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.

Milan show video: Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200

Milan show video: Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200

Triumph’s new Tiger Explorer 1200 adventure bike has been unveiled at the Milan show. The Tiger Explorer is set to be the most powerful shaft-driven adventure tourer for the foreseeable future, with...

Milan Show: Moto Guzzi unveils new V7

Milan Show: Moto Guzzi unveils new V7

Moto Guzzi has unveiled two new versions of its V7 Roadster at the Milan show, both also powered by an updated version of its 750cc Transverse V-Twin.  The new engine is outwardly similar to the old...

Milan show video: R1200GS Rallye, G650GS Sertão and Husqvarna MOAB

Milan show video: R1200GS Rallye, G650GS Sertão and Husqvarna MOAB

MCN’s Executive Editor Phil West takes a look at the new bikes from BMW and Husqvarna that have been launched at the EICMA Milan motorcycle show. One new model unveiled by BMW is the R1200GS Rallye,...

Milan Show: Bimota reveal three new models

Milan Show: Bimota reveal three new models

Bimota were a surprise hit at the Milan show, with three all new-bikes. The DB10 is Bimota’s version of Ducati’s Hypermotard but with its own, tubular steel and aluminium frame.  The DB9 Brivido is an...

KTM Freeride video brilliantly sells appeal of electric dirtbikes

KTM Freeride video brilliantly sells appeal of electric dirtbikes

KTM has done the electric dirtbike industry a massive favour with its latest promo. The clip, which shows the lithe, ‘leccy Freeride E tearing up Barcelona from bedside to BMX track brilliantly...

Video: Ducati 1199 Panigale unveiled at Milan Show

Video: Ducati 1199 Panigale unveiled at Milan Show

Ducati finally took the covers off of their revolutionary new superbike – the 1199 Panigale at the Milan Show today, and MCN was there to capture the unveiling. The 195bhp, 190kg 1199 Panigale V-twin...

Triumph Tiger Explorer: 135bhp/£11,000ish

Triumph Tiger Explorer: 135bhp/£11,000ish

Triumph’s new Tiger Explorer will give its R1200GS rival a 135bhp mauling the firm has revealed. That makes the Explorer’s all-new 1200cc+ motor 35% more powerful than its German rival’s, at least for...

New BMW R1200GS Rallye for 2012

New BMW R1200GS Rallye for 2012

BMW has just released details of the new R1200GS Rallye for 2012. The model joins the rest of the best-selling GS range and follows the success of the R1200GS Triple Black from earlier this year. No...

Milan Show: Husqvarna unveils all new MOAB concept Scrambler

Milan Show: Husqvarna unveils all new MOAB concept Scrambler

Husqvarna has just unveiled this brand new Steve McQueen concept bike at the Milan Show. Powered by a 650 single, it’s got 60/70s inspired ‘On Any Sunday’ styling, including chrome detailed tank,...

MV Agusta Brutale 1090 RR revealed: Big power and adjustability

MV Agusta Brutale 1090 RR revealed: Big power and adjustability

MV Agusta has just released details from the Milan show of an addition to its 2012 Brutale range. The Brutale 1090 RR is the Italian company’s most powerful Brutale to date with a claimed peak power...

The Ducati 1199 Panigale files: 24 page supplement FREE in MCN

The Ducati 1199 Panigale files: 24 page supplement FREE in MCN

Ducati’s incredible new 1199 Panigale has just been unveiled, and MCN is the only publication in the world to be able to tell the full and exclusive inside story of the world’s most extreme...

24-page Ducati 1199 Panigale supplement in this week's MCN!

24-page Ducati 1199 Panigale supplement in this week's MCN!

Ducati’s incredible new 1199 Panigale has just been unveiled, and MCN is the only publication in the world to be able to tell the full and exclusive inside story of the world’s most extreme v-twin.

MV reveals finished Brutale 675 - £7999 in the UK

MV reveals finished Brutale 675 - £7999 in the UK

MV Agusta has officially taken the wraps off the Brutale 675 for the first time with the Triumph Street Triple rival confirmed as being priced at £7999 in the UK. The Brutale shares the same basic...

MV F3 675 – full details released

MV F3 675 – full details released

MV’s forthcoming and mouth-watering new supersports, the F3 675, will be the most sophisticated, tech-laden supersports ever when it finally goes on sale next month. The Italian firm has at long last...

Ultra-lightweight Ducati-powered NCR weighs just 126kg

Ultra-lightweight Ducati-powered NCR weighs just 126kg

This Monster-powered, featherweight racer is the M4 One Shot, the latest beauty from Bologna-based bike builders NCR. Using the same basic geometry and concept as the firm’s 1000 Millona race bike,...

Moto Guzzi V75 Lario

Moto Guzzi V75 Lario

Here’s my idea idea for a small, sporty Moto Guzzi, with classic styling.

BMW adds QR codes to prototypes

BMW adds QR codes to prototypes

BMW is now incorporating QR codes into the camouflaging used on disguised road-going prototypes, so sharp-eyed and curious onlookers can use their smartphones to scan the codes and go to an official...

2012 Triumph Speed Triple R gallery

2012 Triumph Speed Triple R gallery

Triumph’s best-selling and class-leading super naked, the Speed Triple 1050 has only ever really lacked one thing – a taste of the exotic. But for 2012 even that’s changed with the introduction of...

Indian Racing Horse concept

Indian Racing Horse concept

Here’s my concept idea for a sports bike made by Indian.

2012 GSX-R1000: bigger midrange, new brakes and better fuel economy

2012 GSX-R1000: bigger midrange, new brakes and better fuel economy

Suzuki’s 2012 GSX-R1000 gets new Brembo Monobloc brakes, more midrange power and is 2kg lighter than this year’s model. Though Suzuki list dozens of changes to the outgoing model, the majority are...

Honda Integra promises low running costs

Honda Integra promises low running costs

Honda has just released full details on the new dual-clutch Integra maxi-scooter including a claimed 76mpg fuel consumption figure (250 mile tank range) and reduced service costs with an 8000 mile...

Speed Triple gets the ‘R’ treatment

Speed Triple gets the ‘R’ treatment

These are the first pictures of Triumph’s hotly-rumoured, new-for-2012 Speed Triple R – a special, uprated version of its best-selling super naked. Following in the footsteps of Triumph’s previous...

New Triumph ‘Steve McQueen edition’ debuts

New Triumph ‘Steve McQueen edition’ debuts

This special-edition version of the Bonneville, dubbed the ‘Steve McQueen Edition’ has just been unveiled by Triumph and will go on sale in 2012 – but only while stocks last. The bike has been...

New Triumph Tiger Explorer revealed

New Triumph Tiger Explorer revealed

Triumph has just released the first official pictures of its hugely-anticipated all-new adventure bike – the ‘Tiger Explorer’. The newcomer has been expected for over a year. MCN published the first...

Fully updated Kawasaki ER-6n sets new standard

Fully updated Kawasaki ER-6n sets new standard

When we learnt that Kawasaki wasn’t just giving its popular ER6 range a slight update for 2012 but was almost completely revising them, first we wondered if it was strictly necessary. After all, both...

2012 BMW S1000RR first ride

2012 BMW S1000RR first ride

BMW’s significantly updated S1000RR is currently being tested at its world launch at Valencia, Spain. Senior Road Tester, Adam Child, is there on behalf of MCN and has just completed his third...

New 2012 BMW S1000RR tech details

New 2012 BMW S1000RR tech details

Just two years after BMW launched the class-leading 1000cc sportsbike the firm has given the bike a long list of changes aimed at improved handling, more mid-range torque and improved throttle...

Honda confirms Crosstourer as 2012 model

Honda confirms Crosstourer as 2012 model

Honda has just announced that, as expected, its all-new V4 adventure bike, the Crosstourer, which was unveiled in prototype form at last year’s Milan Show WILL be going into production next year. The...

New 2012 BMW S1000RR ridden

New 2012 BMW S1000RR ridden

MCN’s Adam Child is amongst the first journalists in the world to ride the new 2012 BMW S1000RR. It has a long list of minor revisions that are currently being evaluated and we will be able to give...

KTM unveils ‘Freeride 350’

KTM unveils ‘Freeride 350’

Say hello to KTM’s new ‘Freeride’, a road-legal, ‘fun’, dirt bike powered by a 350cc single and weighing just 99kg. It’s been announced in advance of the Milan Show where it will receive its official...

New Aprilia SRV850 superscoot debuts

New Aprilia SRV850 superscoot debuts

Aprilia has just released this picture of its new maxi-scoot – the SRV850. It’s basically an updated, face-lifted version of sister-company Gilera’s GP800. The Noale firm took a similar approach...

Big Sur Endurance

Big Sur Endurance

Here’s my design for an old-school endurance-styled bike.

Honda launches 2012 CBR1000RR Fireblade mini-site

Honda launches 2012 CBR1000RR Fireblade mini-site

Honda has opened a mini-website dedicated to the new 2012 Fireblade. It promises to tell the full story of the bike which will mark the 20th anniversary of the Fireblade series next year. Honda is...

Kawasaki refuses to deny new Versys 1000 adventure bike

Kawasaki refuses to deny new Versys 1000 adventure bike

Kawasaki is refusing to deny the authenticity of a new 1000cc Versys that appears in spy shots emerging from French online motorcycle magazine Moto-Net.com, saying simply it ‘has no details’ about the...

MV Agusta F3 prices confirmed

MV Agusta F3 prices confirmed

MV Agusta has just announced the price and availability of its 2012 models including the eagerly awaited new F3 and F3 Brutale. As expected, the F3 sportster – a direct rival for the Triumph 675...

New ZZR1400: “Fastest accelerating production bike”

New ZZR1400: “Fastest accelerating production bike”

The 2012 ZZR1400 will be the fastest production bike in the world off the line, according to manufacturer Kawasaki. Specifications haven’t been officially revealed but sources in Japan say power is in...