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New Triumph Tiger Explorer revealed

Phil West, 24 October 2011 00:05

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 spy pictures of the bike in prototype form 12 months ago. But this is the first time the finished, production-ready machine has been shown. The c.1200cc, three-cylinder, shaft drive ...

KTM unveils ‘Freeride 350’

Phil West, 18 October 2011 17:21

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 public unveiling before going on sale next spring. The powerplant is a detuned version of KTM’s fuel-injected and liquid-cooled 350 single, producing a claimed 24bhp. ...

MV Agusta F3 prices confirmed

Phil West, 11 October 2011 16:36

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 Daytona and Daytona R, is priced at £9999 and will become available in February next year. MV has also confirmed the bike will produce 130bhp. ...

New Harley-Davidson Blackline revealed

Phil West, 21 January 2011 13:33

This is Harley-Davidson’s new 2011 Blackline, a Softail-based cruiser featuring a back-to-basics styling, new fuel tank and split drag handlebars. The new bike was unveiled in New York last night (Thursday) and follows a recent trend in customising, away from the usual lashings of chrome and colour in favour of a dark ‘old school’ look. Specification-wise the most noticeable changes ...

Norton enters Italy

Phil West, 13 December 2010 16:28

Norton has entered another significant phase of its expansion with an official unveiling and launch party at its Italian distributor. Read the Norton Commando 961 review The move signifies the first new Norton to go on sale in Continental Europe. The bike, a black 961 Commando Sport, was unveiled by David Rebeccani of Motorcycle Specials of Cremona. Deliveries of the ...

New Royal Enfield Fury ‘spotted’

Phil West, 24 November 2010 11:37

This is the first picture of the new flat-track-inspired Royal Enfield Fury which is set to be unveiled at Carole Nash Motorcycle Live at the NEC this weekend. Find a Royal Enfield for sale The new bike, probably the sauciest-looking new Enfield in decades, is based around the familiar, 500cc, air-cooled, single cylinder rolling chassis, but with US flat track ...

Triumph Tiger 800 XC – new spy pic

Phil West, 20 October 2010 17:32

There have been so many leaked spy pics and teaser shots of Triumph’s new Tiger 800 in both its guises that’s there’s not much left to see – but this pic is the best view yet of the whole XC version. Originally posted on the web by Greek site 0300.gr, the pic reveals how closely the new, off-road-orientated XC, echoes ...

‘Vintage’ BMW has 110bhp!

Phil West, 16 June 2010 11:35

Take a second glance – this ‘vintage’ BMW is actually nothing of the sort. Based around the modern powertrain from the BMW R1200GS, it’s a one-off special built by one of France’s leading BMW dealers Panda Moto (hence the Panda in the pictures), south of Paris. Panda Moto boss, Jean-Luc Dupont, had the idea to build the bike as a ...

MCN’s Top 10 concept bikes that were never made

Phil West, 08 June 2010 15:30

We’ve all drooled over Honda’s CB1100R concept bike, willing Honda to bring it to the UK. On the other hand there was Suzuki’s B-King and Yamaha’s MT-01 that did hit the showroom floors. But what about the others? Over the last 25 years there have been dozens of show specials or concept bikes that the leading manufacturers have teased us ...

New Yamaha FZ8 revealed in leaked pictures

Phil West, 26 January 2010 13:06

Yamaha’s new FZ8 Fazer has been fully revealed in this set of leaked pictures. The new bike, due to be officially unveiled in the summer as a replacement for the FZ6 Fazer, had until now only been partially revealed with two teaser shots released by Yamaha of just the nose. But these new pictures, believed to have been leaked to ...