New Motorcycles for 2024 and 2025

New motorcycles for 2024 - upcoming bike models and in-depth features from the world's best motorcycling publication, MCN.

From extreme in-line fours to hybrid nakeds, there’s a lot of new metal on offer during 2024, with more to come in 2025. MCN is first to give you all the breaking news and in-depth analysis.

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New Harleys on show at birthday bash

09 September 2003

HARLEY revealed its full 2004 model range at the weekend’s 100th anniversary celebrations in Milwaukee – but there were no great birthday surprises. The biggest change was to the Sportsters, which get...

Cafe racer Bonnie spied

09 September 2003

TRIUMPH’S new line-up doesn’t end with the Daytona 1300 revealed on page two – as this spy shot of the new cafe racer version of the Bonneville proves. MCN’s snappers caught it in action at...

200mph secret is out

09 September 2003

THESE are the exclusive first pictures of the 200mph bike Triumph is building to rival the Hayabusa and the ZX-12R. Triumph has continually denied the existence of a new 1300cc, four-cylinder...

ZX-12R updated for ’04

09 September 2003

Kawasaki’S high velocity ZX-12R has been updated with upside down forks and radially-mounted brakes for 2004. The changes bring the bike into line with the ZX-6R and ZX-10R (revealed in MCN last...

Reborn in the USA

09 September 2003

NORTON has promised it’ll be back more times than Arnie – but this latest attempt to revive the name looks like it might actually stand a chance of success. Kenny Dreer, who owns Norton America and...

Tough single takes XT into the future

02 September 2003

YAMAHA has replaced its air-cooled XT600E with a rugged new liquid-cooled machine with more power, up-to-the-minute styling and sharpened handling. The XT660-R becomes the latest in a long line of...

VN2000 is biggest twin yet

02 September 2003

THE new Kawasaki VN2000 cruiser will be the largest capacity V-twin to roll off a bike production line. The giant chrome-laden Kawasaki makes 120ftlb of torque and 95bhp. It doesn’t quite match the...

Kawasaki creates its ultimate superbike

02 September 2003

KAWASAKI has finally delivered the bike so many have waited so long for – a genuine top-drawer, no-compromise, balls-out machine to top anyone’s superbike wish-list. With 160bhp and weighing just...

Z750 is no poor relation

02 September 2003

THESE are the first official pictures of Kawasaki’s new Z750, the long-predicted, smaller capacity version of its Z1000 roadster. And despite an expected price of around £5000, it is much more than a...

2004 ZX-6RR gets major updates

02 September 2003

KAWASAKI has answered the prayers of racers around the world by updating the engine, fuel injection and chassis of its track-biased ZX-6RR. The RR was launched into the ultra-competitive supersport...

Streak is meaner for 2004

02 September 2003

Kawasaki’s custom-style Mean Streak cruiser gets the bigger 1552cc engine from the VN1600 in its update for 2004. But despite the extra 72cc over the outgoing 1470cc motor, its power stays unchanged...

First pictures of new Fazer 600s

15 July 2003

These are the first pictures of Yamaha’s new Fazer 600s. The spy pictures were taken close to Yamaha Europe’s Amsterdam base and show both faired and unfaired versions. Both bikes have new frames and...

World first tests: Two new Ducatis

15 April 2003

MCN has exclusively tested two of the most important new Ducatis to emerge in years. The 999R is the Italian firm’s most powerful production bike yet. And, after riding it on British roads, MCN’s Marc...

Testing the Triumph Bonneville Ace Replica

21 January 2003

There is, of course, only one place to take a Triumph Bonneville Ace Café Replica – the reborn Ace itself. London’s legendary biker caff of the ’50s and ’60s was rebuilt and reopened five years ago...

Two Schwantz Specials

21 January 2003

Ten years after GP legend Kevin Schwantz won the 500cc world championship, Crescent Suzuki are celebrating with two unbelievably quick specials. The Crescent/Hyside Hayabusa is a one-off, £20,500...

Daimler Chrysler unveils concept ‘bike’

07 January 2003

Car firm Daimler Chrysler has unveiled a 500hp concept ‘bike’ with a claimed top speed of 300mph. The four-wheeled, V-10 Dodge Tomahawk is ” about pure performance, in-the-face excitement and not...

Honda release Dream 50R

01 January 2003

Honda has released a racing version of its classic styled 50cc street racer, the Dream 50. The new race-spec Dream 50R echoes Honda racers of the 1960s but uses a modern twin-cam 49cc engine and ’60s...

Smaller Z1000 on the way

23 December 2002

Kawasaki will combine the ZX-6R 636cc engine with the Z1000 style to create a new bike for 2004. There will be few changes to the Z1000’s styling. A conventional single exhaust replaces the quartet of...

BMW Rockster set for March 2003

23 December 2002

BMW have decided put their BMW R1150 Rockster concept bike into production, and it will be arriving in March. The Rockster is based on the standard R1150R, with added extras from other bikes in the...

Aprilia cancels Blue Marlin

09 December 2002

WE all loved Aprilia’s café Racer Blue Marlin when it was shown last year… but the Italian firm has binned plans to put it into production. Aprilia’s engineers have been forced to give up their uphill...

Brand new American sportsbike on the way

09 December 2002

A new American sportsbike aims to compete with the biggest names in motorcycling. With Buell showing that cruisers are not the only bikes to be made in the US, former racer Dan Fischer has announced plans for the Fischer MR1000. The bike uses the Rotax V-997cc engine, the same engine used in the Aprilia Mille. Coincidentally Dan Fischer raced in an Aprilia series in the US, so he should know...