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Hope the Streetfighter is better than the Hypermotard!

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

I hope the Ducati Stretfighter is better than the Ducati Hypermotard. 60miles to a tank full of petrol, 135mph and thats with 2 grand chucked at it? In all 10,000 grands worth. 8 months later and only worth 6,500quid?!

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National newspaper claims 64 motorcyclists killed a day

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

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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Aprilia RSV4 road test preview

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

MCN finally gets to test the new Aprilia RSV4 next week at its world launch. The 999c V4 superbike is one of the most eagerly awaited machines in years, and we’ll be riding it on Thursday 2 April at Misano…

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Poll: What do you think of the Honda DN-01?

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

What do you think of the Honda DN-01? Have your say in the online poll below. Honda’s odd-ball DN-01 costs a whopping £9,223 OTR. For the same cash or less, you could pretty much have your pick of the latest cutting edge…

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Demo against Westminster Council’s Parking Tax

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

One week to go till the big demo against Westminster Council’s M/C Parking Tax on Tuesday 31 March starting at the Ace Cafe. 3pm – Arrive Ace Cafe4.15pm – leave5pm - ride to Trafalgar Square6.15pm – leave7pm - ride to Victoria St…

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Ducati 999 is a dream come true

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

20 Year dream comes true…. My 2004 Ducati 999r Fila at the track – Brilliant! 200 Produced, 70 Imported into the US!! Such a beautiful bike that you don’t hear that much about anymore.

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MCN in Austria

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Here is a picture of me having a good read of MCN, whilst enjoying the slopes and the sun in Niederau, Austria :)

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Close call at the weekend

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

We had a near one at the weekend! The bike is a Suzuki GSX-R1000…

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New Thunderbird first ride

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Mark Hoyer from Cycle World gives MCN a sneak preview of his first ride on the Thunderbird “It’s an American-style bike with a British heart, in this case a rather enlarged one. I got an early first ride on a…

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Bikers always the Villains never the Victims

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Five bikers have been killed in little over a week in Scotland and no one doubts that it is anything but a tragedy. As bikers we need to take responsibility for our own actions because in most cases if we…

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