September
Passing the baton: Women Riders World Relay honoured in National Motorcycle Museum
05 March 2020 by

The Women Riders World Relay has come to an end after the baton was passed along 63,400 miles and across 79 countries in 333 days. Now the event is over, the baton has found a permanent home at...
Big read: The John McGuinness masterclass
28 May 2019 by

The roads nestled among the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales are a bikers’ paradise, offering a challenging ribbon of tarmac that snakes its way past farmland and through hamlets...
Cake launch first road legal electric motorbike
18 February 2019 by

Swedish motorcycle manufacturers Cake have unveiled the Kalk& (Kalk And) – a road legal version of the Kalk OR. The original Kalk OR is billed as a halfway house between a mountain bike and a...
BMW showcase self-riding technology at CES Las Vegas
09 January 2019 by

BMW have been showing off their self-riding R1200GS at the CES technology show in Las Vegas as you can see in the video above. We first learned of the project in 2018 when BMW revealed they were set...
Honda reveal pricing for 2019 Adventure Roads programme
10 December 2018 by

Honda Motor Europe have confirmed the pricing for the next instalment of its Adventure Roads tour programme across southern Africa in March 2019. Honda will be again taking 40 riders on both standard...
Zillers Garage become first Russian AMD World Champions
09 October 2018 by

The AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building 2018 has been won by a Russian builder for the first time. Zillers Garage took the title with their Yamaha SR400 based ‘Insomnia’ entry. UK entrants...
2019: Year of the true adventurers
30 September 2018 by

At the launch of the new R1250GS, BMW said that unlike previous years the GS Adventure version will be on sale almost straight away, too. With the F850GS Adventure also believed to be imminent, that...
BMW's development wheels tell all about their prototypes
29 September 2018 by

With new models set to be unveiled next week, BMW gave us an exclusive look at their testing process and special sensors that festoon their bikes to get every detail from vibration figures, to axle...
Harley’s European assault
29 September 2018 by

Harley-Davidson got everyone’s eyebrows dancing recently with their bold new Harley Pan America adventure bike and naked Streetfighter – but while both will be brave attacks on new markets for the US...
MCN's sister website Parkers awards the Mitsubishi L200 Best Pickup of the Year 2019
27 September 2018 by

Parkers.co.uk (MCN’s sister website) has chosen the Mitsubishi L200 as the Best Pickup in the Parkers New Car Awards 2019. The recently-updated pickup was praised for its excellent off-road ability...
Charity drag bike run rescheduled by rain
26 September 2018 by

Hertfordshire-based motorbike builders, Mint Customs, have built a one-off drag racing motorcycle, set to be auctioned off for charity. Using a 2007 Yamaha R1 engine with a minor fueling tune, the...
Video: MCN make triumphant return to the Ally Pally
25 September 2018 by

Thousands celebrated MCN’s return to north London at the Devitt MCN Ally Pally Show and Supersprint over the weekend (September 22-23). And what a return it was, with a host of stars in attendance, a...
Billy 'Biketruck' Ward: Corporate player to adventure rider
24 September 2018 by

Billy Ward has ridden through war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, toured the world as Charley Boorman’s theatre producer and racked up thousands of off-road miles on motorbikes. It’s a far cry from the...
Krazy Horse release road-legal flat track Indian Scout kit
24 September 2018 by

Flat track racing is the latest craze storming the nation and Krazy Horse, bike dealers and customisers in Bury St. Edmonds, have been campaigning a fleet of modified Indian Scouts in the national...
Peugeot announce scooter with dash cams as standard
24 September 2018 by

Peugeot have launched a new version of their Metropolis three-wheel scooter that comes with front and rear dash cams as standard. The model, celebrating 120 years of Peugeot motorbikes, is the first...
How healthy is road racing's grass roots?
23 September 2018 by

It’s been a tough and sometimes tragic 12 months for road racing. There is no getting away from the fact that the death toll has been high – since the Macau Grand Prix last year, we’ve lost a host of...
Revisited: 1998-1999 Yamaha R1
20 September 2018 by

In 1997, we rode the then new Yamaha R1 at it’s launch and said it was the ‘most outrageous bike you’ll ever ride until the next century’. Speaking on the 1998-1999 model, we added, “Yamaha’s...
20 minutes with Ross Noble
19 September 2018 by

Where are you at the moment? “At the moment, I am in Swansea in Wales as part of my ‘El Hablador’ tour. The tour started a couple of weeks ago and goes through to the middle of December, 2018. It’s...
Limited edition Jeffrey Herlings KTM 450 SX-F released
19 September 2018 by

KTM have released a special edition of their 450 SX-F motocross bike in honour of Jeffrey Herlings. The 2018 FIM MXGP Motocross World Champion took victory at his home race in Assen to seal the...
Learn from Leon Haslam, Shakey Byrne and Chris Walker at MSV trackdays
17 September 2018 by

MSV Trackdays are rounding off the year with a series of star rider trackdays throughout October and into November 2018. Leon Haslam, Chris Walker and Shakey Byrne are each attending days at UK...
Lancashire dealer saves round the world biker
17 September 2018 by

Raceways Motorcycles, in Fleetwood, Lancashire have played a heroic part in getting Korean round-the-world traveller Yung Ro Go back on the road. Yung, 43, has been travelling through the UK and had...
German website offers near perfect classics
14 September 2018 by

Fancy a Kawasaki ZXR 750 R in near mint condition but not sure where to go? Look no further than classic-superbike.com. Advertised as a “sales forum for collectors of classic bikes from the ‘70s, ‘80s...
Clothing retailer to offer Biker Down courses
13 September 2018 by

Hertfordshire-based motorcycle clothing dealer Bike Stop are offering a free Biker Down course in conjunction with Herts Fire and Rescue. Taking place on Saturday, October 20, 2018, the tuition will...
Goodwood Revival 2018 is roaring success
12 September 2018 by

The Goodwood Revival returned this past weekend from Friday, September 7 and Sunday, September 9 for the 20th time, offering up two days of closely-contended classic racing on both two and four...
Bristol bikers ride out targets bike thieves
12 September 2018 by

Bikers from across the Bristol region will come together to take part in an annual Big Bike Theft Awareness Ride on Sunday, September 16, 2018. This demonstration of community spirit aims to increase...
Cagiva holds 40th anniversary event
12 September 2018 by

2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of Italian motorbike manufacturer Cagiva. To celebrate, Cagiva Club Italia are promoting a rally at the MV Agusta complex in Schiranna, Italy on Sunday,...
Poll: What do you think of Fenati's future?
11 September 2018 by

Cal Crutchlow has said Romano Fenati should be banned from racing for life after he grabbed Stefano Manzi’s front brake during the weekend’s Misano Grand Prix. What do you think? What do you think...
Motus shuts down after 10 years
11 September 2018 by

Oddball US bike manufacturer Motus has shut its doors after 10 years of operations. Based in Birmingham, Alabama the firm produced a series of bizarre across-the-frame V4-engined machines. Said to...
Bikers United website launched to protect your bike
07 September 2018 by

A new website is trying to address the problem of motorbike theft in the UK by allowing the victims of bike crime to post the details online. The site, called Bikersunited.co.uk, also lets users post...
Welsh police battle motorbike thefts
05 September 2018 by

The Swansea and Neath Port Talbot region of South Wales has been hit by a massive increase in bike thefts over the past year – in the last week alone seven motorcycles have been reported stolen,...
Isle of Man TT fan survey launched
05 September 2018 by

The Isle of Man have launched a survey covering all aspects of the TT experience, including every aspect of a fan’s stay, from travel to accommodation to the TT experience and what it is like to watch...