April

Year: 2018

Month: April

The 5 best reasons to visit the Carole Nash MCN Festival

09 April 2018 by MCN News

Forget Harry and Meghan, who cares if Chelsea beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final, we’ve got something bigger and better to worry about this weekend: The Carole Nash MCN Festival of...

Crosstourer World Meeting this weekend

09 April 2018 by Jon Urry

This weekend will see the first ever Crosstourer World Meeting, which will take place in Oswestry on the Welsh border on Saturday April 14. Honda’s V4-powered adventure bike has a surprisingly large...

Ducati season opening - Saturday April 7

06 April 2018 by Jon Urry

If you are stuck for something to do this weekend, popping into your local Ducati showroom could see you riding a 959 Panigale on track at Silverstone for free! TOP STORIES What’s the cost of living...

BMW’s top designer joins Indian and promises a new range of perception-changing models

05 April 2018 by Jordan Gibbons

After 15 years at BMW, Ola Stenegärd, BMW’s Head of Vehicle Design, has joined Indian’s holding-company Polaris. And the man responsible for machines like the S1000RR and the R nineT has revealed that...

Free Yoshimura exhaust with all new Suzuki GSX-R1000s

04 April 2018 by Jon Urry

Flushed with success (and probably still drunk on champagne) following Bradley Ray’s Donington BSB double and Billy McConnell’s superstock win, Suzuki UK are offering a free Yoshimura exhaust with...

Poll: Was Bradley Ray's Donington double a case of him making the most of tricky conditions or is he a genuine BSB title contender?

04 April 2018 by Jon Urry

At this bank holiday weekend’s Bennetts British Superbikes opening round, 20-year-old young gun Bradley Ray shook up the established stars by taking his first double on the Buildbase Suzuki...

Honda’s carbon CB1000R

04 April 2018 by Jordan Gibbons

As well as the exotic Fireblade Custom Concept, Honda also showed a CB1000R at the recent Tokyo Motorcycle Show which they have built in partnership with Yamamoto Racing and Magical Racing. TOP...

Honda’s stunning Suzuka 8 Hours Fireblade SP Custom Concept

03 April 2018 by Jordan Gibbons

After 10 years away from factory-supported domestic Superbike racing, Honda have returned to the competition with the new Fireblade. However, outside of Japanese Super Bikes (JSB), Honda’s top...

Charity Guinness World Record bid kicks off

03 April 2018 by Jon Urry

Today, 22-year-old Henry Crew set off on an epic journey with the intention of becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle. A feat which, if all goes well, will see him ride...

Police told they should chase bike thieves

03 April 2018 by Jordan Gibbons

In an interview with the BBC the minister for policing, Nick Hurd MP, has said that the government is reviewing the law and intend to change regulations to better protect police who chase suspected...

MV’s guiding hands…

02 April 2018 by Jon Urry

Released under the slightly pretentious title ‘It’s not technology guiding our hands, but our hands guiding technology’ this lovely short video from AV Agusta is worth a quick look. Especially as it...

April’s fools

02 April 2018 by Jon Urry

Sunday saw the traditional display of April Fool’s jokes designed to catch out the unwary. But did you spot them all? Just in case you missed any of them, or still believe they are true, here are some...