Motor Cycle News
Year Country Rider
1958 UK John Surtees
1959 UK John Surtees
1960 UK Dave Bickers
1961 UK Mike Hailwood
1962 UK Derek Minter
1963 UK Mike Hailwood
1964 UK Jeff Smith
1965 UK Bill Ivy
MCN awards
MCN have been presenting an annual awards ceremony almost since they were founded in 1955 . These included the popularity poll 'Man of the Year ' and the overall 'MCN Machine of the Year ' award :
MCN or Motor Cycle News is a UK weekly motorcycling newspaper published by Bauer Consumer Media, based in Peterborough, United Kingdom. It claims to be the worlds biggest weekly motorcycle newspaper. The title was founded in late 1955 as Motorcycle News by Cyril Quantrill, a former employee of Motor Cycling, and was sold to EMAP in 1956. Bauer bought Emap's consumer media division in 2008. The brand has expanded to include the MCN website, MCN Mobile, iPhone app, the 'MCN Compare' Insurance Comparison service, MCN London and Scottish Motorcycle Show and the MCN Live! at Skegness party weekend. In 2009, average weekly circulation was 114,304 copies according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations,
and 2010 it was 106,446 copies. The figure for 2018 was 56,839.