John Hogan

When I published the interview with William Storey last week, I had two aims. The first was to shine a light on a story of interest (of which I’m sure you’d agree this is). The second was to hopefully catch the attention of someone at OMG Racing and get them to talk to me. The plan worked and I sat down on the Friday of the Brands Hatch round of BSB with Alan Gardner, owner of OMG Racing.

Like most of you, I was enjoying some fine racing courtesy of World Supers at Donington Park yesterday. A couple of cold beers later I was scrolling through Twitter when I saw an announcement from @rich_energy, thanking @OMGRacing for their work over the last two years, but that the whole agreement between them is now at an end.

There was a stack of professional frustration for me during Stuart Garner’s tenure at Norton. Most of it I vented on here but the one area that I’ve barely mentioned is what riding the actual bikes feels like. Stuart was always very, very careful when it came to letting journalists ride his bikes. I can’t stand MCN exclusives at the best of times, so seeing them get ride after Norton ride over any of the other motorcycle media outlets was definitely one of many driving reasons for me to tell the…

Yamaha announced e-mobility plans this morning that align with current market demand, but also opened our eyes to the work they’ve done in this area over the last 50 years.

Chances are if you’re on this website, you already quite like motorbikes. A fair chunk of us also like watches (me included), so the news that Breitling and Triumph have worked together on this project is very welcome.

We’re just 100 days away from the 2022 Isle of Man TT races and they’ve announced exciting new plans that will take the TT global.

It’s been almost two years since Indian motoring giants TVS Motors bought Norton motorcycles out of administration. There’s still lots going on behind the scenes with Norton, but there’s also been a lot for me to get my head around with TVS as well.

We’re huge fans of the XSR900, it captured the interest of the retro crowd, but had enough power and performance to keep our interest. Much like everything else the triple cylinder cp3 motor has gone in, it’s been a hit for Yamaha. Watch our review of the 2016 model here to refresh your memory of ho…

In the summer of 2005 I left the army to start a new life as a motoring journalist. I’d always wanted to write about bikes but coming from a military family meant taking the long way round. When I told my dad I wanted to write for a living I was 13, he laughed in my face and told me I’d be joining up when I was 16. He wasn’t wrong. In the autumn of 1996 just three months after finishing my GCSEs, I was learning important life skills like how to shoot cardboard cutouts of Germans at 300 metres, o…

This morning I sat in on an appeal made by Stuart Garner with regards to the £14 million pounds that he was ordered to repay by the pensions ombudsman in June last year. To date, I’ve done my best not to cover the pensions side of the Norton story, but felt that today’s hearing would be of interest…

Speculation over Ryo Mizuno riding for Honda in the 2021 BSB championship was confirmed today. The former J-GP3 (think Moto3) and J-GP2 (think Moto2) champion will be racing in the UK series for the first time, alongside Glenn Irwin. Glenn’s first year on the new Honda in 2020 went well, a win and five podiums doesn’t do his season justice. He lead the championship with real maturity, entertained race fans and gelled with the Fireblade.

I’ve written in the past about how some manufacturers are better than others when it comes to making their heritage work for them. This isn’t always as easy as you think. For a long time, new models were all about looking forward rather than back. Being lighter, faster and more advanced than a previous model was the focus, because that’s what the market demanded.

Every Friday we’ll publish a motorcycling confession. This is a chance for you to get a secret off your chest. Complete anonymity is guaranteed. Change names and places in your stories if you feel the need to. Email your confession to Letters@superbike.co.uk

We all knew it was coming, but more details on the Ducati V4 Streetfighter are here.

You’ve spent 25 years happily obsessing about getting your knee down and moaning about the price of camping at MotoGP. Your ears are perfectly tuned to the sound of sports bikes whizzing past your house and you’ve nailed the art of tutting disapprovingly when you hear them, when inside you’re actually smiling and urging them to go faster. You’re a sports bike guy, that’s what we do. We also refuse to nod at BMW GS riders. It’s just the way things have to be. Those kinds of bikers just don’t unde…

The covers were pulled off this morning in Cologne. It’s official, the Suzuki Katana is back. On the face of it, Katana will have everything you need in a motorcycle, a K5 GSX-R 1000 derived motor that produces 150bhp and 108Nm of Torque. Fully adjustable suspension, ABS equipped Brembo brakes and traction control. Yes, pretty much all of the running gear has been lifted from the GSX-1000S but at no point should that be considered a bad thing. What’s most important here is the simple fact that t…

Bike Stop, the long-standing Stevenage-based store of high quality motorcycle gear, are proud to support the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes and start a new partnership with this charitable association, just in time for the National Blood Bikes Awareness Day. The event takes place on Friday, 11th August this year.

“Donington” was the answer I got when I asked Leon Haslam, tongue-in-cheek, which UK track is his favourite. Given his father’s racing school – the Ron Haslam Race School – uses Donington as its base you’d expect a bit of bias, but I actually believe it was genuine. Superbike was kindly invited by Carol Nash and the Ron Haslam Race School to sample a Premier experience day at Donington to find out what’s on offer.