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MCN's Editor, Marc Potter rides the new Ducati Streetfighter around the Ascari circuit in Spain. "This bike is all about attitude and has tons of it," says Editor Marc Potter, "I still can’t get away from the fact it looks like...
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Getting back on a bike for the first time in months accounts for a 40 per cent rise in the accident rate in Sping, AA Insurance has warned. Car drivers unused to sharing the road with motorcycles after the winter...
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MCN is looking for four or five experienced sportsbike riders to sample the new Yamaha R1’s rider-friendly power delivery. We want to see if it grunts out of slow corners in the hands of ordinary road riders as spectacularly as...
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Subject: Suzuki “Gladius” SVF650Miles: 356Furthest Place ridden too: LutonOddest place taken too: Portway (Birmingham Bee’s Training ground....rugby players are just odd)Top Speed attained: Ahem.....70! So welcome to the first in what I hope will be an entertaining series of blogs...
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Suzuki has never made a bad GSX-R1000, and they still haven’t. Their flagship superbike always leads the class, never follows, and the new GSX-R1000K7 is no different. Not only does it have more power than ever before – up 7bhp...
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Getting back on a bike for the first time in months accounts for a 40 per cent rise in the accident rate in Sping, AA Insurance has warned. Car drivers unused to sharing the road with motorcycles after the winter...
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MCN is looking for four or five experienced sportsbike riders to sample the new Yamaha R1’s rider-friendly power delivery. We want to see if it grunts out of slow corners in the hands of ordinary road riders as spectacularly as...
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Oxford are launching a limited edition range of Batman bike gear in April. Only 2000 helmets will be produced in two paint schemes - 'Shadow' (gloss) and 'Blood' (matt). Both will cost £99.99, which includes a Batman logo helmet bag. The lid itself...
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MCN's Editor, Marc Potter rides the new Ducati Streetfighter around the Ascari circuit in Spain. "This bike is all about attitude and has tons of it," says Editor Marc Potter, "I still can’t get away from the fact it looks like...
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6 places have just become available for the Enduro Himalaya trip and the organisers are offering MCN readers £500 off the entry price. The trip runs from 15-30 July and had been sold out since the end of last year, so...
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MCN would like to thank all the visitors to its stand at last month’s Scottish Motorcycle Show who helped raise £653.93 for charity. The dosh has been donated to Comic Relief.
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Yamaha has added the XVS1300A and XV1900 models to the No Worries 0% finance offer with the scheme itself being extended until May 6. Adding the cruisers adds those bikes to the complete Fazer 600 and 1000 range, the FZ6...
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Unashamedly a circuit-based blaster that will need a road-rider to be fully aware of what he is about to buy if it’s to be used on the road. From the competition-biased WP suspension to the 170bhp engine and the lightweight...
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Price new: £11,250Engine: l/c dohc 4v v-twin, 998ccPower: 116bhpTop speed: 165mphWeight: 199kg That once-controversial styling got the 999 off to an awkward start, even though the bike is more comfortable than the 998 it replaced. It didn't catch on so...
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Price new: £10,895Engine: l/c dohc 16v inline four, 1157ccPower: 148bhpTop speed: 172mphWeight: 227kg When it was first launched, the fuelling of the K1200S got such a panning from the world's press that the release of the bike was delayed while Bavarians...
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MCN Live is only a few weeks away, so we’ve put a list together of the top five things that you should do when you are there. Book tickets to MCN Live! See amazing live bandsFor the first time ever...
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Florida to Alaska- Last Part!!! Arriving at Prudhoe Bay after 16.000 km.
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Carole Nash are giving away R&G crash protectors with every new comprehensive motorcycle insurance policy. The aim is to help bikers minimise the cost of accident claims – or even remove the need to make a claim at all. R&G’s sales director...
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An update on how the big event is going! The start/stopover at Bangor, Balbriggan, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ballybofey and Ballymoney has now been agreed and details will be posted up on the website - www.1000bikes500miles.com. I was informed today the Geoff Hill of...
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Not sure whether this will work with all council authorities but it might be worth a try.... I recently complained about the condition of the A2/M2 in the Dartford area. The road joints along the white lane demarcation markings were...
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MCN Live is only a few weeks away, so we’ve put a list together of the top five things that you should do when you are there. Book tickets to MCN Live! See amazing live bandsFor the first time ever...
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The Scotsman newspaper has printed an apology after claiming over 23,000 riders died on UK roads in a year. The paper yesterday stated: 'There were 23,459 people killed while driving motorcycles in the UK in 2007 and an estimated 16,310...
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MCN wants to find out what British bikers think about the issues facing motorcycling today. That's why from now on we'll be running weekly polls to gather your opinions on all aspects of biking. This week's questions is: Would you...
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Carole Nash are giving away R&G crash protectors with every new comprehensive motorcycle insurance policy. The aim is to help bikers minimise the cost of accident claims – or even remove the need to make a claim at all. R&G’s sales director...
Limited edition Batman helmets
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Oxford are launching a limited edition range of Batman bike gear in April. Only 2000 helmets will be produced in two paint schemes - 'Shadow' (gloss) and 'Blood' (matt). Both will cost £99.99, which includes a Batman logo helmet bag. The lid itself...
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