April

Year: 2010

Month: April

Video: 257bhp Icon Sheene - first ride

04 May 2010 by MCN

Icon Motorcycles' £107,000 Barry Sheene tribute bike is an extraordinary machine, and it's first shakedown test at Silverstone proved the potential of the GSX1400-powered special.  Watch the...

Meeting Neil Hodgson

30 April 2010 by pjvick

The other half meeting Neil Hodgson at the George White open day in Swindon last saturday.

New Benelli Cafe Racer 899 lands in UK

30 April 2010 by Andy Downes

Benelli’s new Café Racer 899 is arriving at UK dealers now. The new 899cc model has cafe racer looks with a power output of 120bhp from the three cylinder liquid-cooled engine. The engine has a new...

Parking “mega demo”

30 April 2010 by Steve Farrell

Protestors are planning a “mega demo” tomorrow over a charge for roadside motorcycle parking introduced in London’s Westminster. Riders are to meet at the Ace Café on the North Circular for a protest...

Staff bikes: Kawasaki GPz550 - Rear disc on front wheel

30 April 2010 by Steve Farrell

More surprises from my bought-unseen £300 GPz. When I removed the warped front brake discs to replace them, I found that in fact only one was a front disc. The other was a rear. They’re the same...

Metzeler maps the world with riders own routes

30 April 2010 by Andy Downes

Metzeler Tyres has launched MetzelerMaps, a new web application which allows riders to search for the best routes or upload their own, as well as sharing them with other bikers.  This new...

Best of bikemart: Modern classics up for grabs this week

30 April 2010 by Phil West

We've been browsing MCN bikes for sale every day to bring you some of our top picks from over 10,000 motorcycles for sale.             ...

Video: Bennetts Babes shoot 2010

30 April 2010 by MCN

Watch the video for a peak behind the scenes at the latest Bennetts Babes shoot...   

Long Ride Round

30 April 2010 by funkyphil

Starting in Swansea on Friday 2nd July 2010, the plan is that myself and 4 mates will ride around the outskirts of Wales (including a loop of Angelsey) in 24 hours to raise as much money as we can for...

Motorcycling heroes officially open Silverstone

30 April 2010 by Marc Potter

Motorcycle race heroes Ron Haslam, Leon Haslam and Jeremy McWilliams officially opened the new 3.66-mile Silverstone GP circuit on Thursday.  The motorcycle greats were also joined by HRH...

New Triumph specials from Italy

30 April 2010 by Phil West

These three new specials based on the current Triumph Bonneville have just been launched, costing around £11,000. The bikes, Bonneville Six Days, Goldenboy and Bullitt, have been created by...

New Rieju MRT50 Competition arrives in UK

30 April 2010 by Andy Downes

Spanish firm Rieju is bringing a road legal 50cc endurance racer to the UK which will cost £3499. The bike may only be a 50cc machine but it’s packing some top-specification components based around a...

Kawasaki to supply New York with tube trains

30 April 2010 by Guy Procter

Kawasaki got a boost this week after being awarded an $87 million contract from New York to supply new tube trains and upgrade existing ones (with ram air, presumably). We trust some of the moolah...

2010 Aprilia Shiver 750 - first ride

30 April 2010 by Adam Child

Aprilia’s updated 2010 Shiver is currently being tested by MCN’s Adam Child on the amazing Route Napoleon in the south of France. This is what he has to say... 2010 Aprilia Shiver 750 - tech specs...

257bhp Icon Sheene: it runs!

30 April 2010 by Michael Neeves

MCN tested the Icon Motorcycles’ £107,000 Barry Sheene tribute bike at Silverstone this week with the world exclusive first test in next week’s paper. The Sheene Icon is an extraordinary machine but...

MCN celebrates 20 years of Triumph

30 April 2010 by Phil West

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the debut of the first new Hinckley Triumphs. At the Cologne Show way back in 1990, John Bloor’s all-new Triumph concern unveiled its first new bikes – the...

£20,000 James Dean tribute Harley Fat Boy

30 April 2010 by Chris Newbigging

If you have enough money, you can have anything you want. If the object of your desires is a custom Harley styled like the Porsche Spyder that killed James Dean, star of iconic movie ‘Rebel...

“Thousands could be riding ringers”

30 April 2010 by Steve Farrell

Thousands of motorcyclists who bought nearly-new sports bikes from main dealers could be unwittingly riding bodged-together stolen machines, according to police. Thieves are part-exchanging “ringers”...

Triumph Thunderbird gets hot-rodded

30 April 2010 by Michael Neeves

In standard trim the Triumph Thunderbird has a grunty 1597cc parallel twin-cylinder engine, beautiful steering and solid stability. Next week in MCN we reveal a Thunderbird that’s like that, but more...

Transport Minister: ‘I’m not encouraging motorcycling’

30 April 2010 by Steve Farrell

Transport Minister Paul Clark has refused to say he thinks motorcycling is something to be encouraged, but says riders should not reject Labour. Asked if he thought biking should be encouraged, he...

New accessories for new XT1200Z Super Tenere released by Yamaha

30 April 2010 by Charlotte Cousins

Yamaha has released prices and details of accessories for the new XT1200Z Super Tenere ahead of the launch next week. Save cash on motorcycle products The new Super Tenere adventure bike comes...

Jamie Dobb to contest Scottish Six Day Trial

30 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Former world motocross champion Jamie Dobb is to compete in the Scottish Six Day Trial next week to raise money for a cancer charity. Dobb will compete in the famous event with long-time friend John...

First Love

29 April 2010 by Tim Horsfield

The road drops behind me as I open the throttle and feel the weight of my bike surging away from the intersection, a light crosswind snaps against into my slipstream as I slide through the shady lanes and over the hill I see the twisting roads of Hampshire open up before me. A pale sunlight warms the light chill in the mid-April air as I slip the clutch and downshift to roll over a hill and into a...