2009

Year: 2009

Month: ALL

World Exclusive: AGV launch Barry Sheene replica

25 February 2009 by Rob Hull

AGV will launch this official Barry Sheene replica helmet this spring as part of the arrival of the new T-2 model. Compare and buy motorcycle helmets MCN has seen the first final-production Sheene...

(More) Credit Crunch Biking

25 February 2009 by peterhenthorne

Feeling the pinch like many people (I’m a mortgage broker – business, what business?) I decided the 1300 Pan European had to go. We weren’t touring any more and it’s a bit over the top for my all...

Irreplaceable helmets stolen from Arai offices

25 February 2009

Five irreplaceable Arai helmets were stolen after the Arai offices in Newcastle-under-Lyme were broken into last night (February 24). The helmets were an Arai NR3 Barry Sheene signed replica, an NR3...

Carbon-fibre bikes – a potted history

25 February 2009 by Ben Purvis

This official drawing shows how British firm C-Tech, which supplies bodywork to superbike teams, is developing a carbon chassis to suit the latest generation of inline four-cylinder engines. But the...

What's on: February 25 - March 3

25 February 2009 by Sam Bostock

Our What’s On listings now show events by their date, making them easier to find. Click the links below to choose the listing for your area and find out what events are on near you this week. If you...

Would you buy an Arai RX7-GP Spencer rep?

25 February 2009 by Rob Hull

Arai Japan is set to launch two Freddie Spencer replica Arai RX7-GP’s into their ’09 replica helmet range, and if you want the same you can help MCN bring them to the UK. The two helmets designs are...

Westminster council uses the name of motorcycle groups in vain

24 February 2009 by ojosef

As you may or may not know, Westminster Council have on a number of occasions used British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF), Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) and Motorcycle Parking names in vain,...

Win one of 20 copies of the 2008 MotoGP season review with the MCN Biking Britain Survey

24 February 2009 by Rob Hull

Fancy recapping one of the best MotoGP seasons of recent years? Why not do it for free, with the MCN Biking Britain Survey and Duke Video. Duke has teamed up with MCN to give away 20 copies of the...

Video: Honda Fireblade ABS v non-ABS

24 February 2009 by MCN

In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale Feb 25th, MCN road tester Michael Neeves and two MCN readers put the ABS Fireblade up against the non-ABS version. The two MCN readers were taken to Bruntingthorpe...

New MCN February 25: Honda Fireblade vs ABS Fireblade

24 February 2009 by Liam Marsden

In this weeks edition of Motorcycle News we put the non-ABS Honda Fireblade up against the new ABS Fireblade. Michael Neeves rated the ABS Fireblade highly when he tested it at the launch, but many...

‘80s pop star’s bike parking protest song

24 February 2009 by Steve Farrell

A former pop star from the 1980s band Modern Romance has recorded a comic protest song against the scrapping of free motorcycle parking bays. Andy Kyriacou’s ‘No no no’ is a spoof version Amy...

Potholes: Make the council pay

24 February 2009 by Steve Farrell

Guidelines for claiming from the council after a pothole crash have been released by the AA. The motoring group issued the advice as it warned freezing weather had left roads so damaged they were...

Video: KTM 990 SMR takes on road and track

24 February 2009 by MCN

The KTM 990 SMR is the track-ready version of the standard SM. MCN’s Adam Child has ridden the bike at the launch and you can read his full road test in this week’s MCN, on sale February 25th. Watch...

Great deals at the Hein Gericke catalogue launch

24 February 2009 by James Keen

Hein Gericke have just released their new 2009 catalogue. To celebrate each of their stores are hosting a special launch event on Saturday 28th February. Pop down to your local Hein Gericke on the...

MCN interviews Norton - what would you ask?

24 February 2009 by James Keen

This week MCN is set to interview the boss of Norton and we’d like to know the questions that you want answered. If you were sitting across from Stuart Garner, owner of Norton, what would you ask him?...

Win a brand new bike with Fast Track Motorcycles

24 February 2009 by Liam Marsden

Fast Track Motorcycles of Leicester has unveiled a charitable competition which gives you the chance to win either a brand new motorcycle or any bike up to the value of £6000. To be in with a chance...

No to Bike Parking Tax Demo - Feb 28

24 February 2009 by jbond

See you there! For more details and a map visit http://www.notobikeparkingfees.com/events/ See you all there on Sat 28th, 10am Golden Square. This demonstration is pre-MEGA demo, which is on 31st March 2009, 5pm, Meet Trafalgar Square / Whitehall. (DST would have begun by then so the sun sets at 7:30pm!) the MEGA demo aiming to get more than 1000+ on the streets the MEGA demo is to coincide with...

Electric bike arrives at the MCN office

23 February 2009 by James Keen

MCN has just taken delivery of the new Quantya Strada – A fully road legal electric bike. Here’s a couple of shots of the bike in the MCN office as we charge it up in preparation for testing. MCN’s...

Ducati GS rival ready for 2010

23 February 2009 by Liam Marsden

Last week in MCN we revealed the Ducati Multistrada replacement which will take on the BMW R1200GS. This computer-generated image shows how the new adventure-style Ducati could look when it hits...

Yamaha YZR250 R4?

23 February 2009 by shamitz

Found these photos on the net. I’m still wondering if this bike is for real … If it is, I’d deifinitely buy one 🙂

Win Bering ladies biking kit with the MCN Biking Britain Survey

23 February 2009 by Rob Hull

MCN and Bering have teamed up to offer one lucky lady the chance to win a new riding outfit for ’09 if they fill in the MCN Biking Britain Survey. It’s the biggest online motorcycling survey in the...

“Bikes are my weakness” confesses F1 racer Mark Webber

23 February 2009 by Laura Kennerley

Aussie Formula One star Mark Webber has admitted bikes are his money weakness…but he only owns a £5,000 Yamaha Fazer 600. The frugal F1 star who earned about £3.8m last year driving for the Red Bull...

Are you Mr Average?

23 February 2009 by Laura Kennerley

A new survey has smashed biking stereotypes to reveal that the average 21st century biker is a middle-aged, middle-class, professional family man with a beard and love of heavy metal. This specially...

Hazel Blears has bike custom-built

23 February 2009 by Steve Farrell

Hazel Blears is having a motorcycle custom-made for herself. The Communities Secretary, who has been a motorcyclist for over 10 years, revealed her plans when asked for advice on what sort of bike to...

Yamaha YZR M2

23 February 2009 by Oberdan Bezzi

Imagine if Yamaha put up for sale for the private teams a “ready to race” MOTO2. It is a return to the past when the bike from race could be acquired normally from the private riders. Not yet...

Cycling columnist gets death threats

23 February 2009 by Steve Farrell

A cycling columnist for The Independent who declared war on motorcyclists has received death threats over his latest rant. James Daley demanded MCN remove his photo from our website after being...

MCN in Germany

22 February 2009 by Alf Bettney

I am just sending in a photo of my recent visit to Germany. I was visiting my son who is in the forces, and I couldn’t resist getting an opportunist photo with my latest copy of MCN (which I may add...

Snowbiker

22 February 2009 by kylie caswell

Here’s what my bother in law got up to with the snow.

Test ride a bike... or just bimble on it

22 February 2009 by okmate

Went to Dobles to have a test ride on a Fireblade as part of the Honda weekend promotion. But the bike had only done 280 miles and the salesman asked if i could keep it under 6000 rpm as it was still being run in. Now, i know some could say that whilst away from the shop who is going to tell what revs you were doing, but i kept my promise to the salesman. However, what is the point of having a...

Win a top of the range Frank Thomas race suit by entering MCN’s Biking Britain Survey

22 February 2009 by Rob Hull

Do you fancy a brand new Frank Thomas XTi one-piece race suit? If you do then all you have to do is give up 15 minutes of your day to enter the MCN Biking Britain Survey and you’ll be entered into a...

I use an airbag jacket

22 February 2009 by Mike

I have a similar “airbag jacket” I purchased from airbagvest.com (SaudiArabia, so expect delays at customs). It is manufactured in Japan by Mugen HitAir. Long and Short of it the jacket looks excellent and works. Yes, it does make me feel slightly more invincible and no, I don’t think it will save my life from a 120mph high side. That said on a curb slide drop I ejected and rolled head first...

TZR125 from airbag jacket crash test was my bike!

22 February 2009 by bozznozz

I just watched the video where you crashed the tzr 125 with the air bag jacket and that tzr was actually my bike! Watch the airbag jacket crash test video If any one doubts me I can tell you every single detail on that bike, and i have the old tank from the crash with the YID code on. I was just wondering what was going to happen to it now?