February

Year: 2013

Month: February

Filippo Preziosi resigns from Ducati

28 February 2013 by MCN

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 MCN

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 MCN

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 MCN

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 MCN

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 Rich Newland

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 MCN

“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 MCN

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 Oberdan Bezzi

Here’s my concept for the Italian Laverda soul in a new brand!

The best biking decade was...

25 February 2013 by MCN

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 MCN

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 Andy Downes

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...

Sheene's greatest ever GP race was...

24 February 2013 by MCN

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My motorcycle fleet is...

23 February 2013 by MCN

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 Alison Silcox

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 MCN Staff

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 Michael Neeves

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 MCN

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 Richard Newland

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 MCN

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 MCN

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 Simon Patterson

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 MCN

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 Andy Downes

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 Oberdan Bezzi

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 MCN

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 Steve Farrell

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 Andy Downes

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 Steve Farrell

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 MCN

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 MCN

“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 jess jephcott

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...

February

Filippo Preziosi resigns from Ducati

Free Barry Sheene DVD from Duke!

Kevin Ash memorial fund

New Yamaha R1 spied testing

Save money at Lidl with MCN

Enfield loses its UK distributor

You Ask/You Answer: Problems with Cornering

New limited edition Moto Morini Scrambler

Breganze 750 SFC concept

The best biking decade was...

CCM’s new adventure bike

Ex-racer Emmett’s new bride dies

Sheene's greatest ever GP race was...

My motorcycle fleet is...

Feb 20: Bikes on the Box

Insurance Advice: What to do if you're convicted?

New Ducati Hypermotard first ride

Video: New Triumph Daytona 675 vs Old

See the London Motorcycle Show on TV

Video: Triumph Tiger Sport First Ride

Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D hits the big screen with world record breaking stunt

Dunlops strip off to help raise cancer awareness

Enter your MCN Fantasy Road Race team before Saturday!

Touratech kits out new water-cooled BMW R1200GS

Honda XR 650 Scrambler Classic Concept

New MCN February 20th: New Tiger Sport Rules the Road

Directors of collapsed adventure firm set up new companies using similar name

Triumph goes to India with Prime Minister David Cameron

Death crash policewoman escapes charges because ‘phone was in her lap’

Nexx XR1R Carbon review

Would you really take the BMW R1200GS or KTM Adventure off road?

You ask/you answer: Are sat-navs really necesarry?

My son the criminal

New Yamaha FJR1300 makes debut at London Motorcycle Show

Video: All roads lead to the MCN Show

Video: Protecting your bike with All Year Biker