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WIN WIN WIN! Head-to-toe riding kit for FREE!
We’ve teamed up with the brilliant people at MotoDirect to offer you the chance to win one of two head-to-toe kits worth over £1500! That’s right, enter our FREE competition and you can be the lucky winner to make your riding life top notch.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes…
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UK FIRST: Plug-and play cornering bike headlight
MoreBikes.co.uk and our sister magazine, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure, are the first in the UK to test the incredible new JW Speaker 8790 Adaptive Cornering Headlight. MSL is building a special Yard Built Yamaha XSR700 that you’ll be able to see on the Yamaha stand at 2016’s Motorcycle Live in the NEC. Intended to be…
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Police hunt motorcyclist who clocked over 100mph, crashed and lost helmet then crashed AGAIN!
The Mail is reporting that Police are currently hunting a biker who led them on a three hour long chase, rode at over 100mph, crashed and lost his helmet then crashed AGAIN before losing them by running away from the wrecked motorcycle… And they’ve still not found out who he is despite officials getting the…
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Spy Shots: KTM 390 Duke gets updated for 2017
Spy Shots: KTM 390 Duke gets updated for 2017 These are the latest pictured of the next-generation KTM 390 Duke which is currently undergoing consumption tests in Spain.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Pictures, grabbed by our top spy…
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Review: Squidgy custom earplugs from Ultimate Ear
Reviewed by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: £65+p&p // Sizes: Custom fitted // Colours: Red, yellow, green, blue, blue/red, clear I had been meaning to get custom earplugs made for years, but never quite got round to it. Something always got in the way. Then last year at Motorcycle Live in the NEC I bumped into…
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Suzuki adds TL1000S to vintage programme and lists on Ebay store
Suzuki has added the TL1000S to its Vintage Parts Programme and has made it even easier for customers to order parts, with owners now able to order all available components through its own eBay store. The TL1000S is one of a number of iconic machines included on the store as part of Suzuki’s Vintage Parts…
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WorldSSP: Wildcard Wilairot fastest on Friday
Local rider Ratthapong Wilairot tops combined times on the way to Tissot-Superpole session. Wildcard Thai rider Ratthapong Wilairot locked out the top of the timesheets on Friday in Buriram to outpace reigning Champion Kenan Sofuoglu and rival Jules Cluzel.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or…
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WSB: Van Der Mark tops Thai Friday
Dutch Honda rider leads the sprint to Superpole in Buriram. A fastest lap of 1’34.770 saw Honda WorldSBK Team’s Michael Van Der Mark (pictured above) go quickest on the first day of the MOTUL Thai Round at Chang International Circuit in Buriram. Second fastest was Pata Yamaha’s Sylvain Guintoli, followed by Althea BMW rider Jordi Torres…
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GR Motosport’s 2016 racebikes stolen – squad offers ‘BIG reward’ for return
Just weeks before the start of the domestic race season and GR Motosport has had all the squad’s racebikes stolen. The squad posted an appeal on Facebook saying: “We need everyone’s help please share ASAP we have had a break in overnight an all our race bikes have been stolen.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything…
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SCOOP: Audi’s light-up leathers SECRET plans to keep YOU safe (and looking… well…)
SCOOP: Audi’s light-up leathers SECRET plans to keep YOU safe (and looking… well…) Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. We’ve been sent this amazing patent application from Audi which has a set of leathers incorporating the same…
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Suzuki confirms price for new SV650 – £5,499 all-in
Suzuki has confirmed pricing for the new SV650 and announced its inclusion on the Suzuki Finance PCP scheme, with the sporty, naked middleweight coming with an RRP of £5,499, and available for £95 per month. Unveiled at EICMA in November, the SV650 has 60 changes to its V-twin engine and 70 new chassis components, increasing…
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Triumph Thruxton R world launch review
WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn We rode the Thruxton R, which starting at £11,700 is the pinnacle of the new Bonneville range; the Thruxton is a similar machine, though at £10,400 has more classically–styled right-way-up forks, and the same Nissin two-piston calipers and fixed…
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WSB in Asia – the facts ahead of this weekend’s round in Thailand
WorldSBK has a long history of racing in Asia, with more than a tenth of the races in the history of the Championship having taken place in the continent: 70 out of the 696 run to date. Asia also hosted a WorldSBK race weekend in the first season of the Championship in 1988, that beginning…
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Triumph Bonneville T120 world launch review
WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn This is the core of the new Bonneville family –Triumph has focussed closely on the design of the machine, giving it cleaner lines than the outgoing 865cc Bonneville T100. The ride-by-wire engine for instance, while 335cc larger and now…
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Suzi Perry confirmed for BT Sport MotoGP coverage
We told you first about this deal last week – and it’s now been confirmed that Suzi Perry is going to present MotoGP on BT Sport this year. She’s not just going to deal with MotoGP though as the announcement from BT Sport makes clear. Here’s the actual release about Suzi’s next move:Article continues below……
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VIDEO: Suzuki MotoGP team film from testing
Here’s the latest video from Suzuki MotoGP squad ahead of the 2016 season. In the film Aleix Espargaró talks about season preparation, the new GSX-RR, using the new Michelin tyres; and his relationship and bonding with the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR family.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click…
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VIDEO: It all kicks off (ha!) during biker/taxi Liverpool scrap
This video is all a bit ‘handbags’ but it’s quite funny to have a look at on a drab day like the one we’ve got going on right now. The argument got a bit physical outside a hospital in Liverpool.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here…
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VIDEO: Roland Sands Panigale 1299S – the KH9. Awesome metal.
VIDEO: Roland Sands Panigale 1299S – the KH9. Awesome metal. Check out this gorgeous 1299S Panigale that’s been dipped in the styling world of American specials builder Roland Sands.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. This is the first of…
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Review: Knox Meta-Sys back protector
Reviewed by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: £129.99 // Sizes: S–L // Colours: Black // Info: www.planet-knox.com The Meta-Sys is the premium back protector from Knox. It’s slightly bigger than the popular Aegis, but once you get used to the size it’s very comfortable and after a while feels perfectly natural. It is Level 2 CE-certified…
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VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer
VIDEO: Electric Powered Odyssey trailer. Check out this really quite lovely bit of film which is a teaser for a film called Electric Powered Odyssey.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The idea is that rider Thomas Tomczyk (pictured) is…
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Guy Martin to race David Coulthard in Channel 4 TV show
If you’ve not had enough of your Guy Martin fix for the year then tune in to Channel 4 on Thursday, March 17th at 9pm to see the sideburned chap pit a BMW S1000RR against David Coulthard in a V8 Red Bull F1 car. It’s part of the build up to the channel showing F1…
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SCOOP: Kawasaki’s Ninja R2 SECRET patent drawings for supercharger with extra fuel injector built in
We’ve already told you several times about the Kawasaki Ninja R2 – the next supercharged motorcycle set to come from the Japanese factory, and now we’ve been sent these exclusive patent drawings of a (kind of) multi-point fuel injection system for the new bike. Last week we revealed how the Japanese journalists hot on the…
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SCOOP: Yamaha’s mystery SECRET patent shows new exhaust and R1-type sportbike planned
Here’s a baffling, secret patent drawing that’s been filed by Yamaha – and we’ve not got a clue what it’s for, but we figure that you might be able to suss it out. What has happened is this; the Yamaha factory has filed for a patent on a new headlight and bodywork assembly and within…
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Triumph Motorcycles return to Glasgow
The UK’s leading large-capacity motorcycle manufacturer, Triumph, has announced an official return to Glasgow after an absence of more than 18 months. A new service facility – offering full service, repair and warranty facilities to Triumph riders – has been opened in association with Rogers, Rees & Robins at their existing site on Great Western…
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