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300mph, jet-assisted Hayabusa: meet the Bullet 1236

23 June 2011 by Guy Procter

So this is the theory: a bike could go a lot faster on the straights if it didn’t have wheels dragging on the ground. The solution? A small jet engine and a few subtle wings contributing enough thrust...

£1240-worth of goodies with new Harley-Davidson XR1200s

22 June 2011 by Phil West

Harley-Davidson are offering – for a limited period – performance and cosmetic goodies worth at total of £1240 with purchases of its XR1200X. The offer, introduced to coincide with the current XR1200...

Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak Special Edition first impressions

22 June 2011 by MCN News team

Ducati’s new special edition Pikes Peak version of its 1200S Multistrada is about to arrive in dealers and MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves is currently getting a first ride, exclusively for MCN.

Suzuki leaks new 650 V-Strom by mistake

22 June 2011 by Andy Downes

Suzuki has accidentally leaked full details of the new DL650 V-Strom revealing at last what the finished bike will look like with full technical details. The details show a bike that has been given a...

2012 Husqvarna enduro models revealed

17 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Revitalised BMW-owned Husqvarna has released details of its updated 2012 range of enduro bikes. Each gets new graphics, new black chassis and new silver wheels while the TE250 and TE310 four-stroke...

Husqvarna designer explains new 900

16 June 2011 by Andy Downes

Spy shots of the new Husqvarna 900 were revealed earlier this week in MCN but now the Italian firm has released a video where a designer explains what the new bike is all about. The video explains how...

Most powerful Benelli TNT ever with TNT160R

15 June 2011 by Andy Downes

The Benelli TNT range also gets this TNT160R model which has a 160bhp version of the 1130cc inline triple engine along with a series of changes to the frame, mapping and brakes seen on the Century...

Video: BMW K1600GTL speed testing

15 June 2011 by MCN

We investigate 8 things that you never knew about the BMW K1600GTL in this week’s MCN. One of those things is that the big Bavarian tourer is bloody fast. The K1600GTL does 137.62mph. We know – we...

Bimota TB-3 Fun Triple 675

15 June 2011 by Oberdan Bezzi

This is the third model from the marriage between Triumph and Bimota. The TB-3 Fun Triple 675.

Will Suzuki's new middleweight live up to its own hype?

15 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Suzuki has released yet more (blurred) teaser pics of its new ‘middleweight motorcycle’ – almost certainly a new V-Strom 650. Something about the way Suzuki is drip-feeding these images suggests a...

New EBR 1190RS on sale in UK in 2011

15 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Magnesium wheels, 175bhp, 97ft-lb, 176kg, all-carbon bodywork, £27k, plans for three more new models…. THIS is how you bounce back from a breakup you even managed to lose your name in. And it’ll be on...

MV Agusta F3 first ride: "Unusual but intuitive" says designer Adrian Morton

14 June 2011 by Guy Procter

The designer of MV’s new F3 Adrian Morton has told MCN what the bike is like to ride. Naturally he thinks it’s good, but given it’s his first ever ride on the machine he styled, and he’s a regular...

New MV Agusta F3-based ‘Hypermotard’ in the works

14 June 2011 by Guy Procter

MV Agusta F3 designer Morton says a third F3-based bike – in addition to the expected naked Brutale variant, styled by an Italian colleague – is in the works. He tells MCN: “Since concluding the F3, I...

MV Agusta F3: How it could have looked, how it does sound

14 June 2011 by Guy Procter

MV Agusta’s radically small, sexy and advanced new triple – which is heard for the first time in this video from an MV owners group event in Italy – started life in even more extreme form, its British...

Husqvarna 900 spy shots in today’s MCN

14 June 2011 by Andy Downes

Spy photographs of the new Husqvarna 900 grabbed outside a BMW testing facility in Munich, Germany show the new Husqvarna 900cc parallel-twin undergoing endurance testing on the road. Italian firm...

Ducati Diavel sold out until September

10 June 2011 by Andy Downes

Almost 5000 of Ducati’s ground-changing Diavel performance cruiser have been built to date with the bike sold out in most major markets until September with Ducati taking almost £69 million in revenue...

Norton confirm 2012 Senior TT race bid

10 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Norton boss Stuart Garner has just confirmed on Radio TT that Norton will be back at the TT next year with an all-new 1000cc V4 prototype to race in the Senior. “We need to race at the TT,” said...

Ducati launches £1000 discount voucher on 1198 and 1198SP

09 June 2011 by Andy Downes

Ducati has launched a new £1000 discount voucher for anyone buying a new 1198 or 1198SP model bought before August 31 to spend in dealers on Ducati Performance accessories or apparel. The 1198 now...

Why the new Husqvarna 900 should worry rivals?

09 June 2011 by Andy Downes

Italian manufacturer Husqvarna is months away from unveiling a 100bhp 900cc parallel-twin naked bike which uses proven BMW technology but designed around a new look. Husqvarna is wholly owned by BMW...

Rutter on MotoCzysz: “When the batteries have full power it’s just mind-blowing”

09 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Czysz – the man behind the innovative MotoCzysz electric bike – has defended claims that his all-new 2011 E1pc produces a theoretical 200bhp. But he admits, that for the purposes of the TT...

BMW unveils new S1000RR finance deals

09 June 2011 by Andy Downes

BMW has released details of three new offers on the class-leading BMW S1000RR superbike which gives the option of 0% finance, £1000 worth of performance parts or £1000 dealer cash saving on BMW...

Why artists should stay away from bikes. Especially Ducati 1198s

08 June 2011 by Guy Procter

A Danish artist has produced 10 special edition Ducati 1198s under the title ‘Kill me Fast’. Of the £62,500 bikes Kristian von Hornsleth says: “It is precisely the bikes’ blend of beauty, speed and...

What KTM taught Bajaj about promoting its new Pulsar 220

08 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Paint it orange, ride it lairy: it’s a tried and trusted sales technique for KTM, whose partnership with Indian giant Bajaj has yielded the new Duke 125 and access to a wonderfully cost-efficient...

New Suzuki V-Strom 650 adventure bike teaser pics

08 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Suzuki has let out two more tantalising images of its new adventure bike, the all-new V-Strom 650. The illustrations are scarcely more informative than the Sound of Music-style mountain scene in the...

Why the MotoCzysz E1pc is a dead cert to win, but makes nothing like 200bhp

06 June 2011 by Guy Procter

MotoCzysz’s ‘200bhp’ E1pc will undoubtedly win the 2011 TT Zero race barring mishap, but its 142.8mph top speed tells a different story to its press bumf, its practice performance reveals. The speed,...

2011 Motoczysz E1PC – M1cha3l Rutt3r's 200bhp digital watch

03 June 2011 by Guy Procter

This is the bike Michael Rutter wil ride in this year’s electric TT, though if MotoCzysz had it their way no doubt it would be the Digital TT. Because what with all the over-promising and...

Bimota TB-2 675

03 June 2011 by Oberdan Bezzi

Here’s my vision of what a naked 675cc Bimota could be like if they partnered with Triumph. The TB-2 as I’ve named it would use Triumph’s 675cc triple to compete against the upcoming MV Agusta Brutale...

Tiger 800 fastest-selling Triumph for a decade

03 June 2011 by Guy Procter

The Tiger 800 has become the fastest-selling new Triumph in over a decade. The Hinckley firm shifted 700 Tiger 800s and XCs in just the first four months of 2011. It’s a timely riposte to BMW, whose...

New TE 125 two-stroke spearheads Husaberg's all-enduro 2012 range

01 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Husaberg has revealed an all-new rip-snorting ‘beginner’ bike for enduro fans in the form of the two-stroke TE 125. The £5745 bike shares top-drawer components with its bigger brothers including...

Husaberg ditches supermotos after selling 7 in 2010

01 June 2011 by Guy Procter

Husaberg has ditched the last of its supermoto models after selling just 7 in the UK last year. The innovative FS 570 four-stroke was the last of the Swedish supermotos to remain in the 2011 lineup,...

Ducati burns the history books with new 1199 superbike

01 June 2011 by Guy Procter

The first spy shot of Ducati’s 1198-replacing new superbike confirms the firm is a lot less sentimental about traditional Ducati characteristics than many fans. The result is the most extreme V-twin...

BIMOTA TB-1 675

31 May 2011 by Oberdan Bezzi

BIMOTA powered by TRIUMPH 675. The only great contender to the MV Agusta F3

WK SM50 - Sexiest 50cc bike ever?

27 May 2011 by Michael Neeves

Here’s a bike to make any 16-year-old’s visor steam up: the 50cc supermoto-styled SM50, made in Taiwan and exclusively branded ‘WK’ in the UK. The £2099 six-speed two-stroke WK SM50 looks the part...

Video: the Ducati Diavel that went racing

27 May 2011 by Guy Procter

It’s got the power to out-drag a Ducati 1198 and it can out-brake one too. So why is nobody racing the highly-acclaimed new Ducati Diavel? Well, several reasons actually, but thinking it through would...

MV Agusta F4 RR begins production

27 May 2011 by Andy Downes

Italian firm MV Agusta has started building the first run of the new and recently revealed, 201bhp F4 RR Corsacorta superbike at the Varese factory. The new F4 is the range-topping version of the F4...

New Ducati: £6k, 220kg, 5.7bhp?

26 May 2011 by Guy Procter

It’s £6100, manageably powerful, made in Bologna and a Ducati – but will it displace the 696 Monster on many entry-level Duke wishlists? Possibly not, despite besting it on weather protection and tank...

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