2009

Year: 2009

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Inside the technology of the VFR1200F

16 October 2009 by Andy Downes

Inside the technology of the VFR1200F

Honda has spent years developing the technology making up the new VFR1200F – some of it will only be making an appearance on future versions – but this is the first close look at the technology of...

VFR1200F test rider speaks

14 October 2009 by Andy Downes

VFR1200F test rider speaks

Honda test rider Dave Hancock is adamant the new VFR1200F is so good it will change the world of bikes for the next decade. More info on the Honda VFR1200 Hancock has been a Honda test rider for the...

2010 Ducati Multistrada squares up against GS

14 October 2009 by Marc Potter

2010 Ducati Multistrada squares up against GS

These latest exclusive pictures of Ducati’s new 2010 Multistrada show the Italian firm is going straight after sales of BMW’s R1200GS. The extreme test conducted on a motocross track was spotted by...

Video: Kawasaki Europe releases proper 2010 Z1000 vid

09 October 2009 by Chris Newbiggingh

Video: Kawasaki Europe releases proper 2010 Z1000 vid

Kawasaki Europe has responded to the dull-as-dishwater Kawasaki America video for the 2010 Z1000 with a much better advert for the new bike. The European video starts with a minute of wheelies, skids...

10th Anniversary Yamaha TMAX WHITE MAX

08 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

10th Anniversary Yamaha TMAX WHITE MAX

To celebrate 10 years of the Yamaha TMAX 500 maxi-scooter, the firm is released a limited-edition white version. Technically the scooter is the same 500cc parallel twin as the 2008/2009 model, but...

New Yamaha BW’s 125 for 2010

08 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

New Yamaha BW’s 125 for 2010

Yamaha is adding a 125cc four-stroke version of the long-running BW’s to its scooter range for 2010. The BW’s 125 has an air-cooled single-cylinder four-stroke engine, and has the same short...

2010 Yamaha FZ1 and FZ1 Fazer

08 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

2010 Yamaha FZ1 and FZ1 Fazer

Yamaha’s FZ1 and FZ1 Fazer will only get a new ECU map for ‘increased drivability’ for the 2010 model year – the rest of the bike remains technically unchanged. Yamaha says: “For 2010 both the FZ1 and...

2010 Yamaha R6 official picture

08 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

2010 Yamaha R6 official picture

Yamaha has confirmed the only changes to the 2010 Yamaha R6 are a revised ECU map and a new, longer exhaust can. The new mapping is claimed to give smoother acceleration – other wise the bike is...

Kawasaki’s boring video for 2010 Z1000

08 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Kawasaki’s boring video for 2010 Z1000

The 2010 Kawasaki Z1000 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting and interesting bikes of 2010 – but watch as Kawasaki completely undersell the machine in this official video. Kawasaki...

New British bike firm wants to hear from you!

08 October 2009 by Laura Kennerley

New British bike firm wants to hear from you!

You’ve still got time to have your say about which motor new British bike firm Mac sticks in its first bike. The company had planned to use the 500cc Buell Blast single in its range of four...

Did I design the new Rocket III Roadster

07 October 2009 by od-DD

Did I design the new Rocket III Roadster

Here’s a small extract from an article I wrote for the OD-Racing website 3 years ago. As you can see I saw Triumph’s new Rocket III Roadster coming, although I called it the Super Rocket III. As I...

MV Agusta’s sneak preview of restyled 2010 F4 superbike

07 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

MV Agusta’s sneak preview of restyled 2010 F4 superbike

MV Agusta has released this darkened studio picture of the new 2010 F4 superbike ahead of the official reveal on November 8. MV Agustas for sale MV is keeping tight-lipped about the exact nature of...

Hours until MCN reveals Honda VFR1200F

07 October 2009 by Andy Downes

Hours until MCN reveals Honda VFR1200F

Motorcycle News will be bringing all of the images and information about the new Honda VFR1200F in just two hours (11am UK time) when the bike is officially launched by the Japanese firm. MCN has been...

BMW unveils C1-E scooter prototype

06 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

BMW unveils C1-E scooter prototype

BMW has revealed pictures of a new electric enclosed scooter prototype – the C1-E. Based on the design for the discontinued C1, the concept is updated with a lighter rollover cage covered with clear...

MCN Exclusive: 2010 Victory UK range revealed and ridden

05 October 2009 by Chris Newbigging

MCN Exclusive: 2010 Victory UK range revealed and ridden

This is the exclusive first look at Victory’s Europe-specific 2010 range two months before you’ll see them anywhere else – and MCN has ridden them too. Victory motorcycles for sale The bikes were...

Triumph Rocket III Roadster first ride impressions

05 October 2009 by Trevor Franklin

Triumph Rocket III Roadster first ride impressions

The UK launch of Triumph’s Rocket III Roadster is under way this what MCN’s chief road tester Trevor Franklin has to say about it… Although not a completely new machine, the Roadster is a brave...

Revamped Kawasaki Versys for 2010

05 October 2009 by Andy Downes

Revamped Kawasaki Versys for 2010

Kawasaki‘s brilliant Versys has been given a new look with different lights and new bodywork. The updates to the often over-looked Versys come a year after the rest of the ER-6 range was revamped and...

MCN will reveal Honda VFR1200F in one week

01 October 2009 by Andy Downes

MCN will reveal Honda VFR1200F in one week

Motorcycle News will be bringing you of the images and information about the new Honda VFR1200F in just one week when the bike is officially launched by the Japanese firm. MCN has been at the...

New 2010 Tokyo Show bikes break cover

01 October 2009 by Andy Downes

New 2010 Tokyo Show bikes break cover

All these new bikes will be seen at the Tokyo Motor Show in about 10 days time – but we’ve managed to get a sneaky early glimpse. Highlights include a Yamaha SR400, a fuel cell Suzuki Burgman, a 400cc...

2010 Honda CB1100 production bike revealed

30 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

2010 Honda CB1100 production bike revealed

These leaked pictures finally reveal the production-spec Honda CB1100 plus an unseen café-racer concept. The two CB1100s will be revealed officially at the Tokyo show next week alongside an electric...

2010 Moto Guzzi Aquila Nera California, Nevada and Bellagio

30 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

2010 Moto Guzzi Aquila Nera California, Nevada and Bellagio

Moto Guzzi is adding matt-black ‘Aquila Nera’ models to the California, Nevada and Bellagio models for 2010. Moto Guzzis for sale The technical side of the bikes is unchanged – the difference only...

Countdown to New Brutale 990R and 1090RR first ride

29 September 2009 by MCN

Countdown to New Brutale 990R and 1090RR first ride

MCN’s Senior Road Tester is in Italy for the launch of MV Agusta’s new Brutale 990R and 1090RR. He says: “We’ve just arrived close to Misano race track near Rimini in Italy, where tomorrow we get to...

Video: Honda V4 test rider's thoughts revealed

29 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Video: Honda V4 test rider's thoughts revealed

Honda test rider Dave Hancock features in the latest Honda VFR1200 promo video, in which he claims the bike’s most at home on twisty roads, where its effortless torque makes it fast for a rider of...

Video: 2010 MV Agusta Brutale 990 and 1080

29 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Video: 2010 MV Agusta Brutale 990 and 1080

This is MV Agusta’s official promotional video for the new Brutale 990 and 1080 released as MCN’s Michael Neeves flies out to test the bike. We’ll post our first test as soon as we’ve ridden the bike...

2010 Triumph Rocket III: more power, torque, ABS and a new name

28 September 2009 by Guy Procter

2010 Triumph Rocket III: more power, torque, ABS and a new name

Triumph‘s 2300cc Rocket has more power, more torque, ABS as standard, a different riding position and a new name – making it the Hinckley firm’s most dramatically uprated bike in 2010. The...

2010 Triumph Tiger SE gets ABS as standard

28 September 2009 by Guy Procter

2010 Triumph Tiger SE gets ABS as standard

The new-for-2010 Triumph Tiger SE gets a host of spec upgrades to keep it competitive in 2010. ABS is standard for the first time, with the choice of two exclusive colour schemes (matt black and matt...

2010 Triumph Sprint is last of the 'real' sports-tourers

28 September 2009 by Guy Procter

2010 Triumph Sprint is last of the 'real' sports-tourers

Triumph’s Sprint ST will be the last sports-tourer standing in 2010, and to celebrate it’ll wear this refreshingly un-muted Tornado Red paintscheme. It’ll be the last of the sport-tourer genre as...

New colours for Triumph Street Triple, Street Triple R and Daytona

28 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

New colours for Triumph Street Triple, Street Triple R and Daytona

Triumph is leaving the Daytona 675 and Street Triple unchanged for 2009 with new colours to keep the MCN test winners looking fresh. The Street Triple R keeps the same Daytona 675-sourced frame and...

Motus MST-01 is brutal US rival to new Honda V4

25 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Motus MST-01 is brutal US rival to new Honda V4

The US firm co-founded by the man behind the Confederate Wraith will launch a brutal rival to Honda’s new VFR1200 in 2011. The Motus MST-01 packs a an all-new 1400+ cc across-the-frame engine with an...

New cheaper Aprilia RSV4-R is £2500 less than Factory version

25 September 2009 by Andy Downes

New cheaper Aprilia RSV4-R is £2500 less than Factory version

Aprilia has revealed a new, cheaper version of the stunning RSV4 superbike. The RSV4-R keeps the 180bhp V4 motor and high tech fly-by-wire systems of the RSV4 Factory, but has lower specification...

Aprilia RSV4-R official video

24 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Aprilia RSV4-R official video

This official Aprilia video has just appeared ahead of tomorrow’s launch of the new cheaper Aprilia RSV4-R superbike which will cost over £3500 less than the Factory version. Aprilia motorcycles for...

Two new Kawasaki 125cc motorcycles

24 September 2009 by Andy Downes

Two new Kawasaki 125cc motorcycles

Kawasaki has introduced its first 125cc four-stroke road bike since the BN125 cruiser. The all-new air-cooled engine will power the new KLX125 and D-Tracker supermoto 125. Choosing a 125cc...

Gordon Murray reveals: "The new 916 Ducati asked me to design"

23 September 2009 by Guy Procter

Gordon Murray reveals: "The new 916 Ducati asked me to design"

Ducati could have had an ultralight, carbon-framed roadgoing superbike years before its GP9 debuted the technology in MotoGP – and a sexier successor to the 998 than the unloved 999. Gordon Murray,...

Rever Corsa’s £33k all-carbon Ducati 1198

23 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

Rever Corsa’s £33k all-carbon Ducati 1198

This is the first picture of the ultimate Ducati 1198 – the £33,000 carbon-fibre clad Rever Corsa 1198 Nero Strada. Just ten of the stunning machines will be built in either road or race spec.

New Ducati Hypermotard 796

23 September 2009 by Chris Newbigging

New Ducati Hypermotard 796

This is the new Ducati Hypermotard 796, with an all-new engine and a lighter, lower chassis. Ducati’s says the air-cooled two-valve v-twin is an all new engine, though in reality the 81bhp engine...

Malaguti Moto 2 bike

22 September 2009 by Oberdan Bezzi

Malaguti Moto 2 bike

The new Moto 2 racing class could give smaller manufacturers the chance to build a race bike. Here’s what I htink Malagutis Moto 2 race bike could look like.