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Roads minister Jim Fitzpatrick has rejected a plea to ban wire rope barriers despite being told 100% of rmotorcyclists to hit them were killed. Rider dies hitting wire rope barrier The British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) wrote to Fitzpatrick urging him...
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Swinton Bikes, the specialist motorcycle division of insurance firm Swinton, has extended a discount scheme it introduced to promote the launch of its website from early April until the end of May. The firm says positive feedback from customers convinced...
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Britain’s motorists pay the most tax on fuel in the EU, paying a massive 65.2p tax and duty for every £1 of petrol. Fewer petrol stations than in 1912 The average price of unleaded petrol at the current time is...
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In December Sam Davis became the youngest motorcyclist to pass the RoSPA advanced motorcycle test to a gold standard at just the age of 18. Now he has just become the youngest motorcyclist to become a RoSPA advanced instructor. RoSPA...
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Fans of the WOR Tough One event will be able to purchase footage from the 2008 event from May 12, when motorcycle movie firm Duke Video releases an official DVD from the races. The Tough One is comprised of three...
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Motorcycles will not be among vehicles to take part in trials of road pricing technology due to begin this year, Government has said. The Department for Transport (DfT) had originally said motorcyclists would be among 1000 volunteer road users to...
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Police in Derbyshire have confessed to using this sneaky new speed camera van to target motorcyclists. The force originally denied claims from a force insider of a “workman’s van†speed camera used to target motorcyclists. But when presented with this...
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In episode 89 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show an 18-year-oldd becomes the youngest ever RoSPA instructor, fuel tacx in the UK is the highest in Europe and Karl Harris escapes being smacked in the head wit a Suzuki with...
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Police in Derbyshire have confessed to using this sneaky new speed camera van to target motorcyclists. The force originally denied claims from a force insider of a “workman’s van†speed camera used to target motorcyclists. But when presented with this...
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Motorcycles will not be among vehicles to take part in trials of road pricing technology due to begin this year, Government has said. The Department for Transport (DfT) had originally said motorcyclists would be among 1000 volunteer road users to...
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Fans of the WOR Tough One event will be able to purchase footage from the 2008 event from May 12, when motorcycle movie firm Duke Video releases an official DVD from the races. The Tough One is comprised of three...
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In December Sam Davis became the youngest motorcyclist to pass the RoSPA advanced motorcycle test to a gold standard at just the age of 18. Now he has just become the youngest motorcyclist to become a RoSPA advanced instructor. RoSPA...
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Britain’s motorists pay the most tax on fuel in the EU, paying a massive 65.2p tax and duty for every £1 of petrol. Fewer petrol stations than in 1912 The average price of unleaded petrol at the current time is...
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Swinton Bikes, the specialist motorcycle division of insurance firm Swinton, has extended a discount scheme it introduced to promote the launch of its website from early April until the end of May. The firm says positive feedback from customers convinced...
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Thousands of bikers enjoyed the first MCN Live! of the year at Butlins in Skegness last weekend and we couldn't let it pass without bringing you some of the highlights. As usual the unofficial fancy dress evening saw some revelations and...
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Ducati has announced its new Monster 696 is now available to buy in its UK dealerships, roughly a month before the new motorcycle was scheduled to be available. The Monster 696 features a chassis that draws on the firm’s experience in MotoGP...
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Our What’s On listings now show events by their date, making them easier to find. Click the links below to choose the listing for your area and find out what events are on near you this week. If you would...
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Our What’s On listings now show events by their date, making them easier to find. Click the links below to choose the listing for your area and find out what events are on near you this week. If you would...
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Ducati has announced its new Monster 696 is now available to buy in its UK dealerships, roughly a month before the new motorcycle was scheduled to be available. The Monster 696 features a chassis that draws on the firm’s experience in MotoGP...
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Thousands of bikers enjoyed the first MCN Live! of the year at Butlins in Skegness last weekend and we couldn't let it pass without bringing you some of the highlights. As usual the unofficial fancy dress evening saw some revelations and...
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BMW's new F800GS is virtually unique: a 750/800 class adventure bike, that to most degrees offers the best of both worlds. It’s light, slim and perky enough to be a credible off-roader yet it’s also substantial, grunty, roomy and potentially...
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The new LC4 single cylinder engine is the most impressive part of the new Duke. It’s hard to believe it’s a single, so much better than the lumpy single cylinder engines of old. The styling is very aggressive, it’s laden...
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James Toseland, my son Scott and Toseland the Rottweiler at Bowers Motorcycles. James is a star!
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I was lucky enough to grab a quick ride out today while the sun was shining only to find some poor old sod had bottled a corner and trashed his bike down the road from me in Peebles. The sad...
Edward Leigh MP apologises for calling us tax dodgers – then does it again
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A senior MP has repeated claims motorcyclists are tax dodgers - just weeks after apologising over the first time he said it. Edward Leigh, Chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said in January: “Motorcyclists are particularly liable to evade road tax....
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