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  1. A major life insurer has started charging customers hundreds of pounds a year extra for riding a motorcycle. Ageas Insurance asks policy applicants whether they have ridden a motorcycle during the last 12 months and if so what capacity it... More...
  2. El Sardinero Santander 2011 (Spanish Classic Motorcycle Rally). I entered the rally for the first time this year having heard many stories of the atmosphere, the roads and the welcome of the Spanish people. I can testify that all the... More...
  3. The Yourban 125 is certainly not cheap, but you can't put a price on confidenc, which is exactly what the extra front wheel gives. The 300cc version is less than £1000 more expensive, has more power and can be ridden... More...
  4. I am Mark Vestey, an avid MCN reader for over 20 years, now living in Hong Kong. I just bumped into Ian Hutshinson at the Macau ferry here. Ian was on his way to Macau to race there next weekend.... More...
  5. To raise money for the Honda Owners Club's 2011 charity, all Air Ambulances in the UK, the HOC webmaster has agreed to shave his magnificently hairy features! At the HOC 50th Anniversary Year Christmas Dinner Dance (16-18 December) he will... More...
  6. My little boy Evan (5 yrs old) meeting his idol at the Staffs bike show earlier this year. More...
  7. This exclusive shot is one of the best yet of Triumph's 2013 Street Triple. Spotted in Spain, where Triumph has a testing base, the 2013 machine is a significant evolution of the existing Street Triple. The new bike retains key... More...
  8. The Yourban 125 is certainly not cheap, but you can't put a price on confidenc, which is exactly what the extra front wheel gives. The 300cc version is less than £1000 more expensive, has more power and can be ridden... More...
  9. El Sardinero Santander 2011 (Spanish Classic Motorcycle Rally). I entered the rally for the first time this year having heard many stories of the atmosphere, the roads and the welcome of the Spanish people. I can testify that all the... More...
  10. I am Mark Vestey, an avid MCN reader for over 20 years, now living in Hong Kong. I just bumped into Ian Hutshinson at the Macau ferry here. Ian was on his way to Macau to race there next weekend.... More...
  11. To raise money for the Honda Owners Club's 2011 charity, all Air Ambulances in the UK, the HOC webmaster has agreed to shave his magnificently hairy features! At the HOC 50th Anniversary Year Christmas Dinner Dance (16-18 December) he will... More...
  12. My little boy Evan (5 yrs old) meeting his idol at the Staffs bike show earlier this year. More...
  13. This exclusive shot is one of the best yet of Triumph's 2013 Street Triple. Spotted in Spain, where Triumph has a testing base, the 2013 machine is a significant evolution of the existing Street Triple. The new bike retains key... More...
  14. Here's my ratted Yamaha FJ1100 from 1985. Using parts from Honda, Suzuki, Indian, Harley, Kawasaki and of course, Yamaha. The rear frame is built from a cabin bed and so are the exhausts. There is even a bit of a baby gate... More...
  15. Here's my ratted Yamaha FJ1100 from 1985. Using parts from Honda, Suzuki, Indian, Harley, Kawasaki and of course, Yamaha. The rear frame is built from a cabin bed and so are the exhausts. There is even a bit of a baby gate... More...
  16. MCN wants to know which 2012 bikes you are most looking forward to. We’ve split the best of next year’s crop of new bikes into categories and are asking readers to choose the one they’re most excited about from each.... More...
  17. MCN’s WSB reporter Michael Guy has covered approximately 8000 miles on the Yamaha XTZ1200 Super Tenere riding across Europe to cover WSB races at the Nurburgring and Magny-Cours, along the length of the UK to explore Devon and Cornwall, on... More...
  18. So does a four-cylinder adventure bike make any sense? On the strength of our world first ride of Kawasaki’s pioneering, Z1000-based Versys 1000, the answer is ‘Yes’… and ‘No’… The Versys 1000 has a superbly smooth and tractable engine, class-leading... More...
  19. This amazing barn find collection of classic bikes has just been unearthed in the West Country and will now go up for auction early in the new year. Stored in a former village hall near Bristol, the machines, including classic... More...
  20. The wheels of the big Yamaha Super Tenere have barely stopped turning. It’s been into France, Belgium and Germany for the Nurburgring WSB round followed by a jaunt down to Magny Cours for another WSB race. In between I’ve been... More...
  21. Triumph’s all-new Tiger Explorer is currently undergoing final testing – as these pics taken in Cornwall this week prove. Snapped by MCN Senior Road Tester Adam Child in a motorway services near Exeter they’re obviously of a well-used, fully laden... More...
  22. MCN’s WSB reporter Michael Guy has covered approximately 8000 miles on the Yamaha XTZ1200 Super Tenere riding across Europe to cover WSB races at the Nurburgring and Magny-Cours, along the length of the UK to explore Devon and Cornwall, on... More...
  23. Triumph’s all-new Tiger Explorer is currently undergoing final testing – as these pics taken in Cornwall this week prove. Snapped by MCN Senior Road Tester Adam Child in a motorway services near Exeter they’re obviously of a well-used, fully laden... More...
  24. MCN wants to know which 2012 bikes you are most looking forward to. We’ve split the best of next year’s crop of new bikes into categories and are asking readers to choose the one they’re most excited about from each.... More...
  25. The wheels of the big Yamaha Super Tenere have barely stopped turning. It’s been into France, Belgium and Germany for the Nurburgring WSB round followed by a jaunt down to Magny Cours for another WSB race. In between I’ve been... More...
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