December

Delays for K1200S?

15 December 2004

Deliveries of the new BMW K1200S have been delayed until March 2005 due to camshaft problems. If you’ve got one of the German superbikes on order, we’d like to hear from you. Please email...

Royal Enfield has launched a full dress version of the Bullet Sixty-5 model to showcase accessories available for their most popular model. The bolt-ons can also be bought separately and consist of...

GP for Moto-Roma

15 December 2004

Moto-Roma has topped off its scooter range with the launch of the new 125cc Grand Prix. The four-stroke scooter is aimed at the budget commuter market with a price tag of just under £1400. And UK import, Barrus, asked the Italian firm to supply all of the GP 125s coming to the UK with heated grips making it ideal for the winter ride to work. The scooter will also come with a free 12-month...

New boss for Harley

08 December 2004

Harley chief Jeffrey L Bleustein has decided to retire next year, on April 30, 2005. The 65-year-old will remain as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and his successor as Chief Executive Officer...

2005 Bandit: First test

01 December 2004

MCN road tester Adam Child has just got back from the first test of the new 650cc Suzuki Bandit and reckons it will make a great first bike. Despite the 50cc rise in capacity the new Bandit gets no...

MGS-01 going fast

01 December 2004

If you want to be one of the five people in the UK to own one of Moto Guzzi’s exclusiv MGS-01 Corsa track bikes then you’d better move fast. Five of the bikes will be delivered to the UK next week...

05 Hornet 600 unveiled

01 December 2004

Honda unveiled a new-for-2005 Hornet in Italy on Wednesday night (December 1). It now has upside-down forks – the only machine in the naked 600cc class to have them. They’re adjustable for preload. ...

First test: 05 ZX-6R

01 December 2004

MCN Road tester Trevor Franklin has just stepped off the 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R with a big grin on his face and he got straight on the phone from the world launch in Almeria, Spain, to tell us all about...

New Italian V-twins

01 December 2004

MotoMorini has used the Bologna Motorshow to officially launch its long awaited new bikes. The 9 ½ and the Corsaro 1200 have been on the cards since the company relaunched a year ago but this is the...