2015

60 Greatest bikes: 1966 MV Agusta 600GT

23 March 2015 by MCN Compare

It’s widely considered to be one of the ugliest motorcycles ever built – thanks in no small part to the huge Fiat car headlamp bolted incongruously onto its nose. But the 600GT is also one of the...

60 Greatest Bikes: 1960 BMW R69S

18 March 2015 by MCN Staff

Based on the more sedate 35bhp R69 that was produced from 1955 to 1960, the R69S benefited from BMW’s extensive racing experience by that time and shared some of that race technology. The R69S...

60 Greatest Bikes: Honda C100 Super Cub

12 March 2015 by MCN

Originally designed as a cheap and basic form of transport for the masses, the C100 was such a sales success that derivatives are still in production today, some 57 years after the Super Cub...

60 Greatest Bikes: BSA DBD34 Gold Star

09 March 2015 by MCN

The Gold Star took its name from famous racer Wal Handley’s achievement of lapping the banked Brooklands circuit at an average speed of 100mph in 1937. He was awarded a Brooklands Gold Star for the...

60 Greatest Bikes: Ariel Square 4 Mk2

04 March 2015 by MCN

Ariel’s Square 4 – affectionately dubbed the ‘Squariel’ – had a lengthy production run stretching from 1931 to 1959 but the classic Mark 2 model was only built during the between 1953 and 1959. The...

60 Greatest bikes: Vincent Black Shadow Series C

02 March 2015 by MCN Staff

When MCN was launched in 1955, the Vincent Black Shadow Series C was arguably the most iconic motorcycle in the world, and Vincents in general were regarded as the finest motorcycles of the time. And...