Motorbikes
Rocket Centre chooses Honda off-road
Honda (UK) Motorcycles has extended its network of off-road dealerships, with one of the UK’s most favourite voted bike dealerships, Rocket Centre in Blackburn, choosing to add Honda to its line-up.
Honda showcases 50 year two wheel racing heritage
Honda has further added to its ‘50th Anniversary of World Championship Racing’ area on its global website – world.honda.com – with even more previously unseen images and footage from the last five decades, as well as ringtones and wallpaper downloads, to create an insightful archive of Honda’s Grand Prix racing heritage.
Biking keeps you young at heart
Celebrating Devitt’s ‘Keep Britain Biking’ Campaign and showing the passion a person can have for motorcycling, 86 year old Mr Lewis from Yately, Hampshire is Devitt’s longest customer, having been with the insurer for 70 years.
UK businesses losing out on the biker pound
The leisure and tourism industry is missing out on the biker pound from European travellers as a new MCI analysis of official statistics shows that almost four times as many British bikers cross the Channel for their holidays as come the other way.
Honda Fireblade Fast Bikes’ Sportsbike of the Year
Honda (UK) Motorcycles has won top honours with the prestigious Fast Bikes’ Sportsbike of the Year Award for the second successive year, with its legendary CBR1000RR Fireblade, despite stiff competition from several newcomers to the supersport sector.
Easy riders, easy targets
Figures from Car Crime UK programme on ITV show that over 25,000 motorbikes were stolen in the UK last year with Greater Manchester, Liverpool and London as the theft hotspots.
TRACKER motorbike security tips
The fun season for bikers is well and truly underway, but with an abundance of bike runs, ride'outs, motorcycle exhibitions and weekend biker rallies to attend, security may not be top of the agenda.
Motorcycle sales fell in July
Sales of powered two wheelers (PTW) including motorcycles, mopeds and scooters, fell by 26.8 per cent compared to July 2008, according to figures from the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI).
Big boost for 2010 Suzuki RM-Z450
Suzuki's 2010 motocross line-up has been further bolstered with news that the flagship RM-Z450 model has undergone thorough revisions for the new year.
Classic Motor Show’s bike space booked in record time
Classic Bike Clubs have snatched up the stand space in the dedicated bike hall at this year’s Classic Motor Show in record time. Around 30 clubs will showcase motorcycles spanning the past 60 years throughout the show, which takes place from 13th to 15th November at Birmingham’s NEC.
Championship hopes alive at AMCA round
Round five of the AMCA Championships were held at Burntwood, in Staffordshire over the weekend, where Team Doodson Suzuki Youth riders Scott Mathia and Tim Truman would land top ten championship finishes.
Tracker thwarts take-away thieves
Crafty motorcycle thieves thought they had evaded detection when they stole a pizza delivery scooter in north London and later hid the machine in woodland near the M1. But they didn’t count on the fact that the owners were only in the business of take-away pizzas – and not take-away scooters!
HM Plant Honda riders announced for Brands and Cadwell BSB
HM Plant Honda can announce that its rider line-up for the next two British Superbike rounds at Brands Hatch (7-9 August) and Cadwell Park (29-31 August) will include Steve Brogan and Karl Muggridge for the Kent circuit's two-wheel festival, with John McGuinness then paired with Karl Muggeridge for the team's ‘home' race in Lincolnshire on Bank Holiday weekend later in the month.
Yamaha is perfect partner for Adrenalin
Yamaha is very pleased to announce that Adrenalin ATV Ltd has been appointed as an Authorised Yamaha Sport Quad dealer.
Michelin unveils Scorcher 31 for Harley-Davidson Dyna
For the first time in their long histories, Michelin and Harley-Davidson have joined forces to develop the all-new MICHELIN Scorcher “31” tyre, which carries both companies’ trademarks on its sidewalls and the signature Harley-Davidson logo moulded into the shoulder.