National magazines don’t make mistakes, do they? Evidently, yes they do, as Twist and Go scooter magazine demonstrated last month. The scootering guru magazine got its knickers in a twist in the September/October 2009 issue, when it published an article on the new Piaggio MP3 400LT. The article falsely stated that the MP3 400LT… …can […]
Category: Rider News
Spies Set To Shake Up MotoGP?
Since Ben Spies was handed a wildcard entry to the last leg of the 2009 MotoGP, speculation has been mounting over the debut GP performance of the young American – even in Valentino’s camp. Yamaha have been quick to assure Spies that his every need will be catered for, though they are yet to release […]
Ben Spies Get Wild Card Entry To MotoGP
The Texan whirlwind, Ben Spies, has been handed a wild card entry to the last leg of the 2009 MotoGP championship at Valencia The 25 year old is set to race his first season in MotoGP next year, after taking to the World Superbike realms like a duck to water. The GP wild card has […]
Lorenzo Storms Home At Estoril
Jorge Lorenzo tucked an easy win under his belt yesterday at the Estoril leg of the MotoGP championship. The 22 year old Spaniard, dressed as an astronaut to commemorate the anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s landing on the moon, was jokingly said to be ‘over the moon’ himself. After taking pole position in qualifying, Lorenzo officially […]
Toseland Leaves MotoGP In Defeat
James Toseland has officially lost his place on the Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP team at the end of the season. It is speculated he will be replaced by the whirlwind World Superbike rider Ben Spies, who has taken his championship by storm this year. Toseland showed promise when he first moved to MotoGP, after winning […]
Where Will You Reclaim Next?
In the aftermath of the Motorcycle News campaign to Reclaim Wales, we have seen bikers rise to the occasion to protect their biking rights. Over 10,000 bikers descended onto the Welsh countryside in just one day, in peaceful protest of the heavy handed, indiscriminate hounding of motorcyclists by the Welsh police force. The event was […]
Local Brothers Build Motorcycle To Raise Charity Funds
Three local brothers have pulled together to build an American-style custom Chopper motorcycle, which they will donate to auction to raise funds for charity. Simon Turley, his twin brothers Andrew and David, and a close friend Jem Doward (known collectively as the Ironside Choppers) put hours of work into building the machine, which they hope […]
Taz Gets Tactical To Win
Two Wheel Centre’s youngest sponsored rider is 11 year old Taz Taylor. Having already taken two championship titles this year in the National Pocketbike Series and the British Conti Cup, Taz continued to mop up the medals with three more wins at Rowrah this weekend. Taz’s dad, Shane, was happy to tell us how his […]
An Electric GSX-R?
The new age of sportsbikes are here. Well, not quite, but they’re coming… MCN’s world superbike reporter Michael Guy took the TT-winning Agni electric bike out for a test ride (read the full review in MCN September 30th) and was quite pleasantly suprised. Once you get your head around the lack of noise and lack […]
Win A New Suzuki GSXR1000
I know it sounds too good to be true, but its not. You can win a new Suzuki GSX-R1000, worth £9800.00. All you have to do is visit the NEC Motorcycle Show website, enter a few details and sit back and relax! With significant changes in the engine department, the new GSX-R boasts a more […]