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Freeride the E-Scape with KTM

04 December 2014 by MCN News

The UK’s first dedicated electric motorbike riding facility is now open, and stocked with KTM’s excellent new Freeride-E. An official partner of KTM UK, E-SCAPE is a bespoke facility for electric...

Retro-style faired Street Triple

04 December 2014

This bolt-on kit for the Triumph Street Triple 675 is the work of aftermarket accessory firm Powerbronze. Costing £1800, it transforms the naked roadster into a retro café racer in just a few...

Bike of the Day: Ducati 750 F1 Santamonica

04 December 2014 by Phil West

From the ‘pre-851’ era, Ducati supersports don’t come much rarer or more exotic than the 750 F1 Sanatamonica limited edition, right down to its magnesium wheels and flat slide carbs. This one’s also...

First ride: 2015 BMW R1200R

04 December 2014 by MCN

BMW’s new R1200R is getting it’s world first test ride today in Spain in the hands of MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves. Here’s what he has to say: “The new roadster will cost £10,250 when hits...

Bike of the Day: Honda GL500 Silver Wing

03 December 2014 by Phil West

Maybe it’s my age, but I do find this oddly alluring – right down to its white walls. Oddball CX500-based tourer was never quite the ‘Junior GoldWing’ Honda had planned for it. 30 years on, though,...

Suzuki build all-new TL1000S

03 December 2014 by MCN

Suzuki demonstrated their parts back-up service for older bikes by building a TL1000S from entirely new old stock parts at Motorcycle Live. Suzuki technicians carried out the build on their stand, and...

Bike of the Day: £700 Boost rep Yam

02 December 2014 by Phil West

OK, it’s not a YZF750SP, it’s the similarly-styled (and equally good-looking) FZR600R, but at this price who cares? Yes it’s a bit tired but it’s straight, MoT-ed, got new chain and sprockets and...

Yamaha YZF-R3 price revealed

02 December 2014 by Richard Newland

Yamaha’s new YZF-R3 debuted in the UK last week, and now the firm has revealed that it will be priced at £4799 in the UK, making it more expensive than Honda’s CBR300R, but cheaper than the KTM RC390...

Yamaha MT-09 Tracer price announced

02 December 2014 by Richard Newland

Yamaha have announced pricing for the MT-09 Tracer – the first faired MT –which offers a more practical do-it-all variant, with traction control, ABS and rider modes, along with luggage-carrying...

New MCN December 3: Guy Martin's mad year

02 December 2014 by Liam Marsden

In this week’s MCN, available in newsagents, on iPad and Android from December 3: – Guy Martin’s mad year in pictures – Honda RCV-S tech specs – EBR 1190RX vs Ducati Panigale R – Triumph Daytona 1050R...

Kawasaki Ninja H2 pricing released

02 December 2014 by Richard Newland

Kawasaki’s Ninja H2 and H2R were undoubtedly the stars of the show at Motorcycle Live, despite the heafty price tags swinging from their bar ends. The road version will trouble your wallet for a...

Ducati Scrambler Production Begins

01 December 2014 by Andy Downes

Ducati have today started the first full production run of the all-new Scrambler model at the Bologna factory in Italy. The bike has entered production just six months after the new model was...

2015 Honda Crossrunner tested

01 December 2014 by Phil West

Honda’s 2015 updates to its VFR800-based adventure bike, the VFR800X Crossrunner are much more than skin deep – as MCN Executive Editor Phil West revealed in this exclusive video from the world launch...

117,000 hit Motorcycle Live

01 December 2014 by MCN

This year’s Motorcycle Live closed its doors last night with organisers confirming a 10% rise in attendance compared with 2013, and visitors and exhibitors alike widely declaring the show one of the...

Yamaha announce 2015 YZF-R1 prices

01 December 2014 by Richard Newland

Yamaha have just released the prices of their all-new YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M, with the stock YZF-R1 setting you back £14,999, while the higher spec M version will cost £18,499. The stock bike is available...

Honda VFR800F: long-term test report

01 December 2014 by Phil West

A quick recap: I’m (mostly) a VFR man. I’ve ridden or tested all of ‘em over the past 25 years or so; had a lovely Mk II VFR750FL for a year back in the early ‘90s; owned the last of the 750s, a...

£315K Brough smashes world auction record

01 December 2014 by Phil West

An ultra-rare Brough Superior became the world’s most expensive motorcycle when it sold at auction in London yesterday (Sunday) for a world record £315,100. The machine, a 1929 Brough Superior 986cc...

“Please save Foggy” says Michaela Fogarty

01 December 2014 by Andy Downes

Carl Fogarty is one of four contestants facing the public vote in the jungle in I’m a Celebrity Get me out of here, with wife Michaela asking for help to save Foggy from being sent home. The telephone...

Husqvarna explained (sort of)

01 December 2014 by Phil West

If you’re anything like us, Husqvarna’s recent journey from Cagiva (off-roaders only) to BMW (with some new roadsters) to KTM ownership (back to off-roaders until, hang on, they’ve changed their...

MINI target two wheelers

30 November 2014 by Richard Newland

BMW-owned MINI have unveiled a two-wheeled electric scooter concept. The Citysurfer Concept combines the riding properties of a kick scooter with electric drive. The compact scoot is also foldable, so...

World Exclusive: Lotus C-01 superbikes ready to roll

30 November 2014 by Andy Downes

This is the world’s first look at the finished production version of the Lotus C-01 superbike, which was first revealed by MCN at the start of this year. When computer images of the C-01 were revealed...

MCN Pothole Campaign: Save our roads!

29 November 2014

David Cameron’s recent promise to spend £15bn building new roads in marginal constituencies got plenty of publicity. But it didn’t tackle the problem most of us face: the roads we’ve already got are...

Our Bikes: BMW K1

29 November 2014 by Andy Downes

MCN’s Andy Downes and his BMW K1 “I sense my wife is warming to it” His partner isn’t happy, his friends think he’s mad – but 25 years after falling for BMW’s futuristic sports-tourer, a massive red...

Ducati 899 Panigale: long term test report

29 November 2014 by Richard Newland

Ducati 899 Panigale, £12,495 Weight 193kg • Seat height: 830mm • Servicing: £215 (625miles) Miles to date 6473 • Average MPG 44.8mpg Value of mods to date: £5573.31 The highlights from my year to...

Sign our petition and help MCN save our roads!

29 November 2014

The road network is Britain’s most valuable asset (Action For Roads report, DfT), yet we currently spend less that 1% of the asset value maintaining it. Britain’s roads are in a woeful condition, and...

KTM plan new V-twins

29 November 2014 by Richard Newland

KTM are developing a new range of middleweight V-twin engines to plug the gap between the small capacity singles, and large-capacity V-twins already in production. The decision to build a new range of...

Bridgestone’s motocross activity reaches an Apex

29 November 2014 by MCN Staff

Bridgestone is so confident about the performance enhancing abilities of its X30 and X40 motocross tyres that it has organised a free day of testing, for riders of all abilities, at Apex Motocross in...

Busy day ahead on MCN stand at Motorcycle Live!

29 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

It’s a very busy day on the MCN stand at Motorcycle Live! First up on the autograph sessions is five time Sidecar World Champion Tim Reeves at 1400, followed by former BSB champion and Voltcom...

Yamaha ‘Yard Built XV950 Boltage

28 November 2014 by Phil West

This is Yamaha’s own new video chronicling the creation of its latest ‘Yard Built’ custom, an XV950 Bolt converted by the rather bizarrely-named ‘Benders’ custom house in The Netherlands. And yes,...

My Life in Bikes: Dave Myers

28 November 2014 by Andy Downes

One half of television’s Hairy Bikers, Myers is a lifelong motorcycle nut, with a seriously eclectic bike history. How did you get into biking, and what was your first bike? I first rode a bike when I...

Honda CB650F: long-term bike review

28 November 2014 by Alison Silcox

It’s been an absolute whirlwind of a summer and looking back I’ve had a fabulous time, clocking up the best part of 6000 miles on the Honda CB650F and with a plan to continue to ride through the...

BMW small bikes ‘will arrive in 2015’

28 November 2014 by MCN

BMW’s head of the motorcycles, Stephan Schaller, has confirmed to MCN that the rumoured range of sub-500cc bikes, built in conjunction with Indian firm TVS, is set to be unveiled in 2015. MCN has...

MCN Festival of Motorcycling 2015

27 November 2014 by MCN

To celebrate 60 years of MCN in 2015, we have created an all new event – the MCN Festival of Motorcycling. The festival will take place over the weekend of May 16-17 at the Peterborough Arena and will...

‘Rossi’s helmets are made here’

27 November 2014

MCN recently jumped on a charabanc over to Italy to visit the AGV helmet manufacturing plant at Mavet, near Padua in the north of the country. Having met with Luca Bertolo, project leader for AGV’s...

Under the skin of Rossi’s Dainese leathers

27 November 2014 by MCN News

“You love your suit because it must protect you those times – better if just a few – when you fall,” says Dainese’s most high-profile suit wearer, Valentino Rossi. “To have a Dainese suit was a dream,...

Spied: KTM Dukes get overhaul

27 November 2014 by Richard Newland

Spy shots have emerged that suggest KTM’s excellent naked Duke range is under further development, presumably to refresh the 2016 model range. The 125, 200 and 390 Dukes have been tricking into the...

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