New MCN September 12: Triumph Trophy world first ride

Updated: 20 November 2014

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In this week’s MCN, out September 12, we put the all-new Triumph Trophy 1200 through its paces, riding it from Sctoland to the Triumph factory in Hickley, Leicester.

The original Trophy 1200 was the first bike out of the Hinckley factory in 1991, can the new Trophy 1200 live up to its name?

We also ride the new Kawasaki Ninja 300 in Germany.

Also in this week’s issue we ride the advanced BMW S1000RR HP4 at Jerez.

Also this week; Ben Spies takes a satellite Ducati ride in MotoGP, why you should go on an adventure and why Easy Rider is still the daddy.

Triumph Trophy 1200 world first ride
384 miles, eight hours, one bike… The question is: is Triumph’s new 1200 Trophy the bike you’d choose?

Kawasaki Ninja 300 ridden
An all-new longer-stroke engine and beefed-up styling takes Kawasaki’s baby Ninja to new levels of desirability. But is it as good as it looks?

First ride: BMW S1000RR HP4
The lightest S1000R yet boasts semi-active suspension which adjusts automatically and saves hours of fiddling and twiddling. MCN put the bike through its paces at Jerez.

‘MotoGP riders have a horrible life’
He raced GPs on real roads, lost friends every weekend and got paid a pittance, yet it’s modern MotoGP riders Jim Redman pities.

A very fast race down memory lane
New Manx Norton’s built by Fred Walmsley, who has been building them for five decades, will race at the Goodwood Revival

MCN at your service
Offers and events exclusive to MCN readers. You could win a year’s free bike insurance, get money off ferry tickets and more.

Brookes hits top form ready for showdown
Two race wins at Donington pumps up Brookes’ podium credits and fires out a warning to his title-fighting rivals.

Davies grabs first WSB win and BMW ride
Chaz Davies took his first WSB win on a privateer bike, outclassing factory stars Biaggi and Laverty, then confirmed he will be a factory BMW rider next year.

By Liam Marsden

Former MCN Web Producer