New MCN December 21: New British 1050cc sports bike

 
Birth of new British-built 1050cc sports bike
Is this the machine Brit bike fans have been waiting for? It’s a Triumph 1050 triple-engined sportster equipped with the best in British chassis components and know-how and is on schedule to go into production next year.

 Duke for the masses
KTM’s 2012 690 Duke isn’t just an evolution of the hardcore Duke, it’s a revolution – a virtually all-new bike, with just 10% of its components shared with its predecessor.

12hrs, 435 miles, 24 bikes, one massive adventure
As road tests go this was a huge one: a total of 24 bikes, covering 435 miles in 12 hours, riding enduro bikes in the mountains to sports bikes on the race track and everything in between.

 
JvB Triumph Brit Bob ridden
Jens vom Brauck, the main (and only!) man at JvB-Moto, builds breathtaking motorcycles. MCN rides his latest creation – the Brit Bob – based on a Triumph Thruxton.

MCN 2011 Christmas Quiz part 1
Need distracting from a hangover? Got some DIY you should be getting on with? Then settle down, get your feet up in a comfy armchair and attempt MCN’s fiendishly addictive Xmas quiz.

BSB pushes for safety
The BSB championship is leading the world with a major new safety initiative to promote a new protective clothing investigation and implementation of new trackside and on-bike ‘yellow-flag’ alert systems.