MoreBikes

MoreBikes

There’s a fresh new look for the world’s biggest motorcycle monthly… and we’re making it even easier for new riders to get on two wheels too.

From this month the new publication MoreBikes combines the very best of Motor Cycle Monthly as well as its sister title On Two Wheels – the paper made specifically for those who want to get into motorcycling, return to it, or stay on smaller capacity machines. Subscribe here.

  • High-spec budget Swift chain from Wemoto

    High-spec budget Swift chain from Wemoto

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      Since its launch at Wemoto, Swift chain has become popular in the competitively priced, quality chain market. Manufactured in Taiwan using a combination of specially heat treated steel with cutting edge design, Swift chain is claimed to offer a higher specification than anything else in its price range with a very similar, if not greater tensile…

  • Dragstalgia: Classic drag racing at Santa Pod

    Dragstalgia: Classic drag racing at Santa Pod

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      Visitors to Dragstalgia 2014 can look forward to the best of nostalgia drag racing action on both two and four wheels at this year’s event, held on July 11-13th at Santa Pod Raceway. Now in its 4th year Dragstalgia is Santa Pod’s premiere Nostalgia drag racing event that welcomes any pre 1980 vehicles onto…

  • 2014 KTM 690 Enduro R and KTM 690 SMC R review

    2014 KTM 690 Enduro R and KTM 690 SMC R review

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        From £7699 | 67bhp@7500rpm | 50lb-ft@5500rpm | 690cc, liquid-cooled, sohc 4-valve single Tested by Roland Brown. Motorcycle Journalist and former international racer, Roland Brown is one of the world’s most respected bike testers. Subscribe to his fantastic YouTube channel – iMotorcycle Video – here. If any firm knows how to build sporty, light, single-cylinder bikes,…

  • New Touratech Compañero Boreal motorcycle suit

    New Touratech Compañero Boreal motorcycle suit

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    After the “Worldwide” Compañero and the “Black Edition”, Touratech have now launched a completely new variant of this high-tech riding suit: the Compañero Boreal. This is a riding suit made of high-quality triple layered laminate with a climate membrane, designed for all those who rarely travel under the tropical sun, and for whom the double…

  • A decade of Isle of Man TT winning lap times…

    A decade of Isle of Man TT winning lap times…

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    The Isle of Man TT races just keep getting better and better – if you weren’t there this year, then beg, borrow or steal the time to get over there in 2015 (you’ll be needing to book the accommodation now). John McGuinness has dominated the Senior race over the past decade, and our friends at Motorcycle…

  • The true meaning of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha

    The true meaning of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha

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      Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha are the four most iconic Japanese names in motorcycling, but have you ever wondered what they mean? Editor John Milbank talks to Paul Nowers, PR Manager – Honda Motor Europe, to find out. Soichiro Honda was the man behind the distinctive wing logo, but until around 170 years ago, most Japanese people only had…

  • Inside the TT: Meet Olie Linsdell and his Paton S1

    Inside the TT: Meet Olie Linsdell and his Paton S1

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      Over the course of the Isle of Man TT fortnight, MoreBikes.co.uk will follow the progress of Olie Linsdell; a privateer racer from Bedford who builds and prepares his race bikes in his father’s shed. Olie has extensively raced modern and classic machinery on short circuits and real road races since the age of 15, cumulating…

  • New fully customisable, high-spec leather suit: Kushitani Elevation

    New fully customisable, high-spec leather suit: Kushitani Elevation

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    The Kushitani Elevation (K-0070XX ) race suit is now available to order from Kushitani UK. Starting from £1879, the high specification leather race suit from Japan is fully customisable in terms of sizing, colours and detailing and is the same model Olie Linsdell will use at the 2014 Isle of Man TT. As Japanese ‘off the…

  • Make your own custom bike with Yamaha Yard Built: Gibbonslap SR400 and more to come

    Make your own custom bike with Yamaha Yard Built: Gibbonslap SR400 and more to come

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      Yamaha’s ‘Yard Built’ activity continues to make the dream of owning a custom motorcycle a reality for bikers around the world. An ever-increasing number of the most respected customisers in the industry are collaborating with Yamaha to create beautiful Yard Built specials. The unique aftermarket kits that support selected specials then give the dreamers…

  • Saietta and Darvill Racing set the first British Electric Motorcycle Land Speed Record

    Saietta and Darvill Racing set the first British Electric Motorcycle Land Speed Record

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      The first British Electric Motorcycle Land Speed Record set by Saietta and Darvill Racing – a British made motorcycle and a British race team British electric urban sports motorcycle brand, Saietta R, in partnership with Darvill Racing, made history today by setting the first ACU sanctioned British Land Speed Record for electric motorcycles at…

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