Used buyers' guide: Winter warmers

Published: 05 January 2024

This week we look at the best used bikes for soaking up the hard winter miles and ensuring you arrive at your
destination ready for the day ahead.

They may not be the most alluring bikes out there, but who wants to ride a Panigale V4 when the temperature is in single figures and the road covered in wet leaves?

When it comes to the winter months, it’s time to wrap up warm and pick a bike that prioritises practicality over kerb appeal. Here’s our pick of the best two-wheeled winter warmers.

£5000-£9000: Honda Crossrunner (2015-21)

Overlooked VFR sibling will make light work of winter

Effectively a VFR800F on stilts (it sits 25mm taller on its suspension), the Crossrunner is a semiadventure
bike that was generally overlooked due to its quirky styling…

By Jon Urry

MCN contributor, original 916 & R1-owner, human Labrador, thoroughly nice bloke. Working for over 20 years in the motorcycle industry, Jon not only has an encyclopaedic knowledge of bikes, but has also interviewed many key players in the motorcycle industry, including designers, factory bosses and legendary racers. Still a passionate motorcyclist with child-like enthusiasm for two-wheels, Jon has a collection of both modern and classic bikes that he maintains himself and he writes a weekly column in MCN (newspaper) about used bikes and the state of the motorcycle market.