New MCN December 1: All the news from the NEC Show

Updated: 19 November 2014

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In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale December 1, we have all the news from Carole Nash Motorcycle Live at the NEC.

Also in this week’s issue we test the new Triumph Speed Triple against the Kawasaki Z1000 and KTM Super Duke

Also in this week’s MCN, part two of our £1500 supersport challenge.

What you’ll find in the December 1 issue of Motorcycle News:

All the news from the NEC Show
We have all the news from the NEC Show, detailing all the new models over six pages and crowd reaction.

Speed Triple group test
We test the 2011 Triumph Speed Triple against the Kawasaki Z1000 and KTM Super Duke.

£1500 supersport challenge: Part 2
Each of MCN’s road testers must buy and prepare an old supersport bike for £1500. The three bikes will then be tested against a 2010 Kawasaki ZX-6R. The fastest one wins.

Take advantage of used sports bike bargains
A slump in new sports bike sales along with a rush of owners trading in sports bikes for something different means there are lots of used bargains out there.

Why Hawk switched to BMW
Stuart Hicken’s Buildbase-backed Hawk Racing Team will become BMW’s official team in the BSB championship.

New Suter BMW shows potential
Scott Redding’s team are confident their production-based BMW S1000RR will be a match for MotoGP prototypes.

By Liam Marsden

Former MCN Web Producer