Bike News (Jan - Dec 2015)

This time of year can be damaging to motorcycles but these top tips will help yours escape unscathed 1. Stop the rot One of the main risks of riding through winter is corrosion and the effect it has...

Surely the designers of the GSX-R750 engine and the Hayabusa must be the most demonic characters to walk the face of this planet? Let's all meet up in the year 2000 – when James May finds more life in...

The new tech challenge – Michelin tyres and Dorna control electronics n July 2014 Valentino Rossi signed his latest Yamaha contract – for the 2015 and 2016 seasons – and explained that he wanted to...

After the bitter end to last season, what does the master of reinvention need do to transform himself one last time and rule MotoGP’s new technical era? alentino Rossi has failed before, but never as...

Honda’s innovative RC-E electric superbike concept, which took the electrical underpinnings of a Honda hybrid car and clothed them in stunning bodywork, may not have vanished without trace. The RC-E...

This CB1100 Concept was shown at the Tokyo show this year, and is believed to preview a next-generation CB1100. Easily the most subtle bike at the Tokyo Show – not hard given the eye-gouging offerings...

2006 MotoGP champ is relishing the new challenge of WSB ormer MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden says winning the World Superbike title would be an incredible way of rounding off his racing career –...

Honda’s achingly gorgeous CB1100R, first shown as a 2007 concept, is still a live project if freshly-filed patents are anything to go by. Concept bikes usually have a short life. They’re watered-down...

John Brown, who owns and runs a Honda dealership in Manchester, is the first customer to take delivery of the ultra-exclusive Honda RC213V-S Mr Brown took delivery of the machine just before Christmas...

Eight of the world’s most influential motorcycle explorers will be starring at the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show on February 12-14. From Mondo Enduro and Terra Circa star Austin Vince to the...

Want to portray a sporty image for your new bike? Best rob a name from a racing circuit. Moto Guzzi Le Mans (1976-1993) Guzzi’s immortal vee-engined sportster first appeared as an 850 in 1976,...

In this week's edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from December 30: 12-page special: The real Valentino Rossi Ducati Scrambler vs Yamaha XSR700 Honda plans hot...

Triumph Motorcycles have announced their financial results for the year ended 30 June 2015, and it’s a much happier picture than the figure for the year before, despite a fall in overall turnover. In...

If you don’t want to splash out on a new machine, these simple tips will help your bike wind back the years 1. Gearing For less than £20, shortening your gearing is quite possibly the cheapest way to...

Eccentric, expensive and exclusive, Bimota’s hub-steered Tesi 3D is as rare as road bike gets. But it would be criminally insane to drop Panigale R or Ariel Ace money on one, wouldn't it? We...

For seven years the WSB title eluded Jonathan Rea. Then, suddenly, we got to see just how gifted he is.   even years is a long time in anyone’s book – especially if you’re regarded by many as the...

Kawasaki’s GPZ900R was a sportsbike masterpiece when it was released in 1984, but it’s still possible to improve the design further. So when Ian Broadfoot restored his A1 to original condition, he...

MCN has teamed up with none other than the legendary Foggy and a host of other greats to name their biking heroes as part of our Christmas special. This week we have brought you some of biking's...

Derek McIntyre was one of Joey Dunlop’s true friends, driving the great man between Europe’s race circuits and taking extraordinary photos along the way. This is his story    very bike...

French trials rider Julien Dupont has caught the world's first KTM Freeride E electric bike backflip on camera in one of his latest stunt videos. Dupont also successfully jumps a 20 metre gap over a...

MCN has teamed up with none other than the legendary Foggy and a host of other greats to name their biking heroes as part of our Christmas special. We’ll be bringing you some of the best picks from...

Laverda 500cc works machines won their class in the Barcelona 24-hours in 1978 and ’79. Those bikes inspired Roger Quemby’s special – but it’s taken him five years to approach the finish...

MCN has teamed up with none other than the legendary Foggy and a host of other greats to name their biking heroes as part of our Christmas special. We’ll be bringing you some of the best picks from...

It'll be fast, that's for sure. And violent. And with the reality being Kawasaki's new H2, who's to say they got it that wrong? 1. Coming through! 2. Outruns everything but a fart 3. Fears nothing...

MCN has teamed up with none other than the legendary Foggy and a host of other greats to name their biking heroes as part of our Christmas special. We’ll be bringing you some of the best picks from...

Held over a town centre course that’s just ‘750-ish metres’ long, the Lightning Sprint is all about keeping racing alive    was only about half way through my pint when I heard the sound of...

MCN has teamed up with none other than the legendary Foggy and a host of other greats to name their biking heroes as part of our Christmas special. We’ll be bringing you some of the best picks from...

Long before Kawasaki had the psychotic 296bhp H2R, it was dabbling in antisocial behaviour with its two-stroke triples of the ’70s. The 750 H2 and 500 H1B share a reputation as the vandals...

Stop hibernating on the sofa waiting for the new biking season MCN shows you how to have a kick-ass winter  hristmas is closing in, which means woolly jumpers, comfy sofas and the Coronation...

Next year is the 20th anniversary of the current BSB championship, and to mark this historic milestone MCN is bringing together the riders and machines that have made the national series the envy of...

MCN has teamed up with none other than the legendary Foggy and a host of other greats to name their biking heroes as part of our Christmas special. We’ll be bringing you some of the best picks from...

Why you should seriously consider alternative transport for you and your bike on your next trip ’m writing this column on a train. My bike’s a few carriages ahead of me, strapped down on an open-sided...

When you’ve won TTs, raced GPs and spent a lifetime fettling, a shed just isn’t big enough. You need a Haslam Hangar…   otorcycle racers have a long history of growing old disgracefully. The...

Stop hibernating on the sofa waiting for the new biking season MCN shows you how to have a kick-ass winter hristmas is closing in, which means woolly jumpers, comfy sofas and the Coronation Street...

Yamaha is recalling every single 2015 YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M sold so far to replace the gearbox following a number of failures on the new model. News of a recall affecting bikes in North America and...

They lost to Ducati’s iconic twin on the track, but make brilliant road bike buys today. Suzuki GSX-R750 SRAD (1996-1999) First beam-framed GSX-R was inspired by Suzuki’s 500cc GP racer, and...