2013

Year: 2013

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New MCN July 10th: New Norton Domiracer

09 July 2013

New MCN out tomorrow: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: NORTON DOMIRACER! Super-cool cafe racer uses famous Featherbed frame. PLUS: FREE 2013 Tyre Guide BMW F800GS vs 1200cc Big Brother WORLD FIRST TEST of...

Goodwood Festival of Speed – Lord March is a bike fan

09 July 2013 by Kirsten Ash

In the run up to this weekend’s 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed MCN has had a sneak peak of Lord March’s personal motorcycle collection. Lord March is the owner of Goodwood House, and the host of the...

BMW Concept 90 to make UK debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed

09 July 2013 by Liam Marsden

The recently unveiled BMW Concept 90 will make its UK debut at the Godwood Festival of Speed this weekend, July 12-14. The bike, designed by Roland Sands to mark 40 years since the original R90S and...

Suzuki V-Strom 1000 website update

09 July 2013 by Kirsten Ash

Suzuki has updated a recently launched website dedicated to the 2014 V-Strom 1000 to include a video with the project leader. It’s the first in a promised series of many and shows an interview with...

Ride like a trials god – on an enduro bike

09 July 2013 by MCN

Graham Jarvis is a former five-time British trials champion who has stamped his complete dominance in a second career in extreme enduro. This month the 38-year-old won the only event in the calendar...

Staff blog: Back to the CBR

08 July 2013 by Andy Calton

It was a huge relief to return from the States and get back on the Honda CBR500R. I’d had a fantastic time riding a Harley-Davidson Electra Glide down Route 66 and up the Pacific Coast Highway. But...

Triumph Thunderbird triple owners needed

08 July 2013 by MCN

MCN are looking for owners of the three-cylinder Triumph Thunderbird models. Specifically we’re looking for owners of the Thunderbird Sport, Thunderbird Legend TT and Thunderbird Adventurer. We’ll be...

The fate of Mallory Park

08 July 2013 by Kirsten Ash

Mallory Park has called upon its supporters to attend the Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council Meeting on Wednesday July 10. Upon recent reviews, the council have advised the track to be limited to...

Staff Blog: Sorting our my saggy-ness

08 July 2013 by Alison Silcox

You might have seen my latest long term review published in July 3 issue of MCN. I’ve been having a few issues with my suspension and Senior Road Tester, Michael Neeves, gave me a few tips on how to...

Staff Blog: Hyperstrada – 3588-miles in eight days.

08 July 2013 by Michael Neeves

I’ve just got back from my 3588-mile riding holiday to France, Spain and Portugal. It seems weird just riding to work today and not grinding out hundreds of miles in the sunshine, on the wrong side of...

Staff Blog: First long ride (and in the sun, too!)

07 July 2013 by Simon Patterson

It seems I couldn’t have picked a better time to finally get out on two wheels! The sun’s beaming down, I’m sitting in the press office at Snetterton, and the little Yamaha R125 is parked...

BMW K1600GT Sport revealed

05 July 2013 by Andy Downes

BMW has unveiled a new version of the the six cylinder K1600 which the firm is calling the ‘GT Sport’. The GT Sport has just been unveiled at the ‘BMW Motorrad Days 2013’ event in Garmisch. The GT...

Staff blog: Roman Holiday

05 July 2013

My ride to Rome is now a distant memory (see MCN July 3) but I’ll always have a load of holiday snaps to remind me. Here are some that didn’t make it into the paper and also the links to the Google...

Celebrating the Victory way

05 July 2013 by Kirsten Ash

Victory Motorcycles celebrate their 15th Anniversary on July 4 and as part of the celebration, the American firm released its latest bike, the Cross Country Tour Limited. Victory fans will celebrate...

The TT that became a Nazi propaganda coup

05 July 2013 by Steve Farrell

It’s been described as motorcycle sport in its purest form. But the Isle of Man TT hasn’t always been just about sport. In 1939, the world’s most spectacular motorsports event became a propaganda...

Bike Chooser: Naked bikes for under £2000

04 July 2013 by MCN

This week’s bike chooser brings you the best naked bikes for under £2000. 1997 Suzuki TL1000S Suzuki’s infamous TL1000S entered onto the scene (as well a few hedges) in 1997 and instantly gained a...

Rossi Desmosedici at Goodwood

04 July 2013 by MCN

The world-famous Goodwood Festival of Speed – the largest motoring garden party in the world – takes place once again on July 11-14 this year, and one of the big stars of the show will be an ex-Rossi...

Tour the Honda Collection Hall

04 July 2013 by Robin Goodwin

At the opening of the Honda Collection Hall, founder Soichiro Honda proudly said that the museum would allow them to show the world what they’ve done and that visitors can ‘see the real Honda’. The...

KTM 250 EXC-F first ride

04 July 2013 by Jon Bentman

KTM dominate off-road sport with over 200 world championships under their belt. And they dominate because every year, without fail, the Austrian manufacturer makes its bikes better, sometimes...

New Yamaha XV950s set for UK

03 July 2013 by Phil West

This new bobber-style Yamaha custom, the XV950, is coming to the UK this September priced from £7199 to £7499. The new V-twin debuted earlier this year in the US where it’s called the ‘Star Bolt’...

Built in Britain 2013 - enter your bike

03 July 2013 by MCN

Today sees the launch of the 2013 Built in Britain competition, an anuual event launched by Carole Nash and MCN to find the nation’s most talented bike builder. Every year this massive competition...

BMW S1000RR and Kawasaki ZX-10R owners needed!

03 July 2013 by MCN

MCN are looking for owners of 2010/11 BMW S1000RRs and 2004/05 Kawasaki ZX-10Rs for an upcoming feature. We’ll be using the information to help with our article and there may be a chance you get...

Staff blog: Hyperstrada on tour

03 July 2013 by Michael Neeves

I’m half way through a riding holiday with a couple of my mates. We’ve ridden down the west coast of France, along the top of Spain and now stopped half way down the Portuguese coast, in the resort of...

Who had the most impressive race at Assen?

03 July 2013 by MCN

This weekend’s Assen GP saw a lot of heroic rides, with Rossi breaking his bad spell, Lorenzo breaking his shoulder, and Crutchlow breaking the factory Hondas! But who do you think had the ride of the...

Video: BMW F800GT vs rivals

03 July 2013 by MCN

BMW’s new F800GT is branded as a do-everything entry level tourer. We took it out againstsome of it’s class rivals – the Honda Deauville and Yamaha’s Fazer 8 – to see what it faired like in the real...

Used buying guide: Yamaha R1

03 July 2013 by Jon Urry

If you have to pick out a year that marked the revival of the litre bike category then look no further than 2004. With World Superbikes turning to 1000cc inline fours rather than 750cc homologation...

Lexmoto ZSX125 first ride

03 July 2013 by Phil West

Lexmoto’s new ZSX125 is a good indicator of how far – and fast – the much-maligned Chinese motorcycle industry has come in recent years, being not just as keenly priced as ever but also now being...

New Rossi rep arriving in dealers

02 July 2013 by Tony Hoare

AGV has released the replica of Valentino Rossi’s current MotoGP helmet a year earlier than usual. The Italian firm normally waits until the following season to give the public the same design as its...

Staff blog: Burgman v Tmax: the jury's out

02 July 2013 by Steve Farrell

One or two readers have commented that they doubt the Burgman 650 is as good as some other big scooters out there, like Yamaha’s Tmax or BMW’s C600 Sport. This week I’ll be finding out. I’m doing a...

Suzuki launches new V-Strom 1000 website

02 July 2013 by Kirsten Ash

Suzuki has launched a new website dedicated to the eagerly anticipated V-Strom 1000 adventure bike first revealed at the Cologne Show in late 2012, and expected to be shown in production-ready form...

Win a pair of VIP tickets to BSB

02 July 2013 by Andy Davidson

MCN and Team WD-40 have teamed up to offer one lucky reader a VIP ticket for round six of the BSB at Brands Hatch on July 21. The exclusive ticket includes a plus one and gives the winners full...

New MCN July 3: Rossi Rules!

02 July 2013 by MCN

Rossi Rules – 12 page MotoGP special! PLUS: World Exclusive – New GS Adventure GSX-R600 Used Guide NEW! Small bikes extra – Buying & Riding advice! BMW F800GT v Fazer8 v Deauville And much, much...

Banned from parking in business park

02 July 2013 by Anonymous

I work on a business park which is running short of parking spaces and has no bike spaces at all so I use a car parking space. I am being told that they are going to ban motorbikes from parking in the business parks with a £100 fine. Is this legal? As a relatively new biker do we really have to deal with such discrimination? I pay my road tax and only expect the same rights as a car. If I went to...

Staff Blog: Multistrada 1200 tyre review

02 July 2013

The Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring is now on the third set of tyres in 6500 miles with a set of new-to-the-market Michelin Pilot Power 3s the latest fitted. I’m going to do a run through of how...

Waddington Air Show

02 July 2013 by szr660

I called RAF Waddington to see if there is a helmet/leather park for this weekend’s Air Show. Apparantly it is not something they have thought about. If you are going and need this facility then call the Air Show office on 01522 727011 and let them know how important these things are to an enjoyable day out for motorcyclists. They didn’t have one at Santa Pod last September but just by asking on...

‘Grave concerns’ about graphic safety ad

02 July 2013 by Steve Farrell

A leading riders’ group has said it has “grave concerns” about a graphic new safety ad. The cinema ad by Transport for London shows a motorcyclist lying on his back in the road. While paramedics...