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Despite the 650 name, the BMW F650GS actually has a 798cc twin cylinder motor derived from the F800GS and has just been laiunched alongside its bigger sibling. MCN Road Test Editor Phil West travelled to South Africa to see if the motorcycle could better...
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Last Friday Aprilia revealed the prototype of its new RSV-4 WSB challenger at a dealer meeting in Italy - and thanks to video-equipped mobile phones you can now even see and hear it in action. See pictures of the bike...
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A motorcycle officer escorting Hillary Clinton in her motorcade through Dallas has died after he crashed while escorting her. Senior Corporal Victor Lozada?s motorcycle careered head first into a concrete block after he tried overtaking the motorcade round a corner....
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Honda dealers Phoenix Honda and Two Wheels have confirmed that the firm?s 2008 CBR1000 Fireblade will take centre stage on their shared stand at the MCN Scottish Motorcycle show. The Fireblade is due to be one of four new 2008...
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If you didn't get to watch World Superbikes on Eurosport this weekend then you'll have missed Bennetts new adverts. The motorcycle insurance firm has ditched its ad showing groups of riders and gone for an altogether funnier approach. Check out...
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In episode 52 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show MP Edward Leigh apoligises to bikers after accusing them of being tax dodgers, MPs have been told bikes over 600cc should be banned and Tom Sykes highsides GSX-R1000 in Almeria today...
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Motorcycles over 600cc should be banned, MPs have been told. Stephen Plowden, of influential road safety group the Slower Speeds Initiative, said the move was needed to reduce emissions. In a letter to the Commons Transport Committee, seen by MCN,...
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Triumph is offering all new 2008 models Daytona 675s with a tempting 0 per cent finance deal. Both the Triumph Daytona 675 and Daytona 675 SE are covered by the offer, which requires a 30 per cent deposit and 30...
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Honda dealers Phoenix Honda and Two Wheels have confirmed that the firm?s 2008 CBR1000 Fireblade will take centre stage on their shared stand at the MCN Scottish Motorcycle show. The Fireblade is due to be one of four new 2008...
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A motorcycle officer escorting Hillary Clinton in her motorcade through Dallas has died after he crashed while escorting her. Senior Corporal Victor Lozada?s motorcycle careered head first into a concrete block after he tried overtaking the motorcade round a corner....
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Motorcycles over 600cc should be banned, MPs have been told. Stephen Plowden, of influential road safety group the Slower Speeds Initiative, said the move was needed to reduce emissions. In a letter to the Commons Transport Committee, seen by MCN,...
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Triumph is offering all new 2008 models Daytona 675s with a tempting 0 per cent finance deal. Both the Triumph Daytona 675 and Daytona 675 SE are covered by the offer, which requires a 30 per cent deposit and 30...
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The UK should adopt a controversial Swedish road safety policy linked to calls for motorcycles to be banned, an influential road safety charity has said. Vision Zero sets the goal of eliminating road deaths altogether. It has already been adopted...
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An MP has apologised for falsely claiming 40 per cent of motorcycles are untaxed. Read the full motorcycle tax evasion report Edward Leigh, Chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said in January: ?Large parts of the biking community are...
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A shocking 45 per cent of car drivers admit to sending and receiving text messages while driving, research by the RAC Foundation shows. The RAC Foundation surveyed 2,000 users of social networking website Facebook on the first anniversary of the...
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A shocking 45 per cent of car drivers admit to sending and receiving text messages while driving, research by the RAC Foundation shows. The RAC Foundation surveyed 2,000 users of social networking website Facebook on the first anniversary of the...
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Yamaha launched the all-new YZF-R125 in Valencia this week, and MCN was the first to test ride the new motorcycle on Spanish roads and Valencia's go-kart track, a miniature replica of the MotoGP circuit. The R125 is a direct rival...
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The latest MV Agusta to wear the F4 badge has an extra 80cc, more power and an extra 'R' tagged onto its name. Watch the video as MCN road tester Trevor Franklin puts the MV F4 1078RR 312 through its...
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An MP has apologised for falsely claiming 40 per cent of motorcycles are untaxed. Read the full motorcycle tax evasion report Edward Leigh, Chairman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said in January: ?Large parts of the biking community are...
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The UK should adopt a controversial Swedish road safety policy linked to calls for motorcycles to be banned, an influential road safety charity has said. Vision Zero sets the goal of eliminating road deaths altogether. It has already been adopted...
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In episode 51 of the MCN Daily motorcycle news show we have the world's first ride of the new Suzuki GSX-R600, Princes William and Harry get told not to ride to Africa and Casey Stoner says give Marco Melandri some more...
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The Bonhams and Butterfield Auction at the Legend of the Motorcycle classic festival takes place in California in May. Here we have pictures of some of the motorcycles that will be up for grabs. The two stars of the show...
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BFO Motorcycles has confirmed it will produce a limited run of 100 frame kits to transform a donor Suzuki Hayabusa into a lightweight 170bhp streetfighter. The kit was revealed as a sketch in MCN last year, and the response since...
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London Mayoral candidate Boris Johnson says he will allow motorcycles to use bus lanes in the city, if he is elected to the post during polling in May. Luton councils view on motorcycles in bus lanes The Conservative MP believes...
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Last week saw the launch of not one but two all-new BMW GS models, the F800GS and the F650GS, in South Africa. MCN Road Test Editor Phil West went to see if the new F800GS was a baby R1200GS or in...
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