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Petrol station attendants are keen on the Isle of Man

It’s a good job he has a dark visor on.

Clutch control AC Farias style…

Saving on rear tyre wear, Farias style

AMERICAN firm eCycle reckons it can build an environmentally friendly diesel-electric hybrid superbike which will hit 170mph.It’s making the claim after turning out a 125 hybrid which will wheelie as...

If you can’t wait to get your hands on the naked Aprilia RSV Mille due next year, Scottish dealer Moto Ecosse could provide you with the next best thing.It is importing all the parts you’ll need to...

Laverda is launching a scooter, it’s first addition to the range since the firm was taken over by Aprilia.The 150cc twist-and-go will arrive later this year to keep attention bubbling while an all-new...

THE slack-jawed man can’t take his eyes off the biggest commuter bike he’s ever seen. He approaches and asks: " How big is it? " " 8.2 litres, " is the reply. " Wow, two...

After Thursday morning’s track session, we’ve now been able to ride the new Triumph 955i Daytona on the road, too.MCN’s Marc Potter, said: " The roads in the immediate area of the Estoril...

THE army has spent a quarter of a million pounds developing a diesel-fuelled bike which goes 120mph on one gallon, but makes just 24bhp.Based on a Kawasaki KLR650, the 580cc Combat Military Motorcycle...

A Triumph customer is threatening legal action after buying a TT600 which had done 5000 more miles than shown on the clock.In January, Michael Hastings travelled from his home town of Dumfries to buy...

Ducati’s ST4S and the latest incarnation of the legendary 916, the 996R, are our latest additions to the 200-plus bike sections on this site. By following the ‘BIKES’ link at the top of the page...

Park a bike as stunning as the new MV Agusta Brutale outside a bar in the town of Varese, northern Italy and out they swarm for a look and a fondle.Italians love motorcycles and style in equal measure...

ENGINE: Essentially the new Daytona’s three-cylinder is the same basic lump as the old engine but there’s quite a lot of detail changes.It breathes better and is more efficient than the old engine...

Adam Morrissey: So what sort of challenge is this? Honda GoldWing, the ultimate touring bike, against a Yamaha R1, which until the arrival of Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 was the ultimate sports bike and is not...

‘WHAT we are selling to the public is a racing tyre. What the racers are using is a standard tyre. So the tyres are the same.’ Those are the words of Helmut Dahne, PR man at Metzeler and the fastest...

That hasn’t stopped Michael Rutter being one of the fastest men ever round the Island.

Excuse us while he kisses the sky.

Rutter just isn’t going to stop is he?

Michael Rutter shows why we should be glad passenger footrests are one of the first things junked from a race bike.

Honda’s FireBlade is getting the big-bore makeover it needs to match Suzuki’s GSX-R1000.The heavily revised 2002 FireBlade will have to be a fair-sized step forward because Yamaha’s now legendary R1...

Renault has launched a new range of bikes developed with Benelli.Rival French car maker Peugeot is already a big player in the scooter marker and it seems Renault wants to grab a bit of the same...

The all-new 2001 Honda GoldWing has been recalled just weeks after going on sale.There are two faults which can cause the engine to cut at speed, although they are not serious enough to lead to any...

WE’RE adding Bikemart TM to the range of services on offer here at motorcyclenews.com.In phase one we’ve added a whole load more dealers in new and used bikes to browse alongside the offers from...

German tuner LSL has taken a new Triumph Bonneville and created a real café racer called the LSL Bonneville Clubman.LSL has changed as few parts as possible to keep the price down.The most...

Riding a 175cc bike from Bracknell, around the M25 then up the M1 to Kettering may not sound like a lot of fun to most people. But then, you probably haven’t tried it on one of the oddest looking ...

THERE were some decent enough reasons for making this voyage of intense pleasure and crippling pain.My new 2001 GSX-R600, in its glorious black and yellow, needed a good thousand miles of running in...

WHEN I mentioned to someone that I was about to take delivery of a new BMW, the first question they asked was: " Which one? A three-series? " The reaction is understandable. BMW cars have a...

They might call the 250 race the Lightweight, but it's a race for the real heavyweights of The Island.

Somehow, eight-stone Daijiro Katoh might not have the right physique for the rigours of The Island

Research into the cause of bike accidents has consistently suggested that more of them are caused by car drivers than by us. So why are police forces suddenly claiming the vast majority are the result...

Japanese firm Moto Corse is readying its own version of MV Agusta’s stunning F4.Only 20 of Moto Corse’s " Challenge " models will be made.The most obvious change from standard is the...

YOU’D have thought the GSX1400 was a real knuckle-dragger of a bike. But there is surprisingly little of the Neanderthal about this big-bore beast.Wrapped around its huge, 1400cc, fuel-injected,...

TESTS earlier this week in Mugello reveal Benelli’s WSB hopeful, the Tornado, is almost ready for action. The Italian firm first presented their three cylindered hopeful to a receptive audience at...

KTM is planning a Rallye version of its new monster trailie, the LC8 Adventure.The bike, which will make its racing debut at Dakar 2002, will form the basis of a production race replica version which...

Follow the ‘BIKES’ link at the top of the page and you’ll immerse yourself in a world of facts and figures, tests and tips on the motorcycles you own, admire and lust after.The latest additions to...