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Kent signs for Yamaha: Danny Kent targets BSB podiums and wins with Mar-Train Yamaha in 2024

Kent signs for Yamaha: Danny Kent targets BSB podiums and wins with Mar-Train Yamaha in 2024

Danny Kent will don the blue of Yamaha for his 2024 Bennetts British Superbike Championship campaign after signing for Mar-Train Yamaha. The 2015 Moto3 world champion replaces Jack Kennedy at Tim...

Win a Suzuki GSX-8S with MCN Compare!

Win a Suzuki GSX-8S with MCN Compare!

MCN Compare Fancy a new bike for 2024? We’re giving you the chance to win a brand new Suzuki GSX-8S, simply by getting an insurance quote through MCN Compare. The competition began at 9am on Thursday, 28...

BMW R1300GS arrives! More powerful, compact, and lighter adventurer aims for the 2024 top spot

BMW R1300GS arrives! More powerful, compact, and lighter adventurer aims for the 2024 top spot

BMW have officially unveiled the all-new R1300GS adventure bike, which takes over from the best-selling BMW R1250GS and aims to be the new benchmark in the go-anywhere class. Starting at £15,990...

The Café with a cause: The Bikers Cove recognised after decade of RNLI support

The Café with a cause: The Bikers Cove recognised after decade of RNLI support

Scottish riding destination, The Bikers Cove has been praised by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) following a decade of fundraising. The café team were awarded a certificate of thanks,...

Classic racer: 97-year-old grandfather sets new record as oldest competitive motorcycle rider

Classic racer: 97-year-old grandfather sets new record as oldest competitive motorcycle rider

A motorcycle riding grandad from New Zealand is proving that age is just a number by setting a new world record for the oldest competitive motorcycle racer.  Leslie Harris took part in the 43rd...

Brabus back for more: Final edition of KTM Super Duke R-based 1300 R ‘Masterpiece’

Brabus back for more: Final edition of KTM Super Duke R-based 1300 R ‘Masterpiece’

Brabus have announced a third and, they claim, final limited edition run of their KTM Super Duke R-based 1300 R. The 1300 R Masterpiece Edition will be restricted to just 50 individually numbered...

Get ready. Get set. Let’s go to Motorcycle Live

Get ready. Get set. Let’s go to Motorcycle Live

MOTORCYCLE LIVE PROMOTION Britain’s biggest motorcycle and scooter show, Motorcycle Live in association with Bikesure Insurance, is revving-up to be the best ever. And advance tickets are on sale now to this nine-day...

Triumph debut 250 motocross racer and confirm full November reveal

Triumph debut 250 motocross racer and confirm full November reveal

The SuperMotocross World Championship final at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California played host to the first public reveal of Triumph’s incoming 250cc motocross bike. Taking place on...

Defence from above: Warwickshire cops deploy police plane to tackle bike theft

Defence from above: Warwickshire cops deploy police plane to tackle bike theft

Warwickshire Police have been tackling motorcycle crime and theft in the county with the help of a propellor plane flown by the National Police Air Service (NPAS). Related: Get cheap bike insurance...

Sons team up with National Motorcycle Museum and BSA to complete late father’s classic bike restoration

Sons team up with National Motorcycle Museum and BSA to complete late father’s classic bike restoration

Determined biker, Richard George has teamed up with BSA and the National Motorcycle Museum (NMM) to complete a restoration of his late father’s 1957 BSA A10, which began 66 years ago. The twin...

New police scheme aims to improve safety for motorcyclists

New police scheme aims to improve safety for motorcyclists

Bikers of all ages and skillsets are being encouraged to refresh and improve their road safety with additional training as part of a new national police-backed plan. The initiative comes in...

Kawasaki share further details on 2024 Eliminator 500 twin range

Kawasaki share further details on 2024 Eliminator 500 twin range

Kawasaki have now revealed further details on their Honda CMX500 Rebel-rivalling Eliminator 500 cruiser range, which was first seen in June 2023 and will join the Japanese firm’s line-up for...

Welsh 20mph opposition petition gains 340k signatures and is still growing

Welsh 20mph opposition petition gains 340k signatures and is still growing

The 20mph speed limit introduced in built up areas of Wales on 17 September is under scrutiny, with an online petition in opposition attracting a record number of signatories. Wales became the...

Vastly Superior auction: Birmingham classic show to sell off 1938 Brough SS100

Vastly Superior auction: Birmingham classic show to sell off 1938 Brough SS100

This UK-registered 1938 Brough Superior SS100 is expected to fetch £240,000-£260,000 when it goes under the hammer at the NEC Classic Motor Show this coming November. The historic machine is being...

Ducati go hyper… Spyshots reveal single-cylinder supermoto in development

Ducati go hyper… Spyshots reveal single-cylinder supermoto in development

Ducati look set to be gearing up for a supermoto revolution, with a beaky new single-cylinder Hypermotard spotted in testing on the firm’s development track in Italy. A surprise move from the...

Biking Legends: Barry Sheene

Biking Legends: Barry Sheene

Last week would have seen Britain’s last premier class champion celebrate his 73rd birthday. Instead, 2023 marks 20 years since we lost the great Barry Sheene – arguably this country’s most...

MCN Workshop: Oil and filter service

MCN Workshop: Oil and filter service

Treat your bike to an oil and filter change to keep it running sweet… Gather your parts One of the easiest service tasks that you can do. Before you start make sure you have a high quality...

Dream Ride: Touring America

Dream Ride: Touring America

Sturgis had been a blast but it was time to leave our lodgings in the Black Hills of South Dakota and head west. We’d taken in everything we could in the area during Sturgis week including Needles...

The MCN Test: Middleweight adventure sports bikes

The MCN Test: Middleweight adventure sports bikes

Without getting too Darwin on you, evolution isn’t confined to the animal kingdom – motorcycles have to evolve to survive. Traditionally, sports-tourers were sporty bikes that could cover serious...

MCN Dirt: So you've bought an adventure bike. What now?

MCN Dirt: So you've bought an adventure bike. What now?

Where to ride, what to wear, how to prepare: Your essential guide… Where to ride While we may not enjoy the same levels of freedom in the UK as some other European countries, there are still...

MotoGP's big adventure: The series heads to Buddh

MotoGP's big adventure: The series heads to Buddh

Our top five things to watch for as the series takes a passage to India and the Buddh International Circuit… Will it actually happen? Remarkably, there is still a chance that the Indian Grand...

Bobbies on bikes: Patrols get out of their cars and onto three wheels with UK-adapted hybrids

Bobbies on bikes: Patrols get out of their cars and onto three wheels with UK-adapted hybrids

Northamptonshire Police are ramping up their use of a fleet of petrol/electric White Motorcycle Concepts hybrid three-wheelers by training non-motorcycle riding officers ahead of active duty. The...

Thousands of Royal Enfield enthusiasts take part in annual One Ride global event

Thousands of Royal Enfield enthusiasts take part in annual One Ride global event

Over 28,000 Royal Enfield owners across the world came together in celebration of the brand this past weekend, taking part in the firm’s annual One Ride event and raise awareness for their...

Warning over battery blazes: Lithium powerpack fires hit a new high

Warning over battery blazes: Lithium powerpack fires hit a new high

The London Fire Brigade are battling an increasing number of e-bike and e-scooter fires, having faced more blazes by the beginning of September than across the whole of 2022. “We are seeing an...

Stuart Prestidge 1974-2023

Stuart Prestidge 1974-2023

MCN is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Staff Writer Stuart Prestidge, who tragically died earlier this month, aged 49, following a battle with mental health. Stuart joined the MCN team...

Norton working on new electric: Joint project underway with Cosworth

Norton working on new electric: Joint project underway with Cosworth

Norton have issued a statement of intent toward their future electric motorcycle models by revealing an initial battery concept developed in partnership with Cosworth. The 40-cell immersion cooled...

World's greatest bikes #2: Triumph Street Triple

World's greatest bikes #2: Triumph Street Triple

No model is more significant in the success of modern Triumph than the Speed Triple. The café racer-cumsuper naked is the bike Triumph admit gave the Hinckley marque their mojo. The bold,...

Workshop: Fitting part-time panniers

Workshop: Fitting part-time panniers

This week’s how-to guides you through fitting soft luggage – enjoy practicality without the commitment. The soft option Soft luggage is perfect for fitting to nakeds or sportsbikes, as the bags...

Remembering Mike Trimby: The man who saved racing

Remembering Mike Trimby: The man who saved racing

The racing world has lost one of its most pioneering and influential characters following the sudden passing of Mike Trimby – the man widely credited for laying the foundations of the modern MotoGP...

The MCN Test: Let's go retro scrambling...

The MCN Test: Let's go retro scrambling...

Having reached its peak in the mid-2010s, the whole urban scrambler segment seems to be stagnating slightly. While nearly every major manufacturer still has a scrambler of some style or capacity...

BSB preview: It's all kicking off at Oulton

BSB preview: It's all kicking off at Oulton

Hold onto your hats as BSB enters its new Showdown phase at Oulton Park this weekend! Here are five things to watch out for… Ramping up the points haul Fully revamped for 2023, this year’s...

Suzuki prepping VVT Hayabusa: System could boost bike’s 187bhp and safeguard against new emissions regs

Suzuki prepping VVT Hayabusa: System could boost bike’s 187bhp and safeguard against new emissions regs

Suzuki’s R&D department have filed a flurry of patent applications showing a variable valve timing system specifically aimed at the Hayabusa hyper bike – suggesting that even as the Busa hits its 25th...

Dutch delight: MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR Assen limited edition unveiled

Dutch delight: MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR Assen limited edition unveiled

MV Agusta have launched a range-topping, limited-edition version of their Brutale 1000 RR to celebrate their Assen racing glories. MV have clinched 35 world championship victories at the ‘Cathedral of...

Battery-powered electric Kawasaki duo to arrive in the UK in October 2023

Battery-powered electric Kawasaki duo to arrive in the UK in October 2023

Following a string of teasers and press conferences spanning more than a year, Kawasaki have finally released the details on their 125 rivalling electric motorcycle range, which is set to arrive in...

Used bike guide: Naughty Ninjas... from £1500!

Used bike guide: Naughty Ninjas... from £1500!

When it comes to sporting dynasties, one name is synonymous with performance – Ninja. First used by Kawasaki in 1984 on the GPz900R Ninja in the US market (the same year that Mirage Studios...

Racier retro Guzzi arrives: Italian firm announce surprise V7 Stone Corsa café racer at celebration event

Racier retro Guzzi arrives: Italian firm announce surprise V7 Stone Corsa café racer at celebration event

Moto Guzzi have added a new £9050 Corsa café racer model to their V7 Stone retro range, following a surprise reveal in Mandello Del Lario, Italy earlier this month. Building on the existing £8200...