November
06 Ducati Monster S4RS
11 November 2005
Ducati’s 130bhp Monster S4RS Testastretta made its debut before the world’s press at the Milan Bike Show in Italy on Tuesday (Nov 15). And we were there to bring you the first pictures as it was...
Kawasaki extend cover
11 November 2005
A new warranty scheme from Kawasaki enables you to extend your cover for up to two years, and also transfer the warranty to new owners during the same period. The Warranty Plus scheme covers boths...
F4 Senna 1000 for 06
11 November 2005
MV Agusta has officially unveiled the new 1000cc version of its F4 Senna at the Milan Bike Show. It’s the fastest bike yet to carry Ayrton Senna’s name – after it was previously used on the Ducati...
Find Ducati dealers - fast
11 November 2005
We’ve added Ducati to our searchable list of dealers, so you can find your local bike shop quickly and easily. You can choose to search for dealers for a specific brand in our Dealer Locator...
Honda concepts at Milan
11 November 2005
Honda has shown its mad scooter-come-bike concepts for the first time outside Japan at the Milan bike show. As well as its new range of bikes launched at the Paris bike show Honda brought along the...
New bolt-ons for Breva
04 November 2005
The £6999 Moto Guzzi Breva V1100 is now available on 0% finance over 12 months until December 31 – which might just give you the spare cash to splash on a new range of bolt-ons for to go with it. All...
More new Harleys for '06
04 November 2005
Harley-Davidson has released the details for the retro FXDBI Street Bob, the lower XL Sportster 1200L, and the limited-production FXDI 35th Anniversary Super Glide for 2006. The Street Bob and Super...
NEC - live on your PC
01 November 2005
The NEC Bike Show has opened in Birmingham. Keep checking this story for new links (below right) bringing you the latest news from the show as it happens – including news of a new BMW, two new Ducatis...
Bid for General Lee Duke
01 November 2005
Winchester dealer Moto Rapido is selling a unique Ducati in Dukes of Hazzard colours on MCN Auctions. The General Lee-inspired paintwork is on a brand new Multistrada 620. It’s been dubbed the Dukes...
Dirt rider kicks off
24 November 2004
The Dirt Rider Expo kicked off yesterday with even more manufacturers and even more stars attracting riders to the Stoneleigh Park show, near Coventry. There is enough to keep anyone happy for hours...
New BMWs break cover
24 November 2004
These are the first official pictures of the new BMW R1200RT and R1200ST, which the German firm plans to launch early next year. Both bikes are based on the Boxer engine from the R1200GS and are...
Vespa as work of art
17 November 2004
Fancy getting your hands on a one off Vespa with a paint scheme by one the of the UK’s top artists? Then get down to the Art Vespa Auction next Tuesday for a choice of five. The paint schemes might...
Flying bike could take off
17 November 2004
What do you do when you’re stuck in the queue to leave Brands world superbikes? Easy! Flick a switch and turn your bike into a helicopter… That’s the radical “personal transport” solution from Dutch...
KTM Super Duke tested
17 November 2004
KTM’s Super Duke goes straight to the top of the ‘super nakeds’ tree. That’s our verdict after the world first test ride on the first 100% road-focused bike from the Austrian firm. Our full report,...
Readers in blind R6 test
17 November 2004
What better way to try out the new 2005 Yamaha R6 than come along and test it for MCN. Well that’s exactly what four of our readers did today. With no radical redesign of the R6 for 2005 we wanted to...
October bike sales rise
10 November 2004
New bike sales of “Adventure” category bikes are up by 53% and custom bike sales are up by 27% compared with the same time last year. The strong growth in interest in bikes such as BMW’s R1200GS in...
NEC Show countdown
01 November 2004
The International Motorcycle and Scooter Show (that’s the NEC to most of us) is your first chance to see all the new bikes and products for 2005 in the UK, and the opening day is just two days away. ...
Find out what GP bikes are really like to ride
04 November 2003
MCN’s Trevor Franklin has just finished testing the cream of the MotoGP crop in Spain. He’s ridden Rossi’s Honda RC211V, the Yamaha M1 and the Ducati Desmosedici, just days after the season...
NEC Show: Triumph Daytona 600, Ducati 999R
11 November 2002
Triumph has just revealed these first official pictures of its new Daytona 600. We’ll have more details and pictures shortly… Ducati’s new 999R Ducati has just kicked off the NEC Show with a stunning...
Coming soon: Exclusive ZX-6R video
11 November 2002
Click on to www.motorcyclenews.com on Wednesday November 13 for your first chance to see and hear what life is like behind the screen of a screaming 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R. MCN’s Keith Farr strapped a...
Suzuki plans new Corona-rep 600
04 November 2002
Suzuki is set to launch an Alstare Corona replica of its GSX-R600 next spring. It’ll be the first time the latest shape GSX-R600 has been available in the colours of the factory’s World Supersport...
We ride: 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R
04 November 2002
MCN’s Keith Farr has just stepped off the new Kawasaki ZX-6R he’s been riding on the blisteringly hot Tarmac at the Malaysian circuit of Sepang. Here’s his first impressions… You can read more from...
Forget the GSX-R and R6, this CBR is the ultimate 600
25 November 2001
A HONDA CBR600 that costs £17,000 might sound a bit pricey – but its maker reckons this one’s a bargain. And as that maker is the Castrol Honda World Supersport team, and the cost of the parts and...
Four stroke Yamaha gives Max power in tests
25 November 2001
MAX BIAGGI and Malboro Yamaha team mate Carlos Checa have spoken to MCN after wrapping up their behind-closed-doors test of their new four stroke GP bike. Checa and Biaggi were joined by test rider...
Bostrom and Bayliss 998 replicas ready for Europe
25 November 2001
Ducati have already unveiled the Ben Bostrom replica 998 in the US, but now it’s coming to Europe, and so is World Champion Troy Bayliss’s replica. But while we’ll be getting the 136bhp 998S engine,...
First shots from Yamaha’s four stroke GP test
25 November 2001
This stunning shot is one of the first pictures to emerge from Yamaha’s secret test of their new four stroke GP bike, the M1. It was snapped by our photographer while Max Biaggi, Carlos Checa and test...
Wow! Look what Yoshimura has done to the GSX-R1000
18 November 2001
Yoshimura’s new Tornado S-1 is based around the MCN Award-winning Suzuki GSX-R1000 but little of the original remains untouched. The engine’s compression has been raised from 12.0:1 to 13.2:1 by...
Ducati launch Bayliss rep
18 November 2001
Ducati is going to launch a road-going replica of World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss’ machine. It will be a 998 with the red Infostrada paintscheme, not the silver one the Aussie rode in the final...
Thinking of buying or selling a bike?
11 November 2001
If you’re thinking of buying or selling a bike you’ve come to the right site. If you are looking to buy you have access to an unrivalled archive of information combined with enviable contact with...
It’s AKA a motorcycle…
11 November 2001
The NEC Show features plenty of jaw-dropping models, but few are quite as ” stand-out ” as this machine from AKA Design. But we want to hear what you think of it. The Hitchin, Herts-based firm...
First ride on Yamaha’s Road Star Warrior
04 November 2001
Yamaha’s new Road Star Warrior is no ordinary cruiser. With a mere 2000rpm displayed on the LCD tachometer (an arc of blocks which sweep around an analogue-style scale) the bike punches forward with a...
Kawasaki seeks out new niches
04 November 2001
Kawasaki has found a new niche – retro bikes that are only legal to ride on the road in the daytime (that’s about seven hours a day in the UK right now). One is a 1970s-style grasstracker. It looks...
Cannondale coming to the UK
04 November 2001
U.S. manufacturer Cannondale is starting to bring its off-road bikes to the UK. The 2002 range continues to feature the hand-welded, twin-spar aluminium frames seen on the 2001 bikes rather than the...
Honda considers offering tailor-made bikes
04 November 2001
Honda is considering a scheme to offer a choice of engines, bodywork and paintwork options to hang on a one-size-fits-all frame. The scheme could hit UK dealers as early as 2004. And while it’s...
Sound added to world’s first test of Benelli superbike
04 November 2001
Updated with soundfile at 2pm, November 9, 2001: MCN’s Marc Potter has been riding the Benelli Tornado WSB bike to bring us this world’s first report on what it’s like. He’s also gathered news of the...