 April 2007 by Howard Boylan

Once again MCN has been asked to help find the fastest sports bike on track at the exclusive Masterbike test in Spain and day two sees lots of posing for cameras. The test is held every year and sees...

Compensation victory in landmark case

25 April 2007 by Tom Rayner

Thousands of bikers could now be awarded compensation in accidents caused by reckless pedestrians. A landmark legal case has set a precedent for all bikers injured when a pedestrian’s recklessness is...

Safety speed camera liability

24 April 2007 by shen

In December 2006 I was en route to work that morning when it was dark and the roads were wet. It was that kind of morning when most of the trees dropped there leaves, and a speed safety camera was...

New MCN: April 25

24 April 2007 by Sarah Carnell

In this week’s MCN we ask, will your boss ban you from riding bikes? Tomorrow’s issue (April 25, 2007) looks in to thousands of companies banning their employees from riding under new health and...

BT bans bikes

24 April 2007 by Steve Farrell

BT staff are banned from riding bikes, it emerged today, April 24, 2007 A spokesman for the telecoms giant told MCN: “We don’t allow motorcycling at all.” “The ban applies during work hours. The...

Soak my nuts in petrol

24 April 2007 by James Jones

Just had a lovely, fast ride out in the April sunshine, the bike working really well despite needing a service. On the road in dry and warm weather any shortcomings in the suspension say, can be ridden around. It’s in the cold and wet that you need that finesse of control. That’s why the sunny Sunday jockeys will never quite understand what it’s all about. Anyway, full of the joys of Spring,...

Masterbike video: Introducing the world's biggest bike test

24 April 2007 by Howard Boylan

Once again MCN has been asked to help find the fastest sports bike on track at the exclusive Masterbike test in Spain. The test is held every year and sees every road going sports bike ridden around...