November
Video: Ducati unveils the new Ducati 696
06 November 2007 by
Ducati has revealed the first all-new Monster in the model’s 15 year history at a preview event on the eve of the Milan show. For the new Monster 696 – only the entry level version has been revealed...
Milan Show: Ducati 848 hits the road
05 November 2007 by
Ducati has revealed the new entry-level superbike – the Ducati 848 – at the Milan show. The Ducati 848 gets the same series of performance and style upgrades over the outgoing 749 the 1098 received...
Milan Show: New 2008 Ducati Monster launched
05 November 2007 by
Ducati has revealed the first all-new Monster in the model’s 15 year history at a preview event on the eve of the Milan show. For the new Monster 696 – only the entry level version has been revealed...
Milan Show: Ducati unveils 180bhp 1098R motorcycle in Milan
05 November 2007 by
With a claimed 180bhp in road-legal form, and well over 200bhp in race trim, this is the machine Ducati’s works riders, Troy Bayliss and Michel Fabrizio, will be using next year in an effort to...
Kimi Raikonnen recieves new custom-built chopper
05 November 2007 by
New Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikonnen has just taken delivery of a custom-built chopper. The motorcycle, which is named Iceman II, was made by the German firm Walz Hardcore Choppers, who also...
2008 Peugeot Geopolis gets ABS brakes
05 November 2007 by
Peugeot’s Geopolis scooter has been given a makeover including combined anti-lock brakes for 2008. The revised machine gets ABS on both the front and rear wheel, with brake force distribution between...
2008 MV Agustas revealed - Brutale 1078RR and F4RR 312
05 November 2007 by
Italian motorcycle firm MV Agusta has revealed two new motorcycles for 2008 – the 2008 MV Agusta F4RR 312 and the 2008 MV Agusta Brutale 1078RR. The new MV Agusta F4RR 312 gets an increase in engine...
Five new BMW motorcycles due for Milan debut
05 November 2007 by
We can’t talk about them just yet but in Wednesday’s issue of MCN you’re going to get the chance to see no fewer than five new BMW machines for 2008. Spanning the firm’s whole range, the new models...
Honda schemes stage two of its new model offensive
05 November 2007 by
While most of Japan’s makers revealed all their new models back at September’s Paris bike show, insiders say Honda has held back a selection of new machines to be launched at Milan on Tuesday. The...
More pics of the Rocket Touring
04 November 2007 by
More pics of the Triumph Rocket Touring, taken from the 2008 Rocket Brochure.
Old Fazer still strong
04 November 2007 by
took my wifes old fazer out with a couple of cameras attached. Hope you like it
Ducati’s fastest-ever V-twin ready to be revealed
04 November 2007 by
On Monday night Ducati will reveal its 2008 range for the first time – and on Wednesday you’ll be able to read all about it in MCN. The firm’s still keeping a tight lid on what it’s got to offer, but...
Supercharged Hayabusa
03 November 2007 by
Here’s my supercharged busa, its got adj cam sprockets, forged pistons, carillo rods, high volume oil pump gear, manual cam chain tensioner, bosch fuel pump, begi risig rate fuel pressure regulator,...
Benelli builds new enduro and supermoto motorcycles
03 November 2007 by
MCN understands Benelli will release new enduro and supermoto machines next Tuesday at the massive Milan bike show. The bikes, both based on the BX449 motocrosser revealed at Milan last year, will...
28 new motorcycles in MCN's biggest bike launch issue: Wednesday November 7
02 November 2007 by
The next week will be dominated by new motorcycle launches, with the Milan Motorcycle Show hosting at least 28 new models – and you’ll see all of them and more in MCN, Wednesday November 7,...
Time for another fuel protest?
02 November 2007 by
The following e-mail is circulating. Sounds OK to me. We are hitting 95p a litre in some areas now, soon we will be faced with paying £1 a litre. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the ‘don’t buy petrol on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn’t continue to hurt...
Aprilia prepares 2008 range for launch next week
02 November 2007 by
Hot on the heels of its new 2007 bikes like the Shiver and Mana, Aprilia is preparing another onslaught with its 2008 range. And you can be first to see them in the new issue of MCN, out on November...
MCN on top of the world
01 November 2007 by
On holiday in Tenerife on the summit of mount TEIDE, the highest peak in Spain 3.718 metres above sea level .
Brunstrom verdict delayed
01 November 2007 by
Ok so it’s November already. Where is the outcome of the investigation?? Was delayed in September. To read our last update on thePolice Complaints Commision’s investigation intoChief Constable Ricard Brunstrom click here. So why are we still waiting??????
F800GS
01 November 2007 by
New BMW’s! For more information on Bmw’s new 2008 range of motorcycles, click here.
U2 frontman Bono's Ducati 916 up for auction for Riders for Health
01 November 2007 by
A Ducati 916 owned and signed by U2 frontman Bono will being going up for auction at the NEC Motorcycle Show to raise money for motorcycle charity Riders for Health. The Ducati 916 was formerly owned...
MotoGP 07 released for Playstation 2
01 November 2007 by
The official new MotoGP 07 Playstation 2 game is now available with all the riders, motorcycles, teams and tracks from the 2007 MotoGP season. As the 2007 MotoGP season comes to an end with the final...
Yamaha R1 bad day in Greenwich
01 November 2007 by
My clutch went on my 2000 R1 on a busy street in Greenwich and locked me in 4th which I couldn’t shift no matter how much rocking was done. To keep my pride and joy out of danger from the traffic and to try not to cause any congestion I managed to drag it on to the path and out of the way of the HGV’s going by and while standing there explaining what had happened to the traffic warden he gave me a...