2006

Year: 2006

Month: ALL

VFR tops sales charts

11 February 2006

Honda’s VFR800 is currently the most popular new bike in the UK. The do-it-all sports tourer has proved so popular that 184 were sold in January this year, beating it’s nearest rival, the Kawasaki...

VFR grows its popularity

11 February 2006

Kawasaki’s ZX-6R is still out in the lead at the top of your most searched for bikes, but the Honda VFR800 has grown massively in popularity this week. The VFR topped new bike sales charts for...

The annual BMF Show is set to take place on May 20-21 with the addition of the third round of the British Short Track championship added to the attractions. The series used a wide variety of bikes,...

Meet the 06 Babe squad

04 February 2006

The 2006 MCN Babe Squad has been chosen with ten girls picked on the final day of the MCN London motorcycle show. The semi finals took place throughout the show with the top two girls each day going...

Your Specials: Bike 2

04 February 2006

Britain's bendiest roads

04 February 2006

Britain’s top 10 most most bend-blessed roads have been named after a survey by tyre maker Continental. Continental reckon that a car driven at 30mph on some of these roads would result in the same...

ZZR not quite 200bhp

04 February 2006

Kawasaki’s ZZR1400 wont be the 200bhp bike that everyone thought it would be – but it gets pretty close. The firm has released official power figures and without ram-air the bike is claimed to make...

What's on: Feb 8 on

04 February 2006

Ireland TRIALS FRIDAY February 10 FIM Indoor Trial World Championship, Belfast. 01788-566400. TRIALS World Championship Indoor Trial, Odyssey Arena, Belfast. 01865-798080. Midlands BIKE MEETS WEDNESDAY February 8 The Hollybush, Wolverhampton, West Midlands. 01902-341856. BIKE MEETS TUESDAY February 14 The Summerhouse, Albrighton, West Midlands. 01902-372337. BIKE MEETS WEDNESDAY February 15 The...

Dreaming of your next bike?

04 February 2006

In the mood to change your bike? We’ll turn the dull ache of desire into the rampant thrill of reality – motorcyclenews.com is the best place to buy and sell. Check out the most comprehensive and...

No bike? Wedding's off!

04 February 2006

An Indian groom walked out on his marriage ceremony halfway through when his bride’s parents admitted they couldn’t come up with the motorcycle he wanted as a dowry. According to the Gulf Daily News (click here for full report, external site) he had already been given cash, furniture, kitchen equipment and gold – but no bike meant no wedding! Thinking about your next bike? Inspiration...

Discount scooter cover

04 February 2006

You can now get a 10 per cent discount on fully comprensive insurance for top-of-the-range scooters with insurance firm Bikesure. With high end Vespas costing over £3000, and super scooters like the...

BMW's development bike

04 February 2006

BMW has unveiled a new bike that it says is purely for testing and developing new systems for future production. The bike has been designed with a ‘high power output and lightweight construction’ in...

Yamaha sales up

04 February 2006

Yamaha has announced its profits for the year and claims its worldwide bike sales have jumped 21%. The company’s net profit reached a massive 64 billion yen (£309 million), which they say was mainly...

Addictive personality?

04 February 2006

Do you have an addictive personality? MCN is looking for readers who are literally addicted to their bikes for a news feature. If you go into cold sweats and shakes if you haven’t ridden a bike for more than 24 hours, or if you can’t stop yourself splashing out on bikes you can’t afford then contact Tom Rayner on 01733 468 017 or tom.rayner@emap.com. If you fit the criteria and don’t mind your...

New MCN on sale Feb 8

04 February 2006

The new MCN hits the shelves on Wednesday February 8 – packed with important world first tests, MCN investigations and exclusive news about Rossi’s deal with Ferrari. Dreaming about your next bike?...

Site use booms: Jan 06

01 February 2006

Total site traffic on motorcyclenews.com was up almost 20% this January compared to January 2005. It’s up 46.3% compared to December. The figures – compiled from industry-standard Webtrends – show more of you are visiting more often, too. 5,588,695 page impressions were recorded in January 2006 – up from 4,660,308 in January 2005. Unique users (the number of individual users accessing the site)...

Bikes on primetime TV

01 February 2006

Bikes will break into primetime TV today as MCN columnist Richard Hammond looks at the changing image of motorcycling on his ‘Richard Hammond’s 5 O’clock Show’ Hammond, himself a keen biker, has invited Britain’s newest and youngest GP star, 125cc Honda racer Bradley Smith into the studio for an interview, while manufacturers Honda have provided bikes including a Goldwing and the best-selling...

What's on: Feb 1 on

01 February 2006

Ireland: TRIALS SATURDAY February 4 Irish Championship, Bryansford, County Down. 028-9081-3095. Midlands: BIKE MEETS WEDNESDAY February 1 The Hollybush, Wolverhampton, West Midlands. 01902-341856. BIKE MEETS The Kwaks Owners club, Heart of England Social Club, Meriden, West Midlands. 8pm. www.thekwaksowners.co.uk or 01625-267738 or 07951-471615. BIKE MEETS TUESDAY February 7 The Summerhouse,...

Watch bike safety TV ad

01 February 2006

A new TV and radio campaign aimed at encouraging drivers to look out for us on the road was launched on January 30. The Motorcycle Industry Association, BMF and MAG have all been consulted during the...

Cagiva cuts 125cc prices

01 February 2006

Cagiva has cut the prices of its 125cc learner-legal models. The liquid cooled two-stroke Cagiva Mito has an alloy beam frame and 4-piston floating calliper Brembo disc brake at the front. For 2006...

180,856 registered users

01 February 2006

Thanks for making this the biggest club in motorcycling! Latest figures – out on February 1, 2006 – show motorcyclenews.com’s registered users have now reached 180,856. That’s up from 177,521 on January 1. It’s an average of 107.6 new registrations every day throughout the last month. Registering gives you: Access to free pdf downloads of road tests HERE, Access to Advanced Search of our...

Your Specials: Bike 1

01 February 2006

Every Friday we’ll be putting the spotlight on a special bike, created by a reader of www.motorcyclenews.com. Whether it’s tweaked, tuned, or completely redesigned, we’ll be picking the best examples to inspire and impress the readers of the UK’s biggest bike site. And if you or a friend has a bike you thing we should see, click here. Your specials No 1: Chris Clark’s Honda NC30 This Honda NC30...