MCN took part in the annual Masterbike test at the new Motorland circuit near Valencia, Spain, where all nine 1000cc inline-fours and 1200 V-twin sportsbikes competed head-to-head. Check out the track - onboard an RSV4 at Motorland Watch the...
Harley's Sportster Iron 883 and Honda's new Shadow Black Spirit are made for the Sunset Strip, but we took them to the boulevards of Milton Keynes instead... Find a Harley-Davidson for sale New Honda Shadow tested: shock horror, a cool...
The only way of ordering a new Yamaha XT1200Z Super Tenere through the online reservation system is now open. Yamaha has taken the decision to only offer the first version of the bike in £13,500 ‘first edition’ specification with cheaper,...
This exclusive video shot by MCN shows the true scale of the work to repair the ill-fated building work facing the circuit owners before they can bring back any kind of racing to the track. MCN was able to complete...
Injured soldier and biker Andy Reid has completed his first ride-out as preparation for a Lands End to John O’Groats charity ride later in the year. The soldier lost both legs and an arm in an explosion in Afghanistan in...
A new trailer for the new Tron Legacy movie has been released showing not just the futuristic Lightcycles but also one of the lead characters riding a Ducati Sportclassic in the ‘real life’ start of the film. Tron was...
Honda’s eagerly-awaited new retro roadster, the CB1100, has just gone on sale in Japan accompanied by this official promo video – but it still looks unlikely it’ll ever be coming to the UK. 2010 Honda CB1100 production bike revealed The...
As you predicted in our online poll, BMW’s stunningly fast S1000RR has defeated all eight of its major rivals on track, comfortably annihilating the competition from both Japan and Europe. Read the BMW S1000RR review Find a BMW S1000RR for...
In this week's issue of MCN, on sale March 10, we reveal the new Triumph Sprint ST in testing after an eagle-eyed MCN reader spotted it on the M6. The ultimate test puts the top nine superbikes against each other with...
Ex-Isle of Man TT racer Robbie Silvester and his team will be carrying out free dyno runs on bikes at MCNLive! 23–26 April, Skegness. Book your MCN Live! tickets now Their service provides information and advice on bike set-up and their tests show everything...
A group of seven motorcyclists plan to ride to 14 European capital cities in seven days to raise money for cancer care this summer. The group, who have named themselves the Magnificent Seven, will set off from Newcastle at 7.07am...
Sixteen-year-old female rider Elena Myers finished seventh in her debut Supersport race at Daytona. Riding a Suzuki GSX-R600 she was the first non-Yamaha rider to finish. She said: “The first half of my first day here I was kind of...
A council that scrapped free motorcycle parking is at the centre of a fraud investigation into two of its senior officers. It’s alleged they broke European Union law by handing a firm a parking contract worth £13 million a year...
Since the introduction of new contenders like BMW’s new S1000RR, Aprilia’s new RSV4R and MV Agusta’s all-new F4 1000, the question every sportsbike fan has been asking is: Which is the quickest 2010 superbike? Poll closed, winner revealed! - click here To...
In this week's MCN, on sale March 10, we reveal the results of Masterbike 2010 - the first track test featuring every current superbike from Europe and Japan. Read the Aprilia RSV4 Factory review Browse Aprilia RSV4s for sale The...
Motorcycles could be subjected to 100bhp power limits under proposals to be set out by the European Commission this summer. The Commission is expected to propose European-wide consistency on the issue, raising the prospect that countries will have to change...
We've been browsing MCN bikes for sale every day to bring you some of our top picks from over 9,000 motorcycles for sale. Read more modern classics news and features Here's just a few of the fantastic modern classic machines available...
Police in North Wales have agreed to stop randomly pulling over thousands of law-abiding motorcyclists in a dramatic victory for MCN readers. The force has bowed to the demands of thousands of you who descended on the region in our...
In an exclusive interview at the world launch in Lanzarote, Ducati Multistrada 1200 Product Manager Mario Alvisi tells MCN about the mindset that led to their new rule-changing motorcycle. Video review: 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Watch the video to hear what he...
A bike insurance firm is facing the arduous task of choosing a promotional model squad from hundreds of hopefuls – and wants motorcyclists to help. Two riders will get to be on the judging panel in Bennetts’ search for a...
Here is the second part of our online special highlighting the best bits from Daytona Bike week. We've picked out the best bits, but all the pre registered lots can be seen here http://www.batorauctions.com/ The auction begins Saturday March 6th and you...
Daytona Bike week isn't just beards, burgers and bikinis. The annual classic and custom auction is a yearly highlight for collectors and bargain hunters worldwide. We've picked out the best bits, all the pre registered lots can be seen here http://www.batorauctions.com/...
An MCN reader plans to ride round the entire coast of Britain on a Honda C90 to raise money for the RNLI – that’s a total of 4000miles. Kevin Hancock, 39, sets off on May 1 and optimistically says he...
BMW has issued a second software patch for the new S1000RR superbike after two bikes getting a software update to introduce a rev limit suffered instrument failure. BMW dealers across the country were sent the initial software update in order...
The 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 is so good, it heralds a new era, moving motorcycle design on to the next stage. 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 first ride report Ducati Multistrada 1200 rivals compared Watch the video for the world first...
Honda has confirmed it has sold 60 VFR1200s across the country in the two weeks it has been on sale. The firm has also launched a new fixed cost maintenance package for the bike to take it through to 24,000...
This stunning, modified, Yamaha RD350LC is one of the stars of Practical Sportsbikes - a new sister magazine to MCN launched this week. Free 16-page sample of new magazine 'Practical Sportsbikes' Crispin Fuggle’s 350LC/RGV hybrid has just been finished. It’s...
More than 12,000 MCN readers have responded to our Biking Britain survey this year, and their combined scores on the bikes they own and love (or hate) have allowed us to put together this definitive list of your top 10...
Top class two wheel action and the very best in bikes are coming to the Carole Nash MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show (20- 21 March, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh) and we’ve got ten pairs of tickets to giveaway so you don’t...
Sometimes it can be very hard to find a parking bay for a motorcycle in London. This iPhone app does just that. It will instantly show your current location and all the motorcycle bays in your vicinity colour-coded by type:...
Has there been a better bike than the Suzuki SV650 to make the jump from learner-legal machinery to the world of horsepower and big-bike riding qualities? It’s a debateable question, but when you consider 20,700 SV650s have been bought over...
Yamaha has revealed the finished version of their new Super Tenere 1200. It's the bike they hope will rival the BMW GS and give them a strong footing in the adventure sport market. Yamaha Super Tenere 1200 to cost £13,500...
Practical Sportsbikes is a new magazine from the makers of MCN and Classic Bike that's all about fettling, fixing & riding the best bikes of the past few decades. Scroll down for your free 16-page digital sample. View your...
Honda's new Fury is the most serious attempt to out-Harley Harley. But does it? MCN rides to a Harley stronghold to find out... Find a Harley-Davidson for sale Read more custom & cruiser motorcycle reviews Read the full test...
Ducati’s new Multistrada 1200S has just blown us away at its launch in Lanzarote with an astonishing mixture of power, flexibility and sophistication. Video preview: 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 tested In MCN this week (out Wednesday Mar 3) we analyse...
Stunt monkey & Crusty Demons star Seth Enslow set the new Harley-Davidson long jump record in Sydney, Australia today. Read the Harley-Davidson XR1200R review Browse XR1200s for sale The American jumped his mildly modded Harley XR1200 a distance of 56 metres to...
In this week's issue of MCN, on sale March 3, we test the game-changing Ducati Multistrada S Also in this issue we reveal all the details of the new Yamaha Super Tenere. Plan your biking year with the help of the...
The 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 is so startling, different and advanced that it's immediately clear motorcycling will never be the same again. Watch the video for a quick preview of our Multistrada launch test in Lanzarote. 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200...
This recently released dyno chart shows how the retuned Testastretta engine in the Ducati Multistrada has been reworked to give more mid-range power and a flatter torque curve. This means the Multistrada’s engine will require less revving and fewer gear changes...
Honda will unveil a three-wheel electric scooter called the 3R-C at the Geneva car show at the end of this week. Created by Honda's research-and-design facility in Milan, Italy, the 3R-C prototype’s electric drivetrain is mounted low in the three...
The Carole Nash MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show is back for 2010 at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh on Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st March. Click here to book your tickets now Top bikes, great bands, show deals, Live...
MCN was the only motorcycle magazine at the launch of the new Yamaha Super Tenere in Istanbul. Watch the video below for a quick look at the new adventure bike. Yamaha Super Tenere 1200 to cost £13,500 2010 Yamaha Super Tenere - full...
A custom Yamaha R1 decorated in Valentino Rossi’s ‘Five Continents’ graphics is to be sold at auction to raise money for Riders for Health, the official MotoGP charity. 1972 Daytona 200 winner Don Emde, who launched US based fundraiser Friends...
All 3 versions of the 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200 are in Lanzarote being put through their paces by MCN's Phil West. Ducati boss explains Multistrada active suspension Ducati Multistrada 1200 prices confirmed So far Phil has been riding the 1200S...
MCN Executive Editor Phil West is in Lanzarote primed to ride all three versions of the new 2010 Ducati Multistrada 1200: Multistrada 1200 - base model Multistrada 1200S Touring - gets active adjustable suspension system, panniers and centre stand Multistrada 1200S...
MotoCzysz aims to swallow the competition (Agni, Mavizen) in one bite - overpowering the former and undercutting the latter with a proprietary motor/controller/battery/chassis system (though you don't get a swingarm/front end or wheels with the 'Czysz). The first 15...
A road in Cambridgeshire with 200 slippery manhole cover per mile has been branded “fantastically dangerous” for motorcyclists by a councillor. The main road through Cambourne, a new village, is designed to keep traffic within 20mph by blocking forward vision...
Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules sets off on Saturday to ride 7000 miles round the Mediterranean in just 15 days in aid of Sport Relief. You can follow his progress, along with telly-producer and co-rider Graham Hoskins here http://ironbutts.blogspot.com/. The...
2009 electric TT winners Agni Motors are in bullish mood after confirming their entry into all three TTXGP championships, claiming big-money rivals from Mission, MotoCzysz and Brammo last year “looked five years behind when it came to the race”. Boss...
Agni Motors has confirmed that they will enter all three regional TTXGP championships. Based in Finchley, London, with its now famous motors made in India, Agni team boss Arvind Rabadia is delighted to be able to race his winning teams’...
Yamaha has confirmed the new ‘first edition’ version of the 2010 Super Tenere 1200 will cost £13,500 in the UK. The Super Tenere is the bike Yamaha is aiming squarely at the BMW R1200GS and the lucrative and ever-growing adventure...
Drivers are being encouraged to see motorcyclists as individuals in a new government ad aimed at making them more likely to notice us. The TV ad will show riders with neon signs on their backs showing their name along with...
We've been browsing MCN bikes for sale every day to bring you some of our top picks from over 9,000 motorcycles for sale. Read more modern classics news and features Here's just a few of the fantastic modern classic machines available this...
Yamaha have released this official video showcasing the technical highlights of the new 2010 Super Tenere. 2010 Yamaha Super Tenere - full technical details 2010 Yamaha Super Tenere - accessories
The Prime Minister has demanded answers from the Transport Minister over the drastic fall in new riders taking the motorcycle test. Gordon Brown was put on the spot during Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday – by an MP who learnt...
Yamaha’s XT1200Z Super Tenere will first appear in a limited ‘first edition’ guise during 2010. This first model will come with parts that will be available as optional accessories in 2011. 2010 Yamaha Super Tenere - full technical details...
Yamaha has finally taken the wraps off the new Fazer8 – the half-faired version of the 799cc middleweight that will be going on sale in the UK this summer. 2010 Yamaha FZ8 official image So far only the naked FZ8...
Design proposal for the Bottpower Moto2 bike which is being developed and built. Progress of the bike being built can be followed on the blog at: http://www.bottpower.com/eng
Full technical details of the new Yamaha Super Tenere 1200 are available now. 2010 Yamaha Super Tenere 1200 revealed Highlights include a 1199cc parallel twin with 108bhp and 84ft lb of torque, shaft drive, dual mode throttle response and three-mode...
There's not long left to enter your team into the free-to-enter 2010 MCN Fantasy Road Race competition in association with MCE Insurance. CLICK HERE to enter now! All teams must be entered online by 4am Saturday, February 27 to get the...
Is the VFR1200F the supreme sports-tourer, the 'ultimate road sports bike' Honda's hype suggested? We said no, although it's a good machine. Thinking of getting a VFR1200F? Get a motorcycle insurance quote with MCN Compare So what about likely buyers? Would...
Ray spending quiet time in Libya. Keep your passport in your pocket - while I was there my four mates and thirteen others had their passports stolen. Great place but no booze.
This is the finished production version of the new Yamaha Super Tenere 1200parallel twin adventure bike the Japanese firm hopes will take on the BMWR1200GS. 2010 Yamaha Super Tenere - full technical details and more pics The Super Tenere has...
The Norton revival just keeps getting better. The Cafe Racer is a sportier version of the Commando 961 SE, with retro wire-spoke black anodised alloy rims, superbike spec radially-mounted Brembo calipers and race-grade USD Ohlins forks. Video: Norton Commando 961SE...
Now it's the off-roaders turn to be demonised & persecuted in North Wales. Denbighshire’s 'Countryside Service' have set up a hotline number for ramblers to carry with them to report off-roaders to the police - the helicopter will be kept...
Yamaha will reveal the production version of the 1200cc parallel twin adventure bike the Japanese firm hopes will take on the BMW R1200GS at 7pm tonight. 1200cc Yamaha Super Tenere gets R1 lights This is what Yamaha is saying about...
The Swedish Electric Racing Team (SERT) have confirmed that they will be taking part in the 2010 TT Zero for Clean Emissions Electric Motorcycles as part of the Isle of Man TT Races. The team has been formed and is...
Ducati UK have asked the Italian factory to increase production of the new Multistrada 1200 after British dealers took over 200 deposits and ‘far exceeded expected order levels’. And that’s before anyone has even ridden the bike. UK bosses made...
Dear Sir, May I submit a name you probably haven't heard of to replace our lovely Suzi. Her name is LOUISE RIGG, I have seen her presentation on a DVD of the North Norfolk Railway. The DVD is called "YESTERDAY...
MCN Senior Road Tester Adam Child is currently at the Trazado Grand Prix Circuit, near Barcelona pitting all NINE of the world’s leading superbikes against each other. And for the first time in living memory the Japanese manufacturers could be...
This café racer version of Triumph’s Thunderbird 1600 has been put together in Sweden. Assembled by Sivert Raask, of rear-sets and accessories specialists, Raask, it features a new tank, seat, exhausts and fairing. Sivert said, “Café racers have always been...
Norton's stunning new Café Racer is to be given its world first test in this week's MCN. Video: Norton Commando 961SE world first ride Read the Norton Commando 961 SE review And, as Executive Editor Phil West discovered, thanks to...
MV Agusta’s much anticipated new mid-capacity supersport machine has been delayed due to the company’s imminent sale by Harley-Davidson. The “95% finished” inline three-cylinder 800cc sports bike is, according to eye-witnesses, the most startling MV in recent years and can...
MCN road tester Michael Neeves loved his Ducati Streetfighter longterm test bike so much that after it went back, he went to Oz to have another pop... Find a Ducati Streetfighter for sale Video: Streetfighter longterm test report 1...
In this week's issue of MCN, on sale February 24, we have an exclusive test of the new, unfinished Norton Cafe Racer. Eight MCN readers test the Hona VFR1200F over 1600 miles. Also in this issue we have a free 16 page...
Royal Enfield might have been dragged kicking and screaming in to the 21st century by Euro emissions regs, but the bikes still have a foot firmly in the past. Enfield Woodsman first ride Find an Enfield for sale Watch...
Triumph has announced two brand new special edition models for 2010, the Thunderbird SE and Daytona 675 SE. Triumph motorcycles for sale In the Cruiser category, there will be a limited run of the 1600cc parallel twin Thunderbird, which has...
An MCN reader racked up £1680 in fines in four days because he didn’t realise only some of London’s bus lanes are open to motorcyclists. By the time Chris Ardern realised his mistake, he’d already notched up 14 penalty charges...
For my dissertation for the Transport Planning MSc I am currently studying at UWE in Bristol I am surveying motorcyclists regarding your attitudes to safety campaigns and interventions. I have set up a Facebook group to start the research and...
Motorcyclists reinsuring their bikes for spring should prepare for sharp premium increases after record-breaking annual hikes of 20% for cars. Get motorcycle insurance quotes from lots of providers in one place with MCN Compare Experts warn the motorcycle market must...
Fifty thousand fewer riders took their test in the last eight months of 2009 than in the same period the previous year. The figure signals there has been no recovery from the impact of a new test introduced last April....
The FIM is offering teams €1000 (£875) per rider per race and free entry for any team willing to enter its TTXGP-rivalling e-Power series. The ‘participation allowance’ will go to the first sixteen riders in qualifying for the first round,...
Shaw Harley-Davidson in East Sussex has opened its new Speed and Custom shop for owners looking to modify their Hogs. Harley-Davidson's for sale The Lewes-based Harley main dealer says it's looking to give Harley buyers the VIP treatment when it...
The new Royal Enfield Woodsman gets the same fuel-injected unit construction motor as the Bullet EFI, complete with a five-speed gearbox, disc brake and electric start. Find an Enfield for sale The bike evokes the style of the original 1955-1959 Woodsman...
More than 12,000 MCN readers have responded to our Biking Britain survey this year, and their combined scores on the bikes they own and love (or hate) have allowed us to put together this definitive list of your top 10...
The California Highway Patrol has started a campaign to make motorists more aware of bikes. The message, ‘Share the road, look twice for motorcyclists’, is now being shown on over 700 signs across the state. Robert Gladden, director of the...
Former Big Brother contestant Nicola Tappenden has launched a competition to join a motorcycle insurers’ model squad. The Page 3 girl posed on a Ducati 1198 to promote Bennetts’ search for models for its 2010 marketing campaigns. Formers “Bennetts Babes”...
Japanese custom bike manufacturer Whitehouse has released its latest Honda CB750. Find a Honda CB750 for sale The firm, famous for recreations of the ‘Kwaka’ KZ1000 seen in Mad Max, have teamed up with Japanese retailer Motorimoda to produce the...
BMW's R1200RT boxer tourer gets a new engine and a serious makeover for 2010 - but is it enough to stay on top, ahead of the Honda Pan European and Moto Guzzi Norge? Find a BMW R1200RT for sale Video: BMW...
If you wear Frank Thomas kit you’re eligible to star in the company’s next advertising campaign. Frank Thomas are launching a nationwide search to find real riders who wear their clothing. Compare and buy Frank Thomas kit in the MCN...
We've been browsing MCN bikes for sale every day to bring you some of our top picks from over 9,000 motorcycles for sale. Read more modern classics news and features Here's just a few of the fantastic modern classic machines available this week: ...
