April

Year: 2016

Month: April

Danilo Petrucci: How did I get here?

30 April 2016 by MCN Sport

Pramac Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci watched Rossi, Pedrosa and Dovizioso on telly. He still hasn’t quite got used to being a top flight MotoGP racer himself s a child whose father worked in the teams of...

Rossi: MCN exclusive interview (Part 3)

30 April 2016 by MCN

‘I don’t want to stop. I know it won’t be easy’ MCN find out what Rossi’s got planned for the future from those closest to him Friends to the end…. Uccio Salucci Rossi’s best mate since school and...

Rossi: MCN exclusive interview (Part2)

29 April 2016 by MCN

‘I don’t want to stop. I know it won’t be easy’ n a rare one-on-one interview, Rossi tells MCN what he’s got planned for the future Age will be a key difference regardless of whom Rossi’s...

Chris Walker takes on Colin Edwards at MCN Festival!

29 April 2016 by MCN News

Fans’ favourite Chris Walker will lead the UK team against a starstudded American squad in MCN Festival’s action-packed Transatlantic dirt track tussle. Two-times WSB champion Colin Edwards leads the...

Rossi: MCN exclusive interview (Part 1)

28 April 2016 by MCN

‘I don’t want to stop. I know it won’t be easy’ n a rare one-on-one interview, Rossi tells MCN what he’s got planned for the future Valentino Rossi has made no secret of the fact that he’s been...

A great way to finance your next used bike

28 April 2016 by MCN News

MCN and Black Horse have launched a new and unique on-line finance tool for anyone looking to buy a used bike on either hire purchase or PCP. Added to dealer bikes across MCN’s Bikes For Sale website,...

Ride the Triumph Thruxton R at MCN Festival

28 April 2016 by MCN News

With the new Thruxton and Thruxton R Triumph has produced a Thruxton worthy to carry the name to the next generation of owners – and it’s available to test ride at the MCN Festival, May 14-15. The...

Gallery: At (motor)home with Colin Edwards

28 April 2016 by MCN Sport

IN summer 2011, Colin Edwards invited us, Hello-style, into his glamorous motorhome. So crack open a Kronenbourg and sink into one of the luxury leather sofas of his 14 metre long gin palace he sun is...

Kawasaki launches ‘K-World’ app

28 April 2016 by Andy Downes

Kawasaki have launched a new smartphone app called ‘K-World’ aiming to bring owners and racing fans news, updates and exclusive content about the company. The ‘K-World’ app will be available for iOS...

‘Severe’ Honda factory damage

28 April 2016 by Andy Downes

Honda have announced it may take as long as another four months to get the earthquake-damaged Kumamoto factory in Japan back to full production capacity following the recent natural disaster. The...

Benelli go large

28 April 2016 by Jon Urry

Benelli is about to blast back into the big time with an impressive range of bikes from 125cc to 750cc. Eleven years ago, Italian manufacturer Benelli was bought by the Chinese Qianjiang group after...

See Colin Edwards race dirt track at the MCN Festival

27 April 2016 by MCN News

Last year’s MCN Festival marked the debut of our Transatlantic Trophy dirt track race series, as Kevin Schwantz led a team of Americans against the Brits, led by enduro master David Knight. The Brits...

James Haydon's 2016 tips

27 April 2016 by Bike magazine

The 2016 race season is underway. Bike’s ex-BSB, ex-WSB, exMotoGP James Haydon tries manfully to contain himself. And predicts three top threes British Superbike I’m a big Shane Byrne fan but for...

Picture story: Rollie's difficult second

26 April 2016 by MCN

Everyone knows the Rollie Free, nearly-naked-man-on-a-motorbike, speeding-across-Bonneville shot. Well, here’s the less-well-known, difficult-second-album follow-up. Two years later, Rollie returned...

Ride the new Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro at MCN Festival

26 April 2016 by MCN News

Ducati’s Multistrada is an excellent road-going adventure bike, and with the Multistrada Enduro Ducati have created a truly superb bike that can go absolutely anywhere – and it’s available to test...

New MCN April 27: Rossi back on top

26 April 2016 by MCN News

In this week’s edition of MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from April 27: New SV650 vs MT-07 vs ER-6n Brough Superior old vs new 25 years of Hinckley Triumph Benelli go large Lorenzo...

New MCN app means your next bike is just a click away

25 April 2016 by James Archibald

The new MCN bikes for sale app is now available to download, it’s the easiest way to find your next dream machine. Browsing through thousands of bikes currently for sale at MCNBikesforsale.com, you...

My life in bikes: Leon Haslam

25 April 2016 by MCN News

‘My mum and dad tried to stop me from racing’ P and WSB rider, now battling in BSB. Oh, and son of Ron! Leon talks youth motocross, injuries, racing, NSR500s and touring on Harleys Can you recall a...

'Do you ever get scared in a race?' Simoncelli's last interview

25 April 2016 by MCN Sport

Just a few months before his untimely death in October 2011, Marco Simoncelli sat down with MCN Sport for what would turn out to be the last time. Who were your rivals when you were minimoto...

Ride to MCN Festival with Billy McConnell and TomTom

25 April 2016 by MCN News

You could join BSB racer Billy McConnell for the official TomTom Ride into the MCN Festival on Saturday May 14. Everyone is welcome to join the ride-in, which will depart from the Little Chef at...

Dr John: His life and legacy

24 April 2016 by MCN Sport

Before his death in 2015 the pioneering trauma surgeon John Hinds was a mainstay of the Irish road race scene. But that wasn’t all he did with his short, brilliant life e was famous throughout the...

Test ride new 2016 models at the MCN Festival

24 April 2016 by MCN News

We’ll have dozens of bikes from all the major manufacturers prepped and ready to ride at this year’s MCN Festival, including the new Yamaha MT-10, which will be flown in sepcially from the press...

How strong do you have to be to race in MotoGP?

23 April 2016 by MCN Sport

Perhaps not as strong as you think, says Dr Michele Zasa, boss of the Clinica Mobile, MotoGP’s in-house sports medicine clinic hile Doctor Zasa and his team of physiotherapists admit you have to be in...

Ride off-road at the MCN Festival

23 April 2016 by MCN News

The AMCA Yamaha MX Experience will be heading to the MCN Festival at Peterborough Arena, May 14-15, giving you the opportunity to have a go at off-road riding. Yamaha will be bringing along an...

Video: Bridgestone Battlax S21 Tyre launch

22 April 2016 by James Archibald

MCN Senior Road Tester Adam Child was recently at Abu Dhabi’s famous Formula 1 circuit testing Bridgestone’s new Battlax S21 tyres. Here’s how he got on…

Celebrate Chris Walker Kawasaki's first birthday this weekend

22 April 2016 by MCN News

Chris Walker Kawasaki celebrates its first birthday with an open event this weekend, April 23-24 at the showroom in Grantham, Lincolnshire. A range of 2016 Kawasaki models will be available to test...

See, hear and smell classic race bikes at MCN Festival

22 April 2016 by MCN News

Immerse yourself in the racing scene as some of the greatest race bikes to have ever rolled down a pit lane will be parading around our specially constructed loop at the MCN Festival, May 14-15. With...

When Barry Sheene won the 1976 world championship – Eyewitness special (Part 3/3)

22 April 2016 by MCN

It’s easy to forget that behind the injuries, 70s glamour and cheeky quips was a stellar racing talent. This is the story of Barry Sheene’s historic first 500cc world title and the bike that took him...

Ride a priceless classic at the MCN Festival

21 April 2016 by MCN News

Visitors to the MCN Festival will have the chance to ride a number of classic bikes courtesy of the National Motorcycle Museum, from a 1930 Brough Superior SS 100 to a Norton F1 Rotary. The bikes...

Video: Kawasaki Ninja H2 v ZZR1400

21 April 2016 by MCN News

Kawasaki’s ZZR1400 was once the worlds fastest production bike, but has been usurped by its own brother, the Ninja H2. Kawasaki aren’t giving up on the ZZR though, making it Euro 4 compliant and...

When Barry Sheene won the 1976 world championship – Eyewitness special (Part 2/3)

21 April 2016 by MCN

It’s easy to forget that behind the injuries, 70s glamour and cheeky quips was a stellar racing talent. This is the story of Barry Sheene’s historic first 500cc world title, told by those who were...

Gallery: Yamaha Tracer 700

20 April 2016 by James Archibald

Here’s a closer look at Yamaha’s brand new MT-07 derived Tracer 700 that was announced earlier this afternoon. There is a strong resemblance unsurprisingly to its MT-09 Tracer sibling, though they are...

Four of this summer's best races

20 April 2016 by RiDE magazine

Plan your summer now to see the best racing events Mantua, MXGP June 26 For something slightly different, try the high-octane MXGP – where the world’s sharpest motocross riders battle it out in a...

When Barry Sheene won the 1976 world championship – Eyewitness special (Part1/3)

20 April 2016 by MCN

It’s easy to forget that behind the injuries, 70s glamour and cheeky quips was a stellar racing talent. This is the story of Barry Sheene’s historic first 500cc world title… n July 25, 1976, Barry...

195bhp two-stroke to debut at TT races

20 April 2016 by Practical Sportsbikes

Brand new Suter MMX500 heading to Isle of Man and will be ridden by 10-time TT champ Ian Lougher. And, as he tells Practical Sportsbikes, he can’t wait… ust in case you needed yet another reason to...

Alvaro Bautista's wheelie fail

20 April 2016 by MCN

Almost seven years on and Alvaro Bautista’s face is probably still red after this embarrassing ‘You’ve Been Framed’ moment when he spectacularly looped a celebration wheelie in Brno. he Spaniard had...