February
Filippo Preziosi resigns from Ducati
28 February 2013 by
Filippo Preziosi has resigned from Ducati before he was due to start his new role as Director of R&D, citing poor health. Preziosi was the engineer in charge of the development of the Desmosedici...
Free Barry Sheene DVD from Duke!
28 February 2013 by
Barry Sheene, MBE – probably the most famous star on two wheels ever to have come out of Britain – was a cheeky cockney inspiration to millions. Incredibly, it’s a decade since we lost Bazza to...
Kevin Ash memorial fund
28 February 2013 by
World-respected journalist Kevin Ash, who died in January, was an MCN columnist and the Daily Telegraph’s motorcycling correspondent. MCN and The Telegraph have been overwhelmed by the tributes since...
New Yamaha R1 spied testing
28 February 2013 by
Early prototypes for Yamaha’s next-generation R1 superbike have been spied being put through their paces by the firm’s test riders. Two of the machines were caught by our colleagues at Australian...
Save money at Lidl with MCN
27 February 2013 by
German supermarket chain Lidl are holding another of their budget motorcycling sales starting on the 28th February, and you can save 10% exclusively with MCN! Featured items include a Crivit Sport...
Enfield loses its UK distributor
26 February 2013 by
Fourteen years after acquiring the UK distribution rights for Royal Enfield, Cotswold-based Watsonian Squire has announced that they are ceasing distribution of the Indian-made motorcycles. The firm,...
You Ask/You Answer: Problems with Cornering
26 February 2013 by
“I’m a new rider and have a problem with cornering. I seem to stiffen up when cornering and do not have the confidence to lean – I keep thinking the bike will slip over or I’ll completely lose the...
New limited edition Moto Morini Scrambler
26 February 2013 by
The latest from Italian firm Moto Morini is this Scrambler special, lavished with goodies and priced at £9394. The Scrambler 1200 Military Green comes with leather saddlebags, slipper clutch and...
Breganze 750 SFC concept
26 February 2013 by
Here’s my concept for the Italian Laverda soul in a new brand!
The best biking decade was...
25 February 2013 by
What was the heyday of biking? Was it the arrival of cheap machinery in the 1970s, the exotica of the 1980s, the screaming two-stroke 500s of the 1990s, the technology of the 2000s? Or is it the...
CCM’s new adventure bike
25 February 2013 by
This is CCM’s all-new, road legal, middleweight adventure bike – the GP 450 – set to go into production in May this year! Although by the 450cc single cylinder Dakar-style racers it’s a fully road...
Ex-racer Emmett’s new bride dies
25 February 2013 by
The new wife of ex-500GP racer Sean Emmett has died after apparently falling from a hotel window while the newly married couple were on honeymoon in Dubai. Abbie Emmett, 27, died just days after...
My motorcycle fleet is...
23 February 2013 by
How many bikes is too many bikes? Have you just got your trusty all-rounder that’s capable of everything, something like a CBR600F? Or do you keep an everyday bike and a trackday tool? Or is more...
Feb 20: Bikes on the Box
21 February 2013 by
KEY TO CHANNELS. DRT – Discovery Real Time DSC – Discovery Channel DHD – Discovery Channel HD EXS – Extreme Sports Channel EUR1 (2, HD) – Eurosport 1 (2, HD) MOT – Motors TV CH4 – Channel...
Insurance Advice: What to do if you're convicted?
21 February 2013 by
If you’re ever unfortunate enough to find yourself convicted of a motoring offence with your bike you’ll have a lot of questions flying through your head. MCN Compare have taken some of the most frequently asked questions about motoring convictions and answered them here for you; to help take some of the mystery our of insurance. What to do if you’re convicted What it means to you premium: A...
New Ducati Hypermotard first ride
21 February 2013 by
Ducati’s all-new, water-cooled, 2013 Hypermotard is currently being put through its paces in southern Spain by MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves. Here are his first impressions: “It’s track this...
Video: New Triumph Daytona 675 vs Old
21 February 2013 by
With Triumph launching their new Daytona 675, MCN road tester Adam Child took the new bike up head-to-head against the old bike to see what changes Triumph has made to the new model.
See the London Motorcycle Show on TV
21 February 2013 by
This week’s new edition of the Bike World television programme is brought to you from the MCN London Motorcycle Show at ExCeL, where the Bike World team take a first look at the new Triumph Tiger...
Video: Triumph Tiger Sport First Ride
20 February 2013 by
Last week senior road tester Michael Neeves traveled to the mountains outside Barcelona to try out Triumph’s updated Tiger Sport. Check out the full review on the Bike Channel on Thursday 21st Feb at...
Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D hits the big screen with world record breaking stunt
20 February 2013 by
Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D is coming to a cinema near you – and what better way to spend an evening than gasping at the bravery, balls and blind stupidity of Travis Pastrana and his adrenalin-junkie...
Dunlops strip off to help raise cancer awareness
20 February 2013 by
Road racing stars William and Michael Dunlop have teamed up with Northern Irish glamour model Laura Lacole to promote an event in Belfast to raise awareness of the dangers of testicular cancer. The...
Enter your MCN Fantasy Road Race team before Saturday!
20 February 2013 by
With the World Superbike championship kicking off in Phillip Island, Australia this weekend, now is the time to enter MCN’s Fantasy Road Race competition run in association with RAC Insurance. All you...
Touratech kits out new water-cooled BMW R1200GS
20 February 2013 by
The new water-cooled 2013 BMW R12000GS isn’t even in dealers yet but that hasn’t stopped aftermarket off-road specialists Touratech from getting to work with a full list of goodies for the adventure...
Honda XR 650 Scrambler Classic Concept
19 February 2013 by
Based on the Honda XR650L which is still available in the USA, here’s my concept for a retro XR650 scrambler.
New MCN February 20th: New Tiger Sport Rules the Road
19 February 2013 by
In this week’s MCN, out February 20th, we have a world-exclusive first test of the new Triumph Tiger Sport We have a free pull-out guide to the 2013 World Superbike Championship, which kicks off this...
Directors of collapsed adventure firm set up new companies using similar name
19 February 2013 by
The directors of a motorcycle adventure firm which folded after keeping £120,000 of charity donations have each registered a new company with a similar name. Global Enduro went into administration...
Triumph goes to India with Prime Minister David Cameron
19 February 2013 by
Triumph Motorcycles has been invited to send representatives as part of a small delegation to India with Prime Minister David Cameron on a trade mission. The visit by Triumph follows confirmation by...
Death crash policewoman escapes charges because ‘phone was in her lap’
19 February 2013 by
A policewoman who caused a crash that killed a motorcyclist while talking on her phone has escaped prosecution after saying the device was in her lap. The Crown Prosecution Service says there is not...
Nexx XR1R Carbon review
18 February 2013
Advertisement Promotion When MCN reviewed the Nexx XR1R Carbon, writer Dan Aspel concluded that it was “The best road helmet I’ve worn”, and awarded it 5 stars. Thanks to its carbon shell, the Nexx...
Would you really take the BMW R1200GS or KTM Adventure off road?
18 February 2013 by
The KTM 1190 and BMW R1200GS are two huge updates to the adventure bike market, but would you really take either of them for some serious off-roading? pollcomment
You ask/you answer: Are sat-navs really necesarry?
18 February 2013 by
“When I need to, I strap a knackered old map to my tank to get me from A to B. My friends all seem to use sat-navs but I don’t see the point. They are hugely expensive and fiddly, having to attach and...
My son the criminal
15 February 2013 by
An interesting situation is developing in our lives at the moment – I would welcome comment about it. Last June, my 17-year-old son went to a local supermarket on his motorcycle to use the cash machine. Whilst in the car park he was hit by a car, knocked off and injured. It turned out that the driver of the car was a family friend. She got out, apologised to him, saying she didn’t see him, and...
New Yamaha FJR1300 makes debut at London Motorcycle Show
14 February 2013 by
The Carol Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show takes place on February 15 to 17 at ExCel. Almost every new bike will be there along with customs, classic and the amazing Revolution live show. Yamaha will...
Video: All roads lead to the MCN Show
14 February 2013 by
Typical motorbike racers, always late… So 19-time TT winner John McGuinness, 12-time World Trials champion Dougie Lampkin, and former World Superbike champion Neil Hodgson had to resort to Boris Bikes...
Video: Protecting your bike with All Year Biker
14 February 2013 by
All Year Biker is a set-up that uses franchised operators across the much of the UK. The work consists of a complete clean of the bike using an array of bike-specific Halo cleaning amd degreasing...