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Star treatment: Watsonian's Grand Prix sidecar now available for BSA

30 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Traditional sidecar manufacturer Watsonian have listened to riders and have adapted the Grand Prix sidecar to fit the BSA Gold Star retro motorbike. “We’ve received a lot of enquiries about...

Ace Café Friday night closures to remain until September

30 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

London’s Ace Café will close at 6pm on Friday evenings until September as a pre-emptive move to prevent a licence review, which could have shut down the historic venue for months. Mark Wilsmore,...

Buy a piece of MotoGP history: Ducati add GP16 memorabilia to online shop

29 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Ducati Memorabilia, the project launched in 2019 by Ducati to offer Ducatisti the chance to become owners of authentic and certified parts of recent MotoGP and World Superbike bikes, have added...

Is it a bird? No, it's a Ural inspired by one

27 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Ural have released their latest project bike inspired by our feathered friends, this time the Green Tanager (a brightly-coloured bird from the forests of Ecuador and Columbia), with the special...

Rain stops play for the Velocifero 200hp scooter speed record attempt

26 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Due the adverse weather conditions, Velocifero has postponed the “Word Record Challenge” of their 200hp prototype electric scooter, scheduled at Monza tomorrow, Friday, 30 June. “We are really...

Vertu signalling: Meet Honda’s World Superbike riders at special event

23 June 2023 by MCN

Vertu Motorcycles will be hosting WSB riders Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge at their Nottingham site on Thursday, June 29, 2023 ahead of the UK round at Donington Park. There will also be a chance to...

'The future is wide open': BMW bosses on the challenge of electric and why it's not all over for combustion

23 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

As the world strives towards green transport, predicting the future propulsion of motorcycles is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge – and that’s true for huge brands like BMW, too. Whilst...

Verge are in the giving mood

22 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Verge Motorcycles have donated two specially designed electric motorbikes to the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation which champions children’s charities. Verge recently opened its first store...

SOS: Save our Speedway! The sport isn’t dead yet but change is needed, says Oxford Team Manager Peter Schroeck

22 June 2023 by Saffron Wilson

Research by the Speedway Star has shown the glum reality of speedway in the modern age, with teams and tracks disappearing. In 2000, 28 tracks were spread across the UK and 33 teams took to the shale;...

TT teamwork pays off: Medical teams drafted in from England and Wales to keep TT goers safe

21 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

Ambulance crews from England and Wales were drafted in to support medical teams on the Isle of Man during the TT racing fortnight, allowing them to care for the thousands of additional visitors to the...

Stretched Honda MSX125 Grom gets a turbo and nitrous for Wheels and Waves comp

21 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

Renowned motorcycle builder and television personality Guy Willison has teamed up with custom trainer artist Matt B Customs to produce a radical one-off Honda MSX125 Grom for a competition at Wheels...

Emma Bristow recognised for services to motorsport with MBE

20 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Eight-time World Trials Champion, Emma Bristow, has been recognised in the King’s debut birthday honours list with an MBE for services to motorsport and women in sport. A delighted Bristow told...

Signing the Senior: Genius commentary service brings TT to life for deaf fans

20 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

The Manx Deaf Society have been making the Isle of Man TT road races more accessible with live signed commentary from The Grandstand, in Douglas. Known as the ‘Deaf TT’, the service was provided on...

The rarest of the rare enter the Banbury Run

19 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Hundreds of pre-1931 motorcycles, sidecars and three-wheelers gathered at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon on Sunday, June 18 for the annual running of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s (VMCC) Banbury...

Hundreds of owners lose their bikes following a breakdown, statistics reveal

16 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Following a Freedom of Information request to Highways England, MCN have discovered that hundreds of motorcycles that have broken down have been either sold or destroyed after being picked up by the...

59 Club founder Rev John Oates dies

15 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Founder of the 59 Club, Reverend John Oates has died at the age of 93. The club began as a youth group at the Eton Mission in Hackney Wick, London in 1959, led by Rev Oates. Later as the club...

Indian Summer: Custom Sport Chief built for bassist of the Stereophonics

15 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

Indian Motorcycle and Krazy Horse custom house have teamed up to produce a one-off Sport Chief cruiser for the bassist of the Stereophonics, Richard Jones. Called Rage, the bike has been produced...

Police forces plug into the future by trialling Energica Experia electric motorcycle

14 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

Police forces in the UK have been trialling an Energica Experia electric motorcycle, with plans to introduce more battery powered vehicles into their fleets and rely less on fossil fuels. First...

UK winners announced in BMW Custom Championship

13 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

The UK winners of this year’s BMW Custom Championships have been revealed with the two radical BMW R18 bikes now heading to the European final for a chance to go to the Berlin grand finals later this...

Doing it for Doddie - the Rugby club motorcycle charity ride

12 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Two bikers in their seventies with a passion for rugby are planning to tour every senior rugby club in Great Britain to raise money for the ‘My name’s Doddie Foundation’, which supports research into...

TT stories come to life: Isle of Man TT Gallery officially opens at the Manx Museum

09 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

Thousands of Isle of Man TT visitors have been learning about the history of the road racing festival at a new interactive exhibit at the Manx Museum. Located in Douglas on the island, the TT...

Record breakers! Triumph and Iván Cervantes achieve greatest distance on a motorcycle in 24 hours

09 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

What’s the furthest distance you’ve ever ridden in a day? 100 miles? 500 miles? Maybe even 1000 miles? Well, five-time Enduro World Champion Iván Cervantes travelled 2493.27 miles in 24 hours on a...

Frank Stephenson Design reveals a design to shake up the motorcycle world

08 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Design house Frank Stephenson have released a teasing artists impression of a futuristic bike they are currently developing. Unveiled at the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum in Alabama, the bike’s...

A Bridget too far: US rider Bridget McCutchen is on track to become the youngest to lap the world

08 June 2023 by Stuart Prestidge

Back in January 22-year-old Bridget McCutchen set off from Wisconsin on her 2020 Kawasaki Versys-X 300, named Mab, aiming to become the youngest rider to circumnavigate the globe. MCN caught up with...

1500 miles in 32 hours: Group hits all four points of the compass for charity

02 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

Five riders from Suffolk have raised £3672 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices by riding from John o’ Groats to Lowestoft, via St Davids and Land’s End – the most northerly, southerly, easterly, and...

TT heroes on parade: Past and present road racing legends to take to TT course

02 June 2023 by Dan Sutherland

Legends of road racing from two- and three-wheels will take to the 37.73-mile Isle of Man TT course for a series of special parade laps during the two-week racing festival. Starting with solo...